28 Days Later

[Digital Murders]

Am I the only one who hated this movie!?

Seriously, such a stereotypical zombie plot. Not to mention Resident Evil already basically did it. Granted the first boring half hour of the movie roaming around London had some great shots, but then the plot just gets damned ridiculous. An army base? I think the only good part of the movie.....

***SPOILER AHEAD!***







Is when the bastard dies at the end.













SPOILER OVER

What are your thoughts on the movie?

[Ryan_Zombie]

hated it.

[LegionFilms]

I thought it was alright, entertaining at best. And that market scene...wtf was that shit?

[Dave]

You aren't the only one. I did not like it said Sam I Am.

[MichaelMyers]

Actually, I thought it was anything but your stereotypical zombie movie. That's just me.

[Dave]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
Actually, I thought it was anything but your stereotypical zombie movie. That's just me.

Yeah, this wasn't like a Romero movie or anything..for one they weren't dead yet. They moved a lot quicker than typical zombies, but I though the ones in House of the Dead were much better, even though the movie blows goats.

[Ulrik]

dont worry ur not the only one..it fucking sucked so much cock it should have never been made..

[moonsorrow]

i thought it rocked, it had nothing to do with zombies though what the fuck is that about? so dont call it a stereotypical zombie movie, they were infected with rage, simpley pissed of not the living dead.
and how can you even compare it to resident evil, my friend i think you are a few beers short of a sixpack.

[Dave]

This is another definition of a zombie: "Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way." I think that is why people are calling them zombies, not because they were like the living dead zombies but more like people who didn't respond to anything other than an inner force or some shit. I have no idea what I'm trying to say, it's hard to explain. Someone else may be able to do it better. Still, I wish they would have been straffed by the jet at the end with their "Hello" message.

[moonsorrow]

well mr. smith i guess that pretty much does define zombies, but i cant remember ever hearing anyone call it a zombie movie, just one mans opinion i guess.

[AUSTIN316426808]

28 DAYS IS A ZOMBIE MOVIE IT SAYS IT IN THE ADVERTISMENTS.

AND BY THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WAS A OK MOVIE STARTED OUT WEAK THEN HE FOUND THOSE TWO GOT GOOD UNTIL THEY GOT INTO THE APARTMENT WITH THE MAN AND GIRL,THEN IT WAS WEAK UNTILE THEY GOT TO THE BASE THEN IT WAS OK UNTIL THE PART WHERE THAT SICK SON OF A BITCH MAJOR TOLD JIM HIS PLANS FOR THE GIRLS,THEN IT GOT GOOD WHEN JIM GOT BACK TO THE BASE AGAIN.

THAT'S THE KIND OF MOVIE IT WAS ON AND OFF.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by moonsorrow
i thought it rocked, it had nothing to do with zombies though what the fuck is that about? so dont call it a stereotypical zombie movie, they were infected with rage, simpley pissed of not the living dead.
and how can you even compare it to resident evil, my friend i think you are a few beers short of a sixpack.

Completely agree with you. Not the living dead. WERE NOT dead. Were INFECTED. And if you are going by your second definition of "zombie" they were not mechanical or apathetic. They were highly animated and HATED the uninfected. So they do clearly care about something: spreading their disease.

[_Leatha_Face_]

trust me if u read about the 100 other threads about this movie u will c in every1 i said i hated it and walked out of it half way through

[kawaiidragonfoe]

can someone give me the plot of this movie? i have been wenting to see it but i need to know more about it before i rent it.




"If you learn to conquer your fears, you will often be able to preform things that you would have previously regarded as impossible." -Sir Edmund Hillary, first to summit Everast.

[moonsorrow]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
28 DAYS IS A ZOMBIE MOVIE IT SAYS IT IN THE ADVERTISMENTS.

AND BY THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WAS A OK MOVIE STARTED OUT WEAK THEN HE FOUND THOSE TWO GOT GOOD UNTIL THEY GOT INTO THE APARTMENT WITH THE MAN AND GIRL,THEN IT WAS WEAK UNTILE THEY GOT TO THE BASE THEN IT WAS OK UNTIL THE PART WHERE THAT SICK SON OF A BITCH MAJOR TOLD JIM HIS PLANS FOR THE GIRLS,THEN IT GOT GOOD WHEN JIM GOT BACK TO THE BASE AGAIN.

THAT'S THE KIND OF MOVIE IT WAS ON AND OFF.

for starters its been asked before but youv never answered i belive...WHY THE FUCK DO YOU KEEP TYPING WITH THE FUCKING CAPS ON!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? its anoying, personaly all i want to do when i see piss like that is to smash that persons hands with his keyboard wether its conan or ms. daisy!!! WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY!?

now that i got that out of my system...they were zombie like... no doubt, mindless people infected with some little experiment, the reviewers called it a zombie movie not the producers or publishers. and if you want a movie with all action and no story its time to rent a sleezy porn. imo character development and story telling is important to, i enjoyed hearing the story that the guy who got his arm chopped off told, it was a laugh seing them run amoch in the story... every element of that movie had a story to tell no matter how small.... in short.... yes.

[dmihatmttl]

I'm a big fan. Loved 28 DAYS LATER.

Was it a tad overrated? Yeah, probably. Was it original? No, it wasn't the most original movie in the world. But was it scary? IMO that's a huge, resounding YES!

I love movies propelled by a horror that could conceivably *really happen*. To me, that's the scariest kind of horror movie of all . . . .


Believe it or not, some of my favorite scenes were the "quieter" ones, though. The scenes of Jim wondering a lonely, desolate city. Totally *alone*.


Great stuff. I bought it the day it came out.


Oh, yeah . . . and I totally agree about the ALL-CAPS thing. :)




J.N.
http://members.tripod.com/~NEWMANATOR/index.html

[slaphead 1]

I was extremely let down by this film. It was tedious depressing and not scary! a typical British arty attempt at doing horror,something we haven't managed to do since the demise of the hammer studios.

[Dave]

Originally posted by moonsorrow
well mr. smith i guess that pretty much does define zombies, but i cant remember ever hearing anyone call it a zombie movie, just one mans opinion i guess.

i remember some of the ads talking about them being zombies, and before the movie came out, a lot of the people who told me about the movie coming out thought it was a zombie movie too...i always thought that was what it was before i saw it

[Dave]

Originally posted by moonsorrow
for starters its been asked before but youv never answered i belive...WHY THE FUCK DO YOU KEEP TYPING WITH THE FUCKING CAPS ON!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? its anoying, personaly all i want to do when i see piss like that is to smash that persons hands with his keyboard wether its conan or ms. daisy!!! WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY!?


2 minutes later: still laughing at that lol

and sig'd haha

[MichaelMyers]

C'mon now....maybe his caps lock key is broken... :D

[Dave]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
C'mon now....maybe his caps lock key is broken... :D

all i know is that that shit was funny enough for me to put in my sig lol

[ds_spoon]

i must say i thought that 28 days later wasnt just any old zombie movie and i thought resident evil was one of the worst films i have ever seen crap if they had made 28 days later and called it resident evil ( obviously changing a few things) it might not of ruined my impression of resident evil games..

[moonsorrow]

its a serius problem that caps thing, its getting on my nerve, like hes coming in here shouting out everything!
if i dont get an answer by the end of this week il do the childish thing... start a thread about it

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by moonsorrow
for starters its been asked before but youv never answered i belive...WHY THE FUCK DO YOU KEEP TYPING WITH THE FUCKING CAPS ON!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? its anoying, personaly all i want to do when i see piss like that is to smash that persons hands with his keyboard wether its conan or ms. daisy!!! WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY!?

now that i got that out of my system...they were zombie like... no doubt, mindless people infected with some little experiment, the reviewers called it a zombie movie not the producers or publishers. and if you want a movie with all action and no story its time to rent a sleezy porn. imo character development and story telling is important to, i enjoyed hearing the story that the guy who got his arm chopped off told, it was a laugh seing them run amoch in the story... every element of that movie had a story to tell no matter how small.... in short.... yes.

I NEVER SAID I DID'NT LIKE IT I JUST SAID IT STARTED OUT SLOW AND IT WAS OFF AND ON WITH THE ACTION I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT I ENJOY A GOOD STORY TOO.

AND WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT IS SO ANNOYING ABOUT THE DAMN CAPS SERIOUSLY. DON'T SAY IT'S ANNOYING SAY WHY IT'S ANNOYING.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
AND WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT IS SO ANNOYING ABOUT THE DAMN CAPS SERIOUSLY. DON'T SAY IT'S ANNOYING SAY WHY IT'S ANNOYING.

I don't know, but a ton have people have commented on it. So it must be pretty damn annoying. Haha.:D

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by avenger00soul
I don't know, but a ton have people have commented on it. So it must be pretty damn annoying. Haha.:D

OBVIOUSLY SO. AND BY THE WAY ABOUT THE WHOLE CAPS THING TAKE A LOOK AT THE THEME SONG THREAD.

[moonsorrow]

WOW... AT LEAST A REPLY, FIRST OF ALL IT LOOKS REALY DUMB AND SECONDLEY IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR YELLING EVRYTHING OUT... DONT I LOOK PISSED SAYING THIS? IM NOT.. IT DRAWS A HELL OF ALOT OF ATENTION TO ITSELF.... NOW THIS LOOKS STUPID DONT IT?


on the other hand if i was saying something like "YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKER WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOMMA?
IM GONNA TEAR YOU FUCKIN HEART OUT AND EAT IT!"
now there we have a sitiuation in witch caps is apropriate...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by moonsorrow
WOW... AT LEAST A REPLY, FIRST OF ALL IT LOOKS REALY DUMB AND SECONDLEY IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR YELLING EVRYTHING OUT... DONT I LOOK PISSED SAYING THIS? IM NOT.. IT DRAWS A HELL OF ALOT OF ATENTION TO ITSELF.... NOW THIS LOOKS STUPID DONT IT?


on the other hand if i was saying something like "YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKER WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOMMA?
IM GONNA TEAR YOU FUCKIN HEART OUT AND EAT IT!"
now there we have a sitiuation in witch caps is apropriate...

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A GOOD REASON FOR THIS BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT SO ALL I HAVE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN IS TAKE A LOOK AT THE THEME SONG THREAD IT'S THE THIRD POST. THAT'S MY ANSWER TO YOUR COMPLANT.

[moonsorrow]

not interested.

[AUSTIN316426808]

THEN I'LL JUST TELL YOU....


...EMINEM-I JUST DON'T GIVE A FUCK.

WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH AT LEAST A REASONABLE ARGUEMENT ABOUT ME USING CAPS THEN I'LL STOP BUT AS FOR STUPID REASONS SUCH AS MOONSORROW'S JUST GET OVER IT.

[ds_spoon]

i have an argument about you using caps
for starters it looks untidy makes what
your saying hard to read and why always
use caps when no-one else does if people
are asking you not to use caps then why
use them???? so please stop using caps
unless its appropriate thanks...

Ds_Spoon

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by ds_spoon
i have an argument about you using caps
for starters it looks untidy makes what
your saying hard to read and why always
use caps when no-one else does if people
are asking you not to use caps then why
use them???? so please stop using caps
unless its appropriate thanks...

Ds_Spoon

THAT'S ALL I WANTED SOMEONE TO GIVE A MEANINGFUL COMPLAINT AND MOST OF ALL TO ASK WITHOUT BEING A JERK ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'LL BE USING CAPS UNLESS IT'S APPROPRIATE.

[ds_spoon]

thank you for that i wasnt trying to be mean at all

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by ds_spoon
thank you for that i wasnt trying to be mean at all

no problem.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
no problem.

Wow, no caps. See what being nice gets you.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by avenger00soul
Wow, no caps. See what being nice gets you.

That's all i've been waiting for is someone to ask without being a prick.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
That's all i've been waiting for is someone to ask without being a prick.

This reminds me of a story about a lonely man walking through the countryside. The wind made a bet with the sun that he could get him out of his coat first. The sun gladly took the bet and sat back as the wind blew and blew and blew. With each breath the wind took, the man pulled his coat tighter and tighter. Finally, the sun stepped in and shined as brightly as he could and the man took off his coat.

Think about it.

[Ritualistic]

Hate it... just my opinion

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
Hate it... just my opinion

you just get str8 to the point don't you.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
you just get str8 to the point don't you.

you hit that nail on the head austin....

[Gizmo5]

28 days later dragged the entire time. It was just so dry and boring. My eyes started getting lazy.

[ds_spoon]

yeah but thats your apinion i thought it was a great film

[MichaelMyers]

Anyone seen the alternate endings?

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
Anyone seen the alternate endings?

yeah and to tell the truth they were no big deal to me...

[Midgard Dragon]

The only thing I think sucked about this movie was the alternate endings on the DVD. Did anyone see the Easter Egg ending. The one that is just story boards about what they thought about doing with the movie? It's on the DVD, but it seems like it is not obvious on how to get to it. That's why I'm calling it an Easter Egg, if it's not, sorry, I'm just stupid. Anyways, I'm very glad they didn't go in the whole "blood transfusion" direction.

Anyways, w/o the alternate ending crap this movie was pretty good. Not a 10/10 but maybe a 8/10.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
yeah and to tell the truth they were no big deal to me...

I disagree with your feelings about the actual movie, but I agree with you hear. The alternate endings were just something they hyped to get people back in the theaters and to buy the DVD. I thought they sucked.

[Leslie Daher]

why do ppl freak about such little stuff so much?! using caps? please. as for 28 days which is what this post is about i have never seen the movie but i clearly remember in the trailer that it is described as a zombie movie. that's just what i remember...i hope no one freaks on me..yikes!

[allmykids]

I just saw this and i liked it!!! to me it was more of end of the world kind of movie even though it turned out not to be the end. it kinda reminded me of NIGHT OF THE COMET, OMEGA MAN AND MY FAVORT end of the world movie THE STAND!!! THE STAND is in my top ten best movies!!

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by allmykids
I just saw this and i liked it!!! to me it was more of end of the world kind of movie even though it turned out not to be the end. it kinda reminded me of NIGHT OF THE COMET, yeah that is the movie it reminded me of too... not one of my favs eighter... but to be honest I like night of the comet more..

[Popcorn King]

Honestly, I was somewhat disappointed in the film. Not because I thought it was terrible, but I was expecting more from some of the advance buzz I had heard.

A decent movie, not great. My main problem was how predictable it turned out to be. The whole bit with the soldiers turning out to be psychos...well, I saw that coming a mile away. In fact, it seems like this film was just cobbled together out of any number of horror and sci-fi cliches.

Well-made, but derivative.

[AcidOsmosis]

It was a decent movie, but you can't really put it in the "living dead" or "zombie" categorie since as someone said they were 'infected'. For all we know the infected were not actually dead just literally infected. Being infected with something usually means what? That you are still alive. In this case the "virus" (or whatever you want to call it) gave the host a zombie like appearance and drove them mad, but that is why the virus was called "rage" as they called it in the movie at the beginning.

All in all it was a decent movie. The thing I really didnt like was once they came up on the military guys. That was just a really stupid idea.

But oh well, at least they didnt try to add humor to the movie by getting one of the infected to give us all the finger.

[buddy]

first post here, hi

thought 28 days was a despearately poor movie. i think it speaks volumes for modern horror that so many 'horror fans' liked it. it was a mish-mash of day/dawn of the dead (moreso the former with the over-done army angle) and the truly awful 'city of the walking dead' (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/citydead/citydead1.jpg) from which i believe 28 days culled the idea of the fast-moving, weapon-toting, uber-aggressive 'zombie.' i don't think it's necessary to quibble over whether 28 days is a zombie flick since it draws so heavily from the above movies

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by buddy
first post here, hi

thought 28 days was a despearately poor movie. i think it speaks volumes for modern horror that so many 'horror fans' liked it. it was a mish-mash of day/dawn of the dead

Well, as a "horror fan" I loved this movie...and will continue to defend it. There's nothing wrong with paying homage to the films by Romero. And the writer of 28 Days Later admits that he did that knowingly.

[buddy]

it wasn't even that horrific though, was it? it was eerie enough to begin with (but what apocalyptic zombie movie has a hard time pulling that off?) and then descended rather quickly into hollowood tripe: jumpy scares. 'realistic' camera jiggling. poorly-lit action. happy ending.. all the trademarks of sh*t movies these days. hear you about the romero nods but it's a pity the directors paid more homage to day of the dead rather than his two previous, superior zombie films

[buddy]

p.s. hi again avenger, speaking of romero, how do you feel about the dawn 'remake'? surely there's a thread on here somewhere about that..

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by buddy
it wasn't even that horrific though, was it? it was eerie enough to begin with (but what apocalyptic zombie movie has a hard time pulling that off?) and then descended rather quickly into hollowood tripe: jumpy scares. 'realistic' camera jiggling. poorly-lit action. happy ending.. all the trademarks of sh*t movies these days. hear you about the romero nods but it's a pity the directors paid more homage to day of the dead rather than his two previous, superior zombie films

One scene made the movie for me. When Selene kills Mark. She wasn't even positive that he was infected. She never even hesitated to give the guy a chance. She butchered him right then and there. And they never said if Mark was infected or not. That was horrific to me.

As for the Dawn remake. There are several threads about it around here. I was pretty hateful when I first heard the news. But after viewing the trailer and remembering that the Night remake was good (I know Romero was involved in that one but still...), I'll give it a chance. Who knows. I'm trying to be open-minded about it.

[AcidOsmosis]

Originally posted by buddy
first post here, hi
i think it speaks volumes for modern horror that so many 'horror fans' liked it. it was a mish-mash of day/dawn of the dead (moreso the former with the over-done army angle) and the truly awful 'city of the walking dead' ([url]

Um, and how old are you, since your calling us "modern horror fans"?

[buddy]

no no i said 'horror fans' in quotes, meaning, i wouldn't imagine horror fans really liking that movie since it wasn't (although likely avenger00 would disagree) that horrific..

been around since the 70s, thanks for asking? you? and have you got nice boobs? ;)

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by buddy
no no i said 'horror fans' in quotes, meaning, i wouldn't imagine horror fans really liking that movie since it wasn't (although likely avenger00 would disagree) that horrific..

Horrific to me doesn't necessarily mean horrific to you. That's just my opinion of it. But I am somewhat of a horror fan (;) ) and I loved it.

[buddy]

i believe that you are avenger00, you and that dr. k seem to be a rather freakish pair!

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by buddy
i believe that you are avenger00, you and that dr. k seem to be a rather freakish pair!

Haha. Dr. K is the sleazy exploitation counterpart to my horror half. We're like the CP-30 and R2-D2 of Bad Cinema. Or Tubbs and Crockett. Or Reb and Lou....

[Arioch]

Horrific to me doesn't necessarily mean horrific to you. That's just my opinion of it. But I am somewhat of a horror fan ( ) and I loved it.

for real, me and avenger dissagree on a number of movies but on this one its fucking right on. Maybe its because im a music guy and great music can make a movie for me (see the last scene when its raining and the main char goes crazy, or the opening scene when londons all deserted and hes walking around OR the scenes with the very sureal music when they are driving in the car) but i really liked this movie.

Ok Ok, so its not the MOST original movie of its day, but it does what it does well and its pretty well delivered. None of the usual horror cliches like drugs = death, sex= death, main characters only survive, none of that. Im thankful i got to see a movie this good recently:rolleyes:

Then again, I HATED the new TCM REMAKE:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by Arioch


Then again, I HATED the new TCM REMAKE:rolleyes: :rolleyes: I thought I would hate this movie because I am a TCM freak BUT since the original was not really a remake IMO I loved the new one..

[massacre man]

Originally posted by Digital Murders
Am I the only one who hated this movie!?

Seriously, such a stereotypical zombie plot. Not to mention Resident Evil already basically did it. Granted the first boring half hour of the movie roaming around London had some great shots, but then the plot just gets damned ridiculous. An army base? I think the only good part of the movie.....

***SPOILER AHEAD!***







Is when the bastard dies at the end.




















SPOILER OVER

What are your thoughts on the movie?









well i think (im gonna get picked on) worst horror ever made

[Signs515]

You must not have seen a lot of horror movies then.

[Digital Murders]

There are worse movies than this one but...man, I didn't know this topic was still alive and kickin.

Meh.:o

[massacre man]

Originally posted by Signs515
You must not have seen a lot of horror movies then.
just not alot of bad ones

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by massacre man
just not alot of bad ones

Well let me give you some homework then Massacre. Go rent I, Zombie, Carnivore, Zombie Lake, The Woodchipper Massacre, and Blood Cult and then tell me 28 Days Later is the worst horror movie you've ever seen.:D

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by avenger00soul
Well let me give you some homework then Massacre. Go rent I, Zombie, Carnivore, Zombie Lake, The Woodchipper Massacre, and Blood Cult and then tell me 28 Days Later is the worst horror movie you've ever seen.:D Avenger will continue to defend this movie til the day he dies... mark my word

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
Avenger will continue to defend this movie til the day he dies... mark my word

You know what's funny, it's not even one of my favorite flicks. I can't imagine if someone was bashing Phantasm II or something that I actually loved. I can imagine I will be doing this same thing when Cabin Fever hits video. I'm not trying to force my opinions on anyone though. Just giving the movie some just credit.

[Digital Murders]

Originally posted by avenger00soul
You know what's funny, it's not even one of my favorite flicks. I can't imagine if someone was bashing Phantasm II or something that I actually loved. I can imagine I will be doing this same thing when Cabin Fever hits video. I'm not trying to force my opinions on anyone though. Just giving the movie some just credit.

Phantasm II sucked rhino balls.



I hope that was sincere enough to work.:p

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by Digital Murders
I hope that was sincere enough to work.:p

Actually, I was expecting Sam to reply.

[bad_religion]

A movie doesnt hav to be horrific to be a fucking awsome horror movie!! I loved this movie...I mean there are parts when you think for god sake just get one with it, but overall its very wel made. Obviously it is no night of the living dead or any other classics but to me it was a well made movie... :p

[predfan]

look to me it was a decent average horror zombie movie. im sorry but some good shots of the city wont make me rate it higher than that. now theres nothing wrong with a decent average zombie movie, EXCEPT WHEN ITS HYPED UP TO LOOK LIKE ITS BETTER THAN THE OTHERS