wildyams

Last night I went to see Land of the Dead with J Krue, and we both really enjoyed it. I think we were both almost tempted to say it was better than Romero's Dawn of the Dead (not that remake from last year), but even if it wasn't, it was pretty close. We both thought it was interesting that even though it was the first zombie movie from Romero that wasn't unrated (it is rated R), it didn't seem to have let up on the gore at all. Maybe the R Rating has changed since Day of the Dead came out and that gore effects no longer really warrant an NC-17 rating or necessitate a film being unrated. It was also good to see that when given a bigger budget, Romero put it to good use and it contributed a lot to the quality of the movie. It is definitely the kind of movie to see on the big screen because the action and explosions and pushing and shoving and whatnot were pretty kick-ass up there. Also the crowd at the Arclight last night was really into it, applauding the title of the movie and cheering when Tom Savini showed up as a zombie, and effectively cringing and moaning and groaning during the scary and gory scenes.

This'll probably be my last entry for about a week or so (which isn't too unusual around here lately, I know), because tomorrow I am going to go to my Dad's place to stay the night, then he and I are getting up early Monday morning to fly to Alaska to do some fishing for a couple days, and I won't be back until the end of the week. I'm so excited to go back to Alaska and do some King Salmon and halibut fishing again, and I'm equally excited to just be able to take 10 days off from work. It's been really crazy at work for a while now with all the stuff we have been doing, so it is a much deserved break. So that's all from me for a week or so. Until then, don't let The Man get you down :smile