I don't argue the dialog and script sucks, but the zombie mayhem stuff is the only thing that kept me watching it. I watched it again last night and yes it is a piece of crap, but come on.... seeing the hospital overrun with zombies, and the parking lot and main street of town being turned into a slaughter house was pretty neat.
I agree on almost all other points, but for zombie mayhem this had enough of it. However, like I said forget the title and you guys would enjoy the zombie carnage as well. And again, you keep using Romero's rules. This isn't Uncle George's film, he did not direct it. So if Steve Miner chose to take it in a new direction that is his decision. I don't see you guys pissing and moaning about The Return of the Living Dead, and that has talking zombies whom are smart enough to set up ambushes.
It seems you guys have a double standard for your zombie flicks. Its ok to do this, this and this. For example... you have no problem with Big Daddy running around and whining for 97 minutes, using a machine gun and coordinating a massive charge on fiddlers green, but let someone else bring in smart zombies, amp up their abilities (Although I agree the zombie on the ceiling was stupid) and you piss and moan about it.
I hate Land because from beginning to end the entire execution was poor, and I hold Romero to a higher standard than I do the people behind Day 08. His choice in actors for Big Daddy was completely stupid, he gave his zombie more emotions than most living humans carry in their pinky toe, and the concept of a safe city being held for ransom was quite stupid. At least with Day 08 the zombies were straight killing machines, albeit fast and furious, but still they killed. Zombie Bud... well they failed executing that segment, although I did laugh when he was on screen.
I don't disagree that Day 08 isn't without issue, but it is nowhere near as bad as you guys make it out to be. You all walked in with low expectations, even a hard on for it to fail so what did you expect... you were going to nit pick about it from beginning to end. Yes it did deserve it to some extent, but not the bashing it is getting right now. You guys are taking it over board. Especially you Minion… Your list of 127 items just shows how much hate you had going in, and I bet you had to stop the film every ten seconds just to jot this stuff down.
You complained about Ving Rhames raping the legend of Capt. Rhodes. Seriously, what did you expect him to do? Play it the same exact way? We already have that version. We don’t need it again. I think Ving as a human was the only decent actor in this flick whereas everyone else was worthless. You complaint about TV static was a joke man. If a TV is knocked on its side, maybe, just maybe the cable came undone and therefore it may have static, plus the military did block all phone communication, what’s not saying they disrupted internet and TV…. Open your mind up a bit MZ.
You also complain on the zombification of people. Again, this isn’t Romero’s film, and last time I check Uncle George is no longer the only person that can make a decent zombie film, Zack Snyder has pulled it off. How or why the zombie virus does what it does is no big concern, everyone is allowed to change the rules for their film. Again, stop relying on George’s mythology so much. This is a new millennium, a new era, and things are going to change, even your beloved slow zombies.
Basically the point is, yes the film has problems and needs work to fix a lot of it, but I still think you guys are beating to death unfairly. You are giving it as much scorn as if it was House, Night 30th or even Children. This film is way better, and deserves better. It may not be Day of the Dead… which frankly who cares… The title is just a title. Seriously guys… grow up a bit.
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