Dawn of the Dead

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:16 am

Gore is about what you'de expect, some people thought it was too gory, some didn't. Probably afew though there wasn't enough gore. I thought it was pretty good, there were enough heads shot off and chainsaw wounds (Although one particular one was pretty gory, not going to say which) to keep me happy.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:18 am

Yeah. I thought gore was really fitting. I loved the movie, it's definately worth the dollar value (unless you're somewhere crazy where there are $100 tickets).

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:21 am

Didn't the government spend like $2000 on an outhouse or some other extravagent amount?

swordinstone · Post by **swordinstone** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:00 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:Didn't the government spend like $2000 on an outhouse or some other extravagent amount?

yeah, thats what the invoice says, nevermind th lipstick, wine and coke stains

*Mild spoiler*

The chainsaw accident at the end was unexpected, prob the most gory part of the flick. Overall the action was pretty "realistic", in that the guns didnt do more damage than they should, like in an Arnold movie. Everyone was a great shot it seemed tho, usually hitting the mark with 1 bullet... i expect those with training to be good like that, but most wouldnt have been that accurate probably... small complaint tho.

Turan · Post by **Turan** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:59 am

Lacked the social commentary of the first. Sucked. Au Hasard Balthazar is playing in all the artsie theaters. Its one of the best movies of all time, go see that. Or Spotless Mind. Or City of God.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:01 am

**Response to above spoilers, possibly some as well**

I dunno, I thought that the shooting was pretty much fine. For the most part all of the shots were made from point blank range to the point that you could literally reach out and touch them. The only long shots were made by was it.. Andy? The gun dealer. Notice that most people did miss or just hit torso or limb unless they were told to aim at the head and were next to their targets.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:01 am

So it sucked simply because it lacked Social commentary..........wow you're a talented critic.

Turan · Post by **Turan** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:10 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:So it sucked simply because it lacked Social commentary..........wow you're a talented critic.

Nope. It lacked social commentary, AND it sucked for other, independant and dependant reasons. For instance, Romero's film had two independant and hostile human groups going around the mall. This provided a human element gone in all the plots save the fairly horrifying (and, IMHO, the best sub plot) pregnant story.

1) Too many characters. I did not care for anybody
2) Unessicary, Romero did a near pefrect B movie
3) Focused too much on special effects.
That good enough?

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:13 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:So it sucked simply because it lacked Social commentary..........wow you're a talented critic.

My sentiments exactly. Is it that the social commentary was lacking? or that times have changed and you didn't see what they had to say. I thought the "social commentary" was excellent.

Mr Carrot · Post by **Mr Carrot** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:48 am

Heh its gone from Day of the dead where the soldiers are inept and cant shoot the zombies in the head to a bunch of gun toting marksmen civies!

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:22 am

Its because Gangland training techniques have improved everyones marksmanship, come on, get with the time.

swordinstone · Post by **swordinstone** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:36 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:Its because Gangland training techniques have improved everyones marksmanship, come on, get with the time.

that, and quake, Urban terror, cs, MoH, or CoD training

Not quite the real deal, but gets you thinking tactically atleast

Mr Carrot · Post by **Mr Carrot** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:54 am

The worst thing about the soldiers ineptness in day is that with pistols they hit every shot but with rifles they just spray at the middle of the body silly buggers.

Lunchmeat · Post by **Lunchmeat** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:56 am

No kidding, at the end the black guy takes head shots left and right with his revolver, but then whoever has the uzi empties a whole clip into a zombie and doesn't even bring it down.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:50 am

Oh, and I forget who said it in what earlier post, but whoever had the cousin as an extra, I never did see him.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:19 am

Kashluk and I THINK I saw him, but it went by so fast that I'll never be sure until I get it on DVD and inwhich I'll forget and we'll never mention this again.

Lunchmeat · Post by **Lunchmeat** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:28 am

It was Iohkus

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:37 am

Why the hell did I think it was Kashluk? Kashluk doesn't even live in Ontario. He doesn't even live on the same continent.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:05 am

Yes, that seems to be an illogical assumption of most large proportions.
Are you thinking of me all the time? Are you starting to build an obsession? Are you attracted to me?

Yeah, cheers

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:11 am

I was probably destracted figuring out ways to torture my room mate.