Also, DAY rocks. I keep meaning to watch it again, but can never find the time. (Damn you, GTA!)

but i must say, you’re being too kind to the ol’ codger. state college? more like community college. not even film class. video production. and this ain’t even the best project in the class.

my key disagreement, is i just did not find anything - apart from Samuel, who is criminally underused - about this bullshit to be entertaining. everything that i normally would’ve taken as brainless fun was still stained by the film’s juvenile self-righteousness, and in turn, annoyed the ever-loving shit out of me.

spot on with the CRASH comparison. except for one thing: at least some of the performances in CRASH were good. whereas DIARY had some of the worst performances i’ve ever seen, and - again, apart from Samuel - not a saving grace among the lot. that is not hyperbole. that is the truth as i see it. especially that fuckin’ professor character. jesus christ. i mean, the guy really wasn’t given much other than a high-school-level satire stereotype from the script… i get that… but fuck, dude.

i too thought LAND was a dud (Land of the Dead? more like BLAND of the Dead! har! har! guffaw!). but i think DIARY makes LAND look like the fucking Renaissance.

oh, and it’s always nice to see some love for DAY. that just might be one of the most unjustly derided film in history. Ever. okay… so that IS hyperbole. but seriously, that movie is amazing and fuck the haters. in the face. with Bub’s zombie cock.

I’m sorry for the shitty review of DIARY. I really am. There are times I finish writing something and hate it because it doesn’t say anything (yet I publish anyway). I hate non-committal in my own writing, but DIARY really was a pretty ambiguous picture for me. It failed at what it was trying to capture because it tried soooo loud to do it (like CRASH), but in between my groans were chuckles and thrills.

If I had to rank it, I’d say it is better than LAND. LAND was a real a dud, I think. Glossy but…common. Even still, Romero has never made an F grade picture, in my book.

I’ve found something to love in all four previous films, hopefully I’ll find it here as well. Although, I have to admit, the line comparing this film to CRASH in any way, shape or form made ME cringe.