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"28 Days"

(sorry if there's a 28 days thread i missed)

has anyone else caught this movie yet??

i saw it last night and... WOW!!!!
it was all i could manage not to march straight back to the video store and demand my money back. what a disappointment.

for all the hype of it being the "best british horror for 20 years" (no others spring to mind but that's prolly just my memory :) ) i found it dull, slow and derivative.
The shopping scene was lifted from "Dawn of the Dead", right down to the semi-comedy music playing as it happens. when they stop for fuel one of them wanders off and is accosted by zombie kid, which he kills, this is straight out of "dawn..." as well.

it took a lifetime to get going (the last 20 minutes were ok) and no amount of imaginitive camera shots (i have to say that some of the cinematography was really good) can disguise the fact that this is passable at best and not in any way deserving of the hype.

is there an underlying greatness in this movie that i'm missing (like the Matrix, which i still think is simply "alright") or is it actually bad?

any thoughts?

Men DRESSED AS WOMEN

Ah, but read my thread badmouting mediums. And John Shuttlepoop was rubbish. Therefore I am a God amongst men!

monkey_man wrote:
> How can anything be Milf to Goaty? - he's so old.
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*shakes fist*
You durn kids...

Actually, I spent last night (unplanned) with a lady of 32. Now you may go "Ewwwwwww", but hell that's only a couple years older than I.
And she was goddamn fit.

But I dont like old-love.

monkey_man wrote:
> I think "superb" is a bit strong, but "above
> average" is about right,
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You like programmes about mediums and John Shuttleworth.
Therefore you are a housewife.
Which means you didn't like 28 Days Later because it scared you and you couldn't finish the ironing.

(I have no idea where I'm going with this)

How can anything be Milf to Goaty? - he's so old.

BEARDS. wrote:
> Well, you've displayed Milf hunting tendancies in the past, so I
> suppose that's only a step further down the road...
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*scratches head*
Eurgh

I think "superb" is a bit strong, but "above average" is about right. It's certainly not crap.

Goatboy wrote:
> Personally I would rather watch old people making out

Well, you've displayed Milf hunting tendancies in the past, so I suppose that's only a step further down the road...

I thought 28 Days Later was superb.
Yes, those two scenes were lifted from Dawn of The Dead. As was the "pet" zombie/infected from Day of The Dead.
Commentary with Alex Garland, the writer, explains how he loved those movies and wanted to include a couple of nods to Romero's movies.

Personally I would rather watch old people making out that Resident Evil, but each to their own.

I'd rate the first 28 Days film as better...maybe because I'm a Sandra Bullock fan, but anyway, if you want a new zombie blasting movie then Resident Evil provides nicely.