Comments on: Diary Of The Dead http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/16/diary-of-the-dead/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Louise M http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/16/diary-of-the-dead/#comment-218 Louise M Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:42:57 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=1008#comment-218 What I really hated about this film (from a very long list I have compiled, entitled "Things I Really Hated About This Film", which is too long to include here) is this: All the bloody explanations. Okay, so they've gone for the hand held camera route. Only they added in a soundtrack for heightened tension. So, get-out-clause-ahoy, they include a little aside where the character says something like "I've added in a little soundtrack for added tension". Then they use a camera angle from a warehouse CCTV, so they include a little aside where the character is shown editing it in, and explaining "I've used a camera angle from the warehouse CCTV". The bone crushing banality of it all offended me. That was my biggest problem with the film. That and the plot, characters, acting, dialogue, make up, and direction. What I really hated about this film (from a very long list I have compiled, entitled “Things I Really Hated About This Film”, which is too long to include here) is this:

All the bloody explanations.

Okay, so they’ve gone for the hand held camera route. Only they added in a soundtrack for heightened tension. So, get-out-clause-ahoy, they include a little aside where the character says something like “I’ve added in a little soundtrack for added tension”. Then they use a camera angle from a warehouse CCTV, so they include a little aside where the character is shown editing it in, and explaining “I’ve used a camera angle from the warehouse CCTV”. The bone crushing banality of it all offended me.

That was my biggest problem with the film. That and the plot, characters, acting, dialogue, make up, and direction.

]]> By: The Scullion http://www.gorepress.com/2010/02/16/diary-of-the-dead/#comment-217 The Scullion Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:31:33 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=1008#comment-217 I totally agree. I felt the narration was so patronising and unnecessary, and was smacking the audience in the face with the already obvious message that reality television is a security mask against actual reality. Such a shame for a director I respect so much. He's doing a Carpenter, damn it! I totally agree. I felt the narration was so patronising and unnecessary, and was smacking the audience in the face with the already obvious message that reality television is a security mask against actual reality. Such a shame for a director I respect so much. He’s doing a Carpenter, damn it!

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