Diary of the Dead... Finally

So diary of the dead has finally been released on dvd. its taken some time for this movie to be seen by the masses in canada, but it has finally made it. in an earlier entry i discussed the headache it was, trying to see this movie during its limited canadian theater run; it lasted a month at most and hit three or four canadian theaters, how wonderful. needless to say, i bought my self a copy as soon as it was available and watched it, and i was quite pleased. the last 'of the dead' movies was alright. i know many die hard romero fans despised 'land of the dead' and with good reason. but we all have to remember it really wasn't george's movie by the theatrical release. 'diary of the dead' really had george's style and i was very excited about that. it almost seemed to have echoes from his original 'night of the living dead'. as all of his films seem to center around what is happening in our world socially and politically, it was fitting that this movie was centered around information sharing through blogs, youtube, myspace and all the file and text sharing sites. as our characters make their way through the zombie scared landscape of middle america, they record everything along the way, and upload it to the internet quite frequently. actually, it feels a little odd blogging about this movie, seeing thats what the whole point of the movie is, sifting through the crap thats available to find the truth; i hope i'm not adding to the digital crap pile, but i probably am. this story could almost be considered a cyberpunk/horror movie accept for the fact that the technology is the medium for the story, help communication and without the technology in question, the story would ultimately be impossible to tell. in all, i was quite impressed with the movie, and i think it was worth the wait. of course, were never gonna see anything quite as quality as the original trilogy, but that to be expected. The sequel to this movie is in the works, as far as i know, it's in post production. the basis of the movie is a little shady so far. from what i hear, it takes place on an island and i believe it stars the remaining three characters who survive. oh by the way, spoiler alter =P regardless of all the shady info, i'm really excited to see the sequel... and maybe the third? do i smell a new george romero zombie trilogy? smells like rotting flesh and fresh blood to me!
check it out, and happy zombie hunting, cheers!