I like horror films but for some odd reason I've never finish watching this film. No matter how many time I watch it, I always end up only seeing the beginning and the ending.
Watching Land of The Dead in class then again at home, I realize things I've never realize before. If I remember correctly there are only two African American who you actually see in the film; one is the butler and the other is "Big Daddy." Most of the characters in Land of The Dead are mainly Caucasian and Mexican. (And of course there was that big Asian guy toward the end who only got so many lines.)
While paying close attention to the zombies on the film I realize that you do not really see any other zombies other then "Big Daddy" and these two (or three) zombies who are always beside him. Those zombies are Caucasian. Another factor I realize while watching this is that all the zombies seem to be middle class citizen. There were not any high class.
Another something that I realize is how "Big Daddy" seem to learn new things. I see that he learns things due to what he sees. For example something I saw that caught my eyes today in class that did not at home while I was watching it, was when someone was tossing propane tank that lights fires and the zombie (who just came out of the water and are wet) caught on fire. He then use that act against Mr. K.
I am not sure what I am going to write about for my final essay, but I am going to try to re-watch the film to see if there is anything that will catch my attention. However at the moment, I'm thinking about doing race/gender or horror movies.
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I think you're on a good track here. You might also want to think about Hispanics in the film. Cholo, obviously, is hispanic, but so is Chihuaha, the little person running the trashy part of the city. That part of the city is also full of Spanish-language music. Normally, after the apocalypse, it's Asians and Asian motifs left over. How is the Hispanic thing working in the film?
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