Review of Diary of the Dead (2007) by Mattb — 26 May 2008
In this genre, the first box you have to tick is to make the audience suspend it's disbelief and except as true the premises of the work of fiction. For me this lasted about 5 minutes. Dreadful acting (especially the leading lady), appalling dialogue and laughable plot structure make this the worst film I've seen in ages.
The fact that Romero jumps on the hand held camera bandwagon sums it all up - Cloverfield, although not perfect, makes this look just what it is... rubbish. If you think this movie is good, then you are one of the many responsible for trash like this hitting the box office, and probably depriving new, original writing talent the resources they deserve.
All Romero has done, is probably ruin the fledgling careers of quite a few young actors, but on this evidence, we should really thank him for that.
This review of Diary of the Dead (2007) was written by Mattb on 26 May 2008.
Diary of the Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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