The official Dawn of the Dead 1979/2004 thread

[Zack Malibu 0]

That would have made for an awesome ending.

 

As for the "getting into the mall", could it be that the zombie guard (did they call him Ben?) that attacked them at the water fountain was out on patrol or something? That could explain a)how they got in, and b)how he got bitten in the first place. Same could go for the janitor.

[dubq 0]

That would have made for an awesome ending.

 

As for the "getting into the mall", could it be that the zombie guard (did they call him Ben?) that attacked them at the water fountain was out on patrol or something? That could explain a)how they got in, and b)how he got bitten in the first place. Same could go for the janitor.

Good point about the fourth security guard. I'd completely forgotten about him. "He's a twitcher!"

[Zack Malibu 0]

See that, first post in the thread, and I solved the mystery for you all .

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Bah.

 

Andy had awesome shot. Downstairs he had a store full of ammo and weapons, if I were him I would've just started knocking off zombies one by one from the roof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course that would've just made the movie boring, right ?

[Youth N Asia 0]

not to mention he was likely to run out of ammo before he ran out of zombies. They'd keep coming and the end result would be him not having enough to shoot his way out if he had to

[Stephen Joseph 0]

grenades people

 

lots and lots and lots of grenades

[Youth N Asia 0]

Yeah, I thought he could have blasted the shit out of them at least while the food was coming to him

[dubq 0]

A rocket launcher would've been sweet, too. But those exploding propane tanks more than made up for that. That one scene had the whole theatre cheering the both times I went to see it.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I don't think he could carry rocket launchers at his gun and ammo store

[2GOLD 0]

I don't think he could carry rocket launchers at his gun and ammo store

 

The guy should have had a basement full of military weapons.

 

Anyway find it weird not one person in the movie had an automatic weapon? I understand it's Cheese Country but you would think the local gangs would have been able to handle this with their automatics.

 

As for the door, I'm just accepting the mall manager was one of the eight when they were walking down the highway and he was killed so they took his key.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

I don't think he could carry rocket launchers at his gun and ammo store

 

The guy should have had a basement full of military weapons.

 

Anyway find it weird not one person in the movie had an automatic weapon? I understand it's Cheese Country but you would think the local gangs would have been able to handle this with their automatics.

 

As for the door, I'm just accepting the mall manager was one of the eight when they were walking down the highway and he was killed so they took his key.

I am actually going with a different theory on how they got in. It was mentioned in an earlier post about the "twitcher" and how he got that way. Well, he may have opened whatever door they came in through and that is how they got in. They just locked it behind them after they got through it. It's easier to just say that no other zombies got through that entrance before they came.....except for the random zombies encountered through the mall.......

[dubq 0]

I don't think he could carry rocket launchers at his gun and ammo store

I just meant in general, not Andy's Gun World in specific.

[Guest Disbadger]

Found this on the IMDB board. Don't know if there's any truth to it, but very interesting none the less.

 

Hey folks. Be sure to check out the very last frame of Dawn of the Dead because you'll see Sarah Polley in full zombie makeup snarling at you. It kinda kills any doubt on whether or not they actually make it off the island...

[Youth N Asia 0]

BAH! I still don't know if the credits should count. I'd like to see it a 2nd time on the big screen. Doubt I will though

[dubq 0]

I just caught it for a third time last night. I have so many groups of friends who want to see it, and I want to see their reactions to it. I guess I have one more viewing left now that I think about it...

 

Anyways, Disbadger, I think that thing about Sarah Polly in full zombie makeup in the end credits is correct. I did notice one that looked very much like her near the end, in one of the zombie flashes, for lack of a better term.

 

So, I guess.. if I'm right, then they're all dead. ;p Hooray for unhappy endings!!

[Youth N Asia 0]

They should of shown more of Steven's home videos...

[dubq 0]

They should of shown more of Steven's home videos...

I agree. Steven's character was really one of the high-points of the movie. I love sarcastic/funny asshole characters like that.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Kinda like a lesser Bruce Campbell

[dubq 0]

Kinda like a lesser Bruce Campbell

Exactly! That's the first thing I thought when I saw him.

[Vyce 0]

Saw it finally today, and really, really dug it. A ton of fun, and frankly, I'm tired of seeing people whine about this ripping off 28 Days Later or bullshit like that. 28 Days is a very good movie, but this movie was nice on its own merits.

 

Two things that keep nagging me, though (and I know why they didn't happen - because the movie would kind of be pointless if they did, but still....):

 

1.) Okay, let's assume that the virus (or whatever this was) spread fast. Extremely fast. Still - you'd think that the military would at least be able to "purify" some areas of the country using conventional weaponry - explosives (bombs, missiles, etc.), low-level nukes, etc. You could argue that they don't want to a) kill any survivors or b) damage important cities, but if you're being overrun by thousands of dead, why NOT use them? I refuse to believe that EVERYONE is dead and the government / military couldn't at least do this in certain areas. The government has all sorts of scenarios / plans for shit.....and while I'm sure there was no "Plan Z" for "zombie infestation", they'd have plans on how to deal with the spread of virulent diseases as well as plans for how to repel invasions. Shit, they could just modify some old Cold War plans to repel a Red invasion. I would think, though, that those in the government infrastructure left (and there would be some) would go ahead and try something drastic to eliminate some of the numbers of dead.

 

2) They're dead, right? They're decomposing. Theoretically, after a while wouldn't they simple decompose to a state where they were no longer a threat - i.e., even if they were still "undead", they'd be too rotted to chase and kill people. If this was the case, than it's possible that the protagonists would have been safe in the mall if they had just stayed there a while longer, as the zombies would have decomposed past the point of being able to cause harm. I mean....at least SOME time passed while they were in the mall and on the boat. I'm not sure how much, but some - at LEAST a week, possible more. Wouldn't the zombies have rotted by then? I'm no expert on forensic pathology, but I know that corpses - especially those out in the elements, as the zombies were - decompose rather quickly if they're not preserved. So, if you follow me, shouldn't a significant number of zombies already be decomposed substantially by the time they left the mall? Muscles atrophied, altogether too weak to pursue the survivors, etc.

 

Eh, maybe I'm thinking too much.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

Logic defeats zombie movies

 

You're thinking too much...I do the same.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

2) They're dead, right? They're decomposing. Theoretically, after a while wouldn't they simple decompose to a state where they were no longer a threat - i.e., even if they were still "undead", they'd be too rotted to chase and kill people. If this was the case, than it's possible that the protagonists would have been safe in the mall if they had just stayed there a while longer, as the zombies would have decomposed past the point of being able to cause harm. I mean....at least SOME time passed while they were in the mall and on the boat. I'm not sure how much, but some - at LEAST a week, possible more. Wouldn't the zombies have rotted by then? I'm no expert on forensic pathology, but I know that corpses - especially those out in the elements, as the zombies were - decompose rather quickly if they're not preserved. So, if you follow me, shouldn't a significant number of zombies already be decomposed substantially by the time they left the mall? Muscles atrophied, altogether too weak to pursue the survivors, etc.

 

Eh, maybe I'm thinking too much.

If you watch the feature on the Day of the Dead DVD you will see evidence of this as Tom Savini explains the makeup process for the zombies......

[Guest Choken One]

This movie was weak.

 

I was expecting GORE GORE GORE.

 

I got BORE BORE BORE.

 

I'm sick of people hyping horror movies...THEY ARE NEVER SCARY.

 

No one screamed or anything here...A couple cute moments and that was about it.

 

A complete waste of my 8 bucks.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I didn't think it was scary either. Very few horror films are like that for me. But I just thought it was fun from start to finish.

[Guest Choken One]

Yeah I could see how you would find it entertaining...but the premise of horror movies is really fucking stupid.

 

I found the Stuff with Ving Rhames and Andy humorous...The Rich asshole had a couple good lines...Mehki Phieffer got the only "damn" from me...with the "it's a girl" line...and that whole scene was "odd" lets just leave it at that.

 

Anna (?) the girl was sexy as fuck but i didn't feel any attachment to her...

 

I wouldn't have cared if she was killed off...

 

The supporting acts were ok but kinda hackened...The head Security officer had charisma and that was about it.

 

The other supporting acts didnt do anything other then being Zombie bait...

 

The ending(at the credits) were interesting as Half the theatre left and came back...nice to see that no one survived afterall....Only question...who had the camera during it? I couldn't tell...was it Anna?

[Damaramu 0]

It was the kid security guard who had the camera.

 

Anyways I saw it. Really good movie. My friends said "The zombie's move to fast!" and I remembered that he's a Roleplayer and he plays Deadlands with me all the time. So I said "The zombies in Deadlands run and you never said anything about that......" and he said "Oh....well I guess it's ok."

Who said Zombie's had to shuffle? I like the new fast zombies. I mean there's fast Zombies in Resident Evil as well. Which reminds me.............

*goes off to play Resident Evil and kill some Zombies*

[Guest Choken One]

I love how there's a critera for something that doesn't actually exist.

 

"ZOMBIES WENT TO FAST!"

 

What are we basing that fact on? Not like we have historical proof they were slow and prodding.

[2GOLD 0]

I love how there's a critera for something that doesn't actually exist.

 

"ZOMBIES WENT TO FAST!"

 

What are we basing that fact on? Not like we have historical proof they were slow and prodding.

 

Muscles rot while the body is in the ground. I won't dispute the fast moving zombies of people just dead because the muscles are still intact. The main dispute would be the ones in the ground but that's impossible to complain about with the new Dawn since they all seem to be freshly dead.

 

I let go of the fast zombies deal when I saw how fast they come back from the dead in the new Dawn. The only thing I laughed at with the fast zombies was the zombies acting like they were in Chariots of Fire with the leg kicks and arms swinging.

 

It looked like the T-1000 had died and come back as a zombie.

[DCMaximo 0]

It's only just come out over in the UK and I can safely say I thought it was great. Admittedly, I haven't seen the original, which may explain why it didn't disappoint me, but it entertained me from start to finish (love the bit where Anna's husband is chasing her car, then veers off to maim some innocent bystander), had some great death scenes (the clumsy old man with the chainsaw) and didn't take itself too seriously, which has to be a bonus. Kudos too for not resorting to the typical "angry nu-metal noise" soundtrack (Johnny Cash on the intro credits) and for casting Ving Rhames, who was fantastic as the grumpy badass policeman.

[theintensifier 0]

FINALLY, I got to see this.

 

Loved it. I can't remember some of the peoples names though, like the crazy girl who goes after the dog, the guy who liked the crazy girl, the chick who gets chainsawed and the guy who does the chainsawing.

 

I was laughing so fucking hard when that fat lady dies in the mall and she started sprinting, oh god that was funny.

 

I liked Michael the most, he was noble. Ana was cool. Kenneth was the bad ass. CJ was a prick at first tehn turned face. Steve, god, he was like Oliver in the OC, I just wanted him to die. I felt bad for Andre and Luda.

 

Overall: Great movie.