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Dawn of the Dead

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any body seen this yet. any coments on it post em here i want to know where it is scary enough to take my friend too he not the type to see scary movies, and i want to change him to be one. my and my friend goign to start taking him to lots of em.
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havent seen it yet, hasnt come out here yet.
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Shimmy, go rent the DVD of the original and save ~$20 bucks. I've seen enough to know it doesn't hold a candle to the original.

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feared as much.
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
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saw it yesterday
its was more funny then scary. it wasnt a good movie by any strecth of the imagination, but it was entertaining.
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Originally posted by: SpecialEditionSaboteur
Yes I've seen it and I own it on DVD--the original that is! The only true version


Did you buy the new Divimax version from Anchor Bay, or do you have one of the older ones?

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
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I have the out-of-print anchor bay one. I'm not going to buy the new divimax one because I hear anchor bay is going to release another multi-disc version at the end of this year or next. They must be riding the coattails of the remake. However, I do have the Day of the Dead divimax, and it rocks!
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hey specail what did you think of the celeberty shoting part. did they have that in the original at all.
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
any body seen this yet. any coments on it post em here i want to know where it is scary enough to take my friend too he not the type to see scary movies, and i want to change him to be one. my and my friend goign to start taking him to lots of em.



If your friend doesn't like scary movies why force them to do so? Why not jsut respect that they know what they can handle and what they can't? Isn't that what friends do?

As for the new DotD. I saw it, and I quite liked it. I'm not big on zombie films, but I got a kick out of this one. Its not scary, except in the sense that its a hopeless scenario, and hte idea of having to kill loved ones who come back to eat you is pretty chilling, but I wouldn't classify it as a horror movie (though it is gory)

The acting was surprisingly good for this sort of film, and I really thought Jake Weber gave his best performance to date. Sarah Polley was great, and super hot as always.


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Rebel, see the original. Really, I mean that. The remake really pales in comparison.

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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Originally posted by: Shimraa
hey specail what did you think of the celeberty shoting part. did they have that in the original at all.


I havent seen the remake, and I wasn't planning to, but I've been railroaded into it now by friends so I guess I'll be seeing it tonight. There was no celebrity shooting in the original Dawn of the Dead.
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the remake is mocomical that it onething youll notice.

rebel my friend never watches horror movie, that is why he get scared easally, i am trying to get him to conquare that fear.
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After seeing the remake I can say it was alright, not better than the original, but alright. There were a few good scenes, like the zombies stampeding through the sewer and into the mall. But in the end I think the best thing about that movie was C.J. and Andy (rooftop guy). It works as an action movie and the original works as a social commentary; and the remake failed to show any real emphasis on the mall, which is the whole point of DOTD.
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the entire movie was in the mall how much more emphasis so you want.
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Some more atmosphere and scenes showing the mall. In the original, by the end of that film we know the mall inside and out. In the remake we dont even care about the mall. The whole point of DOTD was for them to be trapped in a virtual paradise with the world corroding outside around them. There are hardly any scenes showing people taking advantage of this paradise.
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
HOW DOES THE REMAKE COMPARE TO 28 DAYS LATER ???


IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY MOTTI MADE ME RENT 28 DAYS LATER.


it is different in a way that you cant cant compare them. they both took the same idea but did different things with it. in 28days later it was about one guy traveling aroundlundon trying to survive it was very dark and was a thriller. dawn of the dead on the other had IMO was brighter, there was alot alot alot more gorw and there was quite abit of comedy (E.G. at one point in the movie the guys across the street who was the owner of an arms store sets of a sniperrifle, and takes pot shots as celeberties that are zombies on the street.) also the magority of the movie in in the mall which is like a paradise, in 28 days later there was no place like this. it was all dark and scary and thrilling. personally i liked 28 days later more but that does not mean that it was better then DOTD