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Ok, read it all at once. So the beginning was great, the flashbacks and stuff. The buildup to the action and the people surviving is good. The way you want to make this into a movie is very good, I'm referring to the camera shots. The camping bit from Filla and West is strange tho, how could you camp, while you know those things are all over the country. The zombie's playing smart is cool, but the grouping, and order I hate, it reminded me of Planet of the apes, and that ain't good. I find the two endings good, altho the first "dramatic" one, who's the zombie with the rifle? Is it West, Kevin, Jack, Filla ? In the movie we could see it ofcourse, but now? And the second ending, well ye it ends good I suppose:p, I slightly prefer the dramatic one tho. Couple of spelling errors:
"There will not me [be] a moment that I am not aware of everything that is going on, or that I am unable to do anything."
"JACK steps into frame, standing on the foor [roof]."
"One of those things god [got] on the hood, Fenton opens his window to shoot it off."
"He stops, patting one of the pockets on his jacket. He smiles. He reaches in a [and] pulls out a cigarette."
also I didn't like any character, if there's one character I could connect to it was Jack, but even then.. As you could see I don't care weather the ending is dramatic or non dramatic :p. But overall it is nice, and I watched the photographs, try taking them at night, and try to take zombieshots from other movies rampaging against a wall, and edit them onto your photo's xD
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Well, the last time I read this script I told you that it was so far beyond movies like Dawn of the Dead and Resident Evil, or something like that.
But no matter how it ends, the script still just seems to work. A brilliant splatterfest that goes on just long enough for you to really get the full impact and full scope that I think you were going for.
Brilliantly written.
But, seriously dude, DON'T MAKE A SEQUEL. Because right now, this sight seems to be on zombie overload, with a new horror flick coming in ten times a day.
I am going to read your script pretty soon. As soon as I finish the others. I can't wait to read this one and your second one, even if it is your first draft. Let us know when you are finished. If you have time, would you like to read my zombie script? It is titled, The Dead of Night. Just want some honest reviews. And I think this web site is the best for reviews. Thanks R.E.
Damn. You're making a sequel. Everything has to have a sequel nowadays. The Matrix (dud sequels with Reloaded and Revolutions), even PlayStation has a sequel. But if you wanna make a sequel, it's your choice. Personally, I hate sequels unless they're about ten times better than the original, which I hope "Journey To Death II" will be.
Do you have an alternate title or is it just JTD2?
I am still reading Journey to Death. So far I like it. I like the opening with those small flashbacks. It kinda reminded me of my first draft of Dead of Night. I used an opening where the main character steps out of an eletronics store with a tape recorder just having recorded something into it. We hear what he said with static and then, SMASH, it breaks apart when the main character steps on it. That was kind of weird when I read it.
The camera descriptions do annoy me at times. I want to visualize it myself. It is just distracting to me. You are going to direct this right? Then I understand why you wrote them in.
The arrival to town in the car with the three people is very cool. Having alrady encountered the dead, Fenton is already injured. And it's cool that you don't show how he got injured, he just got injured by him telling us how.
I like how you describe your scenes and your zombies. Very imaginative.
I'll read some more tonight. Sorry, I am just filled with other work. But I will get to it though.
Well, I finished your script, it is pretty good. Yeah, there was a lot of camera descriptions, but it kind of helped me to visualize what your were seeing. The ending was kind of strange but it was cool. Coming up with an ending for a zombie movie is somewhat hard to be original. Your writing was realistic too, in situations like that, it seems real to me.You did a great job with your script. Will you be making this into a movie? Or shopping it around?