George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead

Laughing Stock... actually, I was just thinking about watching Blue Velvet tonight.

kozz said:....
Still, I feel like 28 Days later really captured the zeitgeist better.

I watched it recently, and man, it’s brilliant! 🙂 My favorite part has to be: "I promised them women." As a woman, that actually gave me chills!
And obviously, that scene with the decaying old folks in bed. What a mess.

kozz said:I mean, I still feel like 28 Days later really captured the vibe of the era better.

Yeah, 28 days is solid... it just feels like it borrows quite a bit from that whole Romero trilogy, you know? 😁

The whole setup where they barricade themselves in that apartment (Night), then wandering through that grocery store (Dawn), and finishing off with those frantic soldiers (Day)... it's all there.

hey but they aren't actually zombies, they're just infected!... 😁 😁

I don't really get why Boyle and Garland won't just admit it... 🙄

Steven Ramirez3 said:It seems pretty obvious that zombies are basically just the "proletariat,"

I don't know, I guess I always saw them more like... terrorists.

quietdriver3 said:To me, it felt more like the zombies were essentially terrorists.

I'm not sure I can quite agree with that, especially considering Romero's whole "they are us" mantra. To my mind, they seem more like an "enslaved mass."

Steven Ramirez3 said:I don't know, I kind of disagree with that take, especially if you think about Romero's whole "they are us" philosophy. To me, they feel more like just... mindless masses.

I mean, I guess it's true that every movie carries the weight of its own era, right?

Like, at first, zombies seem like just monsters, but as the movie goes on, you start to see they have their own motives—kind of like how terrorism can have multiple layers to it. They represent something foreign and unknown, maybe like a different culture, and then there's that whole thing with them swarming the city (like an immigrant surge, I suppose?) and ultimately tearing down the urban structure and social order... which feels like anarchy and total collapse...

even though, deep down, the film is pretty much a critique of communism 😉

The Melancholy Beaver said:even if the movie is fundamentally socialist at its core 😉

I suppose I’d have to agree with that.