“This sucks, I should’ve never signed up for this shit.”
After Diary of the Dead left such a bad taste in my mouth as far as late stage Romero zombie flicks go, I’ve had Survival on the back burner for quite some time. Now after recently binge reading Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, as well as playing through Resident Evil Village, I figured it was high time to cap off the Dead series for better or…
“We spared no expense!”
Just recently finished reading Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, so took that as an easy excuse to rewatch one of my all-time childhood favorites. Suffice to say, Spielberg’s rendition of the source material completely holds up and I can now say on some authority that this is one of the greatest book-to-film adaptations of all time. Having said that, I’d kill to see the alternate reality version of this film where James Cameron snatched up the rights…
“SILENCE!”
I had little doubt that a filmmaker of Villeneuve’s caliber could stick the landing after such an impressive first foray into the world of Dune but the requisite world building for the Fremen gave me some pause. Not to worry though, as Denis understood the assignment and really delved into the culture of the most integral faction in the series for the first two thirds of Part 2. I was apprehensive initially as I was getting Zion vibes from…
“Your whole idea is insane.”
Misguided, out of touch, annoying, and a reprehensible disservice to one of the greatest horror films of all time. The franchise at large had no legs after Tobe Hooper’s departure post-TCM2, but this entry is particularly egregious.
The filmmakers literally copy-pasted the template from Halloween (2018) which in itself is a fundamental misunderstanding of the original as Leatherface was never supposed to be a monolithic killing machine like Michael Myers, rather a victim of his twisted…
