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28 Years Later by Turtle Jones
ok. I said before how much I love zombie movies and how disappointed in 28 Days Later I was. I mean the movie had a killer premise. A disease spread by sweat, puke, tears and piss that tears the hell of of Britain turning everyone into just really, really angry people. But they fucked it up. Move on to 28 Weeks later. I was in a subway in New York trying to get a glimpse of these posters that kinda looked like the posters for 28 Days Later....but I really couldn't see the posters clearly. I got off the train and stared at one. 28 Weeks Later! Yes. Yes I was excited. Even though the first one, in my opinion, sucked. I was still excited. I mean how many movies show you the aftermath of what happens when the zombies (or "infected" in this case) are gone? Well in this casse, nothing really. This shit is sooo sadly obvious, it is just sad. Shaking cameras from the start. Blurry shots. No suspense. Even easy, almost gimmie "panic" scenes are shot to shit with this directors idea that "shaking the camera makes it all seem scary." Well, it doesn't. Instead of wondering what I would do in a situation like the ones presented in the movie, like I usually do in all good zombie movies, I was left there wondering when it was just going to stop moving around so much. It's like watching a row of dominoes just waiting for the one retarded kid to accidentally knock the first domino down so we can finally , and I mean finally, see these fucking things fall. And when everything does go to shit, it is painful. No character development. I disliked everyone I was supposed to care about so when they died it was like "good riddance". 28 weeks later? They should have called it 28 years later cause that's the last god damn time I am ever going to see a horror movie made by the British. Quick tip to the writer of the story. Dead bodies are not, NOT creepy, scary or in any way icky. Dead bodies will not suddenly come back to life and grab you. They are dead. Dead things can not hurt you. Only zombies can. And this is not a zombie movie. - T Michele's review of 28 Weeks Later is in the blog. I wonder what she thought of it?
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Sounds like another bullshit movie. Thanks for wasting money on our behalf, and saving me ten bucks or so.
Posted by: Dan | May 19, 2007 9:39 AM
don't even get me started about the chemical weapons part
evidently you can live if you just hold your shirt over your mouth.
Someone should have told the Kurdish people this bit of knowledge
Posted by: turtle | May 19, 2007 10:10 AM
And if there was a Shaun of the Dead remake?
Dog Soldiers, Fresh Meat is coming out in 2008 too.
In my mind, Dog Soldiers may be the best werewolf movie ever.
And if you haven't seen The Descent yet, you really need to. The previews never did that movie justice.
Just sayin', don't write of the Brits.
Posted by: Timmer | May 19, 2007 11:07 AM
hmmm
maybe I spoke too soon about the British part.
But they really need to step it back up soon.
Been awhile seen I seen a good one from them.
Posted by: turtle | May 19, 2007 11:18 AM
The Descent KICKED ASS
Posted by: Dan | May 19, 2007 2:20 PM
The Descent was a fucking killer movie. GREAT flick. The ending was fucking awesome.
And I enjoyed 28 Days Later. But I don't think I take zombie movies as seriously as some of you...
Posted by: Uber | May 21, 2007 9:13 AM
The Descent was a bloody good (in all sense of the word) watch but was a bit predictable by going with and sticking to a long obvious build up but still worth waiting for in the end. Loved 28 Days Later, even though they weren't zombies - they could run!! That's seems to be what affected most people, without that, the film would have fallen. As for 28 Weeks later - too many holes to pick, hardly any impact and downright stupid plot.
Posted by: Kat | May 25, 2007 7:23 AM