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Summary: It's better than you think
Comment: First, I love George A. Romero's zombies. New-school zombies can suck it (literally, what the F*** is up with them. They are more like people on angel dust than zombies). 28 Whatevers Later blew. I thought the remake of Dawn of the Dead sucked. I love zombie movies but have honestly only seen about 8 that were good. And I liked this one. I was very amused at Romero's digs on the new-age zombie. "See, I told you dead things move slow!" I think his take on the first person point of view horror film is the best yet (I have yet to see [REC] which I hear is really good and not available in the US). Blair Witch was OK, Cloverfield was OK, but Romero nailed it with the, perhaps excessive, detailing of who the camera is being held by and when and why. Sure, I thought the acting was a sort of bad, but I didn't think it ruined the movie. Imagine this wasn't a Romero movie...you would think "Oh, that's interesting filming, some sweet kills, good zombies, but what a rip-off of George A. Romero." But its not a rip-off, its not amazing, its DECENT.
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Summary: a great addition to the series
Comment: i dont care what most neo-zombie fans think about this movie to be honest. i've sat through some great ones and some less than watchable ones throughout my life since the wee age of five and i must say that george romero has always been on the top of the list in my opinion. even max brooks should give him credit for the influences of the neo zombie bible-the zsg because he obviously based the techniques in it off the so called "romero zombie" anyways onto the movie.
this was a low budget indy film, showing george getting back to his roots after the big budget land of the dead which pretty much finished off the original series of the "dead films" but this one is different.
it is shot completely in first person through multiple cameras including a camer phone and video surveilance footage at times which was then edited and had music added for effect. its also one fo the first films ive seen of its kind where it mentions heavily on how wired society is these days hitting ehavily on myspace and youtube especially for seens of "unedited footage" and the likes. its not hyper gorey like most neo zombie fans enjoy but it goes back tot he body of story over substance romero build his ebst films on. the movies g.a.r made never really showed the effects of zombies on society trearing it apart but rather society tearing itself apart with the zombies as a subtle catalyst. and this film delve sinto that very well as the team bicker constantly about how the filmographer wont put his damn camera down even when theyre being attacked and even has the camera pointed back at him at times to illustrate the point of sometimes you need to put your priorities in order first instead of getting the shot on camera.
i honestly really loved this movie alot. it's not as shaky as blair witch project was but still realistic enough that sometimes i had to take a break from it to remind myself it was just a movie after all.
so if you like the dead films because of the story and conflicts of the distressed main characteras and the sticky situations they get into, you may very well enjoy this movie. i wouldnt recommend this for the neo zombie-lets see gorey zombie chomping anywhere without alot of substance crowd who settles for crappy movies because of good special effects though. just the true zombie fans at heart who love a good tale.
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Summary: Uhhhhh what's going on here?!?!?!
Comment: I don't think i could find more useless reviews... this is a review of THE BLU-RAY people! I couldn't care less what you "think" of the film, if i wanted that i'd read the regular DVD review. Absolutely no info on the Blu-ray quality at all here.
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Summary: "Diary" Has Its Moments; Should Have Been Made Much Earlier, Though
Comment: In "Diary of the Dead" George A Romero returns to his roots. That is what some people say, and they are right in more than one sense. Unlike his previous "Land of the Dead" "Diary" is made with a lower budget and largely unknown cast, more like an independent film. "Diary" also takes us back to the earlier days when the dead started walking and eating the flesh of the living. For all the merits of the film, however, I was slightly disappointed with his latest entry.
The story is not bad. It is about a group of film students and one professor in Pennsylvania, witnessing the world slowly ending around them, with people turning into flesh-eating zombies. Clearly the 68-year-old veteran hasn't lost his touch. Some scenes are scary and some gory (what happens if you use an AED on a zombie?) Some scenes are really funny in a twisted way.
All those events are told through the camera-eye. The film-within-film that follows the terrifying events are actually, according to the narrator, edited (using "footage" downloaded from the net), and sound effects are added to the final cut. In this way "Diary" tries to make its oft-used hand-held camera device more accessible.
I don't disagree with the narrative method itself. Still what we see is essentially the same as before. People get bitten and they become undead. "Diary of the Dead" has great opening, and the fast-paced storytelling and Romero's skill as director keep us interested, but we know where the film is going, and it does.
Perhaps the film should have been made at least seven years earlier when we were not still perfectly aware of the impact of the "live" images of the media, or the potential of YouTube. I agree with most of Romero's social messages, but with all respect to him his social commentaries are obvious to most of us now.
George A Romero's "Diary of the Dead" has its moments. But let's face it. We have seen so many zombie films recently, haven't we?
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Summary: The worst 'Dead' film, and one of the worst films ever.
Comment: Simply put, this movie is atrocious. The acting is pitifully poor, the CGI effects are laughably bad, and the story is trite and boring. It basically looks like Cloverfield without a budget or script. All of the actors are conceited morons and the narration (no doubt added for simpletons) eschews subtlety and hits you over the head with the film's "message". I'm a long-time Romero fan, and it was almost unbearable sitting through this film. I nearly fell asleep several times and the dialogue was cringe-inducing. All of the media and Romero fanboys will say "it's not so bad" and make excuses as you would expect. It's embarrassing that Romero put his name on something this abysmal. Avoid like the plague...
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