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Title: 28 days earliar Post by: Bmeansgood on December 23, 2003, 02:54:15 PM I watched 28 days later a couple days ago and I guess I liked it because i am still thinking about it.
I wish they would do a prequel. Show the infection getting out of the lab and spreading to the whole 'island' and then ending when he wakes up in the hospital. That would be a really intense movie. (With lots of blood) Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: Scott on December 23, 2003, 09:56:07 PM Parts of it were ok, but I didn't enjoy the rapid camera work. Was hoping for something better.
Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: Neville on December 24, 2003, 12:25:01 PM I enjoyed it inmensely. More closer to John Windham's "Day of the trifids" than to the usual zombie flick. I guess that should be thanked to writer Alex Garland. The only problem I had with it, apart from the incredible fighting skills of the main character, was that stupid epilogue.
Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: Jason1551 on December 25, 2003, 03:43:35 AM I liked Danny Boyle's other films (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave) and am looking forward to seeing it. A prequel idea doesn't sound like a bad idea, especially since other films are picking up on the concept (The Ring, Resident Evil, etc.).
Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: jmc on December 30, 2003, 08:40:41 PM A prequel would probably be better....I didn't like this film much because I thought it copied the worst things from its influences [the plodding talkiness and hamfisted "social commentary" of Romero, without any of the chills and excitement.] The most exciting part was imagining what it was like when the plague first broke out. I hope they get someone to do it who is a little better at pacing genre films, though. The art-film pacing of this was dull after the first half.
Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: Prophet Tenebrae on December 31, 2003, 05:12:46 PM 28 Days Later... I think I had mixed feelings about this film. I agree that quite a bit of the social commentary was ham-fisted and that in many ways, as a "zombie" type film it was quite slow - except for the zombies themselves and obviously the cutting, which I admit was too... pretentious. I'm with Mr. Cranky on this - all the moving the camera around and such-like is annoying, stupid and blatantly shows the director is pretending he has skill.
But at the same time the film was pretty interesting... Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: dean on January 04, 2004, 07:18:13 AM "A prequel idea doesn't sound like a bad idea, especially since other films are picking up on the concept (The Ring, Resident Evil, etc.)." They're making a prequel to Resident Evil? That's a little presumptuous since Nemesis, the sequel, hasn't even been released yet! [unless Nemesis is the prequel, then I will go insane!] I've seen the Japanese Ring prequel, and I thought it had potential. I wouldn't mind seeing it done Hollywood style. But then again, you also have the Star Wars prequels. I'd be wary before reccomending any prequels! Title: Re: 28 days earliar Post by: Conrad on January 04, 2004, 10:39:45 AM I'm working on it, I'm working on it ... in the meantime, work up a screenplay yourself!
It's done pretty well financially, so backers for a prequel might be found, but I imagine the real trouble would be getting permission from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland about re-using their concepts. A prequel would probably be a lot more conventional than their film, which they might object to. |