> It completely breaks the magic

Given the popularity of zombie movies, I'd say that it clearly does not break the magic for the vast majority of zombie movie enjoyers. A problem you personally have with movies is not necessarily a problem with the movies themselves. If it were, those movies would not be very successful. Moviemakers would be taking note and trying to find other ways to tell those stories, with other tropes and conventions that the viewing public was more likely to enjoy.

It used to be commonplace to have a musical number in a movie. Drama, action, didn't matter. At some point, the story would stop, and someone would sing a song. This happens even in war movies like The Guns of Navarone. Nowadays, that kind of thing doesn't entertain moviegoers, and moviemakers have largely dropped the trope.

Maybe someday the same thing will happen to your zombie juices dilemma, but at the moment it seems more like a you problem than a zombie movie problem.