Prepare for RANT. I'm going from end to beginning, but may jump around as I remember things.
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*hears birds chirping because no one cares*
I was warning the people about to read the post because it was long. You claim you don't care, yet you took the time to reply to just about everything I said. lol
Also, birds chirping? Don't you mean crickets?
Why is common sense completely absent of both these movies? Crazy people trying to eat your flesh and you let them wander about the building your locked in? *bleep* that, get me a weapon.
Haha, cute. If you were in a situation like this you'd probably sh!t your pants while cowering in the corner.
Maybe. Maybe not. BUT there were cops and firemen in there, who are trained to handle high stress situations. Where was their common sense? Cops detain people just for looking at them funny, yet nothing when you have people attacking you? Odd.
You SUDDENLY remember there's a sewer escape route when you're at the TOP of the building? Does fear jog your memory?
What? They went up there because it was basically the only safe place in the building (or so they thought). The sewer escape building was in the basement and not at the top of the building (they couldn't get to it).
Yes, I am aware of that, however, exactly how long where they on the bottom floor AFTER *beep* got crazy? Pretty damn long.
some dumb bimbo constantly asking stupid questions and or crying/screaming 80% of the time. "What's going on, Pablo?!" "What's happening, Pablo?" Blah, blah, blah.
Oh I'm sorry to hear realistic characters bother you that much. Every single person in that situation would have reacted like that, and if you say that you wouldn't you're either delusional or a liar. Oh and what exactly makes Angela a dumb bimbo?
Annoying screaming girl = Quarantine.
Dumb questions = [REC]
Now then, if Pablo is recording what's happening secretly, why would you risk being exposed by asking the same basic question over and over when you can watch it on the video when he's done?
And I get screaming in the beginning, that *beep* would SCARY IRL. What I don't get is why no one bothered to slap her(them)? Late into the movie she's STILL screaming her brains out, attracting the zombies right to them and getting other people killed. Me or screaming lady? Who do think I'll choose? In the end they both had willpower to stop screaming, in a dark and creepy *bleep*in attic no less, so why not sooner? Because everyone else was dead. They had to shut up or die.
Next, in the attic, why would you try to squeak by the zombie that doesn't know you're there? Bash that B's head in! Just grab something heavy and go to town.
If Pablo wanted to do that, he'd have to look for the weapon with his camera which of course means he wouldn't be able to keep his eye on Tristana and since that apartment wasn't a gun shop, but an apartment filled with nothing that could even be used as a weapon that would take some time.
And yes the "zombie" knew they were both there since she controls all of the other possessed (who clearly saw both of them get into the apartment) and most likely heard them make noises when they got in.
All Pablo would have had to do was find something heavy to kill her with. He could have left the girl sitting under the table and looked around for something. They passed an operating room (that's what it looked like), something in the room they were in could have been used to kill the flesh-eater.
And IF she knew they were there, why did she only react after Angela knocked something over?
It was obvious that the girl was going to knock something over- forgiven because it was dark- and the zombie-thing was going to come after them. Why continue screaming?
People tend to scream when an anorexic disfigured spawn of Satan wielding a hammer turns around and shrieks in their face.
Okay, besides that description being funny as *bleep*, I'll buy that. I wonder if they could keep a straight face while being chased by that thing? lol
Also, what happened to the boy in the attic? He just decide to stay up there and sit this one out? If he was a flesh-eater like the 5 second shot lead you to believe, it's not plausible that he'd just sit up there.
He was locked in. And yes he did run around (remember that part where Angela and Pablo heard something in the attic? Probably not because you clearly weren't even paying any attention at all)
No, no. I think you're confused about what I was trying to say. When they were in the attic/penthouse (I've heard two different descriptions of what that room with the occult stuff was), they crawled up to a small room that was above the room they were in. Remember the part where they stuck the camera up there and the light freaked the zombie out? I'm talking about that zombie. What happened to him/her/it? Wouldn't he/her/it come down and attack them after being startled by the light?
Why would a zombie wait until the lens is on him to scream? The light? Wouldn't it make more sense if the light alerted the zombie to the cameras presense and then the boy grabbed Pablo's hand?
No because it flashed him in the face which caused him to react.
Ehhh, I'll buy that. Since they are possessed like you mention later on, I could buy that their eyes could become sensitive to light after being locked in a dark room for a long time.
Next - Killing the zombies & the fireman. Wtf fireguy? It took you how long to kill the girl on the stairs? The first zombie you just snapped that guy's neck. You couldn't do that to the girl zombie who was practically placid in your arms? No, you have to bash her head in with a sludge hammer.
She wasn't placid in his arms, she was on the floor.
And he was actually trying to grab her neck and that's how she ended up on the floor and she'd probably bite his hand if he tried to do that again.
No, he had her in his arms for a good amount of time. The first zombie he killed, he just grabbed its neck and snapped it like it was nothing. He took forever to kill the girl zombie, who was barely struggling to begin with.
Towards the end everyone seemed to be turning pretty quickly. In the beginning it took a long ass time for anything to happen. Mutation or just impatience? I'd buy one turning quickly, since it was mentioned that different blood types are effected differently, but everyone suddenly? Nah.
Um nobody even turned that suddenly. It also depends on how much/hard the person had been bitten (ie. how much saliva got into the person's blood stream.)
Umm, yes they did. In the beginning, the old lady took a huge chuck of that cop's face off. The other guy had similar gaping wounds on his face, plus the trauma from the fall. They took a huge amount of time to turn. However, when the M.A. guy got bite, he turned in about two minutes after contact. The fire guy was about the same, maybe a bit longer, since it isn't very clear when he turned.
Predictability - Once something totally off topic is mentioned, you know it's the major plot point/major detail to plot. I.E. "Oh, we just sent our dog to the vet. He's really sick." "My fatha is bery, bery sick."
Actually her father had nothing to do with the infection so no it wasn't a major plot point. They were subtle hints.
I know the father had nothing to do with the infection, but it did point to possible problems, such as the Asian woman running off to get her father, causing someone to die in the process or getting herself killed and causing more problems. To be honest, I don't remember how she died. It was probably off screen.
Her mentioning her father didn't bother me. In real life, that's an important fact to mention when you have a bunch of crazies running around, but it wasn't treated as important fact in the movie, which just made it into a cheap diversion tactic for the dog story.
Because they needed to inject her with the presumed antidote.
I got that. What was dumb was HOW the guy approached her. He was talking to her like she was some scared little girl, instead of treating her like she was about to eat his face off, which she kind of did. I'm not saying they should have beat her within an inch of her life, because even that would be unrealistic. Evil or no, they still saw her as a child. I'm just saying take some precautions to protect yourself and the girl.
A demonic possession originated by a young girl who got molested by priests (Tristana Mederios - the skinny one at the end) If you want her full background story I can give it to you.
I would appreciate that, thank you.
Oh, and Quarantine 2 was WAYYYY better than 1.
I'm sorry you have such a bad taste. Must be really hard on you.
Not really. It keeps me from being brainwashed by "forward thinking" movies like Quarantine. At least 2 didn't jip the original completely.
I couldn't wait for the living to die.
Because sociopathy is cool.
I just didn't care for any of the characters. Actually, I did care about one character, and that was the "gay" sounding guy. Sorry I have to describe him like that, but I couldn't figure out his character name. The only reason I cared because of the crap way he died. They left him to die because a zombie had a hold of his hair. Not like the zombies were breaking down the door. They could have taken 5 minutes to help the guy.
And besides, I highly doubt you weeped for any of the characters who died, either.
If I'm going to bitch about something, then I'm going in 100%
*Birds still chirping.
You still replied. ^^ Thanks for caring. <3
Only zombies star in zombie movies. Everyone else is fodder.
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CrimsonQ
12 years ago
*Birds stopped chirping and went to take a smoke break*
Awww, lines like that only show me I've hit a nerve because I don't like your precious movie.
Were you expecting to see Dirty Harry and John McClane in this movie?
I'm talking about how REAL cops work. If they think a suspect could harm them or be dangerous, they will detain them for safety reasons. Have you ever seen a real cop in action?
Oh what are you even talking about? What question? Maybe that's your dubbed version.
I said it in my original post...."What's going on, Pablo?" When he had the camera stuck in the window to record the health guy, that's all she kept saying, generally, over and over again.
It wasn't even that simple. There were a lot more zombies in that apartment (as seen in Rec 2)
I'm only talking about the first one. My POV from the first movie is she got a lot of people killed with her constant screaming, and only when she was left, did she decide to stfu.
That's because the zombies (I'll call them zombies even though they're not) weren't even down there at the moment - except for Mary Carmen. They immediately got attacked when they went back up.
Yes, that is true, but when I say "sh!t got crazy", I'm talking about the moment the building got sealed. They were searching for a way out of the building then too. Why didn't the guy remember the sewer escape then, huh?
This was most likely because they were unconscious. And the blood type explanation is still valid and who cares if you don't buy it?
Maybe, but the first cop was awake for awhile before he passed out. About the same length of time MA was. Could be blood type. Hmm.
And who cares if I buy it? The original rant was about LOGIC. :/
but it did point to possible problems, such as the Asian woman running off to get her father, causing someone to die in the process or getting herself killed and causing more problems.
This also never happened.
You sure?
With what? A glass ampoule? And the scene would of became really ineffective if he had done that.
Like I said in my original post, you can still make good movies using common sense. If you can't, you shouldn't be making movies.
He was cautious. He turned around for a split second and she bit him.
Stopping 6 inches from her face and turning your attention away from her is not caution. Cautious is more like grabbing a sheet and throwing it over her.
Yes I was sad when Mary Carmen died.
Who's Mary? Was she the mother handcuffed to the stairs? I felt for that woman too. Never had a chance because of someone else's stupidity.
Albelda put poison in several members of the Child Abduction Response Team.
If I'm understanding this correctly, and forgive me if I am not, this would mean poison, and not possession, are why people are becoming flesh-eaters, 'cause last I checked, you can't spread possession through saliva.
And you didn't answer my question about the little boy in the room above the attic. Is it because you don't know or just forgot?
Only zombies star in zombie movies. Everyone else is fodder.
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CrimsonQ
12 years ago
Yeah the ones who detain people for looking at them funny?
No, the ones who detain people who are dangerous to others. I'll take your evasion as a no.
Oh that's because she wanted to know what's going on.
And like I said, she can't wait 5 minutes to see the tape?
No she didn't. Her screaming didn't attract any zombies at all, not even at the end, Pablo was screaming too.
He was screaming because he was being chased/eaten. Even when the zombies where inches from them before they got to the apartment, he wasn't screaming.
Oh my god, do you think remembering where sewers are located in a building would be the most important aspect of somebody's life? He remembered it afterwards, after they all calmed down and had a moment to think.
You're obviously running out of complaints.
They remembered the back room when they wanted to escape. You're trapped in a building and you want to get out, I doubt a convenient sewer escape is going to slip any person's mind who really wants to get out.
Calmed down? They locked themselves in an apartment after being chased by a bunch of zombies, yet he couldn't remember it when nothing was actually happening.
I'm not running out of complaints, you've just yet to actually disprove or explain away most of them.
Yeah. We never even saw how she died or where she went.
But you admit she died. This proves my point. Thank you.
Now you're just pulling things out of your ass.
Really? They are standing next to a bed. What else would you have them safely detain the girl with, hopes and dreams?
You also shouldn't be using IMDB if you can't state a valid argument once.
Says the guy whose b.s.'d his way through most of my complaints with sarcasm. If you don't want to be seen as a hurt little kid, I'd avoid that.
Well the fact that she didn't let her daughter be examined is her fault. She knew that it wasn't actually "tonsils" but she chose denial. That being said, I still felt bad for her.
You also evidently have no idea how people act when panicked (ie. with demons off the leash.)
Well duh. She's going to do anything in her power to protect her kid.
And what exactly makes you an expert in human behavior?
No I meant that he poisoned (killed) the CART members so nobody would find Tristana (they were most likely asking questions about her). He only did experiments on children.
Okay. Makes sense.
Because I already explained it. The thing they heard when they got in the apartment was THAT boy (the one who broke the camera light). Which proves that he hadn't been "sitting" there all the time.
And I'm not talking about WHEN they got in the apartment, I'm talking about AFTER their encounter with him. Shortly after, Tris came around and the boy was no where to be seen. Does he at least show up in the second one? I could only find a dubbed version, and I was not watchin that movie with crappy dubs again.
Only zombies star in zombie movies. Everyone else is fodder.
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CrimsonQ
12 years ago
A month later...
I wasn't notified of your reply, so I thought you stopped replying. I'm not going to continue our discussion, that would be pointless. I'll just end it with you liked the movie and I didn't enjoy it that much.
Have a good one.
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Hiverhythm
12 years ago
Birds chirping is not a figure of speech. You meant crickets chirping, moron.
I like how you don't even own up to the silly mistake. Shows your sense of humor and roughly what grade in highschool you're in.
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Hiverhythm
12 years ago
I didn't say birds can't chirp. I said crickets chirping is a figure of speech and birds chirping is not. You're being very arrogant. Unless you're not from the United States, you don't really have an excuse.
The guy you're arguing with isn't even being a jerk, so you should stop acting like a child.
By the way I'm impressed with your dictionary abilities. You should become a linguist.
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