i wanted to comment on the DotD but i'm always such a negative creep.
basically i DID have a shunt in my brain on going into it, because i agreed with the early arguments that it should have just touted itself under a different name, because the zombie universe is big enough for multiple stories. i think you probably understand what that means, enough to realize that i'm not trying to come from a star trekkie diehard angle. it's just... zombies. lots of possibilities.
as a stand-alone, i think it was OK but i have so many problems with the 2nd half of the movie falling apart. i think the main thing was the non-cohesiveness of ALL of the characters. like, they couldn't hold that many elements together and it just destructed toward the end...
i was having difficulty sensing the doom that i felt in the original, and/or other similar movies... and i have an idea of why. whether anyone quantifies this or not, there is a prevalent movie archetype that surfaced over the last 20 yrs or so, and to jettison all of the over-explanatory stuff i'm just gonna say it's the "you-can't-touch-this" badass aura of the contemporary human. NO ONE is weak or even human, everyone, no matter how "sensitively" written, no matter if the characte is slated for doom -- no one is a tragically flawed human in movies anymore! the corporate honcho character in HUCKABEES encapsuled this BEAUTIFULLY, but of course with the shambling flaws catching up with him.
i haven't seen a "theater" movie in ages that featured a mortal character...
i know i sound like a douche, but this is how i feel. i wanted to like this movie, but, i don't think i'd watch anything other than the opening 45 mins again.
i wanted 2x the opening scene. that was good.
josh what did you make of that WEIRDO scene where the organ player dude was staring at the two security guards laying on the matress w/ their shirts off?
what was he thinking? what were THEY doing? why was that scene cut the way it was????
