Haha that too. I was talking about the humanity shown in the first one. x-DCyanin said:
The Irish rock. =-D
"28 Days" Series: Love It or Hate It?
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The Irish rock. =-D
I enjoyed them both, although Weeks certainly didn't capture the raw, unrelenting dread that Days did. I suspect this had to do with the thinly veiled political statement on the occupation of Iraq twisting the movie to a more 'actiony' feel. Still, the 'reunion' between Dan and his wife still ranks as one of my favorite Horror Movie moments.
Days was absoloutly awsome, probably one of Danny Boyle's best (next to trainspotting)- it felt like a 'proper' film, it is well paced, belieavable, new what its themes were and executed them well. It was the kind of a film a person who hated zombie films/ horror films could have watched and really enjoyed.
Months was ok. The first 10 minutes with Robert Carlyle escaping the house were brilliant, but the rest of the film fails to live up to it. It's pretty contrived in places, generally it feels like they had a bunch of action sequences and threw in a plot at the last minute to hold it all together. Saying that, it is well shot, there are some good scenes in it, and makes good use of the rather brilliant "in a heartbeat" theme music. It's like the godfather III, worth watching if you liked what came before, but if you never saw it you wouldn't be regret it too much.
Interestingly Danny Boyle was involved in the sequel, I think he helped produce it or something.
Last I heard they were making a 28 months later and it was being directed by Danny Boyle. Could be good, could be bad. I'm more interested in Ridley Scott directing Alien 5.
Months was ok. The first 10 minutes with Robert Carlyle escaping the house were brilliant, but the rest of the film fails to live up to it. It's pretty contrived in places, generally it feels like they had a bunch of action sequences and threw in a plot at the last minute to hold it all together. Saying that, it is well shot, there are some good scenes in it, and makes good use of the rather brilliant "in a heartbeat" theme music. It's like the godfather III, worth watching if you liked what came before, but if you never saw it you wouldn't be regret it too much.
Interestingly Danny Boyle was involved in the sequel, I think he helped produce it or something.
Last I heard they were making a 28 months later and it was being directed by Danny Boyle. Could be good, could be bad. I'm more interested in Ridley Scott directing Alien 5.
Days was fantastic. Weeks was good while I was watching it moment-to-moment, but altogether it was really unsatisfying and didn't come anywhere close to living up to the first.
Days was awesome and weeks was pretty good but it makes it seem like there is going to be a sequel
I loved Days, especially the beginning, the scene in desolate London was just plain awesome.
Weeks was boring though, it was just mindless shootey crap. And why do children ALWAYS have to screw everything up!?
Weeks was boring though, it was just mindless shootey crap. And why do children ALWAYS have to screw everything up!?
I loved 28 Days Later, and it's one of my all-time favorites. Weeks was good for entertainment value and gore, but all of the intelligence and humanity was sucked out through an "idiot" flavored straw. I just hope that the upcoming 28 Months Later (And yes, it's inevitable) ends up being awesome.
However, as much as I (mostly) disliked Weeks, there's no denying how awesome the opening was.
However, as much as I (mostly) disliked Weeks, there's no denying how awesome the opening was.
Couldn't agree more.JediMB said:
28 days was indeed fantastic.
I absolutely hated 28 weeks later.
The whole premise of Robert Carlisle being an intelligent zombie was just retarded. Once he became a zombie he wouldn't even have been able to figure out how to leave the medical room his wife was in. Film over. It pretty much wasted the acting talents of all involved. Also, the eye gouging? Why God? WHY!? It was the most horrid thing I've seen in the cinema. I thought I was going to vomit.
The cliched ending of zombies running out at the Eiffel Tower...words escape me. Are we in Paris then? A-Duh!
I liked Days a lot when I first saw it, but the second time I didn't like it nearly as much. Muddy picture and mumbled dialog made it hard to follow even though I had already seen it. I thought Weeks was hokey and ridiculous and I didn't like it at all. Kind of ruined the first one for me.
Weeks will never stack up to what Days was. 28 Days Later is one of the greatest in the zombie genre, imo. Weeks had so many holes in it that it could have been swiss cheese. I doubt there will be a 28 Months Later, however. If 28 weeks later, the survivors were already repopulating Britain (with the attempt ruined by a dumbass who kissed an infected), then 28 months later would lead humanity back to where it was. Or on the path to that.
I thought the infection was just contained in the UK... It's been a few months since I've seen weeks, admittedly.
Both are really great films, 'Days' has very isolated theme throughout, whereas 'Weeks' has a feeling of chaos tearing down order. What amazed me though was the fact that both films have similar tones to them, even though they have different directors.