I saw the original many years ago. I remembered that I disliked it but didn't remember much more than that. Anyhow, being a fan of zombie movies I figured that it's a classic and I ought give it another chance.
And I was pleasantly surprised.
But I absolutely loved the remake. So I'm going with that.
They're both pretty awesome, but the original wins just by a hair or two.
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Original. I hated the remake on my first viewing, because it was SO different from Romero's. Where was the close-knit group? What's with all the characters there just to die?
Over time, I've grown to enjoy the remake, but Romero's wins hands-down. I could watch this and "The Thing" for the rest of my life and never tire of it.
I love to love my Lisa.
remake. this one is overrated. Goofy bikers... pie fight... and a leading lady that was dead weight.
shareYeah man same here. Watched it last night and didn't like it at all.
Over the top acting funny jombies same jombies smiling jombies. Jombie that were reactive to fire and water sprinkler(seriously). Atrocious acting specially that flyboy guy was running like a clown in the whole movie.if this was made today people would have laughed on it. Overrated movie.
Yea. The original was goofy. Especially the lame bikers. Movie snobs usually choose the original of anything, despite it being inferior.
shareNAH, M7, I juzzzzt lyk it cuzzz i lyk it.
Honestly, I first watched it with a friend of mine who, up to that point, hadn't seen any "older" movies. Which is fine. She loved Resident Evil, and we decided to give the original Dawn a go. We both loved it, and were sat at the edge of our seats! I didn't find Stephen's acting atrocious, but he was certainly the weakest acted of the original four.
No no, M7, URRR opinin is rong ;)
you are correct sir. there were no characters in the remake, only cliches. i wanted them all to die. i was sort of pleased with the ambiguous ending as they took the boat off into the sunrise and could have lived with that. but when you see the ending after the credits and when they get to island they are all screwed it made me smile. they shouldnt have been trying to leave in the first place
If time is not true, what purpose have watchmakers?
The original had characters like Peter, stephen, Francine and Roger. That was named without reference to any help.
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Monica = sliced with chainsaw (to be fair, they never said her name in the movie)
Nicole = Stupid girl who went after the dog
The original is and always will be the quintessential zombie film. I love it like it's my child it will never be topped. I dug the remake the first time I saw in theaters (for what it was) - but to be perfectly honest it seems to be getting worse for me as time goes on. I watched it again recently and found myself cringing a few times at how moronic and juvenile it was. Something about the sprinting zombies that don't work - and the zombies in the remake felt more like vampires on steroids than walking corpses. Meh. A good movie but doesn't compare to the original.
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Pull me out of the aircrash. Pull me out of the wake. I'm your superhero.
I don't think the character was necessarily stupid going after the dog, but she was extremely reckless, and the entire fate of everyone else who died rests squarely on her shoulders. No, she wasn't thinking rationally at the time she went over there, but her actions directly got Tucker killed, forced the remaining survivors to accelerate their plans to leave the mall, and led a huge number of the hoard through the sewers into their safe haven.
I mean, think about it. She doomed a majority of the characters because she went after that dog. Maybe if they'd waited and went after the weapons, the same outcome would have taken place, but we don't know for sure. We DO know that her actions led to the outcome it did.
As an animal lover, I can give her a pass, she wasn't stupid going after the dog. But I do blame her for being totally reckless, and I put the blame of everyone who died between the mall and the boat is solely on her.
I love to love my Lisa.
I really liked them both.
shareOriginal. Memorable characters. Sometimes funny, and drew me in. Remake I found (mostly) dull and had boring "characters".
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