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Thursday, 1 April 2004
DAWN OF THE DEAD(2004)
Mood:
 smelly
Every website n' horror mag n' critic haz already feasted(iz that a real word?)on this movie.So anything I have to say iz probably redundant.
But I still gots ta put my two centz in.
First off-enuff with the remakez fer christ's sake,there'z tonz o writerz out there with great ideas that Hollyood just won't take a chance on.
But...if they HAVE to do a remake,better to follow this movie az an example on how to do it right.Better to rip off the masters I guess.It's the same approach I took when listening to alot of 80's metal.Better that Bulletboys were ripping off classic Van Halen than Jackson Browne.
But I'm roaming way off track...sorry.
This iz how I look at it...
When going into the theater to see "a re-imagining"of a classic film,think of it az an event that iz happening sometime around the same time/and or place az the original.Fer example,when Tim Burton tackled "Planet Of The Apes"I percieved it az the planet being the same planet that Charlton Heston landed on,but in a different part of the planet-say Washington instead of New York,and mayhaps at a different time period too just to play it safe.That way it's not directly a sequel,but another story that takes place.Make sense?
So that's what I did with the new "Dawn Of The Dead."Yeah,I know,it doesn't take place in the early 80's,but let's face it,there'z a million stories that can be told about various people around the world and how they dealt with the dead rising.
Better yet,pretend it's the American point of view when "28 Days Later"happened,cuz it actually haz more in common with that flick than the original George Romero classic.
Cuz theze zombies ARE VICIOUS!!
They may still be dumb az a rock but boy can they move!I wouldn't last a second in this movie,with my nicotine encased lungz I'd be past out long before a dead thing started chompin' on my neck!
It's pretty darn impressive.And any movie that starts with Johnny Cash's "When The Man Comes Around' and endz with Jim Carroll's "All The People Who Died" haz got to be good!
In fact the first 10 minutes of this movie rocks harder than any American horror film haz since az long az I can remember.It's what I wanted "Independance Day"to be before it turned into a military recruitment film.
And it doesn't skimp on the blood n' guts and just plain discustingness either.No wimpin' out here!
Horror fanz are screaming nothing but praize for this movie,and deservidly so.It'z a zombie fun fest to the extreme.
I just wondered why the survivors in the movie didn't try using the internet to communicate with the outside world.
Hmmmm....maybe it did take place in the early 80's...
yep-
we've got a twitcher here!
Ragz Ratez It A:9.5
Posted by ragzdandelion
at 2:30 AM PST
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