Even Better Than "Night"
Added 2/19/2010
So we started watching ALL of Romero's films. Dawn of the Dead is even better than Night because it's more sophisticated. I think it suffers from some of the same problems with drag and cheezyness. This movie could be at least 40 minutes shorter and there are major gaffes like distinct zombies that have been killed early in the movie appear again in mob scenes at the end, like the dead guy with the rifle and the nurse zombie. Also, some of the heros do incredibly stupid things. Rodger could have been bit (so he could turn into a zombie) without suddenly becoming an idiot. And what was the deal with the bandito jamming his arm into the bloodpressure machine and sitting there for his reading while zombies closed in all around him? I guess it was supposed to be funny.
Despite all of these criticsms, though, Dawn of the Dead gets four stars from me for a lot of really spooky imagery, blood-pumping action, characters you want to root for, and originality.
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product description
Added 2/7/2010
Look, these are the actors in the movie okay:
Gaylon Ross, David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
I hate it when you screw up who the actors are. By listing support players as the main actors you make a potential customer question whether this is the movie they're looking for.
Next, why include reviews of the movie from other formats? This tells us nothing about the Blu ray, making it necessary to find what the Blu Ray contains elsewhere. The inclusion of other format reviews is pointless, only providing confusion instead of clarity. Stop including reviews from the DVD or theater release or whatever on the Blu Ray page. Please. Unless I go look this up at another site, I know nothing about what my money will buy me, nothing about the picture transfer or sound, nothing about how many cuts of the film are included or what the features are. Please keep the reviews separate. I mean, I don't want to know how The Joshua Treee sounds on vinyl if I'm thinking of buying the CD or MP3 now do I?
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Wonderfully Presented DVD
Added 1/30/2010
This is an outstanding DVD. The presentation is fabulous and the movie is classic. Anchor Bay has outdone themselves.
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Best of the essential big 3 Romero zombie flicks
Added 1/17/2010
Jumping in...the replay value of this movie is just fanastic. Great movie, just really interesting. I would totally expect the CGI generation to hate this movie. I just have a great appreciation for what this movie was when it was released and its old school feel just really enhances its greatness. The first 3 Romero zombie classics are absolutely essential to any horror collection. If you don't like this...don't even waste your time with Day of the Dead. If you do appreciate it, you simply must check out Day as its an incredibly underated classic in its own right. BTW: The blu ray of this movie couldn't be much better. The picture is incredible! Don't miss it.
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THE GOLD STANDARD 4
Added 11/7/2009
this is an enGROSSing , absorbing , gripping , unique , scary , intelligent , fun pre CGI horror picture . others will go on at great length about its' attributes . they're right . i really haven't anything additional to add but my vote . they make lots of great film now . this is how they did it circa 78' on a relatively modest budget (that's an enormous understatement) . GEORGE ROMERO is a genius .
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Even Better Than "Night"
Added 2/19/2010
So we started watching ALL of Romero's films. Dawn of the Dead is even better than Night because it's more sophisticated. I think it suffers from some of the same problems with drag and cheezyness. This movie could be at least 40 minutes shorter and there are major gaffes like distinct zombies that have been killed early in the movie appear again in mob scenes at the end, like the dead guy with the rifle and the nurse zombie. Also, some of the heros do incredibly stupid things. Rodger could have been bit (so he could turn into a zombie) without suddenly becoming an idiot. And what was the deal with the bandito jamming his arm into the bloodpressure machine and sitting there for his reading while zombies closed in all around him? I guess it was supposed to be funny.
Despite all of these criticsms, though, Dawn of the Dead gets four stars from me for a lot of really spooky imagery, blood-pumping action, characters you want to root for, and originality.
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product description
Added 2/7/2010
Look, these are the actors in the movie okay:
Gaylon Ross, David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
I hate it when you screw up who the actors are. By listing support players as the main actors you make a potential customer question whether this is the movie they're looking for.
Next, why include reviews of the movie from other formats? This tells us nothing about the Blu ray, making it necessary to find what the Blu Ray contains elsewhere. The inclusion of other format reviews is pointless, only providing confusion instead of clarity. Stop including reviews from the DVD or theater release or whatever on the Blu Ray page. Please. Unless I go look this up at another site, I know nothing about what my money will buy me, nothing about the picture transfer or sound, nothing about how many cuts of the film are included or what the features are. Please keep the reviews separate. I mean, I don't want to know how The Joshua Treee sounds on vinyl if I'm thinking of buying the CD or MP3 now do I?
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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Wonderfully Presented DVD
Added 1/30/2010
This is an outstanding DVD. The presentation is fabulous and the movie is classic. Anchor Bay has outdone themselves.
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