dawn of the dead
 

Came out today on dvd...anyone getting it?

I'm definately going to get it, first I have to get the ultimate edition 4 disc original Dawn of the Dead.

It's rad.
But still.
Dawn of the Dead 04 < Dawn of the Dead 78

Just picked up the widescreen version recently. I have not had a chance to get the older Dawn of the Dead on DvD it is one of my favorites I first seen it when I was like 10 and it made an impression.

I'm gonna rent it first.

Maybe eventually but what I'm really waiting for is SHAUN of the Dead.

I thought it was a great remake. It was a little slow but if I remember correctly so was the original. It would probably be a better movie than the original if it had been made 20 years ago. :)

m0rpheus, I just saw that Shaun of the Dead is going to be out before Xmas. :)

I liked the new one. But it wasn't nearly as good as the original.

i loved the new one, but the original is a classic. that said, i'm gonna be getting the new one in the next couple of days (didn't get a chance to go yesterday). as for shaun, i STILL haven't managed to drag myself out to the only theater in my city that's showing it. i guess if i end up missing the run, i can always pick up the DVD...

Dawn was good, liked original better (just love the oldies)...Shaun was great!

I'm sorry, but the Original will always be better than the remake.

1. George Romero, the Godfather of the zombie film.
2. Tom Savini, the Godfather of Gore.
3. The seventies

ugh..dawn of teh dead was okay but i went to see shawn of teh dead and it was so boring i almost fell asleep...i mean they attack the zombies with records...and i dunno..i know it wasnt meant to be a horror movie and was supposed to be funny..but only 3 parts were funny..at least to me..the theatre was empty and teh humor was trying too hard

i only seen parts of the original...didnt really do anything for me. i liked this one b/c the zombies were so much better in here and i liked the setting

Bah never!

The new one was far too preoccupied with making the zombies 'realistic', the original was more about character, wit and self parody, that's what made it so damn good. I mean in the remake, the zombies are these like really fast, terrifying creatures, in the original they were essentially a giant satire of the American public, slow, plodding, vacant, at the mall just because. (I'm not saying that all Americans are like this or anything, niether is Romero really, I mean he's simply paying out that particular archetype) who are treated somewhat contemptuously by the major characters, who punch and shoot them etc with glee. It was far more enjoyable since it wasn't perfect realism and never tried to be. Plus, the undertones of rampant misanthropy are delightfully dark and funny.

If "Dawn of the Dead 04" wasn't called "Dawn of the Dead" but rather "Zombies Attack the Shopping Mall", would it have have encountered so much contempt?

I am a big fan of the original Dawn; it's a classic, but I also enjoyed the "remake". It doesn't come close to the original, but it doesn't really try to...it is really an entirely different movie, just with the same name; the characters are different, the plot is different, the tone is different...the zombies are different. It just took the basic concept: small group of survivers seek refuge in a shopping mall from an outbreak of zombieism and makes a completely different movie.

I have heard rumours that the original screenplay was not a remake of the Dawn, and took place is some generic warehouse or something, but due to marketing reasons, the title was changed to Dawn of the Dead and was relocated to a shopping mall. I would not be surprised if this was true; all of the events in the movie would work equally well in a location other than a mall (contrast this to the original where the mall was an intergral part of the film).

i really agree with this (and have said it myself several times, although not in this forum). i have a hard time calling it a remake, because for the most part it is different. this flick and 28 Days Later have been among my favorites of the last couple of years.

still don't have my copy of DotD04, but i'm planning to pick it up tonight so i can watch it this weekend.

Seen both old and new, own them both, love them both. My only prroblem is with the marketing of this new DVD release. As far as I can tell, nothing has been changed during the actual feature film part of the DVD to warrant it as a Director's Cut. All the "added footage" that was advertised was the post production , home movie type films and deleted scenes that are completely serperate from the feature. Now, I was completely happy with the version in the theatres, and this doesn't really change that, but I am a little upset that I was duped into thinking there was anything actually added to the film, and not just bonus features that have been on plenty of other DVD releases that didn't claim to be a brand new Director's Cut.

Are you sure that you got the Director's Cut? You sure you weren't ripped off? The directors cut is genuinely a new cut of the film and not just a DVD with bonus features.

A thread on imdb.com discusses the changes:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/board/flat/12614149

I see i am the only 1 who favors the action packed remix to the original version.

I don't mean to sound insane, but is there any chance that I saw at least a partial director's cut in the theatres? Many of those changes that he speaks of in that link you provided I swear were in the theatrical version I watched. There are a few scenes that he mentioned had changed that I didn't pick up on while watching the DVD though, mostly extended conversational pieces.

Or maybe I just have a very over active imagination, who knows. Either way, I still love the flick.

That's really weird! I guess it's possible...or maybe you just are insane! :D

finally picked up my copy! :D

I hadn't seen the original Dawn of the Dead until shortly prior to the release of the remake, so maybe I just didn't have the nostalgia factor amping up the quality for me. I found it to be plodding and poorly acted. I understand the subtext of what Romero was attempting, and applaud him for it, but I just did not enjoy his film.

This wouldn't be the first time I have been accused of that. However, I did talk to my buddy whom I had seen Dawn with in the theatre, and after he watched the DVD, he had the same reaction and memories as I did. So if I am insane, at least I'm not alone :)

I just picked up the directors cut tonight, gonna go watch now.

Cant wait to get my hands on this fucker. Im sure romero would have been happy with this one despite its failings. It was still heeps scary. Cant wait.