RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE where's the love

There's that phrase again.

Looks like Die Hard with one or two zombies in it. I'll go see it at some point.

Maybe all the zombie/horror fans are saving their love for a movie that isn't utter shit.

I don't know if I can sit through something with Paul Anderson's name on it after "Alien Vs. Predator".

I just saw it. To me, it was a cross between Charlie's Angels with better looking women and House of the Dead with a bigger budget. As for the references to the RE video games (especially the locales), they seemed to exist soley to reassure RE gamers that someone had actually at least seen the first few minutes of the video games before writing the script (though the first wasn't much different). I was particularly disappointed with the cinematography of the fight sequences (and there were several), which made the scenes appear as though the camera-man was the one getting his ass kicked.

I mean, it had zombies, hotties, and machine guns, so I had to like it at least a little, but I did like the first one better -- and the Dawn of the Dead remake put them both to shame, in my opinion.

dmeister

It was "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" meets the first "RE" (movie). In short, it was balls.

"There's that phrase again."

Yes there it is. I will grant you that the phrase may get tossed about too often in support of bad or mediocre films, but there really is such a thing as a popcorn movie. Many classic films are just Great popcorn movies. Not that this is one of them. I get sick of people on these boards slamming other folks just because they say "popcorn film" or "leave your brain at the door." Many of the films that get constant praise on these boards are just that.

Why would a fan of film who feels insulted by, let down by, or completely bored with some shit movie be considered an "elitist" ??? ...

The very nature of horror isn't supposed to be exclusively "fun" or "entertaining" ... Sure, being scared or disturbed is fun for the fan, however, there is a big fucking difference between the the horror film that stays with you and the film that merely provides entertainment ...

The very spirit of horror is mean-spirited and disturbing ... At least that's what makes it fun for me ...

Horror means a lot to me, and when I feel that a film isn't sincere or holding up its end, it's impossible for me to enjoy it ... Does that make me an elitist ??? .... If so, fuck off, then I am ... I'd rather be an elitist who is articulate and passionate about the genre than just some sponge who has no standards ....

If people actually liked the first one better, no fucking way i'm seeing this.

So, when the zombies get shot, is there just like HOLES IN THEIR SHIRTS instead of blood, like the first one?

Anything cool happen with the Nemesis?

Hey, Boys # 22, you talking to me? Because I totally agree with what you are saying. I just think the term "popcorn movie" is not an insulting term if a movie sets out to be nothing more. Evil Dead series, An American Werewolf, Return of the Lived Dead etc. etc.

"Why would a fan of film who feels insulted by, let down by, or completely bored with some shit movie be considered an "elitist" ???"

Amen.

The Evil Dead series and American Werewolf in London I would not consider to be "popcorn movies"

I haven't seen Nemesis or Apocalypse, whatever, but I wouldn't consider it to be a horror movie. It's an action flick based very loosely on a video game. Where in the games do we have major fight sequences and massive explosions or even a woman with superhuman strength.

Boys that doesn't make you an elitist that makes you a true horror fan.

I know many of the films that I talk about on here are considered to be crap by many but I grew up with these movies and in my youth I looked at them differently than I do now.

Not sure what that has to do with anything but I'm damn sure popping SSSSSssssss into the DVD player later on and you can expect a glowing post about that cheesy classic from the 70's. Which is true horror imo.

I think it can be summed up that there's a difference between a good popcorn movie and a bad popcorn movie.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is a good popcorn movie. VAN HELSING is not.

Woah. RotLA is classic cinema and has nothing to do with the "popcorn movie" tag.

Just curious, what is your definiton of a "popcorn movie"? ROTLD is most certainly classic cinema. However, the film has no other objective than to entertain you, maybe make you scared, has some great gore and IMO certainly makes me laugh to this day. I think Charles B said it well. Raiders is a great Popcorn movie, whereas Van Helsing was not. Raiders is classic cinema as well, but is still a popcorn movie IMO.

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For the most part, the zombies just kind of fell down like in a pre-Spaghetti Western -- I noticed very little CGI blood and squibs were out of the question. Very little effort was put into the zombie makeup effects, which they compensated for by showing only blurred "flashes" of the zombies during key zombie sequences in a manner reminiscent of Uwe Boll. Nemesis walked right out of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.

dmeister

My idea of a popcorn movie is one that is all eye candy with little else to offer like the latest disaster flick which I can't think of the name of right now. That was a popcorn movie.

I've always defined popcorn flicks as pure entertainment. A movie that isn't necessarily suppose to make any kind of deep social commentary, but primarily just to be a fun flick. Movies like RAIDERS, STAR WARS, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, SUPERMAN et al.

Ahhh then I can understand Raiders being a popcorn flick to you then. To me the tag "popcorn flick" is a bit of a negative.

Ah, I understand... now. I love popcorn flicks, and as you said earlier, RAIDERS is a total classic.

Yes it is in my top 5 movies of all time.

Popcorn sucks.

That's a stupid thing to say and you're a stupid person for saying it! Popcorn is buttery and good, I will not have you slander popcorns good name on these boards!(JK)

I agree that being a popcorn movie is not neccesarily a bad thing. Raiders is one of the best movies ever made and I would say it is definetly a popcorn movie. Apocalypse was alright, I though it had some neat action and more zombies then I expected but it was no classic and The Grudge trailer they showed before the movie was scary then this entire movie. I would say it is better then the first and worth seeing in thearters, but then again I liked Alien vs. Predator.

No, no chappers, I didn't mean to direct my statement at you ... It's just that when someone throws around a comment like "elitist movie buffs" in a way that implies that people who enjoy Bergman films look down on horror ( and therefore can't discuss horror ) , it bothers me ...

You got me with the major fight sequences( I assume you are talking about the kung fu stuff), but as for explosions, there was the train in RE2, and Racoon City itself in RE3. Amd he's not a woman, but Wesker had superhuman strength/speed in Code Veronica.

You should have said that first so I didn't have to read the whole thing.

i saw it tonight, was better than i expected (better than avp)

Better than AVP? That's like saying, "the new McDonald's burger tastes better than that 3-year-old pizza I found under the furnace".

Fun game for anyone who saw the movie (and stayed through the last ten minutes):

look at scantily clad Milla photos and try to figure where "they" are:

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Well, I for one saw it today and while not quite a masterpiece still blew dawn of the dicks 04' and the original right out of the water. The highlight of the film for me had to be the Chatterer, Oh excuse me Nemesis. His annoysome yet loveable way of randomly popping up from time to time and blasting the piss out of everyone was a nice distraction from the mediocre ( atleast they weren't running ) zombies and bullet time action sequences. I felt it was better than the first and didn't hop on the trendy running zombies band wagon. I give it a 6 out of a possible 10.

Personally I don't think this could hold a match to Dawn of the Dead 04's farts but hey to each his own.

an entertaining and faithful RE movie.

I hope they get Chris and Claire Redfield for number 3...

There is no love here. And there never has been.

I liked the movie it wasn't great but it wasn't terrible and all you people bashing it that haven't even seen it give it a try trust me you'll like it better than you think.

We did and we don't. Run on sentences don't do much to dissipate criticisms.

So now you speak for everyone on these boards? good thing I went to DC with everyone else.

That's who I'm generally speaking for. As I was one of the ones bashing it. God, why am I even talking? This movie doesn't deserve this much discussion.

I can't stand people like you who hate a movie and think that everyone else should just because you don't like it.

Ah thinks thet this hyear RESEEEDENT EVIL MOVIE WUZ REEEL GUUUUD!.....okay, I just can't do it. IT SUCKED. Two words for it........baked ass.........sorry folks, but there are some sorry ass horror fans on this site, always have been, who would eat a turd on a plate if someone told them it was filet mignon. I still haven't gotten over any kind of positive response to CABIN FEVER. Here is a sample of statements I've heard on this site over the last several months:

THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD REMAKE IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE FIRST ONE

CABIN FEVER IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN HORROR FILMS OF ALL TIME

REANIMATOR IS A TERRIBLE MOVIE, HA, SO YOU HAVE A HEAD GIVING HEAD, HOW MATURE

DAWN OF THE DEAD (original) WAS A CRAPPY HORROR MOVIE

THE REMAKE OF DAWN OF THE DEAD SUCKED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH GORE

hell, I'm to depressed to go on.


As long as we all buy all the shit they put out, they'll put out shit....bottom line


and furthermore, who said the original EVIL DEAD was a popcorn movie. That movie is scary as hell!

From the way I'm seeing it described, I proudly wear the banner of "ELITIST HORROR FAN", if that means that I like good horror and dislike bad.

To Quote Gaylen Ross "FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!"


EOD

i remember that one, that was a hilarious thread though

i remember most of those, and i agree with you, but also i dont think it's right to discredit somone for sayign they actually liked it. then saying that they're wrong is well... wrong.

overall, i liked the movie, but there were a lot of things i didnt like about it. o well, noone cares, life goes on

Cabin Fever is a good horror movie. What's wrong with it? This place has gone to hell in a hand basket.

Are you implying your shit don't stink?

after making a statement like that I'd just stay out of the conversation ZDR.

Seriously though, after seeing Shaun of the Dead last night, Apocalypse can even more suck its own dick in hell.

"and furthermore, who said the original EVIL DEAD was a popcorn movie. That movie is scary as hell!"

Personally I think it is a popcorn flick because it has absolutely no intentions other than to scare/entertain you. And I never said it was not a great little horror movie.

With a name like "zombiesdontrun" implying that you're a "real fan" of zombie films, I'm shocked to even see you say something like that.









But not really.

While I don't doubt that shaun of the dead is better than RE:A I think that the movie we're supposed to be talking about is much better than you put it out to be.

Also Floydian Trip your right this place went to shit in the past couple weeks. Your one of the last few people I still respect on here.

Apparently all the half decent people on these boards went to DC and now people like RegVelJohnson think they know everything.

Would you pull your panties out of your ass? I never said that people who disagree with me are "wrong," that was your argument. You said everyone who hates it should "give it another try trust me you'll like it better than you think." Odd grammar aside, you simply said you thought people should like it more without even really saying why. I said, we (the people who disliked it) gave it a chance (when we bought our tickets) and left without being entertained, or if so in a way that wasn't intended (laughing at the lack of coherent plot and logic throughout). You responded in a pointlessly inane manner multiple times, still without raising a true or valid point. All you know how to do is sulk. I don't hate people with differing taste in movies, I just don't like those that get depressed every time there isn't universal agreement on their shit taste in them.