Day Of The Dead Analysis

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The last of the original Dead trilogy, Day of the Dead once again picks up where the previous film left off. Humanity is now on the brink of extinction with a just a few hold outs left. Which is part of really makes the original films so good. They have a sense of time, an order of events that tie them all together. Turning them into a more or less one cohesive narrative without having to rely on familiar faces or locals. Just a common theme, zombies.. and a sense of hopelessness, and the fact that we are still our biggest threat and not the hungry dead. While not my favorite in the series, Day does vie for the second, maybe third place. This is mostly due on the strength of the films antagonist Captain Henry Rhodes, who is one of my favorite …show more content…

Racism seems to often be at the forefront with Rhodes other soldiers pointing out Miguel is a Mexican when the feel he has caused the death of the other soldiers. Something that wasn't his fault and after it had been suggested he be taken off active duty due to his erratic behavior. Though Rhodes is very stressed for manpower so his argument is just is valid. Rhodes though is my favorite character, a villain that I absolutely love to hate. I want to say the delivery is a bit over the top. But given the level mental stress the character has to be under, I cant really say that I don't understand where his character is coming from, putting the actions and delivery of the character into a far more believable scope. Bub is another great character. I think I like the character because he's in a way and extension of the zombies progression throughout the series so far. Where in Night, all the zombies were just mindless undead, in Dawn they showed a sense of memory returning to the Mall. For as the that film put, "this place was important them". Bub shows fragments of who he was, enjoying music, saluting an officer, and after trying to shoot a gun that's empty checks for a clip and looks upset when he see's its empty. Though his character really shines after he free's himself and so pleased with that fact goes to show Dr. Logan and when he finds his corpse runs the gamut

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