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Title: Night Of The Living Dead 3D (2-D Version) (2007) |
Review of Night Of The Living Dead 3D (2-D Version)
- Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/09/2008 Run time: 80 minutes Rating: R
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Comments for Night Of The Living Dead 3D (2-D Version)
- Posted on 2008-04-21
Night of the Living Dead 3D(2D Version)..........
For this to be a reimagining of the 1968 classic by George A. Romero(The original film was never properly copyrighted and fell into the public domain, making this remake possible with no permission from the original's creators), it started off pretty well. I could get into the modernizing of the older classic by making subtle changes to the characters and whatnot but, when they brought in the character of Gerald Tovar, JR. and his backstory to the equation, that's when they lost me. Not that I'm criticizing Sid Haig's performance, I'm not. His acting was great as were all the others. It's just that the Gerald Tovar, JR. backstory really had no place in this remake. I can think of several ways that improvement could be made on Romero's classic, none of them having anything to do with an outside character. What made the original and the first remake so great was the feeling of isolation you got from your surroundings, that was another mistake in this film. I had a hard time feeling as though I was far away from anywhere in this movie in the way it was told. If Director Jeff Broadstreet had stuck to the basics in this movie(quite like Tom Savini did in his 1990 remake), he would have made a 'worthy' Zombie flick worth adding to your collection. I liked his vision cinematically. As it stands, it is nothing more than B-movie fodder. In my opinion, at least.
In this new interpretation, Barb and Johnny arrive late for the burial of their aunt and find a zombie outbreak in progress. Barb flees the cemetery and is rescued by Ben, a local college student with a secret. The two seek refuge in the nearby marijuana farmhouse of the Cooper family, and attempt to live through the night along with other survivors, including the pyrophobic mortician, Gerald Tovar, Jr who makes his appearance during the latter third of the film.
It started out good. I really wanted to like this film. If you can get past the ridiculous Gerald Tovar backstory, it's a pretty decent flick. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this movie the way I'd like to.
Score: 3
- Posted on 2008-03-11
Not so bad, but not so great either...
"Night of the Living Dead 3D: 2D version" was, as a whole, not so bad. But there were elements that left me a little disappointed with the product. I did enjoy it, though.
The movie opens with clips from the opening scene of the original and also has sections of the movie where they are watching the original classic. Whole scenes move forward with the original music and sounds from the original playing in the background. I liked the idea, especially with the opening, but was a little miffed, as I knew George and the original cast and composer didn't see a dime of royalties. I kind of felt like they took advantage of it.
The zombies were top notch, in my opinion. A key element in my enjoyment of zombie movies (read: do they look good). I thought some of the camera angles they chose gave some great scares and provided that bit of anticipation when you see a zombie shamble into frame, even from a distance.
The story was alright, but I wasn't expecting acadamy award winning writing, dialogue, or acting. It was all pretty average, and a good story overall.
The female lead was alright, apart from her looking like a slow child running from the zombies. Sid Haig delivers a great moment during a monologue later in the movie. I have to say it was a great moment in the flick. Very real and truthful. I'm interested in seeing his other work now.
The ending was a huge letdown, and my only huge disappointment in the film. Zombie stories should end with a bang, not a whimper.
The movie is the standard variation on a theme, and one I wouldn't be ashamed to have in my zombie movie library. There are much worse out there. It could have gone by another name, but would have only been put in the mix with the sea of zombie movies that are out there now.
Score: 3 - Posted on 2007-12-31
cheech and chong meet the living dead
some people just love to whine! it is all too easy to be critial; it is much harder to review. what a great twist on a 40 year old movie! the acting is "some-what" bad but, we have all seen far, far, far, worst acting then there is in this movie. one thing a lot of people don't know, is that the people who put the money up to make this movie, ARE NOT the same people who made this movie. the poor director and crew were jerk around really badly by the investors. considering what the crew went through; the director and crew did a very good job to even get this movie done in time and within budget! i would not want to be in this movie's director's shoes! a hippie pot smoking harry cooper, what a laugh riot that is! sid haig as an incompetent, flaky, nutcase of a mortican; hilarious! ben as a drug dealer, too much! and, poor barb the one in charge of this sinking ship of loony toons. this third remake is nothing less then a parody at the other two movie versons. i guess some people just need to learn lighten up some.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2007-10-29
Night of the Living Dead It's NOT!!
Let start by saying why was this film even made. They took a perfect script and ruined it. Im all for remakes but this offered nothing. I don't even mind when they change of the script to offer something different to add a twist. This did not help this film at all. The begining starts off as normal with Barb and her brother going to funeral after that it just went south. She then runs to a funeral home runed by Sid Haig. She sees more zombies and Sid runs her off. Barbara ends running from the zombies only to be pick up by some biker who takes her back to the farm house. There we are introduce to a whole cast of bad actors. It turns out he does not want to call the cops because he is pot farmer. From there the script just goes no where. Just more bad acting with silly 3-D thrown in to help this film. Well it did not help. The acting is bad and the twists in the script do not even help. About the only good thing is the make up on the zombies but even that is average. This film just stunk and I'm a big Sid Haig fan that did not even help. Stay away from this one because it offers nothing not even worth renting. If you want a remake of this film check out Tom Savini remake it was really dam good. This film is just junk and now I'm stuck with another bad movie.
Score: 1
- Posted on 2007-10-13
embarrasment to a classic cult film George A. Romeros "Night of the living Dead"
I think this movie is a waste of time and money to watch!!!! I love George A. Romeros original and Tom Savinis remake there is no way they could have made those movies any better. So the 3D wasn't good, and the acting was absolutely horrible, just trying to make an xtra buck on a great movie. There are some remakes that make me go "WOW" the director really new what he was doing, this remake made me think "WOW" this director couldn't have picked a worst cast/actors. The acting was off through out the whole movie, the zombies where trying to hard act like zombies but the only thing I could say about the zombies was they looked like zombies should look, "Great Job" Makeup Artist... as for that don't waste you time/money.
Score: 1
