Well delivered film; Would of made one hell of a series!

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2012)

Frank Darabont's Stephen King adaptation made for great viewing but I can't help but feel this would of made for a great 7 episode series allowing for great subtlety in character and narrative development, a series would of made for a great opportunity to deliver a higher impact of moments without exposing the lack of CG/SFX, which were tamely administered in a film context. But this is beside the point Darabont's focus on the human reaction to the breakdown of social constructions and descent to their primal nature was refreshing earnest and well formulated with the help of very good character actors (again would of work well in a TV setting.) This was no doubt the driving force for behind Darabont being commissioned 'The Walking Dead' by AMC (which by the way was one of the finest first seasons of TV there's been in along while) (second season after Darabont departed.. not so much.) In conclusion very decent effort as film, still think it would of made one hell of a series!