http://ambival.net/movies/dawn-of-the-dead-2004 Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/dawn-of-the-dead-2004#comment-3532 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » 300 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:12:06 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=116#comment-3532 [...] What the f*ck have they been pumping into screenings of this movie to have people pushing it towards the IMDb’s top 250? Clearly the closest cinematic siblings this has are Robert Rodriguez’ Sin City which, like this, was based on a Frank Miller graphic novel, and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which, like this, was, er . . . like this – but there are also massive hints of Braveheart (“Hold!”). I didn’t like either of the first two too much, and while Braveheart was a classic, it certainly doesn’t need to be repeated. I didn’t like Zack Snyder’s last movie, his remake of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, too much either. But the first shots I saw from this movie kind of got me very excited indeed. I think part of the misunderstanding was, I thought it was gonna be all CGI like Final Fantasy / Animatrix style, lol. So as soon as it turned out it was a live action movie, I guess that was the early stage where my expectations began to slip. [...] [...] What the f*ck have they been pumping into screenings of this movie to have people pushing it towards the IMDb’s top 250? Clearly the closest cinematic siblings this has are Robert Rodriguez’ Sin City which, like this, was based on a Frank Miller graphic novel, and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which, like this, was, er . . . like this – but there are also massive hints of Braveheart (“Hold!”). I didn’t like either of the first two too much, and while Braveheart was a classic, it certainly doesn’t need to be repeated. I didn’t like Zack Snyder’s last movie, his remake of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, too much either. But the first shots I saw from this movie kind of got me very excited indeed. I think part of the misunderstanding was, I thought it was gonna be all CGI like Final Fantasy / Animatrix style, lol. So as soon as it turned out it was a live action movie, I guess that was the early stage where my expectations began to slip. [...]

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