Which is the better film: Night of the Living Dead vs Dawn of the Dead

[Just Jimmy]

Originally Posted by rodneyfaile

1. Shaun of the Dead
2. The Walking Dead
3. 28 Days Later
4. iZombie

ummm, sir...i think yer in the wrong thread.

[Zivouhr]

So what happened to George A Romero? Has he given up on Zombie movies entirely now that the Walking Dead has taken over airwaves? Or is it because he's 76 and rather retire? 2009's Survival of the Dead was his last zombie film. I thought it was good and more entertaining than Diary of the Dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Romero

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

So what happened to George A Romero? Has he given up on Zombie movies entirely now that the Walking Dead has taken over airwaves? Or is it because he's 76 and rather retire? 2009's Survival of the Dead was his last zombie film. I thought it was good and more entertaining than Diary of the Dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Romero

He won't get another one financed. He blames partially TWD for it. He says people want zombie soap operas now (referring to TWD), not deep/intelligent zombie movies with actual social commentary.

PS: I enjoyed Survival of the Dead a lot, too. Liked it better than Diary, too.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

He won't get another one financed. He blames partially TWD for it. He says people want zombie soap operas now (referring to TWD), not deep/intelligent zombie movies with actual social commentary.

Thanks BladeRunner. That's too bad. I would've thought now would've been a great time for distributors to support Romero and not leave him hanging. He often mentions how he's against the Hollywood system, and rather do things on his own, so nothing is holding him back from making a crowd funded independent zombie movie with Tom Savini. I'd like to see something like Day of the Dead in terms of zombie make up.

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[CZAR]

Originally Posted by IroquoisPliskin

Dawn of the Dead 2004 is better than both of them.

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I'm not terribly impressed with either. The Dawn of the Dead remake was leagues better than both of these.

Got Em!!

Originally Posted by FilmKoala

I'm sorry but that's a silly statement.

+100 Got Em!!

Originally Posted by Oscar Rothman

Only if you're thirteen.

With that juvenile remark, Im thinking your 13. Got Em!!

[MJD64]

The Dawn Of The Dead remake is a solid roller-coaster ride, a fast and well-acted combo of action and horror.

Romero's original combines horror, humor and action to much better effect and contributes sly social commentary besides; it's a true classic. It takes place in a mall so Romero can draw an analogy between cannabalism and consumerism, and this was in 1978, before the gluttony of consumerism and materialism became an accepted and widespread part of our culture. It is every bit as prescient a film as Network.

The remake takes place in a mall for no other reason than that the first one did, and Snyder misses out on making a valid social statement in 2004 about where we are now as a consumer culture.

Romero wanted to take us for a ride and give us something to ponder. Snyder just wants to take us for a ride, and perhaps the fact that he doesn't want to give us anything to think about or doesn't think we want to be given anything to think about, is unintentionally the most damning social statement of all.

[Pedderrs]

Originally Posted by MJD64

The Dawn Of The Dead remake is a solid roller-coaster ride, a fast and well-acted combo of action and horror.

Romero's original combines horror, humor and action to much better effect and contributes sly social commentary besides; it's a true classic. It takes place in a mall so Romero can draw an analogy between cannabalism and consumerism, and this was in 1978, before the gluttony of consumerism and materialism became an accepted and widespread part of our culture. It is every bit as prescient a film as Network.

The remake takes place in a mall for no other reason than that the first one did, and Snyder misses out on making a valid social statement in 2004 about where we are now as a consumer culture.

Romero wanted to take us for a ride and give us something to ponder. Snyder just wants to take us for a ride, and perhaps the fact that he doesn't want to give us anything to think about or doesn't think we want to be given anything to think about, is unintentionally the most damning social statement of all.

That's a phenomenally insightful last paragraph.

[Winslow Leach]

Night of the Living Dead

[Cruel Angel]

Dawn for me

[Gacivory]

Night of the Living Dead.

[JayTL]

They're both equally important to the genre and their respective time frame.

Dawn is my favorite movie of all time though.

[BladeRunner2007]

Dawn of the Dead. Every day of the week. Twice on Sundays.