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Mon, 11 Jul 2005

Two Short Movie Reviews [/misc]

Thought I'd write a bit about two movies I saw recently. I saw Fantastic Four Saturday night and I liked it, despite the crappy reviews it's getting. So long as you don't take the movie too seriously, it's worth the $11. The script gets cheesy at times, sure, but it's light-hearted fun. At times, it's so cheesy that it becomes unintentionally funny, but it provides for a good laugh and it adds to the appeal, I think, intentional or not.

My other recently seen movie is Land of the Dead. I really like zombie movies because they bring together two great plot drivers, plague and horror. Plagues in fiction are one of the best occasions to showcase the worst sides of humanity, whereas horror makes sure you never stay comfortable with what you're watching. George Romero never shied away from either aspect with his social commentary meets gore-fest movies of the past and for the most part, this latest installment does much of the same. This time around, zombies vs humans represents a kind of class struggle with each looking to make their place in the world. The one thing I didn't like was the ending. It was too optimistic and happy for my liking. Still a thumbs up though, for both movies. They both coulda been better, but oh well.

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