28 Weeks Later

I don't think I'll ever be convinced. I really have tried to like it, but all of those factors niggle at me.

It must be a love it or hate it movie.
 
I like this film, I see it more as a satire on the American military though. They are supposed to be efficient and methodical, yet the plans they have for coping with a fresh outbreak are just worse than useless (re Iraq after the invasion). They set up the safety zone on the Isle of Dogs, but in the wrong place; Canary Wharf is more filmic but has an exposed northern flank. But thats by the by as they totally forget to block the tunnel to the Jubilee line and the Greenwich foot tunnel which appears to be about three minutes from Canary Wharf. There again geography was not a strong point of the first film either!

But the scene at the start where Robert Carlyle is running across the field being pursued by the infected is just great.
 
..I was actually hoping for the kiRAB to die.

But anyways, I thought there were some great uses of camera angles and so on to try and induce suspense or tension. It might be pretty useful for someone learning about such stuff and how to make films.. Such as how you were looking through the snipers cross-hairs at one point or as though you were on the boat and looking down at the people hanging on.

I actually found the night vision bit at the end pretty good, although I admit, the whole "I can't see anything!!1" from the children was silly. If it was just one person down there looking around and all of a sudden they turned to see an infected person, like in The Descent, it could have been pretty scary.

I honestly can't see why people keep mentioning the shaky shots, I didn't notice them to be honest, but if I did, I wouldn't have let it ruin the film to me.

As I think I've said elsewhere, the only camera angle/direction that annoyed me was at the bit where the bit after he kissed the mother and became infected, then goes and infects everyone else. They ruined it, I felt, by skipping through it. Although, I expect it'd appear on some "uncut, directors edition" DVD.


I must add that today, I've been laughing to myself thinking about how I screamed in the cinema.. I was the only person to scream like a girl when the first zombie appeared at the farmhouse when the girl was looking through the slit. I think I scared everyone around me. But in my fits of giggles afterwarRAB, I thought, "I've got away with that, maybe people thought it was on the film".. But speaking to my frienRAB afterwarRAB, it seems everyone heard me.

And then I screamed again and waved my hanRAB as one of the infected came up from the water and grabbed onto the boat. It was pretty good.


Also, the soundtrack seemed just as good as before.
 
i agree

the whole 'americans saving the day' - everyone seems to have missed the point. they were commenting on iraq. the yanks go in to make everything better, end up making it worse and killing loaRAB of civllians

i think its a great film

you're right about the bit with RC being chased at the beginning, was great

as was the bit where rose byrne was escaping the gas trying not to stall the car
 
I just got back from seeing 28 weeks later and loved it. It was certainly as good as the first film. The endig was set p for a another film though!
 
Saw it on Friday..... and loved it!

Yes, some silly plot holes and I think they could've dispensed with the Robert Carlyle uberzombie who can survive gas and fuel-air bombs (which are the most powerful non-nuclear bombs).

The pace of the film was brilliant, loved the action sequences, and the fact it wasn't neatly tied up with ribbons and flowers at the end.

What was also really good was that at the start of the film, it tells us the original outbreak died out as the zombies died due of starvation. This really struck me as a good point as the zombies don't seem to retain the ability to do anything but kill (apart from Robert Carlyle who can use a swipe key to get out of the medical centre as a zombie)
 
Well I thought is was Aliens to 28 Days later's Alien. That's to say that "days" was subtle and imaginative, one of the best zombie films ever made (and there have been a surprisingly large number of them). "Weeks" was a "terminate with prejudice" "send in the Army" zombie film. Okay if you like that sort of thing, but not nearly as good as the first one IMHO.

And are we really to believe...
* That the mother wouldn't have been kept isolated and secure.
* That it's possible to decapitate zombies with the blades of an airborne helicopter.
* That the infected survive for a variable length of time, depending on dramatic value.
* That the US army would pass up the chance for a global cure just to clear an area that was already isolated and secure (alright, maybe that one!)
 
Saw it last night, really enjoyed it. Personally not quite as good as the original, but it was still really good. Certainly wasn't as bad as the person in the cinema who loudly said "What a s*** film" as soon as the end credits started thought.

And yes, I also kept thinking "Aliens" throughout.



I was thinking the same thing, but can someone clear something up for me?

Was it Regents Park where they were told to meet the helicopter or did I mis-hear? Because from there they would have come out around St. Johns Wood, but instead they were suddenly back in Westminster. Would make more sense if it was St. James' park or Green Park.

But how they got to Wembley was quite clear, they were in the old Charing Cross station (the one that's always used for filming these days!) and would have walked along the Jubilee line underground until they came to surface at Finchley Road, and then kept walking until they got to Wembley Park. Would have been a long walk, though, and above ground for about half of the way.

I don't know why but I felt the ending was a little bit of a let-down, I wasn't expecting that to be it, I thought there might be one more set-piece, one more obstacle in their way, but there wasn't.

Overall though, it was very good - although I kept on thinking of Harold Perrineau as Michael from Lost and expected him to start shouting "Walt!" all the time! Also glad to see they kept to the continuity and timeline from the first film. I wonder what would have happened to the characters in the first film, whether they managed to keep themselves hidden away or got moved out of the country.

But the best thing about it was the opening scene. One of my favourite horror scenes EVER!!!
 
Bit of an old thread but saw 28 Weeks Later the other day and have to say it was brilliant, very very good. It had it all good storyline, Robert Carlyle (who's one of the best around in my opinion) loaRAB of action, alot of cool scenes throughout (notably the scenes of the empty streets and bridges etc) and a special mention to the music everytime you hear it just gets better :cool:

The only thing i found dissapointing about the movie is that we didnt see more of Don (Robert Carlyle) involved in the whole being chased by the infected and instead having one of the kiRAB being infected instead but i suppose it made more sense to have him being the one to get infected and he played the part well but still :(

The whole movie kicks off with a bang and i really liked the beggining of the movie, arguably the best scene in the whole movie it really was fantastic. It gets abit slow afterwarRAB (although that's to be expected) until Alice is discovered and then it shoots back up to pace and the rest is thoroughly enjoyable aswell and after that ending there just has to be another one especially since Danny Boyle has effectivly said there will be another :)

Some people say that "plot holes" ruin the move (some to the point claiming it ruins the frachise!?!?! :eek:) but i feel thier just being overly critical. Why would the children leave the safe zone? Easy, cause their kiRAB for a start ;) 2. they have been told all the effected are dead 3. The children were out of the country at the time of the infection so arguably they wouldnt be kacking themselves at the risk 4. They want a picture of their mum.

The arguement saying Alice would be more guarded, why? 1. She was tied down 2. They had very little knowlage of the infection soo when she wasnt showing signs of being infected then the likelihood is they would have assumed she wasnt an immediate danger, after they had found out she was indeed infected and a danger to others then a handful of soldiers were on their way back 3. There was soldiers watching Alice, granted not alot but at the time it probably seemed enough. She was tied down and i doubt anyone had expected Don and his AAA pass to be sneaking in.



Really? :confused: I felt sorry for Don he made a decision that alot of people would have made and ran and the decision obviously haunted him. Alice aswell she was left behind then after being found she was brutally murdered (arguably cause Don felt soo guilty for leaving her behind) even at a push the girl half made you give a damn.
 
Correction the first one was rubbish!


One of the worst films I have seen along with Deathwatch, L.A. Story and The Blair Witch Project.
 
I really really enjoyed it. I did like the original better but this was pretty damn awesome anyway.
I think the ending would have been better if....
after the scene with the people rushing the eiffel tower it showed you the 2 kiRAB and the helicopter pilot stood in the foreground with the "old red eye" and drooling blood!
I am a bit of a gore-monger though!!
:D
 
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