tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post7531207654912021274..comments2023-10-25T04:58:06.517-04:00Comments on The Projection Booth: Dawn of the Dead (1978): Arob humanickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03393593631883026810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-85118533301136579222009-06-11T17:33:18.418-04:002009-06-11T17:33:18.418-04:00Something truly lacking in modern horror films is ...Something truly lacking in modern horror films is eminently present in Dawn Of The Dead - characters. Ones you can relate to. Ones that you can feel like you could interchange with. Ones that make you wonder "what would I do in their place?"<br /><br />The moment for me that this first hits is when the mall is locked up, and in the words of Peter, "we're going on a hunt". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-68643395867709104892007-11-02T18:02:00.000-04:002007-11-02T18:02:00.000-04:00I agree with your clarification... Romero writes i...I agree with your clarification... Romero writes intelligent films for intelligent moviegoers and often there's a lot of backstory he only implies or hints at that can be easily filled in by the viewer. I agree that the biker gang could stand in for the military acting without purpose (and boy is that ever so relevant at the dawn of the 21st century), in fact with Romero's zombie apocalypse in Xianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305318861729580051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-46322319931091602892007-11-02T17:30:00.000-04:002007-11-02T17:30:00.000-04:00They are but a gang of bikers, but their essence s...They are but a gang of bikers, but their essence strikes me as that of a military unit without order or purpose, other than to feed and amuse themselves (the term was meant loosely anyhow). But yes, our foursome of protagonists - even if they are "thieves and bad guys" - are far from violent to each other, at least without necessity (such as Roger's actions during the apartment raid). They're rob humanickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03393593631883026810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-80349154011359931702007-11-02T17:20:00.000-04:002007-11-02T17:20:00.000-04:00Actually, it's not the military that overruns the ...Actually, it's not the military that overruns the four protagonists' mall-fort in the film... it's a rag-tag biker gang of survivalists... and Romero's comment on who survives the zombie apocalypse is telling. At one point Peter (formerly of the Philly S.W.A.T. team) proclaims his small foursome of survivors "thieves and bad guys" as they're doing nothing to achieve victory over the zombie Xianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305318861729580051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-54520272578667900522007-10-30T18:37:00.000-04:002007-10-30T18:37:00.000-04:00Excellent post, Rob. You've articulated a lot of t...Excellent post, Rob. You've articulated a lot of the things that make this movie one of my favourites.<BR/><BR/>But for my money, the best part in the whole movie is right at the end, where Peter decides he can't take it anymore and lets Francine go off on her own while he walks off to blow his brains out. And then, just as the dead are closing in and he actually has to do the deed, he goes "Nah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com