Dawn Of The Dead remake reaction thread

[Max Gardner]

I thought this was fairly miserable on the whole.  Not as awful as, say, Underworld or Equilibrium or Dracula II: The Ascension, but lousy nonetheless.  The zombies look fine, but they're faster and more agile than any living human being, and the fright factor goes right out the window.  The cast was so large as to make any character development whatsoever impossible.  The three mall security guards were uncalled for.  So were the people who show up in the truck.  The humor was out of place, as the rest of the movie took itself very seriously.  And as Peter Jackson will tell you, it's best to play a snarling zombie baby for humor rather than scares.  Thumbs down.

[Max Gardner]

Come to think of it, there were a few entertaining scenes.  I enjoyed the celebrity zombie shooting gallery with Richard Cheese accompaniment, and the part where the truck runs over some zombies on the way to the loading dock was a nice touch and well done.  Still, the funny or exciting bits were too sparse to save the rest of the movie.

[Ronin47]

Cool!  I'm very glad to see that most of you guys love it - makes me glad that you don't think I've just been blowing smoke these past couple of months.
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[daveblackeye15]

I saw it last night with my brother and we both liked it. I would call a unfaithful remake of the original but at least I had fun. I still think the original is way better and I think the new Dawn is one of the better horror movies to come out in years.( I don't care what you say Ving Rhames it is a HORROR movie!) 3 1/2 out of 5 just because it was a fun movie. I wasn't bothered at all by the fast Zombies, I'll admit I think fast zombies are more dangerous than slow zombies but slow Zombies are a lot creepier than fast zombies (and I prefer my zombies slow.)



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[wickednick]

This movie kicked ass. And I'm just going to come right out and say I thought it was better than the orginal. (You may all throw your stones at me now) Almost everything about this movie improved apon the orginal. Better acting, scarier story, and cooler zombies.
I know many of you complained about " oh the zombies moved to fast" I actually thought the idea of faster zombies was an improvment. It made the situations alot more suspensfull when you knew that the zombies were just as fast as those who were alive.
The look of the movie was far more apacalyptic than 28 Days Later and the orginal Dawn of the dead.It was like looking at scenes right out of the Resident Evil video game and might I add that this was what the Resident Evil movie should have been.
My only real vise with it is this. One how did they know which boat was the right boat and that WAS NOT WISCONSIN. I live in wisconsin and I know what the sky line of Milwaukee looks like not to mention the basic layout of the houses in wisconsin.
In the movie the houses are all crowded real close together with in-ground swimming pools.You do not find many in-ground swimming pools in wisconsin. Lastly as far as I know there are no islands in lake michigan, but I maybe wrong and if I am correct me.
I really wish that they had decided to make it in my fair state and not some place in california.

[Ash]

I haven't seen it but 99% of it was shot in Canada.

Most of the original Dawn of the Dead (1978) was shot in Pennsylvania.

[The Burgomaster]

I thought that I was going to hate this movie, but I thought it was decent.  The original is definitely a better movie, but the remake is worth seeing.  I will buy the DVD when it is released.

[JackFlack]

Dawn of the Dead is one of the best movies I've seen in a while.  And yeah, I think it was better than the original.  Better zombies (faster moving = scarier and more believable), more gore, and kickass explosions.  It had decent enough character development for me, especially the security guard who was an a***ole in the beginning but actually ends up kicking major ass in the end.

The inclusion of Richard Cheese's cover of "Down with the Sickness" was classic.  Even the ending credits kicked ass.  People were leaving and then just froze in their steps during them.

But don't believe me.  Check out this review:
http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=dawn_rules

[jmc]

I thought as a horror film it was better, but not as an overall film.  Still, it's a great horror film, and my wife and I are STILL feeling creeped out a week after we saw it.

[odinn7]

I finally got to see it last night. I was the "loser" that you always see at the movies who is by themselves as I couldn't find anyone else willing to go with me. Anyway, I thought the movie was real good. Comparing it to the original, I am not real happy with it. As a movie on it's own, entertaining and definitely worth seeing. The gore effects were done fairly well and the fast zombies...well, they did add to it when there was a mass of them chasing the characters. I prefer the slow zombies (because this is what I grew up watching) but I don't think they would have worked out as well in this movie.