Well since the original sucked IMO and the originals are (for the most part) better than the remakes, this one must really be horrible.

As should Steve Miner...

I'm pretty surprised that with several B-list actors and a director such as Miner this isn't atleast getting a small theatrical run. It must be horrible, which is probably the fault of the production company. I was excited for this as the remake to "dawn of the dead" was amazing, but this will probably be horrible!

BLASPHEMER!!!

The original Day of the Dead is hands down the best of Romero's Zombie movies (and probably THE best zombie movie). I don't really understand why people hate it so much. It's so grim, dark and nihilistic, it's fantastic.

I don't like it because it's ugly and hateful. It's just a sick movie, it makes you feel like showering afterwards.

I'm a big zombie fan, but think Romero's films are terrible, each in their own way.

Does not compute...

No, it's just a fan of the original.

Well makes my decision simple. Worth a rental at first.

mwahahahaha

If you are a big zombie fan but don't like Romero's movies what movies DO you like?

It's a grim, feel bad subject. The whole point is that society and people lose it for themselves. It it almost irrelevant that it's zombie, it could be killer bunnies outside, it's people screwing themselves over for various reasons.

But that's why it's such a great movie that holds a lot of weight, it's not just a superficial splatter fest action movie (like the Dawn remake, which is fine if you want just a popcorn movie and want to forget about the movie seconds after the final credits)

Wow. A movie thats a remake of a film that had to be scaled back because of budget cuts and studio interference having to scale back production because of studio interference and budget cuts.

Now theres some irony for ya.

The best zombie movies I've ever seen (and I've seen, and own, almost EVERY zombie film ever made) are the 28 Days/Weeks films, the DOTD remake, Shaun of the Dead, and a few minutes excerpted from the first Resident Evil movie.

What these all have in common is that they feature human characters that we can relate to and worry for. I like them. I can put myself in their shoes. And each (except for the RE movies) portray the near extinction of the human race and the zombie holocaust in realistic terms. Especially the DOTD remake, which actually used it's title properly, and showed that it could all happen overnight, while we're not paying attention.

For all of his reputation as the king of zombies, there's not one Romero flick that I'd ever care to return to. His humans are sketchily drawn, psychotic, ugly to each other. I've tried to love the original Dawn of the Dead, but assume it's one of those "had to be there" movies, because it looks ridiculous to me now. Night of the Living Dead is the closest he ever came, but I'd still prefer The Last Man On Earth any day.

Ugg, not at all. You can barely call that a zombie movie. There are maybe a few minutes of real zombie action, the rest of it is just "look at this asshole army guy!" and "lol zombies = pets!". If you are looking for an action packed exciting gory movie like Night (except for the gory) or Dawn then you are going to be very disappointed with Day.

All of which owe their very existence to Romero IMO. Shaun makes so many references to Romero's films a lot of the comedy would be wasted on those who have not seen them.

That's not your opinion, that's a simple & undisputable fact.

Yeah, I know. That doesn't mean Romero's films are good though. Just well liked.

Romero's movie are great, because of the characters. There was not a single character in the Dawn remake, they were all cannon fodder and lame one dimensional stereotypes. Oh man the former gang memember loves his baby! he's a real person.

Shaun of the Dead should not be lumped in with those other movies, that is all about characters, and has some great ones.

Again, these aren't supposed to be "action packed" movies, they are grim, scary movies about society and the falts in ourselves.

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The last thing I want from a zombie movie is commentary "about society and faults with ourselves", which is most likely why I don't enjoy most of Romero's work. I'll take Return of the Living Dead over something like his Day of the Dead anytime.

This is bypassing theaters? What a monumental surprise! I find it even more pathetic that "name" actors like Ving Rhames and Mena Suvari would actually star in something like this. I read an early review of the film and it sounded god-awful. I'm a HUGE zombie film fan, but there ain't no way I would EVER watch this shit. I'll watch the real Day of the Dead 5,000 more times before I'd even consider this one. I feel sorry for anyone foolish enough to actually buy it.

Not to dertail the tread and make it into a movie discussion instead of the DVD discussion, but I think that's why so many people love Romero's movies. That's also why a lot of 60's and 70s horror films were so good because of the social context of them. Hunt down the IFC doc "American Nightmare", it's a pretty cool overview that touches the surfce of this stuff.

It all really boils down to why people want to watch movies, to think or to be entertained, although I think Romero's movies do both, sucessfully.

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It's absurd to assign social commentary to Dawn of the Dead. What, we all shop like zombies? Profound. And anyway, I didn't see any of that in the film, I just saw zombies walking around the mall in Pittsburgh. The only thing I learned is that I shouldn't climb on crates near a helicopter's blades.

There's a lot of pretentiousness surrounding this movie as well. Nobody "thought" about anything while watching this movie, ever.

This looks funny. I'll probably get it.

There goes every single shred of credibility you might ever have had in this existence.