Dawn of the dead

[Double_Blade]

The 1978 classic and the 2004 remake, Dawn of the dead, made by two real zombie masters, George Romero and Zack Snyder. Anyone enjoyed the movies? Both are my favourite zombie movies.

 

[63]

Remake sucked :|

Fav zombie movie: 28 days later.

 

[knut]

I loved them both. Although on first wach, the original sort've dragged on abit, but its a film I watch regulary now. I liked the remake because it showed more gore and death, which I love to see, which is also why Day of the Dead is my favorite '...of the Dead' film. Soldiers vs. zombies = one big gorey mess.

''Choke on them!''

 

[Double_Blade]

Yeah, Day of the dead is also my favourite zombie movie. Look forward to the 2007 remake of Day of the dead.

 

[knut]

I look forward to it greatly.

 

[Axyon]

Holy crap, you did not just compare Romero's slice of genius to the remake.

 

[DeusExMachina]

While I like both, the original is far better. Snyder is a very stylish director, which is good, but he needs to give his movies a bit more substance. I'm hoping he doesn't mess up Frank Miller's 300.

 

[MTG_Maro]

I never saw the original Dawn of the Dead, so I just inately prefer the remake.

 

[Llama]

Pfft, Shuan of the Dead is superior to both, though if I had to choose i'd take the original

 

[Adrien C]

I really like the remake.
The remake and 28 days later are the best zombie films.
To be honest, Romero is over-rated, I mean, did you watch the piece of crap he recently released?

 

[Flyingdebris]

though one thing i never EVER understood, WHY, WHY does that 1 biker stop to have his pressure taken by that machine when there are zombies all over the place? WHY!?

 

[Ennui]

Holy crap, you did not just compare Romero's slice of genius to the remake.

qfe

also, 28 Days Later is pretty much the only good recent zombie movie (though they technically aren't zombies).

 

[DeusExMachina]

I really like the remake.
The remake and 28 days later are the best zombie films.
To be honest, Romero is over-rated, I mean, did you watch the piece of crap he recently released?

Uh yeah. I freakin' own it cause its so good.

 

[Reginald]

How can you call Zack Snyder a master of zombies when DotD was his first film? :|

Pretty much all zombie films are pretty good. Apart from Day of the Dead 2: Contagium.

28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead 78 are my faves.

EDIT: Land of the Dead is also freaking awesome.

 

[Warbie]

The remake and 28 days later are the best zombie films.
To be honest, Romero is over-rated, I mean, did you watch the piece of crap he recently released?

I hear that. Land of the Dead was the biggest crock of shit i've watched in ages. //edit - no offense meant, Reginald.

I like Dawn, though, and even thought the remake was half decent.

 

[Reginald]

no offense meant, Reginald.

None taken. Land was always going to be controversial. It felt completely different to his other films. That was because it wasn't originally part of the "Dead" series. It was going to be a stand-alone film called Dead Reckoning (hence the name of the armoured truck)

 

[smwScott]

Night of the Living Dead is definitely my favorite. Next comes Shaun of the Dead, followed by 28 Days Later, followed by Dawn of the Dead (original). Those are the only zombie films I like, and the Dawn remake was shit.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I'd argue the remake is better. I'd outline the reasons, but this review does a decent enough job of summing them up.
(<3 Walter Chaw)

http://filmfreakcentral.net/screenreviews/dawnofthedead2004.htm

Dawn 2004 is my second favorite zombie movie after 28 Days, with Shaun an almost-tie at third.

I still haven't seen much of the romero ones though. :shh:

 

[DeusExMachina]

None taken. Land was always going to be controversial. It felt completely different to his other films. That was because it wasn't originally part of the "Dead" series. It was going to be a stand-alone film called Dead Reckoning (hence the name of the armoured truck)

Actually, they changed the name because there was a Bogart film called Dead Reckoning. It was still going to be apart of the Dead series though. He had the idea around 9/11. Land of the Dead polarizes fans. Some like it, some don't.

 

[CptStern]

return of the living dead was my fave ...probably cuz they didnt take it seriously "BRAIIIIIINS"

 

[Reginald]

You may be right. I only got into Romero the day before Land came out. Watched all 3 originals the night before Land. XD I just heard what I said.

@Deus Ex.

Damn you Stern.

 

[DeusExMachina]

return of the living dead was my fave ...probably cuz they didnt take it seriously "BRAIIIIIINS"

Romero didn't do anything with that D:

 

[MrMan]

though one thing i never EVER understood, WHY, WHY does that 1 biker stop to have his pressure taken by that machine when there are zombies all over the place? WHY!?

I thought the same thing! It's been a while since i saw it but he gets his arm ripped off right? Stupid bastard!

Love both the remake and original btw

 

[knut]

I didn't like Night of the Dead much to be honest. Its a good film, but I fall asleep through it everytime we watch it. And at my freinds partys or whatnot, its quite often a '...of the Dead' film is put on towards 3/4 o' clock in the morning.

I enjoyed Land of the Dead, though. But that took the whole 'zombies killing armed soldiers with automatic weapons really easy' to the extreme though. That scene where the zombies bust down the gate and the soldiers are all there, armed with assault rifles, watch towers with pintle mounted weapons and other such military things always has me saying outloud 'HOW? HOW DO THEY DIE? WHY DID THAT MAN STAND STILL?' :|

 

[joule]

Night of the Living Dead - The grandaddy of them all. Created a whole new genre and possibly the influential horror movie of all-time.

Dawn of the Dead - Romero's classic tale of apocalypse, zombiedom and consumerism. Simply the best zombie horror flick ever made and my all-time favorite.

Day of the Dead - Though it might be the most flawed in the series, it's also the most ambitious. Romero should have ended the series here.

Night of the Living Dead (Remake) - Even though Romero had no direct involvement, it proves itself to be a competent update of George A. Romero's horror classic.

Dawn of the Dead (Remake) - Tense, bloody, funny and smart. Has it moments, (most notably the first 10 minutes), but lacks original's conscience. Also suffers from underdeveloped characters and satirical touch.

Land of the Dead - How people can find this as a decent zombie movie is beyond me. There's a sense that Romero has run out of ideas and is recycling. Dreadfully boring.

Day of the Dead (Remake/2007 - Seeing a trend here?) - I can only hope. Steve Miner, the director, doesn't have much a great directing history, so my hopes aren't that high. But it is written by the screenwriter who wrote all of the Final Destinations.

 

[Double_Blade]

Original and Remake were both great and fun to watch, Dawn of the dead original was the first zombie movie I watched, turn off the lights and just watch it.

P.S Rhodes could have turned into a legless zombie. After all, only his legs were torn off, so he could have 100% chance on becoming a zombie.

 

[knut]

I dunno, I think Rhodes was one of those people that were eaten instead of just zombiefied. Most people that are zombiefied are the people that get bitten but manage to run away. Rhodes and his men, however, weren't so lucky. Instead, they got pulled apart by many'a zombie. Awesome to watch.

 

[Double_Blade]

Rhodes only body parts were being pulled off were his legs. And plus I think he also got bitten, so I presume he had become a zombie.

 

[knut]

Well yeah, what we saw of Rhodes was him being pulled apart, but I presume he was pretty much eaten up when the camera wasn't on him. I think he'd probably die of lose of blood and vital organs, etc, before turning into a zombie anyway. And I really, really doubt those zombies were going to stand up after biting him and walk away thinking happily to themselves ''another zombie for our masses!''

 

[Double_Blade]

Well yeah, what we saw of Rhodes was him being pulled apart, but I presume he was pretty much eaten up when the camera wasn't on him. I think he'd probably die of lose of blood and vital organs, etc, before turning into a zombie anyway. And I really, really doubt those zombies were going to stand up after biting him and walk away thinking happily to themselves ''another zombie for our masses!''

Hehehehe, lol yeah... But the problem is, we didn't know what became of Rhodes, we know he died, but probably his body is burned? Who knows? Anyway, Rhodes is also the villian in the movie. A sadist, he made fun of Salazar in the movie and he pushed Salazar and always give him orders and demands and as a result Salazar was bitten and so on, Salazar was torn into shreds by zombies though.

Anyone knows Ken Foree? The main character of Dawn of the dead classic and as the old priest of the remake.

 

[Sulkdodds]

I've got to say I really like both Dawn of the Deads - the original and the remake. I think the original is better, though, simply because for me the new one sagged somewhat as it went on, despite having one of the best opening half hours I've ever seen in a movie (that shot where she's driving down the motorway and the truck or whatever just cuts across and blows up - it makes me wonder why the hell nobody has done a zombie apocalypse movie yet as opposed to zombie post-apocalypse). The original was simply...yes, it was bloated, but that was somewhat the point, and it was great.

28 Days Later also gets a mention as one of my favourite films ever, and Shaun of the Dead as one of my favourite comedy films ever (so much funnier than...well, most comedy films).

 

[Reginald]

OK... Night of the Living Dead Original or 30th Anniversary Cut? I have the original, but have seen the newer one and as much as it pains me to say it, the new footage really makes more sense of the film.

 

[Double_Blade]

I am happy to say that Night of the living dead 3D version has been finished and will be set to release on the probably 28 September 2006, I hope they won't delay the release.

Dawn of the dead rules forever.

 

[CptStern]

Romero didn't do anything with that D:

I never saw what fans see in him ..at least Roger Corman has schlock and Russ Meyers had camp+boobies ...Romero took one idea (one dimensional at best) and has been milking it ever since ..it says something about his artisitic standing if others can take his themes and make it better (28 days, Shaun of the dead)


edit: while browsing some of Corman's films I ran into this:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452608/

deathrace3000 a remake of deathrace2000 to be released in 2008 ..I can tell you right now it's going to suck ...unless he manages to keep the same spirit of the original intact

as a gamer you owe it to yourself to see the original ..imho it's the best video game movie for a game that never existed ...although Carmaggedon came close

the movie is about a race where you score points for running over pedestrians other drivers etc ..it features Stallone wearing a tuxedo racing David Carradine in a gimp mask ...what's not to like?

 

[joule]

I am happy to say that Night of the living dead 3D version has been finished and will be set to release on the probably 28 September 2006, I hope they won't delay the release.

Dawn of the dead rules forever.

What's so "3D" about it? Will I have to wear a pair of 3D glasses to get this effect?

 

[DeusExMachina]

I never saw what fans see in him ..at least Roger Corman has schlock and Russ Meyers had camp+boobies ...Romero took one idea (one dimensional at best) and has been milking it ever since ..it says something about his artisitic standing if others can take his themes and make it better (28 days, Shaun of the dead)[/img]

Milking? He made three Dead movies in the 60s, 70s, and 80s and one in 2005. The only moderately popular one was Dawn of the Dead in '78. The zombie genre isn't one dimensional, there's a lot of potential, few people ever do anything with it. Romero, Boyle, and Wright are the only people who have done anything with it film wise.

 

[CptStern]

They've taken it as far as it can go. I mean there's only so much you can do with a zombie/zombification

monster name: Zombie
type: undead
monster motivation: eat brains
special features: can pass off as non-zombie from distance except for odd way of walking. Tend to hang out with other zombies




...Romero's work is predominately zombie-related

 

[DeusExMachina]

Never said it wasn't. Practically Romero's only good movies have been the Dead movies. And the zombie genre can go a lot farther than that. There's plenty of books that take the zombie genre to another level. I've seen romance, comedy, social commentary, undead superheroes, and a whole host of things I can't even remember. The zombie genre is rich and growing.

 

[Asuka]

The new Dawn of the Dead was great. Fast Zombies ftw!

 

[Double_Blade]

The new Dawn of the Dead was great. Fast Zombies ftw!

I agree... The Fast Zombies were great. Anyway, there is a source engine Dawn of the dead both 1978 and 2004 game, No More Room In Hell!

Also feature fast zombies just like in the 2004 Dawn of the dead and walking and slow zombies in 1978 Dawn of the dead.

The makeup in 1978 Dawn of the dead looks great. Blue zombies, I mean it's like the body is dead for just today and never rot and still fresh. I like it.