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Title: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: chainsaw midget on January 20, 2020, 07:27:14 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/DzdwWbP.jpg)

Bill Murray starring in a zombie movie?  And Danny Glover and Steve Buscemi?  Sounds like gold.  

It just wasn't.  The movie has zombie rising in a small backwoods town, a animals behaving oddly, and the earth off it's alignment causes odd changes in night and day.  

Despite all this, the whole thing has a really sleepy laid back feel that could have worked in it's favor, but it never really feels like it embraces the stangeness like it should.  

There's also a few moments where characters break the fourth wall that feel completely out of place with the rest of the movie.  The last five or so minutes also feature a narrator that wasn't there for the entire rest of the thing.  

Even in the big climatic zombie battle, everything just feels laid back like it's never really gotten going.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: Rev. Powell on January 20, 2020, 07:30:22 PM
Yep. Great cast, ho-hum movie.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: chefzombie on January 21, 2020, 02:27:09 PM
really? we loved it and plan to buy it . but then, we're big jarmusch fans.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: Alex on January 22, 2020, 01:59:20 AM
Honestly thought it was one of the biggest wastes of talent I've ever watched, not to mention my time.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: chefzombie on January 22, 2020, 08:35:01 PM
oh, y'all aren't alone in disliking it, most people did from what i've read.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: Dr. Whom on January 23, 2020, 01:48:42 AM
I kinda liked it, but I agree that it is less than the sum of its parts. I mean, there are some great scenes and characters, but nothing much is done with them.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: Alex on January 23, 2020, 07:20:36 AM
I thought Zombieland 2 was better. And it also has Bill Murray in it.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: claws on January 30, 2020, 06:47:14 AM
I like the cast/director but I'm not a fan of when they break the fourth wall. Those moments are usually super cringy and totally take me out of the movie.
Title: Re: The Dead Don't Die
Post by: chainsaw midget on May 04, 2020, 11:05:36 PM
Quote from: claws on January 30, 2020, 06:47:14 AM
I like the cast/director but I'm not a fan of when they break the fourth wall. Those moments are usually super cringy and totally take me out of the movie.
The first time they broke the fourth wall, when they referred to the song being familiar because it was the theme song, I expected a follow up to the joke.  A theme song to ... a show they watch or something.  That would have almost been clever.  instead the joke just hangs there.