Simply A Masterpiece

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I don't understand why this movie enjoys such a vast following with cameos from the greats of horror. This movie was so poorly acted. We made fun of it the entire time thinking it would eventually get better.The pace of the movie is slow. Not in a "slow burn" way, just in a way where we spent the whole time wondering if it was a joke. The main character, Deborah, was either written so poorly as to be completely unconvincing, or just acted terribly. We expect a lot from our zombie films, especially from someone as prestigious as Mr. Romero, but this was just so upsettingly bad. The very end of the film has the best moment in it, and I won't describe it so it doesn't ruin anything for someone who might still want to give this one a go, but it is too little too late. In my opinion it's not a good use of your time.

The Zombies which rated this movie after DOTD remake or other "action" zombie movie/TV series viewpoints just don't get the point. Romero isn't after entertainment in this movie. This is a very metaphysical movie. Why filming this in handcam style? Because it is said in the movie several times that nothing happens if it hasn't been filmed. This is a philosophical discourse at least since Jean Baudrilard (spiritual father of the Matrix movies). Who in the new internet-television civilization believes anything if it hasn't been filmed and is been watched on youtube or television? This movie is compressed themes which Romero handled over his previous films in 95min runtime. Romero fans who actually have put a thought on Romeros films will very much appreciate it. It feels like his previous filmthemes put all together with a new theme which I described above and actually asks an uncomfortable question. If you grew up with Walking Dead, World War Z or Dawn of the Dead remake don't waste your time...

The weirdest part of this whole production is that very little is done to make it seem authentic. Everything is just too precise - I can't think of how else to describe it. It never felt like I was watching amateur footage. There was no sense of error.Things that make it less authentic: Everyone can use a gun and hit a zombie in the head (first try).The emotional responses from everyone are predictable or nonchalant to a lot of what's happening. The amount of death, blood and chaos - how is it that nobody is hysterical or unable to speak? The Professor. His first line may as well have been, "I am an English person!".The DIY horror movie (that the students were filming in the beginning) is so outdated and lame (a killer mummy). This sort of thing might still appear on a high-school drama series but it reveals how out of touch the writer is.Well-framed death/gore. For example, the Amish guy plunging a scythe through the front of his own head to kill the zombie behind him (while facing the camera) only to turn and show the zombie behind him dying and falling to the ground. A more obvious example is the reporter in the beginning being bitten and the camera being knocked to conveniently frame her zombie-damage.It wasn't until the barn that I noticed there was a musical score. Subliminally, I think this is why early on it just felt like a regular movie.The dialogue (given the format) was horrible. People aren't this well-spoken in reality. I don't remember anything specific but the witty replies from the girlfriend (of the cameraman) just didn't work.The narration in which the girlfriend explained the importance of the footage and her personal take on it all, just seemed stupid. From the moment they meet she's in complete opposition to what he's doing - he obviously dies later on.I didn't finish watching the movie. I honestly hate to say this but I became bored and didn't care what happened to anyone.

A group of college students from the University of Pittsburgh are filming a horror movie in the forest when they hear of an actual zombie epidemic on the radio. So, instead of a horror film for class credit, the main cameraman, "Jason Creed" (Joshua Close) decides to record a documentary for human posterity. Granted, this is not the best zombie movie George A. Romero has ever directed. The acting was uneven and the pace was rather slow throughout the movie. Likewise, the ending was also disappointing for a couple of reasons. First, the story was told by "Debra Moynihan" (Michelle Morgan) in the past tense which tended to take away some of the surprise value. Second, the decision to eliminate one of the characters by having her simply drive off could also have been handled better. It almost seemed like they were short on film and had to end the movie as soon as possible. Even so, I will take an average zombie movie like this one by Romero over some of the current low-budget zombie films on the market any day.