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Jan. 19th, 2005 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerWhat does it say when a DVD's supplimental material is *better* than the movie itself?
We rented the director's cut of the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake, a decent horror movie remade from a brilliant film (yes, there's a difference). However, right after we watched the extra entiled "The Lost Tapes: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed," a video diary of Andy, who was easily the best character in the film (except for C.J., the asshole who becomes a badass, defying every horror convention much to my delight; yes, he's an asshole, he's also the only one who's not stupid) but had virtually no lines.
This 17-minute mini-film has more depth, characterization, and humanity than the entire actual film. It's worth a rental in of itself. Unlike the original, the remake's character aren't so much characters as food-to-be, if you catch my drift. But in this short, Andy is a fascinating, realistic, and heartbreakingly tragic character.
But the real tragedy is that so many people are going to just bypass this feature completely, I fear. Which is a real shame from a purely artistic standpoint, considering it has the two things that the actual film was sorely lacking: heart and braaaaiiiiins.
We rented the director's cut of the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake, a decent horror movie remade from a brilliant film (yes, there's a difference). However, right after we watched the extra entiled "The Lost Tapes: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed," a video diary of Andy, who was easily the best character in the film (except for C.J., the asshole who becomes a badass, defying every horror convention much to my delight; yes, he's an asshole, he's also the only one who's not stupid) but had virtually no lines.
This 17-minute mini-film has more depth, characterization, and humanity than the entire actual film. It's worth a rental in of itself. Unlike the original, the remake's character aren't so much characters as food-to-be, if you catch my drift. But in this short, Andy is a fascinating, realistic, and heartbreakingly tragic character.
But the real tragedy is that so many people are going to just bypass this feature completely, I fear. Which is a real shame from a purely artistic standpoint, considering it has the two things that the actual film was sorely lacking: heart and braaaaiiiiins.
