History YMMV / ArmyOfTheDead

** From the AlternateHistory comic book series ''ComicBook/Block109'', there's the album ''[[Recap/Block109NewYork1947 New York 1947]]'', in which the Nazis send a team on a SuicideMission to retrieve the content of a vault in Manhattan, which was bombarded with a [[PlagueZombie virus]] beforehand. The virus turned most of its population into zombie-like mutants, some of which are [[ItCanThink stronger, smarter and dominate hordes of weaker ones]]. There's a kill by NeckSnap, [[spoiler:and there's only one survivor.]]

* SignatureScene: The "Viva Las Vegas!" opening sequence, with its combination of great visual effects, effective ShowDontTell storytelling, actions that synced up nicely to the catchy background music. The whole sequence is Creator/ZackSnyder at his best.

* NeverLiveItDown: To this day, Kate is blamed for the death of the team, not counting Chambers, despite not actually being at fault. As Ella Purnell herself [[https://www.themarysue.com/kate-zack-snyder-army-of-the-dead-netflix-sexism/ explained in this article]], Martin was the one who cut off Athena's head, thereby breaking the truce that had been established earlier. Had he not done that, then Zeus would never have sent his army to attack the casino. Even Scott and Peters are more responsible for their own deaths than Kate. Peters nearly abandoned them and Scott decided to take a moment to catch his breath instead of simply getting in the chopper, giving Zeus time to catch up. While Kate did force a rescue on the Olympus, the danger had already shifted by that point.

* EvilIsSexy: Zeus the Alpha Zombie and his Queen are an interesting example. They're both very well-built physically, but the fact that they're also feral zombies covered in rotting flesh borders on FanDisservice. Their human forms would undoubtedly be attractive - not so as ravenous undead.

* AccidentalAesop: Do not assume that you are alone in remote roads. The lead convoy car soldiers had a DriverFacesPassenger conversation while the oncoming car decided to have their "fun" because they likely thought they were alone in the road. The resultant crash started the whole plot.

* {{Narm}}:
** The paratroopers dropping down into the hordes of zombies in the opening montage is such an egregious and idiotic case of HollywoodTactics that it's more unintentionally funny than tragic or cool.
** The [[InNameOnly on-the-nose usage]] of Music/TheCranberries' "Zombie" in the final scene of the movie had many audience members rolling their eyes, especially considering the ''very'' [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution serious context of the song]]. [[NarmCharm Then again, it fits in a very silly way, given that it could be a criticism against the US military]]

** The [[InNameOnly on-the-nose usage]] of Music/TheCranberries' "Zombie" in the final scene of the movie had many audience members rolling their eyes, especially considering the ''very'' [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution serious context of the song]].

* NeverLiveItDown: To this day, Kate is blamed for the death of the team, not counting Chambers, despite not actually being her fault. As Ella Purnell herself [[https://www.themarysue.com/kate-zack-snyder-army-of-the-dead-netflix-sexism/ explained in this article]], Martin was the one who cut off Athena's head, thereby breaking the truce that had been established earlier. Had he not done that, then Zeus would never have sent his army to attack the casino. Even Scott and Peters are more responsible for their own deaths than Kate. Peters nearly abandoned them and Scott decided to take a moment to catch his breath instead of simply getting in the chopper, giving Zeus time to catch up. While Kate did force a rescue on the Olympus, the danger had already shifted by that point.

* TheScrappy: Kate Ward is easily the most disliked member of the crew thanks to her [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic stupidly putting herself in danger to save a friend]] she’s not even sure is still even alive [[spoiler: [[AllForNothing and failing to do so in the end]]. On top of that, her choice to abandon the group to look for Geeta forces Scott and Peters to go after her, resulting in their eventual deaths. And to further rub salt in the wound, she ends up being [[FinalGirl the only survivor of the crew]], excluding an infected Vanderohe.]]

* SignatureScene: The opening sequence 'Viva Las Vegas' after the prologue is widely considered to be the best and most memorable part of the movie, with its combination of great visual effects, effective ShowDontTell storytelling, actions that synced up nicely to the catchy background music. The whole sequence is Zack Snyder at his best.

* {{Narm}}: The paratroopers dropping down into the hordes of zombies in the opening montage is such an egregious and idiotic case of HollywoodTactics that it's more unintentionally funny than tragic or cool.

* {{Narm}}:
** The paratroopers dropping down into the hordes of zombies in the opening montage is such an egregious and idiotic case of HollywoodTactics that it's more unintentionally funny than tragic or cool.
** The use of "Zombie" by Music/TheCranberries, a song that is pretty explicitly about UsefulNotes/TheTroubles, being used as a tragic denouement to the entire film was mocked for seemingly only being chosen because the word "zombie" is in the chorus and not because there was any narrative parallel between it and what's happening in the story.

** To some viewers, the fact the zombie apocalypse was caused by [[spoiler: a car crash because the driver was [[AutoErotica getting road head]]]] is this. [[spoiler:The crash somehow causing an explosion big enough to flip over a large military transportation truck]] tops it off.

** Most of the scenes with Creator/TigNotaro (who was filmed on green screen and digitally inserted into the movie to replace Chris D'Elia) don't give the impression that she was filmed separately. There are still one or two examples where it is obvious, such as when Cruz and Scott come to recruit her -- the way the shots are cut, never showing all three of them fully at the same time (the only shots with all three of them are the two of them and a slightly blurry torso in a flight jumpsuit), makes it very obvious they weren't all on set together.
** [[spoiler:The final shots of the helicopter fleeing the nuclear blast, past the perimeter of the fences, is markedly worse than the shots that precede it, with the helicopter looking flatly lit and the dropped shadow looking all wrong.]]

** [[spoiler: It is disturbingly easy to interpret Lily’s death as her being DrivenToSuicide rather than a case of HeroicSacrifice, considering in the previous scene she openly showed regret for her deal with Tanaka and for all the people she sacrificed to the Alpha.]]

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: [[spoiler: Considering that the movie ends with basically the whole cast dead, and the reveal that an infected Vanderohe is probably about to spread the Zombid plague to parts unknown, it can be very easy to stop caring about the plot since in the end, it was all for nothing.]]