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As I expected: if you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the film. The movie is just longer.

Unfortunately this film doesn’t live up to the original’s genius. Gone is the wonderful sociological humor of Romero’s version (where zombies “shop” in a mall — a hiliarous jab at consumer mentality). Instead this film takes the genre seriously and tries to generate true fear through vivid gore and tension. It suceeds to an extent, though it’s not particularly scary. All the Hollywood horror standards apply (the main character survives, bad guys die, etc.). Still, it’s a different script, which means it’s fresh, and it’s got some nice creepy visuals and style. It’s certainly not a bad entry in the genre but I still prefer the intelligence of the original.

One unintentionally hilarious bit: the legal disclaimer at the end of the film, which appeared to be completely standard, cracked me up when I read, “Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental.” Living or dead! Ha ha! I’m still laughing. (Yes, I am easily amused.)