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    No Richard France anyone who saw or bought it got robbed.

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    another "remake" in name only just like dawn. but this one kicked ass!!! better than dawn

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    Night 90', dawn 04' and the crazies are three remakes of Gar's films that i actually like.

    There's Nothing like the originals though.

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    I just re-watched the remake last night and I must say it was pretty damned good. I've watched it about three times now and enjoyed it each time. The original had a great premise but the actors needed acting lessons (and please, don't tell me it was Trixie that was making them act that way). And yes; I am aware that GAR's was low-budget.

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    The original was unfortunately an early predecessor for Day of the Dead - but with Day of the Dead, we liked those characters enough to enjoy 90 minutes of them shouting at each other.

    But in The Crazies, we don't really get that. The characters are pretty strong out on the field but the military and scientists are badly rounded out and need some real flesh to their motives.

    The remake however, really doesn't worry about any of that. It wasn't bad whatsoever - some really creepy moments and a great script helped give it some real feeling - something that the original was sadly lacking. Atmosphere is important....Day of the Dead is proof of that...!

    So yeah, I'm actually in preference of the remake of this particular movie TBH.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zomtom View Post
    I just re-watched the remake last night and I must say it was pretty damned good. I've watched it about three times now and enjoyed it each time. The original had a great premise but the actors needed acting lessons (and please, don't tell me it was Trixie that was making them act that way). And yes; I am aware that GAR's was low-budget.
    I think I need to rewatch this again.

    My memories of it was it was generall OK, and in placed v.good, but just a couple of weaknesses in the scripted prevented it from reaching classic?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SymphonicX View Post
    The original was unfortunately an early predecessor for Day of the Dead - but with Day of the Dead, we liked those characters enough to enjoy 90 minutes of them shouting at each other.

    But in The Crazies, we don't really get that. The characters are pretty strong out on the field but the military and scientists are badly rounded out and need some real flesh to their motives.

    The remake however, really doesn't worry about any of that. It wasn't bad whatsoever - some really creepy moments and a great script helped give it some real feeling - something that the original was sadly lacking. Atmosphere is important....Day of the Dead is proof of that...!

    So yeah, I'm actually in preference of the remake of this particular movie TBH.
    The pitchfork moment was something of supreme horror IMO...it was just so mechanical and liesurely...really good (as in nasty) scene.
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    this movie was so scary because there wasnt super CGI all over the place............ also its something that didnt seem far fetched to be able to happen. that was the scary part

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Price View Post
    No Richard France anyone who saw or bought it got robbed.
    Mate, just noticed your name & avatar. Tom Price was a cracking character!

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    This film was way too short, with not enough "infected" action. The original was handled much better, this movie had a lot of potential and they wasted it.

    I mean, it'd be a PERFECT time to heavily implement a 'corrupt government / FEMA' type plot-line, what with the recent fascism and police state qualities unfolding in pretty much every country in the world. This movie should have had a WAY HEAVIER amount of asshole police and military gunning down their fellow citizens to cover their own asses. And it wouldn't be too far from the reality of things, sadly enough

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