We Burn Like This

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The movie "We Burn Like This" was disappointing and an average movie at best. The description of the movie sounded like there was going to be rampant scenes of Antisemitism. Unfortunately, there were 4 minor instances that does not compare to what really has been going on in the Jewish communities.

This is my favorite Romero flick. It's such a cool update from the 1978 version! Plus I think this is the first time he used running zombies. :) I enjoy Ving Rhames and Mekhi Pfeifer and a few others as well. Living in a mall during a zed apocalypse is some good living. There's everything that you could ever want or need.. at least for awhile :) I wasn't and am not wild about the zed baby or any of that particular storyline, but the rest rocked out loud! This movie is a two star for me, in my own opinions the only reason why it's an ok average movie zombie flick is because not only is an remake from George A Romero dawn of the dead but also has some quotable moments and lines that keep the movie from being disastrous. Reason why is because if you look at some parts of the movie, and you pay attention to characters and their actions and you can honesty say that their parts and actions go unjustified in what their doing in some sequences of the movie; it's like the director or the script is almost certainly forcing itself through situations. Though the time was 2004 that it came out, it's amazing that the movie had some "ok" decent story telling, about how survivors are trying to be amongst one another and learn from each on how they all got there and ended up there. Another detail that might have boosted this movie up there is that when the characters get there at the mall, there is nothing to learn from the characters except obviously the.

If the main character was actually "targeted" then I am a pink elephant. This felt like a huge and slow build up that ends in mouse farts and and a toilet that won't flush. It seemed like it had potential but the real issues were painted with cheap water color and never became apparent. Dang, I hated this so much. Waste of my life.

I'm gonna chalk this one up to false advertising. The logline for We Burn Like This begins thusly: "When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real." I don't know about you, but something like that immediately put me in mind of something very pulpy, very poor taste, and very, very fun. I was picturing some sub-grindhouse thriller about a young jewish girl having to contend with the modern day neo-nazi movement...and dealing bloody mayhem on them. In fairness, I should've read the full synopsis - "When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real. As antisemitism continues to rise in the community, we follow Rae on her journey to forgive herself, her mother, and the broken world. Inspired by true events, this coming-of-age drama shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing" - which frankly offers a much more accurate take on what this movie is; a very slow-burn, rambling, minimalist drama about this girl going on a very internalized journey of self-discovery. Still, the fact that this movie isn't anything like Christopher Plummer's Remember - GREAT pulpy nonsense right there - is something that I cottoned onto real quick (even if I was thinking for a while, "So is this gonna be a low-key and grounded action thriller, a la A Vigilante or Catch the Fair One? I hope not, I didn't like either of those movies very much"). Which just leaves the movie as is, and honestly...not my speed. Even accounting for the fact that it's a much different kind of movie than what I was expecting, I don't think it's a particularly good example of that kind of movie; there's a difference between a slow-burn but interesting character study and a film that just feels like it's wasting your time, and way too often this felt like the latter. Which sucks, because there is real value to films just nakedly talking about this stuff. The most effective scenes in the movie are the ones where the characters are in congregation, saying shabbat, and the film just...does that, for a while. Unfortunately, moments of quiet intimacy like that are few and far between in a movie that is permeated with so much dead air. And, on a personal note, I've long since come to the opinion that pulpy genre flicks are much better vehicles for social messaging than maudlin mumblecore movies; Remember with Christopher Plummer has more to say on the subject of jewish remembrance than this, is what I'm saying.

source: We Burn Like This

This is my favorite Romero flick. It's such a cool update from the 1978 version! Plus I think this is the first time he used running zombies. :) I enjoy Ving Rhames and Mekhi Pfeifer and a few others as well. Living in a mall during a zed apocalypse is some good living. There's everything that you could ever want or need.. at least for awhile :) I wasn't and am not wild about the zed baby or any of that particular storyline, but the rest rocked out loud! This movie is a two star for me, in my own opinions the only reason why it's an ok average movie zombie flick is because not only is an remake from George A Romero dawn of the dead but also has some quotable moments and lines that keep the movie from being disastrous. Reason why is because if you look at some parts of the movie, and you pay attention to characters and their actions and you can honesty say that their parts and actions go unjustified in what their doing in some sequences of the movie; it's like the director or the script is almost certainly forcing itself through situations. Though the time was 2004 that it came out, it's amazing that the movie had some "ok" decent story telling, about how survivors are trying to be amongst one another and learn from each on how they all got there and ended up there. Another detail that might have boosted this movie up there is that when the characters get there at the mall, there is nothing to learn from the characters except obviously the.

The movie "We Burn Like This" was disappointing and an average movie at best. The description of the movie sounded like there was going to be rampant scenes of Antisemitism. Unfortunately, there were 4 minor instances that does not compare to what really has been going on in the Jewish communities.

I'm gonna chalk this one up to false advertising. The logline for We Burn Like This begins thusly: "When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real." I don't know about you, but something like that immediately put me in mind of something very pulpy, very poor taste, and very, very fun. I was picturing some sub-grindhouse thriller about a young jewish girl having to contend with the modern day neo-nazi movement...and dealing bloody mayhem on them. In fairness, I should've read the full synopsis - "When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real. As antisemitism continues to rise in the community, we follow Rae on her journey to forgive herself, her mother, and the broken world. Inspired by true events, this coming-of-age drama shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing" - which frankly offers a much more accurate take on what this movie is; a very slow-burn, rambling, minimalist drama about this girl going on a very internalized journey of self-discovery. Still, the fact that this movie isn't anything like Christopher Plummer's Remember - GREAT pulpy nonsense right there - is something that I cottoned onto real quick (even if I was thinking for a while, "So is this gonna be a low-key and grounded action thriller, a la A Vigilante or Catch the Fair One? I hope not, I didn't like either of those movies very much"). Which just leaves the movie as is, and honestly...not my speed. Even accounting for the fact that it's a much different kind of movie than what I was expecting, I don't think it's a particularly good example of that kind of movie; there's a difference between a slow-burn but interesting character study and a film that just feels like it's wasting your time, and way too often this felt like the latter. Which sucks, because there is real value to films just nakedly talking about this stuff. The most effective scenes in the movie are the ones where the characters are in congregation, saying shabbat, and the film just...does that, for a while. Unfortunately, moments of quiet intimacy like that are few and far between in a movie that is permeated with so much dead air. And, on a personal note, I've long since come to the opinion that pulpy genre flicks are much better vehicles for social messaging than maudlin mumblecore movies; Remember with Christopher Plummer has more to say on the subject of jewish remembrance than this, is what I'm saying.

If the main character was actually "targeted" then I am a pink elephant. This felt like a huge and slow build up that ends in mouse farts and and a toilet that won't flush. It seemed like it had potential but the real issues were painted with cheap water color and never became apparent. Dang, I hated this so much. Waste of my life.