Ok....but no compensation for missing Return of the King!

Rating: 5/10 (25 May 2004)

We got to see this movie in leiu of The Return of the King simply because the projector had broken and they gave us a choice of seeing another movie or a refund...so we chose Dawn of the Dead. It wasn't a bad movie, must better than many horror films I've seen. But it wasn't a great movie either. I recall seeing the original Dawn of the Dead back in the late 70's and remember being frightened. But this one didn't do that at all, in fact I found myself laughing more than not. The character development was mediocre...I felt no connection to any one of the characters at all. The FX were pretty good...and the jump out of your seat factor wasn't bad in a few spots. I gave it a 5 out of 10 simply because it was an Ok movie and entertaining enough.
Incidently, I watched the trailer to the old 78 DotD and found myself laughing even harder! That frightened me??!!