Cinecast #53: Dawn of the Dukes
Horror Marathon - Week 1: Dawn of the Dead: For us, the scariest part about setting off on a six-week Horror Marathon was the fear of insulting the legions of horror buffs in the Cinecast audience. What if we didn't like George A. Romero's 1978 classic "Dawn of the Dead"? Would we lose half our audience? Well, happily, Romero's balancing act of me-generation satire and zombie-killing mayhem was a hoot.
Also on the show, Cinecast wraps up the eight-week Western-a-Week Marathon by handing out 'The Dukes'. Plus, we reveal our Top 5 War Movies.
Music by Nora O'Connor courtesy of Bloodshot Records ... Cinecast theme music by Age of the Rifle.
Cinecast #53
:34-10:12 - Horror Marathon: "Dawn of the Dead"
10:16-18:42 - Western-a-Week Awards: 'The Dukes'
Music: Nora O'Connor, "Two Way Action"
19:30-23:27 - 'The Dukes' continued
23:28-38:53 - Top 5 War Movies
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7 Comments:
Dawn... is such a fun film. I thought those opening shots from the helicopter were pretty daunting though, like the empty streets in 28 Days Later.
Perhaps these films didn't meet your criteria for "war movies" but I would probably find a few of them on my top 5 (and didn't hear any mention of them on your last podcast).
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Patton (1970)
- Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- Braveheart (1995)
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Gandhi (1982)
- Gettysburg (1993)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
the list goes on and on...
I feel Three Kings isn't nearly as good as you both made it out to be. Beyond the amazing cinematography and above average performances...I found it to be a rather forgettable film.
Just my 2ยข
Saving Private Ryan and Patton were both mentioned on Tuesday's show.
As was Gandhi... though not in a good way.
No Man's Land!
you kind of dodged the question on which is the best war movie of all time: Apocalypse Now or Apocalypse Now Redux ... (unless you're crazy like Sam and think 3 Kings is an even better movie)
About Redux... let's put it this way: Sometimes it's better to just leave things alone.
Would I be alone if I said that the new Dawn of the Dead is better than the original Remero one...?
I felt the actors to be much more convinving, the direction to be much more intimate, and some of the side-stories were much more interesting and made the entire senario seem more realistc (as realistic as you can get in a movie with zombies). While the ending felt like a cop-out, I feel that the 2004's remake simply connected more to me.
Whatever the case, Shaun of the Dead wins my trophy in the end.
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