Dawn of the Dead (2004 film): Difference between revisions

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{{quote| '''Kenneth''': ''*referring to Fort Pastor*'' Is everyone there dead?<br />

'''Steve''': Well, dead-ish. }}

** Also, {{spoiler|Michael}} was pretty dead set on {{spoiler|killing the infected Frank before he turned.}} It's simultaneously ironic, impressive and heartbreaking when {{spoiler|he reveals his own infection, says goodbye to Anna, and sets the others off in the boat before shooting himself in the head.}}

** Also, {{spoiler|Andre's}} death eerily mirrors the conversation where {{spoiler|he tells Kenneth that his purpose was to bring his child into the world.}} Err... mission accomplished?

* [[Death By Pragmatism]]: C.J. is a jerk, but his original plan to stay firmly buttoned up inside the mall ''was'' much safer. He finally executes a [[Heel Face Turn]] and goes along with a escape plan. Good idea, since the lack of power and increasing number of zombies was getting a bit big.

* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: Both films avoid this, with bloody zombie-action smashing onto the screen within ten minutes. (A police raid on a zombie-infested tenement in the original, and the remake having zombies come right into the heroine's bedroom.)

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Subverted in both films by the female lead.

* [[The Mall]]

* [[Meaningful Background Event]]: Whatever's on the TV.

* [[No Communities Were Harmed]]: The fictional Fort Pastor stands in for the real Fort McCoy, Wisconsin's only military base.

* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: The word "zombie" is never said.

{{quote| '''Kenneth:''' You ever use one of those things?<br />

'''Michael:''' ''[holding a shotgun]'' This is the dangerous end, right?<br />