I liked it

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2005)

First....and this is in no way disrespectful of anyone who enjoyed the original Dawn of The Dead, but the original Dawn of The Dead is horrible. It was boring, it was stoopid, it was too slow, the dead didn't make any sense (I'll comment on that in a second) - and the main characters didn't seem to know what they wanted to focus on.
One moment they are scared, the next happy and comical, then sad, then ...it was just all over the place and I am sooo glad they didn't try and stick to the original.
Now....this re-make of DOTD rocks. It's just that plain and simple. Sure it is a zombie movie - but the real story plays out in what goes on between the survivors. There are a lot of hills and dips and stuff that goes on in the movie. Sure some things don't make sense of what the people are doing - but that is exactly the point. How are you suppose to make sense when your world has turned upside down.
Now the zombies on the other hand - in this version, they only did one thing. They tried to get "food". That's it. That's all they could do. They followed instinct.
In the original, one of the dumbest things that could have possibly happened was to see the zombies staggering around the mall..and then all of a sudden one of the Hairy Krishner one's get's the bright idea to turn around and see what's going on down the other hall.
They don't think like that. Duh. Okay, maybe if the dead person was a store detective or something...but certainly not a Hairy Krishner. So, I have absolutely no problems with the zombies running. None what so ever. If they can have a Hairy Krishner get zombie smart in a boring dead movie....then zombies can run.
But think about it logically for a second. The zombies are "Freshly Dead". Not in the ground rotting for century dead. But freshly reanimated dead people. They should and would be able to move as fast as they would have when they were alive.
That is to say - if they were a big fat tub of lard when they were alive, they aren't gonna move like ... oh wait - nevermind that thought. But let's just say...it's a dang good movie.
Go rent it if you haven't seen it yet. You will enjoy.