Agreed, HK. Oldboy was a lot of twisted fun and certainly had a "wow" factor to its slick execution (in terms of the narrative, visuals and score). However, Sympathy just hit me harder and was so much more morbid, brutal and just plain real (unlike the almost comic-book feel that permeated throughout Oldboy). And to me, that makes for a better film...or at least a more impressive, emotional experience.
Good to see some reverence for Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. I have nothing against Oldboy, but I think it's unfair it overshadows the other two films.
While I did enjoy Land of the Dead (especially considering it was the first Romero Dead film that I was old enough to see in theatres), I feel that it is part of a new trilogy of Dead films by Romero (which also includes Diary and the upcoming Survival of the Dead). Night, Dawn and Day were like 3 perfect pieces to a revolutionary zombie machine, not only because of their logically connected and corresponding film titles, but because they were all superior works that just fit together perfectly, with each subsequent part feeling like a logical progression from the last (although I do feel that Dawn was the peak of the series, as you can plainly see on the list). The dip in quality (in comparison to the first 3 films) is, although subjective, another reason why I choose to separate Land from the first 3 Dead films. Despite all of the winks and nods from Romero to the fans throughout Land, it just felt too far removed from the originals to be considered a part of them. More like a distant cousin; still a part of the family, but on a different branch on the tree. Even today I still read about those first 3 Dead films being referred to as the Dead Trilogy, so my thinking in that respect is not unique. Same goes for a lot of other trilogies: even if the story technically continues many years later, I don't consider Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or Terminator Salvation as belonging with the first batch of films, but more like a new beginning via a reboot (albeit a crappy one IMO). Am I being selective in grouping these films together like that? Totally. And if they ever do make Evil Dead 4 or Godfather IV, you better believe I will still refer to those sagas as The Evil Dead Trilogy and The Godfather Trilogy. So yeah, to answer your question (haha), yes, I do consider Land as part of the Dead saga, not so much a part of the original Dead trilogy but rather the first chapter in the next Dead trilogy from Romero.
you don't consider land of the dead part of the official saga of the dead films?
