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Personally, I think the 'Dawn of the Dead' remake was the best of the modern zombie films (yes, a remake :D ). I think the original had it's strong points, but dragged on way too much in trying to over emphasize it's point and that took away from it (besides, I've always hated the Goblin score as well except for the opening tune since it feels out of place to me). Zack Snyder did a wonderful job of keeping the tension and scares. True, the buses were very over the top and made the ending feel like a 'Road Warrior' movie, but I feel like the overall effort was terrific and paced extremely well.
Other than that, there is no comparison. IMO, 'NOTLD' is THE quintessential zombie movie, bar none. It was more about scares and ghouls than blaring heavy metal tunes over a barrage of gore shots that seems like every indie zombie movie has done since. It drives me nuts that so many of those filmmakers say that 'NOTLD' and Romero are such an influence on their work when they don't seem to have a clue as to why the film was so effective to begin with as if the lowest common denominator is enough. Seeing someone getting bit by something doesn't compare to the fear of getting bit.
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