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Old 10-28-04 | 09:55 AM
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The "Andy's Diary" special feature on the Dawn of the Dead DVD.... No me gusta!

Talk about crappy acting! The actor who plays Andy in Dawn '04, well...he didn't have any acting to do in the movie. He was never heard talking in person, only on a radio....

But then there is a special feature where he acts, and.....

He's AWFUL. So over the top, the entire time. It was pretty funny.

Anyway, i'm posting this because I thought Andy was a cool character. After watching this special feature, it actually made me like him less! That's a first for me.

Has there ever been a special feature on the DVD that actually made you like a character (or something about the film) a lot less?
Old 10-28-04 | 10:27 AM
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I thought it was neat.
Old 10-28-04 | 10:34 AM
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I've never watched it, but looking at the reviews for the dvd Winged Migration, a lot have said it was a great movie, but then they watched the special features, specifically the "Making Of" feature, which lowered their opinion on the movie as a whole.
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Actually, the 'news' feature also has some pretty poor acting as well.

But, the movie was great.
Old 10-28-04 | 11:37 AM
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I don't know why this couldn't have been put as your opinion in one of the already existing threads of Dawn Of The Dead but, yeah, the acting was poor and I don't really care for this extra. The movie was good enough for me.
Old 10-28-04 | 11:38 AM
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I enjoyed this extra myself. It was fun.

I liked how the Internet was still up. I can imagine how this place would be in a zombie outbreak.
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An interesting note to the News Story extra. As many may know, the anchor was played by the late Richard Biggs of Babylon5 fame. But what some may not know is that:

Spoiler:

The voice of the president was that of Bruce Boxleitner(sp?), or Captain Sheridan of the same show. I found that funny.
Old 10-28-04 | 01:15 PM
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Re: The "Andy's Diary" special feature on the Dawn of the Dead DVD.... No me gusta!

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Anyway, i'm posting this because I thought Andy was a cool character. After watching this special feature, it actually made me like him less!
I agree. I got the impression that he was just this cool, calm, hunter-guy in the movie. But this extra made him look like an annoying lunatic.

The ending of "the video" was well handled though.
Old 10-28-04 | 01:29 PM
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Actually, the 'news' feature also has some pretty poor acting as well.

But, the movie was great.
That was pretty awful. Painfully awful.
Old 10-28-04 | 01:35 PM
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Well I, for one, can say that I didn't walk into this movie looking for it's acting ability.
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The Secretary of Defense was played by "Earl" from The Joe Schmo Show.
Old 10-28-04 | 01:36 PM
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Well I, for one, can say that I didn't walk into this movie looking for it's acting ability.

I thought the acting in the movie was great. The special features on the other hand look like something they threw together over a weekend.
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I also thought the acting was kinda bad. However, the feature overall was amusing, and it tied in pretty well with the movie. As for the news feature, they needed better audio work, like in the press meetings--there was dead silence when the room should've been buzzing.
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The special features on the other hand look like something they threw together over a weekend.
Actually, I was more thinking DV camcorder myself - just had that home movie feel to it.

Spoiler:
especially the part where the 'doctor/morgue guy' was pulling the zombies out of the meat lockers at the morgue, getting interviewed... It just looked... hokey. (shrugs)
Old 10-28-04 | 04:32 PM
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Well I, for one, can say that I didn't walk into this movie looking for it's acting ability.
I don't care what movie we are watching....If a studio is going to spend 30 million on a film, they can spend a few extra days finding good actors. "It's a horror film" is no excuse for not having good acting. Believable acting in any film adds the enjoyment of it.

That said, I think the film's acting is great....The special feature actors are awful...Especially Andy's ex-wife! That lady was so over the top it made me laugh. It was like bad community theatre.

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