Thoughts on Land of the Dead

While watching Land of the Dead, I was reminded of the “Phone Crazies” from Stephen King’s Cell. This was brought about almost right away with the zombies attempting to play music in the gazebo, they seemed to be smarter than the average zombie right off the bat. Especially at the way they seemed to be able to communicate with one another. They way that they distracted the zombies at night with the fireworks was actually really cool and again reminded me of the way that the “Phone Crazies” were vulnerable at night. That point was where Big Daddy showed just how much he had still up in his head, or how much he had regained. Of course I’m not just going to ramble on about how the two items, Cell and the movie, were alike one another because that would just get boring.

However, another reference that popped into my head while watching this video was that Fiddler’s Green somewhat reminded me of Rapture from the video game series Bioshock. It was just the way that the videos were shown and the voice being used to advertise it. That and the way that the paradise like place that had been established went right down the crapper eventually leading to zombies getting into the main building. That and the main zombie had the name “Big Daddy” making him seem like the things you have to fight in the games that had the same given name.

There were several nameless zombies that stood out to me and quickly won me over with how they acted against others who were trying to re-kill them. “Tambourine” was one such zombie. He played that instrument that I have based his name off of and really put his all into it, even though that wasn’t much. “Butcher-guy” showed that he was more than just a rotting face, helping Big Daddy get through the plywood boards to get closer to the city, as well as showed that even if someone has a grenade, if you cut off their hand and make them fall onto it, you can keep on going. “Spring-head” because he was just that funny. He showed that looks aren’t everything because a zombie that doesn’t look like it has a head, can still have one, and can surprise you with it when you think “oh good, it doesn’t have a head, that means it cant bite me.” Last but not least “Clown Zombie” because clowns are freaking scary enough on their own, but a clown that is a zombie is just over the top, I personally was glad that he wasn’t in the movie very long, just long enough to get a piece of “Mouse”.

All in all, this movie was quite enjoyable, the rich guy was thinking of himself with a snobbish attitude, the “good guys” had guns, the head zombie tried his best to look out for his kind, and everyone learned a lesson from the zombies, and that lesson is “don’t mess with zombies, they will eat you.” or “working together is a good thing, see how much the zombies did?”