poorly portrayed female, her lover and one heroic man stuck in a house. They are trapped there for hours because their attackers move slower than my grandmother when she got hip surgery and their escape plan was, of course, wrecked by a woman. Sexist people those days... Sure this sounds comedic, but by the time the climax hit, it wasn't suspenseful because I didn't really mind if they all got eaten. Honestly, the only good part was when the main character gets slapped in the face and the audience gets a well deserved break from her whining. The man who did it was the bravest, most level headed and most likeable character in this movie. He was also black, and especially considering the time that this film was made, I will say that I was pleased with how the African-American character was portrayed in this film. Another thing I will admit that I liked about this movie was the ending. It was going very predictably at first, but the twist at the end was fantastic! The situational and dramatic irony made up for a bit of the fact that the rest of the movie had gone by so painfully slow. All in all, this film wasn't for me, but I would recommend it to zombie movie lovers as it was interesting to see where the genre started and how the portrayal of zombies has changed.
Friday 14 December 2012
Night of the Living Dead
In 1968, George Remero created the zombie movie genre by releasing the film The Night of the Living Dead. On one hand, I'd like to give Remero major props for his creativity which was brilliant enough to inspire countless movies and TV shows involving apocalyptic zombie attacks. On the other hand though, this is a genre I could live without. Remero was lucky in the fact that since no one had done a film quite like this before, he could give the zombies the characteristics he desired, such as their never-ending quest for human flesh, distaste for fire and their painfully slow speed. This however, allowed for a 96 minute film with a main character that you never grow attached to due to the fact that she does nothing but watch a stranger try and save her life while she throws selfish tantrums, a family with a crazy dad and a soon-to-be zombie daughter, a
poorly portrayed female, her lover and one heroic man stuck in a house. They are trapped there for hours because their attackers move slower than my grandmother when she got hip surgery and their escape plan was, of course, wrecked by a woman. Sexist people those days... Sure this sounds comedic, but by the time the climax hit, it wasn't suspenseful because I didn't really mind if they all got eaten. Honestly, the only good part was when the main character gets slapped in the face and the audience gets a well deserved break from her whining. The man who did it was the bravest, most level headed and most likeable character in this movie. He was also black, and especially considering the time that this film was made, I will say that I was pleased with how the African-American character was portrayed in this film. Another thing I will admit that I liked about this movie was the ending. It was going very predictably at first, but the twist at the end was fantastic! The situational and dramatic irony made up for a bit of the fact that the rest of the movie had gone by so painfully slow. All in all, this film wasn't for me, but I would recommend it to zombie movie lovers as it was interesting to see where the genre started and how the portrayal of zombies has changed.
poorly portrayed female, her lover and one heroic man stuck in a house. They are trapped there for hours because their attackers move slower than my grandmother when she got hip surgery and their escape plan was, of course, wrecked by a woman. Sexist people those days... Sure this sounds comedic, but by the time the climax hit, it wasn't suspenseful because I didn't really mind if they all got eaten. Honestly, the only good part was when the main character gets slapped in the face and the audience gets a well deserved break from her whining. The man who did it was the bravest, most level headed and most likeable character in this movie. He was also black, and especially considering the time that this film was made, I will say that I was pleased with how the African-American character was portrayed in this film. Another thing I will admit that I liked about this movie was the ending. It was going very predictably at first, but the twist at the end was fantastic! The situational and dramatic irony made up for a bit of the fact that the rest of the movie had gone by so painfully slow. All in all, this film wasn't for me, but I would recommend it to zombie movie lovers as it was interesting to see where the genre started and how the portrayal of zombies has changed.
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