Dear Diary,
Mmmmmm…brains…
(ok…I know)
I saw this at Sundance and it is the best horror movie I have ever seen. I say that as somebody who has never been scared by any movie ever, and had zombie nightmares all night after I saw it. It’s a really good film.
Dear Diary,
I could just eat Kevin up! Good looks and brains, but he acts like he doesn’t even know I’m alive!
Dear diary,
Mmmm…eat dog food…
So just how shaky is the shaky-cam in this one? (I had no problem with Blair Witch, but Cloverfield queased me out a bit. Where does this one fall?)
I haven’t seen Cloverfield yet, but it’s not as bad as Blair Witch. My husband had to excuse himself from the theater when we saw Blair Witch because it made him sick, but DotD didn’t bother him.
Actually, I don’t know how effective it was in Cloverfield, but I think one of the reasons DotD frightened me so much was the real sense of immediacy, due to the camera work. It’s hard to explain, except that it’s clear Romero wanted to really take advantage of the benefits of filming it this way, without just doing it to be “different,” if that makes sense.
I was really hoping to be able to see this on Sunday, but it’s gonna have to wait until probably Tuesday or so.
I will be wearing my “Walk of the Dead” button when I go. Hehehe…
I’ve been waiting for this for over a year, but no a single theatre in Northeastern Pennsyvania seems to be showing it :mad: . I’m buying the DVD either way, but I really hope it does well enough to get a wider release.
Which should be a crime, considering he’s FROM HERE and all. Dang it.
Studio’s got burned by Land, which was not great.
The perfect double-feature companion to Cloverfield. Put a scopolamine patch behind your ear, and enjoy the ride! Actually, DOTD didn’t bother me at all, shaky-cam wise. Maybe I’m getting used to it?
As noted in various reviews, Romero’s latest is a zombie movie with creamy socio-political filling. George is hardly subtle here, but he sweetens the pot with some funny lines and some glorious undead take-outs.
My favorite parts; the melting skull, and the catchy meme “Don’t bury dead, first shoot in head.”
Did anyone else mis-parse this as “Dairy of the Dead”?
Here I am thinking, “Boy, that would make REALLY sour milk.”
Yeah, I saw it at Sundance also. I also just saw Cloverfield the other day. I don’t like the shaky cam effect. Cloverfield probably used special effects to implement the shaky cam, while DotD seemed like a sincere super low budge video. That said, I liked both movies although I didn’t find either particularly scary except for the zombie/monster out of nowhere shock effect. Both movies could have use more titties.
You’re really Joe Bob Briggs, aren’t you?
Bringing this thread shambling up from the dead because I just saw it on DVD last night.
I was impressed. There were actual moments where I felt actual fear, and I haven’t felt that in a Zombie flick in ages. Romero still knows how to make a zombie film work.
Sure there are some moments where I think the camera guy shooting is going too far but then Romero turns it into a weird character flaw with social commentary.
The framing of the story as a documentary based on footage with narration and effects worked for me.
Never new difibulator paddles did that to a person… live and learn.
Anyone else seen this recently?
I saw this in the theater a couple months ago and thought it was awful.
The premise is interesting, but Romero goes about the whole viral video thing in the most clunky manner imaginable and practically beats you over the head with it by the end.
The only parts of it I liked were things that I thought had been done way better in other zombie movies (including other Romero movies), so even those were kind of pointless.
Didn’t think it was scary, didn’t like any of the cast, and while this might not be Romero’s fault, the whole thing felt like a really bad Cloverfield ripoff.
I felt like I was watching a Sci-Fi Channel original movie on the big screen.
I just finished watching it.
I had no problem with the asshole behind the camera. I thought that worked fine. But all the voiceover commentary and interspersed images were very heavy handed. I think it detracted from the movie considerably.
Also, and I know it’s silly to nitpick at stuff like this, but how in the hell did the clown become a zombie in between getting totally made up as a clown and then biting the guy on the home movie. That just didn’t make any sense at all.
Why doesn’t it make sense? It’s easy to suppose that he had existing health problems. He gets to the party, in his makeup, but before performing has a fatal heart attack. This is a Romero zombie flick, so ANYONE who dies becomes the living dead, unless they die of massive head trauma, of course.
Beat me to it. Also, when the kid’s father pulled off the clown’s bulbous rubber nose, blood dripped out from his real nose; I’d posit that Mr. Bumpity (or whatever the late clown’s professional name was) suffered a massive stroke. Or something else that would cause a nosebleed. I don’t know; this is a movie in which a small amount of hydrochloric acid dissolves half a man’s head in thirty seconds.
I saw it as how a film student would do a documentary. I figured Romero was going for the film within the film which is why I had no problem with it, cheezy slow mos and all.
It reminded me of the editing we did in college, trying to be artsy and meaningful ending up unsubtle because we had very little practicle experience.
At least I hope that is what he going for
I didn’t think of that, but, on reflection, it works. It still makes the movie crappy, but in a meta way, which I can appreciate.
I also accept the explanation of the clown.