Saturday, March 20, 2004

Last night we went to see "Dawn of the Dead." The original from 1979 scared my husband so much when he was a kid that he had zombie nightmares for a long time. He wouldn't watch any type of zombie movie. I rented the original last summer to show him that it wasn't scary anymore. He watched it and wasn't freaked out so when we saw trailers for the new one I asked him if we were going to see it. He said that it looked freaky, but he'd give it whirl. So we went to see it on opening night last night and it was pretty good. The script wasn't as witty as the original and there was no biker gang to wreak havoc, but all in all it was an entertaining remake. Lots of shots of zombie's heads bowing apart. Cool. The ending was pretty clever because if you are like most dumbasses and leave as soon as the first credit hits the screen, you will miss the true ending. You think it has ended but the director intersperses clips with the credits. It goes credit, movie clip, credit, movie clip, and so on. The ending was awesome although the original ending left you with some hope, this one doesn't. It shows you what happens to them after they sail off into the sunrise. So we are sitting there letting everyone else leave, when the morons who are leaving discover that it's not really over yet and stand there to watch. YO GOOBER! SIT THE FRICK DOWN!! That just bugs the hell out of me when people do that. Have I mentioned how much I hate people? Anyway, I give "Dawn of the Dead" my seal of approval.

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