Now I know that this will anger some of the rave reviewers, but I am speaking honestly, and not bashing.
First off, I am an avid Romero fan, having seen every 'Of the Dead' movie from the black and white original NIGHT, Dawn, and Day, the remade 'Night' and the remade 'Dawn'. I love zombie movies for the disturbing factors involved with trying to survive through the crisis.
I'm talking about having to kill loved ones that turned, shooting neighbors, and old friends that you might come across,...shooting little children zombies (which I might add, there were NONE that I can remember seeing in this film...I might be mistaken). The thought of the dead returning to life and feeding off the living is a fear (although irrational) that a lot of people couldn't deal with.
Now for the review: I will try to hold the spoilers to a minimum, because they are aggravating, I know. First, I like the idea of zombies learning to rationalize and communicate. It picks up where DAY left off,..I'll give GAR that much. As far as the lead zombie..I agree w/ a previous comment that they overused him. I didn't like the fact that only 1 was able to start thinking, instead of all of them at the same time. He remained a leader, and showed sorrow and anger when his fellow dead-ites were killed or injured. I don't like zombies w/ emotion. It doesn't work for me.
I went into the theater KNOWING that this was going to be more of an action film than a horror film...anything with as much firepower as dead reckoning and tons of machine guns is self proclaiming. I was praying it wouldn't be Resident Evil 3.
It wasn't a complete waste, seeing as how I got the ticket for free,...but the element of fear and horror from the other movies from GAR's series just wasn't prevalent enough for me.
I'm glad it is doing so well...so hopefully GAR might get an inkling to make something else...but as far as this one goes, it just wasn't for me. I think HORROR when I go see a zombie movie. I went into this one...saw some good gore, and had a couple of chuckles, but I didn't go home with that good IL' zombie feeling that I get when I watch NOTLD or DOTD at night by myself in a dark room with the sound cranked.
Go see the movie for yourself, you won't be angry when you leave,...you might be happy.
I'm just a weird person with a weird ass perspective. Or maybe everyone else is a mindless zombie that is distracted by big noises and funny one-liners and bright lights (for those who have seen it, I'm referring to SKYFLOWERS) and doesn't know what a zombie movie is supposed to be.
Just for the record...the scene where dead reckoning goes up to the gates of whatever that fancy hotel was and sees a big mass of zombies tearing up all the rich people, and you hear screaming and bloodletting.....that was the best part of the movie for me.
First off, I am an avid Romero fan, having seen every 'Of the Dead' movie from the black and white original NIGHT, Dawn, and Day, the remade 'Night' and the remade 'Dawn'. I love zombie movies for the disturbing factors involved with trying to survive through the crisis.
I'm talking about having to kill loved ones that turned, shooting neighbors, and old friends that you might come across,...shooting little children zombies (which I might add, there were NONE that I can remember seeing in this film...I might be mistaken). The thought of the dead returning to life and feeding off the living is a fear (although irrational) that a lot of people couldn't deal with.
Now for the review: I will try to hold the spoilers to a minimum, because they are aggravating, I know. First, I like the idea of zombies learning to rationalize and communicate. It picks up where DAY left off,..I'll give GAR that much. As far as the lead zombie..I agree w/ a previous comment that they overused him. I didn't like the fact that only 1 was able to start thinking, instead of all of them at the same time. He remained a leader, and showed sorrow and anger when his fellow dead-ites were killed or injured. I don't like zombies w/ emotion. It doesn't work for me.
I went into the theater KNOWING that this was going to be more of an action film than a horror film...anything with as much firepower as dead reckoning and tons of machine guns is self proclaiming. I was praying it wouldn't be Resident Evil 3.
It wasn't a complete waste, seeing as how I got the ticket for free,...but the element of fear and horror from the other movies from GAR's series just wasn't prevalent enough for me.
I'm glad it is doing so well...so hopefully GAR might get an inkling to make something else...but as far as this one goes, it just wasn't for me. I think HORROR when I go see a zombie movie. I went into this one...saw some good gore, and had a couple of chuckles, but I didn't go home with that good IL' zombie feeling that I get when I watch NOTLD or DOTD at night by myself in a dark room with the sound cranked.
Go see the movie for yourself, you won't be angry when you leave,...you might be happy.
I'm just a weird person with a weird ass perspective. Or maybe everyone else is a mindless zombie that is distracted by big noises and funny one-liners and bright lights (for those who have seen it, I'm referring to SKYFLOWERS) and doesn't know what a zombie movie is supposed to be.
Just for the record...the scene where dead reckoning goes up to the gates of whatever that fancy hotel was and sees a big mass of zombies tearing up all the rich people, and you hear screaming and bloodletting.....that was the best part of the movie for me.