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In Reply to: Re: It doesn't matter if his last several movies are clever posted by RGA on June 27, 2005 at 14:15:07:
mean a cult favorite, that's quite another thing.
For many reasons, Dawn is a piece of crap compared to its predecessor. Instead of the gore being part of the story, it had become THE story at that point. Do you not see the difference?
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Tin, have you actually seen Dawn?
Chock full of cynical comment on the urban decay, the media, US gun culture, and of course, consumerism. The idea of portraying the zombies as nothing more than stupid cannon fodder is topical in the extreme. Blood and guts - for goodness sakes, we can get used to that, they aren't like us, they are just zombies. One could say it was the product of too many sick computer games, but there were no PCs when it was made. Certainly an exercise in alienation and dehumanising in a very big way, with a big dose of wry humour and an interesting Goblins soundtrack.
Cheers,
John K
How many horror movies by the end has the main villain go from disgusting and reviled to pitiable and to be rooted for? This film has so much to say, says it so well, and all the while it's covered up in one heck of a good horror film to boot.And heck people usually never even get into the feminism commentary around Fran (the Galen Ross character).
Night of the Living Dead was raw and scarier -- Dawn is more ambitious and satirical and Land is a product of the times. I would very much like to see the eventual longer cut. I saw it a second time today with some others and the gore is Laugh out loud over the top. And even for me a little stomach turning (pulling someone's stomach out through their mouth) is gonna make most people feel that little gag reflex in the back of their throat. But that's the fun horror stuff. I would like more time in the Fiddler's Green...but more importantly at the film;s end --- I want to see another movie with these people. Leave them wanting more -- is the sign of a Good movie. Not quite great, but one of the better horror films of the last oh since the original Dawn.
I haven't seen the Dawn remake or the new Land, and probably won't bother.I've got to say that some people just don't get it. I remember taking Dawn to a video night with a group of friends. I was laughing away and wondered why everyone else was so quiet. They were all in shock.
Another I really like in that similar genre, though without the gore, is Q The Winged Serpent, made my Larry Cohen in NY. Fantastic performance by Michael Moriarty who plays a real loser.
Cheers,
John K
Good lord! Saw that during its first run...honestly can't really remember much about it. Was it any good? Wasn't David Carradine in it?
Cheers,
John K
No Dawn of the Dead was not about the Gore the least bit and it served another social satirical purpose. And it's a shame you could not see what Romero was going after -- his score should have given it a way a little bit as a prgression inverse throughout the film.Many people consider it a classic -- it is by far the smartest Horror film I have ever seen, the most human, and one of the rare films that has the villain not be the villain.
Dawn of the Dead is Zombies and gore on the surface -- but it is not a movie ABOUT zombies and gore.
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