Exactly. He wanted to save the woman. And he had eaten a lot of food and regained his strength, I would assume.
yukichigai
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I would like to point out that 28 Days Later is supposedly the prequel to The Beach. (With Leo DiCaprio... bleagh) Apparantly it's not such a good movie but it does explain the worldwide situation set up in 28 Days Later a bit better.
I just got the DVD in the mail from the UK. I'm rather happy I went to the trouble of buying a DVD player I could make region free.
I just got the DVD in the mail from the UK. I'm rather happy I went to the trouble of buying a DVD player I could make region free.
yukichigai
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It is. If you check a few UK reviews a good number of them will say the same thing. If not a prequel then at least in the same world. I mean it's pretty suspicious that The Beach deals with people with the exact same disease.
It would make sense the the same writers deal with the same subject manner. They just take it in the same direction.
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Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
"Omega Man", which was a really cool movie
Omega Man,Linked..
Charlton Heston .... Robert Neville
Anthony Zerbe .... Matthias
Rosalind Cash .... Lisa
this was a really cool movie, {Omega Man...}
Go "Omega Man"! That movie really creeped me out when I was a little kid.
So did "The Last Man on Earth" IMDB Link with Vincent Price. I was in Grade School when I saw this & it was creepy. Grade school, that is. No, I mean, the movie.
yeah but the other thing i foudn stupid, is these are supposedly alert military men. how come they didnt see the plane like the other guy did. i mean they had been there for 30 days right. and they had electricity and a radio!!! you'd think the plane could talk to them
also did anyone else think half this movie was a pepsi commercial?
I love reading how people have panned this movie.
Frankly, I thought it was the most refreshing take on a zombie movie, and perhaps the best executed, evar.
It looked like a B-movie, but had an A-plot. There was oodles of character development. A love interest. Reflection on how humans can often be worse than any monster imaginable.
They didn't explain what the virus was? Good. That wasn't neccesary information. What would you rather have - An exclusion of information, or a explanation that makes no sense? Frankly, I'd prefer the former - That way, there's nothing to deconstruct. No one can say "That isn't realistic," which is an especially retarded statement when you're dealing with FICTION.
I loved the plot twist at the end, and though the Hollywood ending was a bit too much, it was still a damn fine movie.
Frankly, I thought it was the most refreshing take on a zombie movie, and perhaps the best executed, evar.
It looked like a B-movie, but had an A-plot. There was oodles of character development. A love interest. Reflection on how humans can often be worse than any monster imaginable.
They didn't explain what the virus was? Good. That wasn't neccesary information. What would you rather have - An exclusion of information, or a explanation that makes no sense? Frankly, I'd prefer the former - That way, there's nothing to deconstruct. No one can say "That isn't realistic," which is an especially retarded statement when you're dealing with FICTION.
I loved the plot twist at the end, and though the Hollywood ending was a bit too much, it was still a damn fine movie.
*****SPOILERS GALORE*****
Yes, the UK was the only area infected.
Consider this:
The infection struct within 2 minutes of infection. Without a long incubation period, the hosts wouldn't have a chance to get on a plane and carry it back to their countries of origin - and if someone DID get on a plane that was infected, the virus would spread through the plane in minutes and caused it to crash-land 2 miles of the UK's coast.
Consider the world's reaction if a virus did break out in the UK and spread that quickly - Do you REALLY think they're going to send in aid and risk further deaths? Hell no. They're going watch from a distance, and only come in when the plague has begun to atrophy.
This whole scenario was one that never occured to me, and which I'd never have even contemplated had this movie not been made. Which is one of those reasons I thought it was great.
Yes, the UK was the only area infected.
Consider this:
The infection struct within 2 minutes of infection. Without a long incubation period, the hosts wouldn't have a chance to get on a plane and carry it back to their countries of origin - and if someone DID get on a plane that was infected, the virus would spread through the plane in minutes and caused it to crash-land 2 miles of the UK's coast.
Consider the world's reaction if a virus did break out in the UK and spread that quickly - Do you REALLY think they're going to send in aid and risk further deaths? Hell no. They're going watch from a distance, and only come in when the plague has begun to atrophy.
This whole scenario was one that never occured to me, and which I'd never have even contemplated had this movie not been made. Which is one of those reasons I thought it was great.
eh.
all the stuff in it id seen in other zombie movies.
nothing really scared me in it, except for a few "jolts" there is nothing i left the theater actually being afraid of.
better than most in theater zombie movies i've seen (read: resident evil) but not better than most zombie movies ive seen.
oddly, the movie made me want to watch omega man again.
A plot?
as in "'A plot taken from every other zombie movie evar made"
love interest as forced as the scenes of horror and moral messages more mixed and confused than the direction. oy.
i think he tried really hard to lend creedence to a genre most people dont take seriously and, in doing so, insulted the intelligent fan and shafting a straight-genre fan (i do not mean to assume that an genre fan can not be intelligent...im sure you get my meaning)
Just saw this movie - thought it was very good.
They were vague on details regarding the virus and how far it had spread, because the information available to the characters was very limited.....we knew what they knew.
They were vague on details regarding the virus and how far it had spread, because the information available to the characters was very limited.....we knew what they knew.
Vague Spoilers Within!
i agree that the movie was a well done, competant film. that everything "made sense" but as for a good movie, well, i just didnt like it. something that began to annoy me more and more after i saw it was the female lead: she started out as a very strong woman who knew wtf was going on and would not be compromised. then she stole a kiss. then she needed to be saved. by the end she was sewing...
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just saw it, it sucked. it was very drawn out and boring and it improved as it got tword the end. what is it with the brits and all the full frontal male pr0n?
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If you think that was pr0n then you have issues. How about the ass to ass scene in Requiem?
I thought it actually went downhill a little bit as it got towards the end. I think the problem with most of you is you were expecting a traditional kill em all zombie flick which this wasn't. I'd compare it to something like Lord of the Flies, except this one has a virus.
Also, how is this a prequel to The Beach? I didn't even think the Beach had a virus in it.
After reading good reviews on this, I took a girl to see this movie (after a nice dinner). Her first response was that the picture was sh*tty and looks like it was recorded in VHS. I told her that was to create an atmosphere/mood for this particular type of film. The same could be said about the Blair Witch Project and she hated that movie. Anyway, 20 mins in and I knew she hates this movie already. She suggested that if it doesn't get better that maybe we should leave. 10 mins later, wanting to be a good date, I told her if she wants to get out of here we can leave because I don't care either way. We whispered back and forth rather loudly (and perhaps created a scene) from hereon. She keeps insisting that we can stay since she knew I wanted to finish the movie regardless of my opinion of it. Of course wanting to please her, I keep insisting we leave.
Anyway, we ended up finishing the movie and I thought it was ok, expecting better. She hated it. To the guys out there: this is not a date flick.
Anyway, we ended up finishing the movie and I thought it was ok, expecting better. She hated it. To the guys out there: this is not a date flick.
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