No Threat to Romero's Classic

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2004)

Being a huge fan of the original, I went to see this opening night with a bunch of friends. Naturally, I was going to be very critical, but was actually very pleasantly surprised. Sure, it sacrificed the satire and character development of the original for more action and more (realistic) gore, but that was nothing unexpected. All I was hoping for was a good zombie movie using a similar premise as the
original. And that's exactly what I got, and maybe even a little more too.
A lot of people will probably say that this movie will turn newcomers off from seeing the original, but I disagree. After we left the theatre, all my friends wanted to see the original movie as soon as possible. One even went as far as to buy it. So I guess at its worst, this movie is just a big advertisement for George A. Romero's classic cult film.
On another note, I actually don't live too far away from Thornhill Mall, where the movie was shot. I wonder if they have a movie theatre there...I think I'll go see it again.