See this the thing with people praising Georage A. Ramero & his zombie flicks. I have seen both The Night Of The Living Dead & Dawn Of The Dead & they're remakes, & I personally like the remakes a LOT better, because:
1) No stupid charcter, like in the original NOTLD, Barbra was always screaming & too weak to play the lead role. That is why I'd go for the remake, which is what I have because Barbra tends to kick more ass in that 1.
2. Same thing could be said about the DOTD remake to the original.
I like Ramero's "idea's" as he does have some pretty good 1s, but he never fully puts them on screen. To me I just wanted more from him, but never got the chance due to budget. And I am not saying that low budget horrors aren't bad, because they aren't, in fact they're better than most high budget films, but according to Ramero. Though I have to admit that his last movie, Land Of The Dead is a far more better movie that he's ever done, in gore, make-up, special f/x, characters were well played out & you cheered them on, etc.
I don't understand why people like his NOTD & prefer it over most of the other zombie flicks out there?? Sure it didn't need gore to make the movie better, but the characters were flat, the story was going nowhere, & it was just them being stuck in the house was kind of lame & yet kind of scary.
I like my zombie-horror flicks where they have an orgin of how they became to be, traveling from 1 place to another in order to find food & shelter, action but not over the top, rather realism is the key in most of my horror films. Examples would be:
1) Resident Evil (1-3) - Not really realistic, but it had an origin of the infection & the characters & plot seemed pretty good too.
2) 28 Days/Weeks Later - I did find Weeks to be a bit better than Days, mainly because kids were involved in this 1 & they were considered to be somewhat of a saviour for all of humanity type of thing, because they had blood that could not get infected or something like that?? I forget right now as I saw in the theatres when it came out & just bought the DVD today along with Days.
3) Dawn Of The Dead (2004) - Was pretty good & it did have some pretty good gore in it, but where it really showed it's strength was in the characterization & how they communicated with each other in order to survive. It reminded me of Lord Of The Flies (though I haven't read the book, but I am aware of its nature & its story as it has been re-told numerous times such as on the Simpsons).
4) Night Of The Living Dead - Already explained myself there, so there is no point of me repeating myself.
5) Shaun Of The Dead - It is obvios why I chose this, as it is somewhat like DORD, but with a comic twist & instead of being stuck in a mall, our unlikely heroes are stuck in a pub. Just the chemistry between them made it so much more real & you felt for the characters at the time of need, such as when Shaun's mom dies & later turns into a zombie, you actually feel sorry for Shaun & kind of place yourself in his situation & how you would have done it better or not.
6. Land Of The Dead - A different take on the zombie genre, as these zombies can now communicate with 1 another & can opperate machinary or what have you by not making it *too* cheesy.
Those as you guesed it are but some of my favourite zombie flicks, or at least like them alot. Others that I forgot to mention are Dead & Breakfast, The Return Of The Living Dead, Zombie, & any zombie flicks made by Dario Argento or Lucio Fulci.
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LavaAxe
14 years ago
Seriously? Resident Evil? I hope you go to a zombie convention and get eaten. </shakes head at stupid poster> And you like the remakes of DOTD and NOTLD better than the originals? Special effects and high budgets do NOT make a good movie dude. Did you like the new Star Wars movies more than the old ones? Land of the Dead is a good movie, but it is not even close to his best. It would be his worst, if he hadn't made Diary of the Dead. Next, you like Weeks more than Days? I don't even know how to respond to that. It might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I'm not trying to totally bag on you man. You've clearly seen some zombie movies. I've got respect for anyone who knows who Argento and Fulci are. But jesus man, get your priorities in order.
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PolDancer87
14 years ago
My priorities are in order. And since it has been almost 3 years since my last post on this thread, I have seen many more zombie flicks, though not as many as I wanted to. I just liked Resident Evil for its sheer thrill, and story (may not be that great, but does the job), and allows me to suspend my disbelief for a period of time, and I walk out happy, and kind of scared. I don't know man. I just love the Resident Evil franchise, be it playing the games, reading the novels, or watching the movies. There's something about them that pulls me in, that I can't escape from. It's one my guilty pleasures, and yes I cannot wait for the forth installment, Resident Evil: Afterlife. In response to you other question on whether I liked the new Star Wars compared to the old ones, the answer would have to be no. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, so shoot me. The only reason that I liked 28 Weeks Later a bit more was maybe because I saw it in the theater, and when the lights went down low for some of the scenes, I got pretty frightened. I just thought that the characters were better handled this time around, as opposed to 28 Days Later, where it's left ambiguous as to what actually happened to them in the end. Actually I take that one back. So was the ending of Weeks. I just loved the brother/sister relationship, and Robert Carlyle played a great villain of a sort. I believe that I already explained myself as to why I prefer the remakes to the originals of NOTLD and DOTD, but you make no point as to why you like the originals better than the remakes. And I LOVE Argento and Fulci!!!!
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