Diary of the Dead (2007) - Newspaper Ad [San Francisco Examiner - February 16, 2008]

When Diary of the Dead got a paltry theatrical release in 2008, I hoofed it over to the Landmark on Shattuck Avenue, in Berkeley, so I could see it on the big screen.

While I found plenty to admire and enjoy about the film, I also found the found footage conceit somewhat clumsy and distracting in its staging. It worked in bits and pieces for me, just not as a whole.

My hope, which was soon dashed, was that the movie would get a solid enough positive critical and commercial response that Romero could have the opportunity to make something other than yet another zombie movie.