http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/ Zombie News... 24 Hours a Day Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 Kelly 'Zed-Killa' King Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:29:24 +0000 http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/#comment-2320 oh my "rating" was 2.5/5 stars oh my “rating” was 2.5/5 stars

]]> http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2319 Kelly 'Zed-Killa' King Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/#comment-2319 Just screened this for the first time today, and that is NOT my final rating. Definitely a movie that demonstrates why piracy is good for the industry: another way to filter the junk. I can't say this won't become a guilty pleasure of mine, but I can say with extreme certainty that this is no more a significant movie for the zombie genre than say....Return of the Living Dead: Rave 2 the Grave. It's just an action fest; and if all you want is a zombie shooter, watch Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Land of the Dead, or the 04 Dawn of the Dead remake because this is just gratuitous without being focused or trying to accomplish anything. If you want gratuitous and self-indulgence that accomplishes something, watch the first Return of the Living Dead, any Fulci zombie movie, or the modern tribute Planet Terror. What is wrong with this movie: The zombie makeup: the zombies turn into blistered ugly things immediately in a way that is more akin to Argento's "Demons" than a person who has become infected with a zombie-ish strand. The makeup look for the faces is a uniform aesthetic, but unfortunately it is a very poor aesthetic design concept. -Zombies with super-powers: again, these creatures are more reminiscent of "Demons" or "Dead Alive" than even the "28 blah Later" series or the 04 Dawn remake. These zombies can instantly leap like Spider-Man, bash barricades like the Hulk, cling to vehicles like treefrogs, and even dodge bullets Matrix-style. It is absurd and quite unscary. -The zombie "intelligence" factor. These zombies can fire weapons, drive cars, and use stealth like Solid Snake to capture their victims. The filmmakers have to the gall to do another "Bub" but they don't have the sense to give him characterization and a clear plot purpose because they're too busy firing uzis at hyperzombies. -No time spent developing our human survivors, or at least not any effective attempts. The younger brother and his girlfriend are on the right track in terms of characterization needed. Everyone else is under-developed because the movie is obsessed with showing nothing but zombie violence. Clocking in at a mere 81 minutes, too many opportunities to build characters we don't want to die are dismissed as quickly as the zombies overrun the town. The more I muse on this movie, the less I like it. But I am of the school that would prefer a zombie story that focuses more on the people trying to survive and, by doing this, reveals some interesting facets of human nature. I agree with Roger Ebert that "Land of the Dead" should have been a social drama set entirely inside Fiddler's Green with only the occasional mention or glimpse of zombies and Romero would have made a more resounding film. I whole-heartedly agree. These zombies run 50mph in the other direction, and they don't even give a scare like Snyder's version did. Just screened this for the first time today, and that is NOT my final rating. Definitely a movie that demonstrates why piracy is good for the industry: another way to filter the junk.
I can’t say this won’t become a guilty pleasure of mine, but I can say with extreme certainty that this is no more a significant movie for the zombie genre than say….Return of the Living Dead: Rave 2 the Grave. It’s just an action fest; and if all you want is a zombie shooter, watch Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Land of the Dead, or the 04 Dawn of the Dead remake because this is just gratuitous without being focused or trying to accomplish anything. If you want gratuitous and self-indulgence that accomplishes something, watch the first Return of the Living Dead, any Fulci zombie movie, or the modern tribute Planet Terror.
What is wrong with this movie:
The zombie makeup: the zombies turn into blistered ugly things immediately in a way that is more akin to Argento’s “Demons” than a person who has become infected with a zombie-ish strand. The makeup look for the faces is a uniform aesthetic, but unfortunately it is a very poor aesthetic design concept.
-Zombies with super-powers: again, these creatures are more reminiscent of “Demons” or “Dead Alive” than even the “28 blah Later” series or the 04 Dawn remake. These zombies can instantly leap like Spider-Man, bash barricades like the Hulk, cling to vehicles like treefrogs, and even dodge bullets Matrix-style. It is absurd and quite unscary.
-The zombie “intelligence” factor. These zombies can fire weapons, drive cars, and use stealth like Solid Snake to capture their victims. The filmmakers have to the gall to do another “Bub” but they don’t have the sense to give him characterization and a clear plot purpose because they’re too busy firing uzis at hyperzombies.
-No time spent developing our human survivors, or at least not any effective attempts. The younger brother and his girlfriend are on the right track in terms of characterization needed. Everyone else is under-developed because the movie is obsessed with showing nothing but zombie violence. Clocking in at a mere 81 minutes, too many opportunities to build characters we don’t want to die are dismissed as quickly as the zombies overrun the town. The more I muse on this movie, the less I like it. But I am of the school that would prefer a zombie story that focuses more on the people trying to survive and, by doing this, reveals some interesting facets of human nature. I agree with Roger Ebert that “Land of the Dead” should have been a social drama set entirely inside Fiddler’s Green with only the occasional mention or glimpse of zombies and Romero would have made a more resounding film. I whole-heartedly agree. These zombies run 50mph in the other direction, and they don’t even give a scare like Snyder’s version did.

]]> http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2213 William Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:45:01 +0000 http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/2008/03/05/day-of-the-dead-dvd-review/#comment-2213 Yeah I pretty much feel the same way I watched this at work so I was at least getting paid while I watched it. All and all it wasn't the worst zombie movie I've seen but it was far from a good zombie movie. Granted I'm still bitter about not being able to find "Diary of the Dead" playing anywhere near me. :-( Oh well I will certainly be buying it whenever it goes to DVD. Yeah I pretty much feel the same way I watched this at work so I was at least getting paid while I watched it. All and all it wasn’t the worst zombie movie I’ve seen but it was far from a good zombie movie. Granted I’m still bitter about not being able to find “Diary of the Dead” playing anywhere near me. :-( Oh well I will certainly be buying it whenever it goes to DVD.

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