Geophyrd
11-Sep-2007, 12:17 PM
First one:
"Easily his most entertaining horror movie since 1985's Day of the Dead"
"Cast is a no-name (yet impressively competent) roster of newcomers" (http://www.cinematical.com/2007/09/10/tiff-review-diary-of-the-dead/)
Another one...
Ironically, since I began with Redacted, today I also caught another vaguely high-profile film about the use of video cameras: George A Romero's Diary Of The Dead. It's really not the movie I expected to see (which is mostly a good thing) but there were also a lot of obvious ideas that would have made it more interesting. There are definitely problems: self-awareness, amateur acting and a thematic spin that's as hard to miss as a 747 in your bathroom.
That said, I had a good time with it. I'm one of the people who loved Land Of The Dead, and I think that's a better movie than this one, but there are some great ideas and genuinely excellent sequences in Diary. Audiences will be just as divided this time. The love/hate is going to be a battle. The gore is plentiful (if largely digital) and every once in a while a bit of dialogue squeezes in that isn't totally on the nose. Also: you'll never look at the Amish the same way again. I'm voting positive on this one, if not even close to overwhelmed. (http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=11733)
And one more
Can't paste, gave it a B- (http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/toronto_film_festival_07_day_four_0)
"Easily his most entertaining horror movie since 1985's Day of the Dead"
"Cast is a no-name (yet impressively competent) roster of newcomers" (http://www.cinematical.com/2007/09/10/tiff-review-diary-of-the-dead/)
Another one...
Ironically, since I began with Redacted, today I also caught another vaguely high-profile film about the use of video cameras: George A Romero's Diary Of The Dead. It's really not the movie I expected to see (which is mostly a good thing) but there were also a lot of obvious ideas that would have made it more interesting. There are definitely problems: self-awareness, amateur acting and a thematic spin that's as hard to miss as a 747 in your bathroom.
That said, I had a good time with it. I'm one of the people who loved Land Of The Dead, and I think that's a better movie than this one, but there are some great ideas and genuinely excellent sequences in Diary. Audiences will be just as divided this time. The love/hate is going to be a battle. The gore is plentiful (if largely digital) and every once in a while a bit of dialogue squeezes in that isn't totally on the nose. Also: you'll never look at the Amish the same way again. I'm voting positive on this one, if not even close to overwhelmed. (http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=11733)
And one more
Can't paste, gave it a B- (http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/toronto_film_festival_07_day_four_0)