Day of the Dead (2008)

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Wow. Very extensive review there. I remember this flick.

Zombie flicks? They are what they are. I go in there hoping to be entertained. I cheer for the cool parts and try not to groan too much at the bad parts. But bad parts in zombie flicks are a given. But that's okay, I like 'em anyway.

And I don't mind actors coming back to play different roles. Guess all those Sergio Leone films got me used to that. He would have Lee Van Cleef play a bad guy in one flick and a good guy in the next.

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Those are some of the reasons this bad idea went directly to DVD- the original plan was a theatrical release. The movie had bad vibes from day one- they actually had to reshoot almost the entire film because when the original print was shown to test audiences, they trashed it worse then a Uwe Boll film!

The final nail for me was their "reimagining" of Bud. In the original.. Bud is just a zombie that remembers snatches of life and is able to control his hunger, even show emotion. The new one, they explain his passivity because he was a vegetarian in life. REALLY?? A VEGETARIAN??? Give me a Break!!! I'l give you the super-fast transformation and the genius zombie.. but that's it.

And I have to agree with you the "wall-crawlers"- though I do like the visual of all the zeds crashing through the windows 3-4 stories up to get to the humans below.

Horrible remakes like this are why I am really unsure of the remake of "The Crazies", Romero's other great "zombie" flick.
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Worse then a Uwe Boll film? IS that possible? :D But still, I pass on Day of the Dead.
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Hound wrote:Those are some of the reasons this bad idea went directly to DVD- the original plan was a theatrical release. The movie had bad vibes from day one- they actually had to reshoot almost the entire film because when the original print was shown to test audiences, they trashed it worse then a Uwe Boll film!

The final nail for me was their "reimagining" of Bud. In the original.. Bud is just a zombie that remembers snatches of life and is able to control his hunger, even show emotion. The new one, they explain his passivity because he was a vegetarian in life. REALLY?? A VEGETARIAN??? Give me a Break!!! I'l give you the super-fast transformation and the genius zombie.. but that's it.

And I have to agree with you the "wall-crawlers"- though I do like the visual of all the zeds crashing through the windows 3-4 stories up to get to the humans below.

Horrible remakes like this are why I am really unsure of the remake of "The Crazies", Romero's other great "zombie" flick.


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The Day of the Dead remake was one of the worst zombie movies I have ever seen. And I have seen lots of bad zombie movies. It made Zombie 5 look like a masterpiece.
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:eek: Ahhhhhh! A zombie thread on the zombie board!!!! :eek: :?
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krate wrote:Wow. Very extensive review there. I remember this flick.

Zombie flicks? They are what they are. I go in there hoping to be entertained. I cheer for the cool parts and try not to groan too much at the bad parts. But bad parts in zombie flicks are a given. But that's okay, I like 'em anyway.

And I don't mind actors coming back to play different roles. Guess all those Sergio Leone films got me used to that. He would have Lee Van Cleef play a bad guy in one flick and a good guy in the next.

Thank you for sharing.
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