Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The original Dawn of the Dead (1978) is one of the best, if not even the very best, horror movies ever made. It's as near perfection as a movie of it's kind can be, so there really shouldn't be anything to add to it with a remake. Once I heard they were doing a remake and saw that it was done by a commercial director and written by the guy who wrote Scooby-Doo (2002), I almost screamed in anger. I condemned the movie to be the worst piece of crap ever made, before it was even made. I didn't want to see it for a long time even though it seemed to get quite good reviews, but I'm glad I finally did see it. It's actually a great remake. It only takes the idea of the original and builds around it, not trying to top it and actually not even trying to be like it. It doesn't have any of the criticism towards society like the original, it doesn't even want to make a statement of any kind. It just takes the entertainment values of the original and brings them to today. And it does a very good job at it. The movie starts up fast and never really stops after that, but it's not exhausting and the constant action doesn't get tedious. The characters are a bit one dimentional, well at least few of them are as there is some proper depth to a couple of them, but even the smaller characters are all quite interesting. The style and the mood fit the movie very well and the dark comedy supports it brilliantly. Now it's of course not as good as the original, but as it's so different from the original and not even trying to imitate it, it works great on it's own. One of the best remakes I've seen and a very entertaining movie.
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