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Posted: Oct 19 2009 06:09 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

The new DotD is pretty good, but I HATE the ending. Then again, I hate any horror movie where everyone dies.

Well, I agree the ending was a bit of a cop out. It WAS realistic though...I mean the chances of an island that close to shore being uninfected were basically zero.

I know its retarded to point at realism in a zombie movie, but yeah. I might have liked the ending more if they hand handled it a little better though. Still, I admit it makes sense from a logical standpoint.

Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:52 pm

Tallahassee: I'm not great at farewells, so uh... that'll do, pig

God I love this movie

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"I hear Tallahasee is good this time of year!"

Posted: Oct 20 2009 02:43 am

Posted: Oct 21 2009 05:34 pm

Oh god, when Tallahassee finally gets that Twinkee, it's priceless.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 05:56 pm

Here's the one thing I didn't like about the movie: through the whole thing, Wichita and Little Rock are portrayed as smart, tough survivors. Then at the very end, they make the stupidest series of boneheaded decisions I have ever seen in my life. In the span of like five minutes they have managed to 1) attract every zombie in a 100 mile radius to their location, 2) ditch their very safe and mobile ARMORED HUMVEE with ALL THEIR AMMO AND SUPPLIES into the water for no good reason and 3) (probably the most unforgivable) get themselves trapped on a fucking carnival ride. For fucks sake, even *I* know better than to trap myself in a single, easily accessible location when endless legions of undead are right behind me! How retarded can you get??? These are NOT the same girls that made a living conning people both before and after the apocalypse.

The writers turned these girls from Lara Croft into fucking Princess Toadstool. Fuck them for destroying their characters like that. Not only that, but their decisions were bad enough to be actively distracting.

As angry as that sounded, its just one small part of a thoroughly awesome movie.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 06:34 pm

A) The park was locked and seemingly deserted. They underestimated the zombies' attract to shiny objects.
B) They didn't ditch the car on purpose.
C) It was a last resort. What the hell else were they gonna do? Run until the zombies eventually overtook them?

Posted: Oct 21 2009 06:36 pm

This came up at work today, and the one thing that bothered me about the movie was that EVERYWHERE had power. When they go to the amusement park and flipped the levers to turn everything on, I actually almost said "Really?" out loud.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 06:44 pm

^ That too yes. But I was willing to go with that.

Syd:

1) They didn't think zombies MIGHT be attracted to the only giant, glowing sound and light source in the area? Then how in God's name did they survive as long as they did in a zombie-infested world, because they clearly have no concept of how said zombies work. Even *I* got that leaving the lights off might be a good idea if you don't want to draw attention to yourself.

2) No, they ditched it by driving down a picking pier and towards the water, instead of running over the zombie crowds like all the characters have been doing for the *entire movie.*

3) if it comes to that, yes. I mean you have a better chance of staying alive and getting to safety if you are able to move. They not only stranded themselves in an easily accessible location, they made themselves almost completely immobile and unable to fight back. Inexcusable stupidity imho. No way would the same characters who made those decisions have survived as long as they did up to that point.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 07:00 pm

they panicked. women act crazy when they panic lol

but in all seriousness, you saw how desolate the area was. the parking lot is huge. the park itself is huge and not a zombie in sight. they miscalculated and figured that they were safe. unfortunately, the huge lights fucked them over. i probably would have made the same mistake. but then again, i am kind of a dumbass.

in terms of the hummer, women are terrible drivers Razz

in terms of getting stuck on that ride. they wanted to get to higher ground that was inaccessible to the zombie hordes. not a bad idea, unfortunately, what goes up, must also come down. and who knew zombies could climb ladders?

Posted: Oct 21 2009 07:06 pm

You ever tried to run people over? It works great when there's like 10 of them. But when there's a mob of hundreds of them surrounding you, you won't get anywhere. The pier was open, it was their only viable option.

As for the Tower of Terror thing: once they broke the box, that was a pretty damn good position. Since when do zombies fucking climb!?

Also, going to the park was never about anything logical or rational. It was about trying to recapture the innocence of a lost time. Wichita wanted Little Rock to be able to enjoy childhood one last time, consequences be damned.

Posted: Oct 22 2009 01:21 am

Yeah, I kind of assumed that Wichita had gotten her sister to a fun place and then accepted that they weren't going to leave the park alive.

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In the TV show version of this carnival part I read that the final showdown was supposed to take place at a gas station. So a lot of those crazy decisions the girls made were probably the result of a sloppy rewrite and not what a person actually in that spot, who had survived as long as they did, would have made.

Posted: Oct 24 2009 05:04 pm

Well what would you rather see for entertainment value? A fortress assault by the zombies against a gas station, or the humans massacring zombies in a freaking amusement park, between the two and the style of the movie I think it was pretty common sense,

Posted: Oct 24 2009 09:48 pm

Just finally saw it. Forgot to stay after the credits, but I saw it.

Pro: Possibly the best fucking movie I've seen all year. Seriously.

Con: A bit short.

I'd be surprised that if the next time I go to TV Tropes, that I don't already see "Tallahassee barricading himself in the ticket stand (or whatever it was) and defeating ALL those zombies" in the Crowning Moment of Awesome entry.

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dude, the best best BEST part of that whole thing is that the bars over the windows were made of plastic.

Posted: Oct 25 2009 03:09 pm

FNJ wrote:

dude, the best best BEST part of that whole thing is that the bars over the windows were made of plastic.

lol yes. that was awesome

Posted: Mar 04 2010 03:13 pm

Third world country, this movie finally premiered last week, and I saw it last night.
FUCK YEAH! I mean, fuck, what an awesome fucking movie!
I guess it will be the best of 2010 (for me) a a long time.....

Posted: Mar 04 2010 04:08 pm

If enough of you guys ever come down (or up) to Georgia and I'll see about arranging a road tour of the shooting locations.

Posted: Mar 04 2010 08:07 pm

Miguelius wrote:

Third world country, this movie finally premiered last week, and I saw it last night.
FUCK YEAH! I mean, fuck, what an awesome fucking movie!
I guess it will be the best of 2010 (for me) a a long time.....

So glad you finally got to see it. Very Happy

We;; worth the wait, eh?

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Syd Lexia wrote:

You ever tried to run people over? It works great when there's like 10 of them. But when there's a mob of hundreds of them surrounding you, you won't get anywhere. The pier was open, it was their only viable option.

As for the Tower of Terror thing: once they broke the box, that was a pretty damn good position. Since when do zombies fucking climb!?

Also, going to the park was never about anything logical or rational. It was about trying to recapture the innocence of a lost time. Wichita wanted Little Rock to be able to enjoy childhood one last time, consequences be damned.

WTF? Syd, do you have personal experience with your first point? Shocked

Posted: Mar 05 2010 04:08 pm

I loved it. The ending doesn't bother me because I just took it as a fun, not too serious movie to begin with the more dramatic/serious aspects were just gravy for me. It was a good comedy with just the right amount of seriousness at the right times. I wish it were longer but that's about it for complaints.

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Syd Lexia wrote:

Also, going to the park was never about anything logical or rational. It was about trying to recapture the innocence of a lost time. Wichita wanted Little Rock to be able to enjoy childhood one last time, consequences be damned.

The amusement park was a rewrite in the script. Originally that whole thing took place at a gas station.

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The only thing that bugged me was why not hand the gun over to your friend who can actually AIM A GUN instead of letting her sit there and miss?