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Captain Chad volunteers to see the DAY OF THE DEAD remake...

Didn't they by therobcat	Mar 26th, 2008 01:38:48 AM
just make one of these?
I'm silly by therobcat	Mar 26th, 2008 01:41:13 AM
This is the same one I read about before. I saw the chance to post first and just went stupid for a minute...
"adapatation" by DarthHomercles	Mar 26th, 2008 01:42:28 AM
That's a mouthful.
this movie should've been burned... by The Amazing G	Mar 26th, 2008 01:44:09 AM
or at least stay unreleased and buried in a vault somewhere
Um, by Super Nintendo Chalmers	Mar 26th, 2008 01:52:46 AM
Ain't It Cool that we've got some direct to video news for you?
I Drink Your Milkshake! by ironic_name	Mar 26th, 2008 01:54:18 AM

Wow, he actually enjoyed this movie?? I'm seeing it now. by Mike_D	Mar 26th, 2008 01:55:28 AM
JOKING, joking.
Great review... by film_fanatic_in_the_original_bla ck_and_white	Mar 26th, 2008 01:55:40 AM
...and much of what I expected. Steve Miner may be plunging the fecals-spewing toilet that is horror remakes, but I still look back on "Warlock" as the only thing he has directed that I actually liked.
I'm calling it... by Super Nintendo Chalmers	Mar 26th, 2008 01:56:12 AM
PLANT
I thought this was going straight to DVD by Bungion Boy	Mar 26th, 2008 02:17:48 AM
I even saw a listing for it on Amazon a few months ago. Everything I've heard about this suggests that it's not worth a theatrical release.
ive also seen this movie by javery56	Mar 26th, 2008 02:17:52 AM
i saw it a while ago, i didnt bother writing in because i honestly thought no one cared about this movie anymore. I thought it was already seen as a joke, i didnt realise anyone needed anymore assurance that this movie sucks dick. ving rhames can act, we have all seen him act, same with mean suvari, but some how this director managed to get the worst performance out them. this movie isnt in the same league and zack synders dawb remake, this movie isnt even as good as SAWIV, which i hated. i received a review copy on dvd a while back, and i honeslty thought that they were aiming for straight to dvd release. but honeslty this isnt as good as most std movies id seen, the level of quality is best compared to return of the living dead 4 and 5 that were made for the sci fi channel. so if i was allowed to put a quote on the dvd cover id put "slightly better then return of the living dead 4 amd 5"
Great First Review Dude by kungfuhustler84	Mar 26th, 2008 02:18:28 AM
Can I just ask what the fuck is going on with the movie business right now? There have been some really great films lately, don't get me wrong. However, with absolute filth like Dungeon Siege and the recent DotD remake, I question the sanity of some of the filmmakers today. Some of these choices are so obviously wrong (like casting Nick cannon as the protagonist in the remake of a classic zombie movie) that it baffles me. Who seriously thought that would work or connect with old fans in any way at all? This could have been something pretty cool, and the director had no reason to completely ignore the original material except out of his own sheer stupidity. What an absolute mess. I am not even touching this cop-out loser bull shit. Zach Snyder, we need your next zombie remake already!
"I can live with the idea of high speed zombies, but zombies cra by leobloom	Mar 26th, 2008 02:26:19 AM
Because, you know, just the idea of zombies isn't TOTALLY UNREALISTIC or anything.
^^crawling across the ceiling...give me a fucking break" by leobloom	Mar 26th, 2008 02:27:03 AM

Why are we still talking about this!?!? by Brians Life	Mar 26th, 2008 02:27:56 AM
I downloaded a DVD screener of this MONTHS ago...it sucked then and unless they decided to self the whole thing and re-release Citizen Kane under the title Dawn of the Dead, it's still gonna suck. If ANYONE liked this movie, I am more than certain you are a total clown. That's not "hatin'"...that's reality, baby!
Brians is right by Vern	Mar 26th, 2008 02:36:00 AM
It's hard to even call it a bad movie because it's hardly even a movie. It's not funny bad or interesting bad, it's just worthless. If you bother watching it you will hate every god damn element of it and then you will forget it exists the next day. Don't worry about it. It's a damn shame but life will go on and as long as you don't switch to the Sci-Fi Channel you will be safe.
brians life by javery56	Mar 26th, 2008 02:36:57 AM
yeh im with you, i was stunned that the movie poster was news, then blown away that a new review was even posted. it was a great review btw,
vern by javery56	Mar 26th, 2008 02:38:06 AM
thats what i said about the scifi channel, it looks like it came from there.
Brains...sorry to say by satman83	Mar 26th, 2008 02:56:53 AM
but considering how now a-days any piece of rectal shit is thrown out by the broken system that is the Hollywood movie industry...i would not be surprised if there are some retards out there who like this movie, and by that i mean people with mental problems somewhere who when watching this dont really understand what they are seeing, people who drool and laugh at paint drying, i bet it was that kind of audience testing Steve Miner did for this shit fest. Well what can we really say or do? until the Hollywood system changes theres nothing that can be done...the so called "1st world" cinema system is now reliant on small independent films and remaking films from around the world (in some cases ones that aren't even a year old). Ironic that my top 5 fives of this year have so far been from the "rd world" cinema...hey Hollywood...wake the fuck up and do something else instead of crappy remakes.
saw it online already by Ommadawn1959	Mar 26th, 2008 03:04:35 AM
Not bad. In this version Bud is a docile zombie because in life he was a vegetarian. I'm not shittin' ya.
No Bub= its trash by DOGSOUP	Mar 26th, 2008 03:04:35 AM
Bub made that original movie. Give that zombie a job. Bub as Meg Ryans love intrest!! Do it! Do it now!
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Mar 26th, 2008 03:16:38 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
I dont think theres any1 here who hasnt seen this movie by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 26th, 2008 03:48:44 AM

Beating a dead horse by Some farts really stink.	Mar 26th, 2008 04:31:14 AM
Everyone who wanted to see it already has thanks to torrents and whatnot. I'll say it again: the only good thing about this movie is Tyler Bates' score and I have no clue why he agreed to do this shitfest.
BUB by Broseph	Mar 26th, 2008 04:40:33 AM
Is the shit
Just watching it now... by penhapus	Mar 26th, 2008 05:21:39 AM
I'm an hour and a bit in; dear sweet baby jesus it's truly awful on any and every level.
Do you get the Orange cinema ads in the US? by penhapus	Mar 26th, 2008 05:27:17 AM
This is exactly like one of the films from those, but some soft fucker actually made it.
Plant! by solartaco3	Mar 26th, 2008 06:53:44 AM
Really, did anyone think this would be good?
My friend told me it was good. by Sprout	Mar 26th, 2008 07:27:38 AM
This morning I got a text off a friend telling me he'd seen this and it was "actually pretty good", I was curious and downloaded the screener, now I've seen it I have one less friend (I'm kidding I assume he was winding me up!).... One things for sure though Romero needs to get his name off the posters for this piece of shit.
Maybe they should just put a ban on Zombie movies. by Knuckleduster	Mar 26th, 2008 08:04:29 AM
At least for the next ten years. Give us all some time to breathe. Or even better, HBO should get the rights to Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead and turn it into the brilliant tv series it's meant to be.
This is not an early review by Sir Nigel Lengthington-Smythe	Mar 26th, 2008 08:09:09 AM
It was, as has been pointed out, reviewed last year, horribly badly as well. Worst film of all time, don't waste your time. And i'm impressed that the reviewer could keep typing such a detailed review, even with the blood flowing from his eyes as he remembered how fucking awful this wretched piece of shite is. Please stop featuring reviews of this film, you're promoting it, you fools.
Zombie Movies Give Me Nightmares by sirbroiler	Mar 26th, 2008 08:10:05 AM
...but I'm still always drawn to these movies to see if I can overcome this weird night terror thing. Anyway...I'm a NEW Dawn of The Dead fan...but from the trailer...this thing looks like a huge turd.
Sprout, that's like on the Simpsons where by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Mar 26th, 2008 08:14:53 AM
Millhouse says "My mom says I'm cool." It just doesn't make it so. Great review. Now I know to avoid this like the plague. No Bub, and no Rhoades (unless you count these lame copies) equals no movie.
If it was a straight to DVD... by badfido	Mar 26th, 2008 08:15:58 AM
If it was a straight to DVD affair then its okay, not good but overall its just not that great a film. The special effects and general feel of it reminded me constantly of the Australian film UnDead. And they had a much smaller budget.
fuck that review by rants-raves-and-reviews.blogspot .com	Mar 26th, 2008 09:25:18 AM
its a movie to just have fun with. If you look at it as a remake then yes its a piece of shit. Its really only connected by name only. For a mindless, fucking gory zombie movie then it does deliver. Besides the undercranking I really enjoyed the gore and ferocity of the zombies in the movie. Definitely worth watching if you are a zombie freak.
Romero by OptimusCrime	Mar 26th, 2008 11:53:42 AM
Can people please stop revering this guy? I enjoyed NotLD and I also kind of like LotD (yeah, I said that), but he is a one-note director who puts VERY OBVIOUS "subtext" and "social commentary" into his mediocre films. Give me a break. Honestly, I want all of those referring to the original version of this movie as a classic to go back and re-watch it. Just watch the fucking movie and tell me how awesome it is. I bet you can't.
Optimus by kolchak	Mar 26th, 2008 12:06:54 PM
The guy created the fucking genre. Of course he'll be revered as a master of horror. DAY has solidified its place as one of the great horror films of all time.
OptimusCrime by Sprout	Mar 26th, 2008 12:11:32 PM
The original DotD is not my favourite of the Romero zombie films but its 10 times better than this! I think I will re-watch the original later to wipe the memory of this version from my mind.
Optimus by Vern	Mar 26th, 2008 12:46:02 PM
You're being ridiculous dude. People love his movies because they're into something that you're not. Making them rewatch a movie they love will only make them say "Man, I love that movie!" not "The robot guy on the internet was right, I only thought I loved that movie but actually it is mediocre!" Romero fans HAVE rewatched DAY OF THE DEAD because they rewatch all of the Dead movies a couple times a year. I know this because I am one of them. I watched DAY the next day after I saw DIARY OF THE DEAD and this remake, and it renewed my faith. In fact it's a movie that gets better over time and over multiple viewings, so your challenge there is exactly wrong. If Romero is "mediocre" then please point me to other directors who have made movies like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD, KNIGHTRIDERS, MARTIN, etc. People still revere him because he is a true original and nobody has really matched him in what he does.
Vern by Ray Gamma	Mar 26th, 2008 01:06:23 PM
You took the words right out of my mouth, Vern. I've written extensively on this site in the past about the original "Day of the Dead". I've finally come to the conclusion that people who don't understand the classic "Day of the Dead" are young people who have grown up only knowing action movies with super-fast edits, and CGI, and Marilyn Manson on the soundtrack.
Optimus, I agree by MattmanReturns	Mar 26th, 2008 01:21:08 PM
I never saw the big deal with Romero either. I don't think he's particularly subtle, and I find his films to be downright boring at times. It's not that I want all action, it's just that his characters don't interest me in the slightest. And characters are the most important thing for me. But to each his own, right?
This was made by the people who made "Creepshow 3"... by FilmCritic3000	Mar 26th, 2008 01:39:18 PM
Steve Miner was a hired gun.
My appreciation... by ClockWorker	Mar 26th, 2008 01:50:08 PM
for the dead movies (DAWN in particular) has grown existentially from when I first discovered them. DAY is my personal favorite because I think it's just a perfect zombie film. Romero is a legend because there's no denying the magnitude of the suffocating nightmare that he enthralled us into with the DEAD series. LIVING DEAD was a non stop, no hope, free for all of terror from start to finish. There was no where you could go to escape the horror. (characters and audience alike)
re: ClockWorker by Ray Gamma	Mar 26th, 2008 03:15:13 PM
exactly, when you said "Romero is a legend because there's no denying the magnitude of the suffocating nightmare that he enthralled us into with the DEAD series." That is exactly why those movies are untouchable. The original "Day of the Dead" in particular is possibly the most claustrophobic, bleak, apocalyptic horror movie ever made.
I will not watch this! by FILMFUNK	Mar 26th, 2008 07:29:15 PM
Day of The Dead is one of my favourite movies, Recently cried at how shit Diary was but i bet it's a 100 times better than this pish! Ceiling zombies!? WTFck!?

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