Movie cup 2017

[rich1uk]

Option 5 - Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British horror comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. Pegg plays Shaun, a man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather.[6] At the same time, he has to cope with an apocalyptic zombie uprising.[7]

The film was a critical and commercial success. Shaun of the Dead was also a BAFTA nominee. Pegg and Wright considered a sequel that would replace zombies with another monster, but decided against it as they were pleased with the first film as a stand-alone product, and thought too many characters died to continue the story.[8]

The film is the first in Wright and Pegg's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, followed by 2007's Hot Fuzz and 2013's The World's End.[9]

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[rich1uk]

Option 6 - World War Z

World War Z is a 2013 American action horror film directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof is from a screen story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the title of the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. The film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who must travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic.

Pitt's Plan B Entertainment secured the film rights in 2007, and Forster was approached to direct. In 2009, Carnahan was hired to rewrite the script. Filming began in July 2011 in Malta, on an estimated $125 million budget, before moving to Glasgow in August 2011 and Budapest in October 2011. Originally set for a December 2012 release, the production suffered some setbacks. In June 2012, the film's release date was pushed back, and the crew returned to Budapest for seven weeks of additional shooting. Damon Lindelof was hired to rewrite the third act, but did not have time to finish the script, and Drew Goddard was hired to rewrite it. The reshoots took place between September and October 2012.

World War Z premiered in London on June 2, 2013, and was chosen to open the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. The film premiered in New York, and Los Angeles on June 14, 2013, and released everywhere on June 21, 2013, in the United States, in 2D and RealD 3D. The film received positive reviews for Brad Pitt's performance and as a realistic revival of the zombie genre, but received certain criticism for the anti-climax and outdated CGI. Regardless, the film was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million against a production budget of $190 million, becoming the highest-grossing zombie film of all time. A sequel was announced shortly after the film's release; it was tentatively scheduled for a June 2017 release, but has since been delayed.

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[rich1uk]

Option 7 - Zombieland

Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse. The film follows a geeky college kid making his way through the zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009 and was theatrically released on October 2, 2009 in the United States by Columbia Pictures. Zombieland was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $60.8 million in 17 days and surpassing the 2004 film Dawn of the Dead as the top-grossing zombie film in the United States[3] until World War Z in 2013.

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[rich1uk]

Option 8 - 28 Days Later

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland, and stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, and Christopher Eccleston. The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the destruction of the life they once knew.

Successful both commercially and critically, the film is credited with reinvigorating the zombie genre of horror film.[3] The film spawned a 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later, a graphic novel titled 28 Days Later: The Aftermath, which expands on the timeline of the outbreak, and a 2009 comic book series titled 28 Days Later.

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[rich1uk]

I've tried to post full movies where i can

Enjoy and have votes in by Saturday please

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cheers Rich. Good going.

BN forgot his favourite zombie film is Resident Evil.

[sussexpob]

Zombies taking over the world seems really bad, but Zombieland makes it sound like the most fun thing ever.....

Being the only male in a world where Emma Stone is the only adult female. Personally, Id take the serious possibility of painful death to be in that situation.

[braveneutral]

Cheers Rich. Good going.

BN forgot his favourite zombie film is Resident Evil.

Or did he?

[rich1uk]

did u mail me AC then change your mind ?

just checking there wasn't just a glitch with the PMs

[Arthur Crabtree]

I tried to send two films, did they not arrive?

I'll try again.

[rich1uk]

I tried to send two films, did they not arrive?

I'll try again.

got it now

thanks

[Arthur Crabtree]

Also love:

I Walked With a Zombie
Carnival of Souls
Psychomania

[GarlicJam]

Also love:

I Walked With a Zombie
Carnival of Souls
Psychomania

I have strong memories of Attack of the Flesh-Eating Zombies.

One of those movies that you don't know what you are in for until you see it, as the title gives nothing away.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Zombie Flesh Eaters is ok.

The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue is unusual and features some familiar spots in the Peak district. And Arthur Kennedy is in it.

[rich1uk]

can i just clarify how this is meant to work as there has been a little confusion this week, probably down to me not explaining things very well

step 1 - i set a theme for the week

step 2 - everyone nominates a movie for that theme by PM

step 3 - once i have all the nominations i will list them in this thread

step 4 - people vote for their first and second choice favourites from that list of nominations, you cant vote for a film that hasn't been nominated or the film you yourself nominated

step 5 - i award points for the week based on those votes