![]() When I loaded Diary of the Dead into the VCR, it was not a disappointment. During some weekends, nights, and such I would go through movies I purchased, and pick one out I hadn't viewed. During the time after purchase, the movie sat on a shelf for a while. Basically it becomes a movie about the character Jason rather than survivors trying to get to safety by avoiding zombie attacks.I purchased, "Diary of the Dead" at a video store's going out of business sale sometime during the mid 90's. What this all boils down to for me is that "Diary of the Dead" is a failure and feels less like a zombie movie and more about the culture of people thinking they are important by filming everything to share with the world. This movie needed someone to champion, someone who we could like and get behind in the hope they survive and without it it fails. There is not a single nice character in the movie and the closest we get is Debra, Jason's girlfriend who is the most angry at him for filming everything. A scene with a farmer in a barn is probably the best of it because the rest of the action ends up for the most routine well routine which feels good because the rest of the movie is so dull.Īnd then we have the characters a real mismatch of people from a seriously fake professor who speaks like a thespian to Jason and his blooming camera. In fact the zombie action ends up sparse despite various scenes of zombies lumbering around and it is only when we get some zombie action does it get good. Maybe Romero was trying to point out how stupid it is or maybe he is saying this is how it should be but I don't know because it ends up a real muddle.īut the worst thing is that because the focus ends up on Jason, his viewpoint and those who are angry with him it becomes less about the zombies. I suppose it comes down to taste and I'm not a fan of this fake film with in a film thing and it not only make it monotonous but makes the focus Jason and the anger of others towards him for his insistence of poking a camera in everyone's face. The only thing it achieves is making the character of Jason Creed a dick who is up his own ass when it comes to what is important.īut this leads me to the next problem because what we get is a mismatch as we have Jason's viewpoint, then the big viewpoint and then a narration about what Jason is doing and it makes it not hard too follow but dead boring. It is unbelievable and before you say well it's a zombie movie what do you expect the whole aspect of being a film with a film is meant to make it real and so it fails. ![]() Maybe it's me but if there was danger from zombies you wouldn't spend the time with a camera stuck over one eye especially when you see a friend being attacked. ![]() The problem for me starts with the whole film within the film aspect as we watch Jason film everything which happens as they seek safety. But the end product doesn't work and rather than being an entertaining zombie movie it ends up annoying. And by doing so he doesn't just give us another zombie movie which ends up purely about a group of people finding safety and battling zombies. There is part of me which sort of understands what Romero was trying to do with "Diary of the Dead", embracing the idea of people uploading film for the world to see via their own cameras and phones.
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