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thehefnerNeed to see this movie again. Several times with several different people. As of right now, I can barely write a real review of this movie because every time I think of one thread of comment I instantly want to divert to talk about three others. So let's do steam-of-consciousness here.
These characters, humans and zombies, are some of the most fun, interesting ones in Romero's tetralogy (I refuse to use the term "quadrilogy" thank you very much "Alien" DVD box set). What am I saying, there are great characters in all of the movies. But I really did come to love certain ones here, people I really didn't want to see die. I loved Charlie, I loved the huge Samoan ("Let's DO SOMETHING."), and I especially loved Cholo, played by John Legizamo. Cholo could easily have been the typical horror movie "dick" villain character, but as played by Legizamo was imbued with charm and depth, and I really do think this role is some of the best work in his career. I personally kinda wish that Dennis Hopper actually would have done more of his patented over-the-top acting, but what am I talking about, he's Hopper and therefore the man.
The zombies... many people hail the cleverness of the zombies in Romero's generally-hailed (but not by me) masterpiece "Dawn of the Dead," but those zombies seemed more like funny set pieces. They lacked humanity, which of course is a commentary on us humans since the zombies are us. But these new zombies seem to more reflect Bub in their humanity. Just as with Bub, I was just so... moved by the scene where Big Daddy, the leader of the zombies, starts pushing them out of the way to save them from being mowed down. There were so many wonderful zombies in this one too, from tamborine zombie to the unbeatable duo of child and clown zombie, to my personal favorite, the lovers zombies.
Also, I fucking loved how this one was the first Romero zombie movie to have a character from a previous film. Tom Savini's character from "Dawn of the Dead," now a zombie, with machete and all. I knew it was coming, but I still squealed and applauded.
And my God, there was so much damn commentary and subtext (or just "text" in some cases, but even sub). So many damn things crammed into this film, making it far more than just a gory horror film. Which, of course, is exactly what Romero does and why he is so rightly revered. Things like tricking the masses with pretty fireworks to distract them, "We're going to Canada," "We don't negotiate with terrorists," "I always wanted to see how the other half lived," the gasoline, antibiotics for the poor children, and so much more. I even missed some of the more blunt messages of the film simply because I was just so much in geek glee at actually seeing frickin' Romero zombies instead of post "28 Days Later" screamer ones.
An excellent film that I can't wait to see again with several different people. All that was missing was Bub, but Bub wouldn't be here. He doesn't want to fight, he just wants to be left alone or make new friends. And besides, if he's not in Florida anymore, where "Day of the Dead" took place, we all know where he is. Riding shotgun with Johnny Go at the wheel of a red 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, gettin' their kicks of Route 666.
These characters, humans and zombies, are some of the most fun, interesting ones in Romero's tetralogy (I refuse to use the term "quadrilogy" thank you very much "Alien" DVD box set). What am I saying, there are great characters in all of the movies. But I really did come to love certain ones here, people I really didn't want to see die. I loved Charlie, I loved the huge Samoan ("Let's DO SOMETHING."), and I especially loved Cholo, played by John Legizamo. Cholo could easily have been the typical horror movie "dick" villain character, but as played by Legizamo was imbued with charm and depth, and I really do think this role is some of the best work in his career. I personally kinda wish that Dennis Hopper actually would have done more of his patented over-the-top acting, but what am I talking about, he's Hopper and therefore the man.
The zombies... many people hail the cleverness of the zombies in Romero's generally-hailed (but not by me) masterpiece "Dawn of the Dead," but those zombies seemed more like funny set pieces. They lacked humanity, which of course is a commentary on us humans since the zombies are us. But these new zombies seem to more reflect Bub in their humanity. Just as with Bub, I was just so... moved by the scene where Big Daddy, the leader of the zombies, starts pushing them out of the way to save them from being mowed down. There were so many wonderful zombies in this one too, from tamborine zombie to the unbeatable duo of child and clown zombie, to my personal favorite, the lovers zombies.
Also, I fucking loved how this one was the first Romero zombie movie to have a character from a previous film. Tom Savini's character from "Dawn of the Dead," now a zombie, with machete and all. I knew it was coming, but I still squealed and applauded.
And my God, there was so much damn commentary and subtext (or just "text" in some cases, but even sub). So many damn things crammed into this film, making it far more than just a gory horror film. Which, of course, is exactly what Romero does and why he is so rightly revered. Things like tricking the masses with pretty fireworks to distract them, "We're going to Canada," "We don't negotiate with terrorists," "I always wanted to see how the other half lived," the gasoline, antibiotics for the poor children, and so much more. I even missed some of the more blunt messages of the film simply because I was just so much in geek glee at actually seeing frickin' Romero zombies instead of post "28 Days Later" screamer ones.
An excellent film that I can't wait to see again with several different people. All that was missing was Bub, but Bub wouldn't be here. He doesn't want to fight, he just wants to be left alone or make new friends. And besides, if he's not in Florida anymore, where "Day of the Dead" took place, we all know where he is. Riding shotgun with Johnny Go at the wheel of a red 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, gettin' their kicks of Route 666.
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Date: 2005-06-25 09:47 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-06-26 07:51 pm (UTC)but yeah... fuuuun.
and i squee'ed at Tom Savini.
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Date: 2005-06-27 01:43 pm (UTC)