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I can't LOVE this movie (sorry)..Night & Dawn leagues better!


I just rewatched it AGAIN...always giving it a benefit of the doubt view...and it starts out interestingly enough and the climax is also FANTASTIC...but the dialogue/talky parts....Uninteresting and boring at times, I phase out EVERY time! And before I get accused of having A.D.D. I'm a moviephile and horror fan for 3 decades and love the classics. The whole shouting and yelling at each other just LOSES me every time.

I may watch with subtitles and commentary..see if my opinion changes at all. But that would be the last straw.

I'd rather watch Land of the Dead (which I have on Blu Ray btw and has an AWESOME soundtrack)...LOVE that movie!

Flaming welcome.

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Im gonna punch you in the cooter, I swear to God!

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I don't think that's unfair criticism at all, especially considering the two films it follows. While I personally enjoy this film, there's a reason I rarely return to it. I do think it's a wonder it turned out as good as it is considering all the hurdles Romero faced in getting it made.

I do have to say I'd take this over Land any day of the week.

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Agreed. "Day" is all about watching Tom Savini do his thing. The script just doesn't work.

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hear, hear. i love that someone can start a topic like this without getting bashed, that proves the fan base of this is more civilized than the zombies. some thoughts reading around this board, of course they didn't deserve to die, sure there were some pretty rough fellas, but you can obviously read some conscience in them, and i agree, how is this a 7? i don't recall "dawn of the dead" as i only saw it once many years ago, but both my buddy and i thought it was awesome, some plot threads seemed to would have been able to evolve further in this, actually i thought the dialogue talky bits was above the rest of the movie, the hands on the wall was a shocker though included in the trailer, funny how the opening credits looks like that of a regular 1980's flick, this was a bit too much all from the start and not as building up as the 1968 flick, it also feels more juvenile and many of the roles acts like tough punks (which is also mentioned on the board before), no not like the 1968 movie at all, where did that crocodile in the city come from anyway, i like the setting though, it's not typical of horror, day time, sunny skies, palm trees with a good female lead, while the doctor should instead of dr. frankenstein have been referred to as dr. snuggles, and in his laboratory, was the purpose also for the viewers to throw up instead of it being suspenseful, i just don't get horror flicks made in the last few decades, anyway the (not all that bad) army guys followed by zombies was so much part of the end i forgot the rest of the cast, by the way, this put more focus on the zombies than the 1960's flick, and the locked out bit was a bit reminding of the superior "night of the living dead".



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are you some vampiress on virgin blood feeding,
from some angles look twenty,
didnt visit dr frankensteins cut n nip,
other women fade as im spelled by real deal,
at your charm my mind dont react normally.

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