28 Weeks Later

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jjzelinski

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Friggen awesome :)

As you can tell I'm watching it now, one of the better zombie flicks i've EVER seen. Better than the first.
 
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Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Also, if you were put in a position where you had to choose helping your wife and a child or escaping, like the scene where the zombies attacked the farmhouse..What would you do?

For those who can't remember..here's a clip of it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgmNPrQ7CGI
 
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jjzelinski

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I thought the movie conveyed the sheer mindlessness of panic incredibly well, and I would chalk the farmhouse scene up to that. It's impossible to understand what that situation would actually be like.

As for the chopper, the scene was entirely unrealtistic but completely awesome nonetheless. I'm looking forward to 28 months later now :D
 
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jjones

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Some parts were good, but most of the plot was just stupid. The first one was better IMO.
 
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28weeks later was the only zombie movie i've ever seen. sure, there are some plot moving events that wouldn't have happened IRL (the kids escaping, for example, and the guy seeing his wife), but overall i was fairly impressed with the movie. i won't buy it because i'm not into zombie movies, but i don't regret seeing it by any measure
 
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Originally posted by: jjones
Some parts were good, but most of the plot was just stupid. The first one was better IMO.
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Agreed the first one seemed like it could really happen. The second seemed like lets see how stupid we can make everyone to try and make a sequel.
 
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LordMorpheus

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If you like zombies, go find a copy of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie war.

It's awesome. It's written as a series of interviews with survivors of the zombie war, conducted 10 years after the US declared victory within it's borders (The book is not only about the US, though, China, Japan, South Africa, Israel, Pakestan, Iran, England, etc all are big parts).

It is very well written, and very believable.
 
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Mikey

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Is this movie better than Dawn of the Dead? That was, by far, the best zombie movie I've ever seen.
 
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jjzelinski

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Originally posted by: Mikey
Is this movie better than Dawn of the Dead? That was, by far, the best zombie movie I've ever seen.
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Emphatically, yes! While DotD has something of a cartoonish feel to it (to me, at least), 28 Weeks Later is like a disorienting nightmare. No one gets to be cool in it, no one gets to walk into the sunset. It really conveyed a sense of terrible desperation, sheer panic and hopelessness.
 
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adairusmc

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Originally posted by: Mikey
Is this movie better than Dawn of the Dead? That was, by far, the best zombie movie I've ever seen.
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No, because 28 weeks later is not a zombie movie, it is a disease movie.

Real zombies do not die off on their own.

Dawn of the Dead is the best zombie documentary there is right now.
 
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I just watched this... the only thing i thought was retarded was that you turn in to a 'zombie' like 10 seconds after you're bitten... wtf?


But yes, though totally fake on so many levels, the chopper scene was sweet!
 
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Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
If you like zombies, go find a copy of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie war.

It's awesome. It's written as a series of interviews with survivors of the zombie war, conducted 10 years after the US declared victory within it's borders (The book is not only about the US, though, China, Japan, South Africa, Israel, Pakestan, Iran, England, etc all are big parts).

It is very well written, and very believable.
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I second this!! Awesome book

I would love to see it adapted to a movie.
 
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Aikouka

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Originally posted by: jjones
Some parts were good, but most of the plot was just stupid. The first one was better IMO.
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I finally watched 28 days later after watching 28 weeks later.. how can you say the snooze fest that was the first was better than the second? It's supposed to be a suspense movie... not a snooze movie :Q! Days may be a more "accurate portrayal" if something like that happened. But the movie didn't focus much on the infected as much as it did the aftermath and the messed up people. Weeks was more about man vs the spreading infection.

Also the song that plays at the end of Weeks (called Leaving England) is a good song... although there is a version of that song that also plays in Days when they're unleashing hell on the mansion, it's a bit longer than the Weeks' version.

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Oh one thing I didn't like about Weeks was that Blair Witch-wannabe shit in the tunnel... it wasn't cine-graphic genius; it was dumb and I couldn't see shit.
 
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djheater

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Days was better than weeks.

Weeks was a followup and insipid by contrast.
Days left me feeling invigorated about the zombie genre. Weeks was just another zombie movie.

Weeks suffered from inconsistent acting and bad plot. The cinematics were good but the story was a pain. Geez, I don't want to see a pitiful schmuck emasculated as a man, husband and father. That was awful, and carried throughout the movie. Perhaps I'm old and just want an ounce of hope a the end of a film...
 
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i saw both and thought they were ok movies. though certain sections in 28 weeks later, namely the part where the children escapes a quaratined city, is so stupid that i wanted to kill myself. i mean come on, there has to be a better way to advance the plot
 
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I couldn't stand the stupidity of this movie. So they took all these precautions with the quarantines, yet they left the mom who they knew is infected alone in a room without any security or whatsoever. The only horror in this horror movie is how horribly stupid it is!

 
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clamum

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I thought the helicopter scene was about the only good part in the movie, hahah.
 
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RadiclDreamer

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Am I the only one here that thought it sucked the big one? I'm hugely into zombie movies and loved 28 days later, but 28 weeks just didnt do it for me.
 
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lokiju

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Originally posted by: jjzelinski
I thought the movie conveyed the sheer mindlessness of panic incredibly well, and I would chalk the farmhouse scene up to that. It's impossible to understand what that situation would actually be like.

As for the chopper, the scene was entirely unrealtistic but completely awesome nonetheless. I'm looking forward to 28 months later now :D
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I concur on all accounts.

Well said.
 
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