![]() ![]() Hopefully, if we get any more movies from Romero, they'll be as uncompromising and powerful as his earlier work, but it seems as though Romero has had some real problems getting funding. It's one of Romero's worst movies, but that still makes it better than much of the crap that litters the horror landscape. He comes off as having been inspired by soulless ripoffs of his own work. He's never been particularly subtle, but this is just too overt and generic for my taste. I generally agree with Romero, but I prefer his older movies. The social criticism is blatant and lacks subtlety, and Romero resorts to outright lecturing the audience. Unfortunately, Diary of the Dead feels like a watered-down reboot of his classic franchise, modernized and targeted at teenagers, with the requisite group of stereotypical dumb ass characters found in every direct-to-video slasher movie. There are also some shots at censorship, social media, and the propaganda potential for the mainstream media. Unlike some movies shot in this style, one of the main themes involves criticism of the obsessive need to document everything rather than actually participating. Diary of the Dead is basically about some film school kids documenting the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, and thus it's more of a fake documentary than anything else. Luckily, this movie doesn't quite fit 100% into that genre, but it's close enough that I got fairly annoyed. I really dislike the whole "found footage" genre, and I wish it would finally die. ![]()
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