latherzap

I wanted to like this movie. Romero has made some good movies (dead trilogy, Martin, Season of the Witch, Creepshow). It's quite rare these days that I go to the theatre, but I figured I'd show some support and check it out. I don't regret seeing it- but I doubt I will ever watch it again.

I like the premise, that the zombies are learning and becoming even more intelligent. It doesn't bother me that one zombie used a machine gun and killed somebody with fire. Because if the zombies did not evolve, there would have been no reason to make this movie. We would just be covering the same old material.

Unfortunately, virtually none of the dialogue is interesting. And not ONE of the characters are the least bit memorable. The social commentary felt like it was thrown in there as an afterthought (which is weird since I'm sure it was intended to be so much more significant). Dawn of the Dead (1979) did a much better job of mocking society (although LOTD did score big points by using fireworks to entertain/distract the zombies!). It's all pretty generic and boring. At least a couple people on the message board actually said they think this is George's best movie! I find it a little disturbing and very sad that any adult would think this is a great film. It's absolutely ridiculous that so many people voted this movie a 10! Makes me wonder if any Hollywood execs out there are stuffing the ballot box.