Good movie but plot has more holes than a swiss cheese

Rating: Null/10 (1 November 2004)

I saw it in the theatre when it first came out and really enjoyed it but noticed a few pretty glaring plot holes. Anyway when the DVD came out I watched it again to see if the missing scenes from the theatre release made any sense of the gaps, unfortunately it mostly didn't. For a start I'm still confused over who the kid at the start was, is she Sarah Polley's kid (she says something to the girl about "your mum")? if not how did she get in the house? At least they cleared up how the survivors got in the mall think that was some pretty bad editing in the theatre release, one minute they're in the parking lot next scene they're in. Personally, I can't see why Snyder left out the scene with the one-armed zombie. Next thing, when they get attcked by the zombies in the underground parking we don't see how they escaped yeah they set some on fire but how did they handle the rest without any ammunition? As for the stupidity of the characters well, it knows no bounds really doesn't it. Firstly, if I was going out into the middle of a zombie horde who basically as good as kill you with one bite I think I'd put on a little protective clothing, motorcycle leathers, maybe heavy duty Carhart type jacket, protective hockey gear instead they go out in short sleeves.
Enough complaints the first 10 minutes or so are as good as everyone says and quite disturbing because that looks exactly like the neighbourhood I used to, and my family does still live in.