Romero's Survival of the Dead Releases on August 24th

[BluRayGeek2612]

Some will care, some won't. it was overall bad. If you guys want, heres a review I did for the film, explaining the flaws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfftnYrHDQ

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...the-dead2.html



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Survival of the Dead Blu-ray review

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

After all the bad things i have heard i still want it because its Romero and i have all the other "of the dead" movies.

[IronMaitallica]

I never even heard of it till now. It's a shame to hear that it's bad.

[BladeRunner2007]

I really liked the movie a lot, but I'm in the minority....

[CZAR]

Yea Im sorry to say it was pretty bad and I was really hopin it was good. I will never watch this again. Got Em!!

[BladeRunner2007]

I'd say rent it first.

[FRAK]

Each to their own. I really liked it.

[GasmaskAvenger]

I don't know why this has the reputation it has on this forum, but I thought it was pretty solid.

Is it anywhere nearly as good as the original trilogy? Absolutely not.

It is, however, eons better than the utterly confused "Diary of the Dead", which has no idea what it wants to be and is perhaps a slight notch down from "Land of the Dead", which I still consider to be the true finale to Romero's original Dead trilogy.

That said, Survival is pretty solid. I enjoy the Hatfield/McCoy inspired conflict and the military guys were a pretty good audience proxy to follow.

The funniest thing about the blu-ray, though, is how much of a time capsule it is. Wanna see what a pre-Walking Dead world was like? Take a look at this early promo video with Frank Darabont. Wanna see what Michael Fassbender was doing between his legendary performance in "Hunger" and his big break in Hollywood that is "X-Men: First Class"? See the trailer for a forgotten sword and sandal film called "Centurion" (which I must find and add to my collection soon).

So yeah, for the money I spent to get the hard to find lenticular slipcover on eBay, this ended up being a pretty good investment. I wish Romero got one more stab at his Dead series (or was given a chance to do his version of Resident Evil back in the late 90s instead of that Paul W.S. Anderson non-horror rubbish we instead got), but as his final directorial effort, Survival of the Dead is not a bad way to go out....especially after the unwieldly mess that was "Diary of the Dead".

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

I don't know why this has the reputation it has on this forum, but I thought it was pretty solid.

Is it anywhere nearly as good as the original trilogy? Absolutely not.

It is, however, eons better than the utterly confused "Diary of the Dead", which has no idea what it wants to be and is perhaps a slight notch down from "Land of the Dead", which I still consider to be the true finale to Romero's original Dead trilogy.

That said, Survival is pretty solid. I enjoy the Hatfield/McCoy inspired conflict and the military guys were a pretty good audience proxy to follow.

The funniest thing about the blu-ray, though, is how much of a time capsule it is. Wanna see what a pre-Walking Dead world was like? Take a look at this early promo video with Frank Darabont. Wanna see what Michael Fassbender was doing between his legendary performance in "Hunger" and his big break in Hollywood that is "X-Men: First Class"? See the trailer for a forgotten sword and sandal film called "Centurion" (which I must find and add to my collection soon).

So yeah, for the money I spent to get the hard to find lenticular slipcover on eBay, this ended up being a pretty good investment. I wish Romero got one more stab at his Dead series (or was given a chance to do his version of Resident Evil back in the late 90s instead of that Paul W.S. Anderson non-horror rubbish we instead got), but as his final directorial effort, Survival of the Dead is not a bad way to go out....especially after the unwieldly mess that was "Diary of the Dead".

I rewatched it again last year a little after Romero died and I still like it. Guess maybe we're the only two that do? I'm not going to claim it's good or it's overlooked, but I do like it.

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

I rewatched it again last year a little after Romero died and I still like it. Guess maybe we're the only two that do? I'm not going to claim it's good or it's overlooked, but I do like it.

nope i like it a lot myself. no issues with film. ok it's not a great as some of the others but it's at least a solid zombie film. considering much of the trash that has come out in recent years under the zombie banner it's down right great in comparison.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Its not a great film by any stretch of the imaginable, but it was a fun way to shave off 90 minutes in a slow day.

[BladeRunner2007]

I like this movie a lot. Always have. I think it's miles better than Snyder's Dawn Remake and it's also better than any zombie movie that came out after it. Yep, I like Romero's zombies still the best

[fatboy1111]

I don't tend to over think things, I look at the movie for what it is, and that's a pretty good zombie movie.

[fatboy1111]

I do have a question, if someone would please answer, when the movie first starts there's a question about choosing soldier or Zombie , is there a difference in the movie for choosing either?

[buck135]

Originally Posted by fatboy1111

I do have a question, if someone would please answer, when the movie first starts there's a question about choosing soldier or Zombie , is there a difference in the movie for choosing either?

No it determines the background of the main menu.

[bgart13]

I see this is on sale @ Amazon for $4.99 right now. Has anyone compared the US version to the UK version? I have the latter, and while not the greatest Romero movie, I'm curious how the US compares.

[wicky_J]

Originally Posted by bgart13

I see this is on sale @ Amazon for $4.99 right now. Has anyone compared the US version to the UK version? I have the latter, and while not the greatest Romero movie, I'm curious how the US compares.

The US version has a large wealth of special features that appear to be missing from the UK release, so if you want the features then I'd get it (especially at that price).

[badfingerboogie]

Originally Posted by wicky_J

The US version has a large wealth of special features that appear to be missing from the UK release, so if you want the features then I'd get it (especially at that price).

Anyone ever compared the video of the US and UK editions? I've got the UK one, and a lot of the night scenes seem to have terrible encoding to my eyes, so I'm curious as to whether the Magnolia US release is any better on that front.

[Muyfa666]

I watched Diary and Survial yesterday.

No masterpieces, but still quite ok. I won't be rewatching them anytime soon thou.

[dubhousing]

I like this one, as well, though not as much as Diary. It's basically a Western hidden inside a zombie movie, which suggests Romero might have been resigned to a genre he had wanted to move out of a long time ago, except commercial restraints locked him in. If you take the long view of Romero's career, many of his preoccupations are here - humans being the real danger; the dead being a natural force like a plague rather than supernatural evil; a black sense of humor to lighten the atmosphere of bleak doom (the great wide shot of the now-zombified heads of the two families still fighting each other to prove who's right, against the backdrop of a full moon).

It may be lesser Romero, but the man was 69 when he made it. It's still a notable work in his filmography. He wasn't phoning it in.