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  1. 25-Apr-2011 #46
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    Well, the original DAWN lacked much of a budget and the FX suffer. But overall it's my favorite zombie film. The themes and undercurrent are just overwhelming.

    The original NOTLD is damned near genius. Probably the best American horror film ever made.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BOBSMITH View Post
    Most of the acting was not very good.
    Teehee. Which, Romero zombie film does have fantastic acting? If anything "Day" suffers from more overacting if anything. The only truly bad actor was the guy who played Miguel.
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    Dawn has acting on par with day time soap operas and the syfy movie-of-the-week. Day is miles ahead of Dawn when it comes to acting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    Teehee. Which, Romero zombie film does have fantastic acting? If anything "Day" suffers from more overacting if anything. The only truly bad actor was the guy who played Miguel.
    Some of the acting in Day was pretty good IMHO!

    Pilato was great IMHO!
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    I liked the acting for the main characters in both Dawn and Day. Some of the tertiary characters were bad.

    I thought Land had good acting pretty much across the board.

    Diary... meh, not as much. Survival was pretty horrible outside of a few exceptions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
    Dawn has acting on par with day time soap operas and the syfy movie-of-the-week. Day is miles ahead of Dawn when it comes to acting.
    Oh c'mon Bassy, everyone knows that Daniel Dietrich's performance as Givens was certainly Academy Award winning material!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickyla29669 View Post
    It was always said that because of budget cuts, a budget that went from 7 million to half of that. That is the reason that the original Day was not the film that Romero wanted it to be. Why does'nt Romero recreate/remake that movie in his original vision, his crowning masterpiece. Instead of this crap thats been coming out, Day the remake, Land, an alright film that could have been so much better, and Survival, it was a joke.
    The original screenplay for DAY will never get made by Romero. It would require an excess of money for an independent film and after LAND, it's doubtful that Romero would return a big shot studio to make a film. It's a nice thought, though.

    And I haven't been around the forums for the better part of an eternity, but I'm guessing SURVIVAL probably didn't have a great reception. I personally didn't mind it. Not the best, but it beats what most of the industry pumps out these days.
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