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I think this will be Netflix. It's filming...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993840/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt



Starring Dave Bautista, so that's cool.

His Dawn of the Dead was excellent, imo, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

this'll be a hack job, pass

Originally posted by -Pr-
His Dawn of the Dead was excellent, imo, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah, I actually revisited that a month or so ago and was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

Felt the ending was left a little too open, but it was still very enjoyable. James Gunn had the writing credit.

Except Romero never did a Army of the Dead.

I think This Movie will Blow Everyone's mind, because the plot on which they are making the whole movie is quite amazing.

A father who is trying to save his daughter from the army of the dead.
And the best part, Dave Batista is playing a fantastic role in the movie.

I have high hopes for this. But I'm guessing that the visuals will be better than the story.

This looks like it could be pretty sweet.

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Despite the hate he gets and much if it deserved, Synder is capable of making enjoyable films:Man of Steel, Watchmen, 300, Dawn of the Dead


This one looks like it might be fun, even if I am admittedly a little burned out on the zombie genre. Not something I'd see in a theater, but Netflix which I am already paying for, why not.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
This looks like it could be pretty sweet.

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This took two years to finish?

And again with the tagline - 'Visionary Director Zack Snyder' - just like in the trailer for Watchmen. The man isn't Stanley Kubrick; he's Michael Bay with artistic pretentions.

Zack Snyder is probably the man behind the 'Visionary Director Zack Snyder' tagline, likely works it into the marketing contract.

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I do not expect this movie to be any different, but it has Dave Bautista, who will obviously be the muscle. It also has Hiroyuki Sanada, hes been in a lot of good movies, hes good.

Looks very predictable. I'll leave the zombie movies to the pros, Japanese or Korean will do.

Is it just me or did the new "Trailer" show less than the previous Teaser? Are they afraid to show footage of this thing, or what?

Originally posted by -Pr-
His Dawn of the Dead was excellent, imo

The original Dawn was excellent.

You know who you are?

You are like a Star Wars prequel fan, who claims those films are superior to the OT.

Go sit in the corner.

Both Dawn of the Dead's were great.

I enjoyed both, but Pr has zero respect for the father of the zombie genre.

He wants his zombies to run. His secret fantasy is running, failing to escape, getting caught, gangraped and eaten.

He really is Irish.

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A heist with zombies. Shut up and take my money!!

This looks like a ridiculously over the top giant steaming pile of shit and I will still like it anyway. The Dead Island of zombie movies.

I'll be watching it, I liked Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake

hoping it's just as good or even better then that.

But this time, he needs to come up with a script of his own...

Yeah, He had help from James Gunn back then.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Yeah, He had help from James Gunn back then.

Yes, but it's not just that.

As you said, it was a remake. Romero was a genius of the zombie genre --- making decent remakes out of his original trilogy is an easy task.

Snyder does his best only when the script is already ready and loved by everyone. Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, 300...

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Snyder does his best only when the script is already ready and loved by everyone. Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, 300...


Nothing wrong with that. Directors dont need to be heavily involved with the script.

Not everyone can be George Lucas

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Yes, but it's not just that.

As you said, it was a remake. Romero was a genius of the zombie genre --- making decent remakes out of his original trilogy is an easy task.


I've liked most of the remake's for Romero's trilogy Night of the living (1990) & Dawn Of The Dead (2004). Seems like they dropped the ****en ball with the Day of the Dead remake.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Nothing wrong with that. Directors dont need to be heavily involved with the script.

Not everyone can be George Lucas



Okay, I see what you are getting at.

And what I am trying to say is that I don't believe they have a good story/idea for this film.

Hopefully, I'll be proven wrong.

Originally posted by Kazenji
I've liked most of the remake's for Romero's trilogy Night of the living (1990) & Dawn Of The Dead (2004).

Night of the Living Dead remake was directed by Tom Savini.

Dude was a combat photographer in Vietnam and worked closely with Romero on many films.

He is like Romero's Padawan who passed all the tests with flying colors and became a Jedi Zombie Knight.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Seems like they dropped the ****en ball with the Day of the Dead remake.

Haven't seen it.

But I do know there were like two remakes and one unofficial prequel and they all have one thing in common - almost everyone on the web considers them crap.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
And what I am trying to say is that I don't believe they have a good story/idea for this film.

Uh, a heist movie with zombies is just about the best idea for a movie I've heard of in a LONG time. So clearly you smokin' crack.

My only reservation is how these smart zombies will change the genre. But I had a friend point out that it's actually possibly an appropriate evolution given that modern zombies were originally an allegory rooted in the fear of communism and ideologies that, supposedly, strip down individuality and free thought (among other things, for sure). Night of the Living Dead certainly had very heavy political undertones. So, if played well, it might actually be a clever update on the idea of zombies, because so many "smart" people believe QAnon BS and various misinformation nonsense. They are certainly directly hindering our current civilization.

"Played well", "clever" --- not exactly Zack's specialty.

Smart zombies were done before, too.

I don't trust Snyder.

I still like Snyder, I feel like he needs to have a break from doing the comic book movie adaptations.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
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And what I am trying to say is that I don't believe they have a good story/idea for this film.

Zombie heist movie. It practically writes itself!

Originally posted by Kazenji
I still like Snyder, I feel like he needs to have a break from doing the comic book movie adaptations.

I agree. Returning to an epic zombie flick seems a perfect break. It much better suits his darker, somber tendencies anyway. I still have some faith in Snyder despite Man of Steel and BvS. Watchmen and 300 are still enjoyable to me, and his Justice League cut restored a little more faith in him. So I have no doubt that this will at least be entertaining if not actually a great film.

Does anyone know, is this film going to have any direct connections to his Dawn of the Dead?

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Watchmen and 300 are still enjoyable to me

Because he took the story and made a movie out of it, staying 100% faithful to the source material.

The way fans have always wanted.

Army of the Dead is not a remake or an adaptation.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Because he took the story and made a movie out of it, staying 100% faithful to the source material.

The way fans have always wanted.

Army of the Dead is not a remake or an adaptation.


I admit there is certainly reason to be cautious.

Because the writers don't seem to have much of a track record, which makes me wary.

But I remain cautiously optimistic just because the idea is so promising.

If I'm not mistaken, this comes out Friday. I'm a little psyched.

The reviews that are in seem pretty positive so far.

So I was sort of mistaken. It came out in theaters last weekend, but it's not on Netflix until this coming weekend. Part of me really wanted to see it on the big screen, but I guess I'll wait a few more days and watch it for free at home.

But it does seem to be getting decent reviews. So that's good.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Because he took the story and made a movie out of it, staying 100% faithful to the source material.

The way fans have always wanted.

Army of the Dead is not a remake or an adaptation.


Not 100% faithful

But honestly, I felt having bombs that mimicked Manhattan's powers as the twist was better than having the giant psychic death squid for live action film.

Originally posted by Robtard
Not 100% faithful

But honestly, I felt having bombs that mimicked Manhattan's powers as the twist was better than having the giant psychic death squid for live action film.

I thought it was an appropriate update, too, but I was still sort of hoping to see the big monster.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I thought it was an appropriate update, too, but I was still sort of hoping to see the big monster.

And then the TV show happened...

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
And then the TV show happened...

I haven't seen that yet. But I've heard good things from people. Maybe some mixed things also...

Yeah it's definitely a mixed bag. 2 phenomenal episodes. 2 terrible episodes and the rest are passable.

Very much divides opinion like other high concept stuff like Westworld and Tenet.

Saw it. Nothing special.

The plot is just plain stupid...

So has anyone actually watched this movie ?

I think as with any Zack Snyder films there are good moments interspersed through quite a bit of shit. We have the typical Zack Snyder pseudo-philosophical dialogue like the moment in the vault with Dieter/Vanderohe, the relationship that is only surface level, and lots of pointless character deaths. So if you're going here expecting some reinvention of his usual tropes you're going to be sorely disappointed. He's still the same guy chucking random songs in there, lots of gray/brown visuals, and snarky jokes that don't always land. That being said the movie looks better than BVS did, and Batista gives a good performance in his main role. I think he should carry more films as he was never given much in the MCU to do other than shitty jokes in GOTG. Some of the character decisions dont' make sense, and he could've shaved some of the run time down but I didn't think it was a horrible film ala Justice League or BVS.

Originally posted by Kazenji
So has anyone actually watched this movie ? Yes. Thought it was terrible.

Originally posted by Galan007
Yes. Thought it was terrible.

Pretty much.

Funny sh1t is Snyder fantatics keep praising it....

Watched it last night. When into it expecting it to be silly and dumb and it delivered. At least the girls were pretty hot.

So, this sucked?

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Originally posted by Robtard
Not 100% faithful

Yeah, yeah. But you get what I meant.

300 is probably the most comic-accurate film ever.

Originally posted by Galan007
Yes. Thought it was terrible.

Yeah, I was pretty pumped to watch this. Got up super early so as not to rouse the family and worked out while it played. It was pretty bad, I'll stick with your terrible rating. Some of the scenes just didn't make sense from a time lapse perspective and how it flowed.

2 thumbs down

Was meh...

After a couple of drinks I've forgotten it already.


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Its in the 70% range for both categories on Rotten Tomatoes

probably all from the Snyder fantatics.

Originally posted by juggerman
Saw it. Nothing special.

🙄

I could easily find complaints about it (hand-held camera work and lens flares for example, heh), but for the most part I really enjoyed it. I thought there were a couple missed opportunities for some character drama, which puzzled me. Like when the guy locked the chick in the room to die I thought she was going to get out and expose the *******. I think that would have been more interesting than just another death by zombies. But yeah, some people are analyzing it like it's supposed to be Citizen Kane. Have fun with it as a Zombie/Heist movie!! The production and effects are pretty breathtaking and the story is perfectly passable for what it is. The cast is fun as well with some actual chemistry. One highlight for me was the ******* getting thrown around by the tiger like a cat hunting a mouse. 😆

How does it compare with Dawn?

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How does it compare with Dawn?

I would say the ambition is very similar, adjusting for time and technology available. This is obviously 2021, not 2004, so it's much bigger.

Looks like this movie is going the way of Wonder Woman 84 at least according to Google ratings

Originally posted by carthage
Looks like this movie is going the way of Wonder Woman 84 at least according to Google ratings

What does that mean?

Movie was pretty shit. In a week I will have forgotten everything about it.

Only remarkable thing about it was that they did a good job inserting Tig in via green screen.

This was pure ass, dirty ass.

Which sucks, as Synder's 'Dawn of the Dead (2004)' is one of the best zombie flicks, imo.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW


Yeah, yeah. But you get what I meant.

300 is probably the most comic-accurate film ever.


I did, hence the smilie-tongue

I've only skimmed that comic, but I've heard from others who have read it that Synder pretty much captured the comic on film.

The movie definitely has it's problems, but I still find things to enjoy about it. The premise is just too fun.

I will say I don't know how I missed the connection to Aliens... I guess I was enjoying the film subconsciously because it was a remake of Aliens, haha...


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Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How does it compare with Dawn? No comparison. Snyder's DotD is superior in every conceivable way, imo.

But evidently this movie is getting an animation-style prequel series on Netflix... So yay? /shrug

Originally posted by Robtard
I did, hence the smilie-tongue

I've only skimmed that comic, but I've heard from others who have read it that Synder pretty much captured the comic on film.

Pretty much, yes. Few subtle differences/additions.

If he sticked to that (with his other comic films), he would be f*cking worshipped.

Originally posted by Galan007
No comparison. Snyder's DotD is superior in every conceivable way, imo.

But evidently this movie is getting an animation-style prequel series on Netflix... So yay? /shrug

That's what I thought.

Knowing Snyder, he will try to "fix" the film in the special cut for dvd/blu-ray, as always.

Originally posted by Robtard
This was pure ass, dirty ass.

I'm glad you specified dirty ass because I can definitely think of some assess I would love to shove in my face (Some I may not even care if they're dirty naughty).

But in all seriousness, I am a little curious to see how this plays a second time. I suspect it will not be quite so enjoyable.

With the prequel series i want to know why were they trying to make super zombies from alien blood

Originally posted by Kazenji
With the prequel series i want to know why were they trying to make super zombies from alien blood

The same-old, same-old reason, I'm sure: military applications.

Just like ALIENS!

But it's cool.

Also i want to know more about the time loop that this movie has hinted at, Hopefully get to see more of that in the sequel or the prequel.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Also i want to know more about the time loop that this movie has hinted at, Hopefully get to see more of that in the sequel or the prequel.

You know, I think I'd be okay with that too. Just make it as trippy and as weird as possible. Just go bonkers with it, Idgaf.