I started gaming around the time the first Diablo came out. That will always be my golden age of gaming. Of course, I had a ton of fun with the original Xbox and now my PS3 (yes, I defected to Sony...pretty rare isn't it).
I much prefer the remake. The original was good but it's not as good as it' made out to be. It's message is crap, the zombies are not really a threat, they are not in any real danger other then the fact they will be pursued.
I am aware of George Romero's message of people being the real threat, and the zombies just another form of people if you look it at from another angle, but so what, people are scum yeah shut up we get the idea.
Now for the remake.
It captured true fear. It was relentless. It really gave a sense of doom and it captivated me in the cinema. I loved the start, with everything going to hell in the morning of suburbia, some fantastic filming.
Evil_Saluki
Zombies aren't a threat? All of them died (bar two) because of them. Anyone who died to those zombies died because they were crap. I mean, at one point one of the bikers started to dance with the zombies, you try doing that in the remake. How about the fat woman at the start of the film, fancy a dance with her? They had to let people die to those slow, lumbering zombies to give the film some kill count, give it some horror entertainment. That just shows another reason why the original was a bit pappy if you look at it, it was forced. For some reason I am thinking of that scene in Austen Powers, where he runs over the guard with the tandem roller.
The remake really didn't have a 'message.' The original was a decidedly more intelligent film.
The remake was a good movie, but it removes almost every piece of social commentary from the original. Moreover, the tension in the film just isn't the same. I recommend both, but there is a reason the origina Dawn of the Dead is considered a classic. See that one first.
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