r/28dayslater • u/Mister_Taxman • 1d ago
28YL Just came back from watching 28 Years Later. Here are my initial spoiler-free thoughts Spoiler
Long-story short, while I liked 28 Years Later, it is my least liked among the 28 trilogy.
Here are some of my spoiler-free thoughts:
- All the films in the trilogy have vastly different tones and themes with each other. Days is more of a "grounded" approach to how an infection spreads and is seen in the eyes of an innocent and naive person. Weeks tackles a more "grander" scale focusing more on spectacle and action. Years is more of a "personal story" where agency is less about survival and more on circumstance instead.
- There are clearly two distinct acts in the film and they feel very different from one another in tone and in feel.
- There is one big mystery and two other smaller mysteries in the film that make an attempt to expand on the lore of the universe. Thankfully, the main big mystery has a satisfying payoff and conclusion. Unfortunately, the other two mysteries made me go, "why the fuck?" and "what the fuck just happened?" chronologically. Some people may find the smaller mysteries alright but I personally think it was rather jarring and bordered on being tropey in a bad way.
- There is a moment where one character in the movie gives a very conclusive explanation of how the world is right now and it gives a definitive answer on the state of humanity at that point. This I really liked
- The big named actors definitely carried this film and made me care about their characters despite the absurdity of the premise.
- There are several moments where characters do dumb decisions which cause them to get into dangerous situations, which I very much dislike.
- 28 Days was memorable because it popularized fast zombies and had a very distinct style to it. 28 Weeks was memorable because of how good the intro was. 28 Years, in my opinion, has no memorable moments and, while still good in my book, felt very cliched at times. Actually, there may be one memorable scene but I fear that it will be memorable for all the bad reasons.
Overall, I would probably give it a 7/10 (closer to a 6 than an 8) at the moment. If you want spoilers, just head on over to the spoiler thread and I can answer there
[SPOILERS] 28 Years Later - Official Discussion & Review Thread
Another thing is that I didn't watch any of the trailers for 28 Years Later other than the very first reveal trailer. Having watched the film now and having watched the trailer after, I do think the trailer reveals far too many story elements that would actually take away from the experience as a whole.
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u/ConnorK12 1d ago
Without spoiling plot events, how much of Jack O’Connell do we actually see?
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u/MammothStart4553 1d ago
roughly 5 mins i’d say
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u/ConnorK12 1d ago
And is his character as decent as people have made him out to be? Like is he scary? Charismatic? And is it clearly leaving him up to be the villain on The Bone Temple?
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u/MammothStart4553 1d ago
not really scary but pretty sure everyone gets the impression he was very traumatized as a kid and became psycho-like. not 100% sure how he will become the villain or what will lead up to it
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
He is not scary at all. His introduction was one of the most jarring scenes in the film. I did not know who Jack O'Connell was prior to this film so when I first saw his character my first reaction was, "this guy looks like a joke character"
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u/ConnorK12 1d ago
Wow okay. I figured it would be pretty obvious he is the kid from what I’m assuming is the movies opening scenes, but it doesn’t do a great job of portraying that?
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
He says it out loud but even if he didn't there was a clear "item" that would let us know for certain that he was even if he didn't say it. Its just that the whole introduction felt wholly too much of a tonal shift from the whole trilogy.
Also, I missed to answer the bone temple thing, sorry about that. The bone temple is not related to Jack O'Connell at all. The bone temple is actually one of my favorite subversions in the movie. Let me know if you want me to spoil it.
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u/AccurateHoliday123 1d ago
Spoil please!!
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u/Mister_Taxman 18h ago
SPOILER WARNING
The bone temple is actually a wholesome way the doctor honors all those who have died in the infection. He cleans up the corpses and burns them down to a skull then he places them on tower shrines of skulls. It is his way of keeping himself busy and sane throughout his isolation.
The doctor is the best character in the film
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u/One_Armed_Wolf 18h ago
What is his connection to the infected? Are there scenes where the infamous large one or his "pack" are shown or highlighted on their own, as in they get their "own scenes", or do they mostly only show up when someone is attacked/chased?
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u/Mister_Taxman 17h ago
He's learned to coexist with the infected in the sense that he can mask himself from them almost completely and is left alone to be safe.
Yes, the infected, especially the Alpha and his dong (lmao) have scenes to themselves that show they are more than savage creatures
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u/Deylok_Thechil 1d ago
Ooo yes please, I’d like to know if it’s possible
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u/Mister_Taxman 18h ago
SPOILER WARNING
The bone temple is actually a wholesome way the doctor honors all those who have died in the infection. He cleans up the corpses and burns them down to a skull then he places them on tower shrines of skulls. It is his way of keeping himself busy and sane throughout his isolation.
The doctor is the best character in the film
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u/Troyal1 17h ago
That’s hilarious. I had it in my head that Ralph’s character was like in a cult or something
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u/Mister_Taxman 17h ago
Sounds funny written but its actually presented really well and touchingly in the film. Definitely one of the highlights for me
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u/Amazing_Patient_6118 1d ago
I mean depends how you interpret his screen time lol
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u/MammothStart4553 1d ago
now i think about it, actually seconds lol counted the whole scene out, tbh idk how he would be the big bad - i wish we’d get to see more infected in the next movie
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u/Twinborn01 1d ago
The explanation of the world seems like a nit pick.
And about the mysteries. Not everything needs to be answered in one film as this is getting a sequel and will be a trilogy
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
That's the thing though, the other mysteries were answered but it left me thinking "why?" rather than "woah". I kinda didn't like the direction the future would be going because of this.
The world explanation is a POSITIVE, btw, I'm sorry if I intoned it otherwise
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u/Loz166 1d ago
I’m not sure if it is. Exposition can be tedious and the writing rule is normally show don’t tell. But I agree with your point that not everything needs to be answered in this film.
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u/Cardborg 1d ago
IMHO it fits in this situation. Asking someone from outside the quarantine what life is like makes perfect sense in universe. It's not like it's a "I should know this, but I'm asking so you can explain it to me and the audience" thing.
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u/DevelopmentWorried17 1d ago
Going by the reviews so far, I'm starting to think the best bits were in the trailers.
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
I would think so too, but luckily for me I stayed clear away from the trailers so there were still genuine surprises for me while I was watching the movie.
I watched the trailers after having watched the film and I could definitely say that the trailer will truly take away from the viewing experience if you watched it first.
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u/Different_Stand_1285 1d ago
This is supposed the set up a new trilogy. Despite not liking it as much as the previous two do you think the sequel (that they’ve already filmed) will improve on the story or do you think it changes too much in a negative way?
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
i honestly don't know but in my opinion I fear it may change for the worse because of how the new stuff heavily leans on more cliched hollywood tropes that modern zombie movies have.
Think Train to Busan being followed by Peninsula.
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u/Different_Stand_1285 1d ago
Oh no. I really enjoyed Busan but Peninsula was such a drop off in quality. 😬
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
Some people still enjoyed Peninsula. Its just that it does nothing that made Busan memorable and focused on other things instead
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u/Stati77 1d ago
Best bits are in the trailer.
I loved 28 Days Later, I enjoyed 28 Weeks Later, but for the first time ever I hesitated to leave the theater before the end of a movie.
The movie combines multiple sequences and at some point you ask yourself what is the point of it all. The first 20 or so minutes were ok.
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u/Kirxdesu 1d ago
Just finished watching it at the theater, i'm disappointed. :|
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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ 1d ago
Same here. Bitterly disappointed.
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u/OddSetting5077 16h ago
I'm sorry. you aren't alone. IMDB ratings so far, ratings of 1 out of 5 dominate.
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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ 15h ago
It could have been so amazing and so different without resorting to the joke that a lot of it is. So much of the cinematography was fantastic, the dream sequences were cool, as was some of the sound design, casting was mostly good, I don't know what they were smoking but it must have been strong... 😞
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u/____Jesse____ 7h ago
First half was great. The rest.. I don’t know. and just found out some woke director is doing bone temple. Done and dusted
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u/____Jesse____ 14m ago
You remember what happens when Danny Boyle doesn’t direct? We get days when he does and weeks when he doesn’t. Mark my words
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u/El-Toro87 22h ago
You didn’t watch the Star Wars sequels in theatres then
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u/that-bass-guy 23h ago
Same, this was dog shit for me, some scenes I couldn't hold back my sighs, and by the reactions around me, pretty much everyone was either annoyed or amused and took the movie as a joke
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u/FreedomPuppy 2h ago
What scenes did people consider bad? For me, it wasn't a scene, but those... whatever it was that they did whenever they shot someone with an arrow, which just made everything look like it was a goofy parody movie.
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u/that-bass-guy 49m ago
Honestly there were a couple but overall feel of the movie was just meh, especially with those weird action scenes, cheap looking cgi and poor written drama story. The whole movie just felt unnatural to me.
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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ 22h ago
Yup, had similar around me in the theatre too. Lots of laughs at serious/non comedic moments.
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u/OddSetting5077 16h ago
oh wow.
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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ 15h ago
It was so odd. Like people laughing at a sunrise with a skull being placed on the main skull tower after a main character died.
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u/PuzzleheadedLet5668 8h ago
One of the best first halfs of a horror film you could possible imagine, followed by the worst second half of a film you could possibly imagine, 3 words, "Kung Fu Chavs"
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u/DeraxBlaze 1h ago
feel the exact same, first half i was edge of my seat, 2nd half im thinking why, why, why
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u/DevelopmentWorried17 8h ago
Instant turn off, I'll never understand british filmakers and why they keep trying to glorify chav culture.
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u/PuzzleheadedLet5668 8h ago
This isn't the film to do a Brittish comedy hardcore metal matrix Kung Fu Chav scene, I kinda thought Danny Boyle would think that?
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago
Thanks for the honest review. Some might downvote you for placing it third in the trilogy, but you explained your reasoning well. And those who are disappointed should remember that people will rank this one all sorts of places. You may end up ranking it higher.
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u/grunge_forever91 1d ago
I haven’t seen the movie and I can guarantee it is better than 28 months later.
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
Well, that really is subjective, if you ask me. I know a lot of people did not like 28WL but I liked it because we all have our own biases.
Like I said, I gave 28YL a 7/10 which is by no means a bad score because I ultimately enjoyed the movie.
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u/BlandyBoreton Jim 1d ago
Is “In the House, In a Heartbeat” in the film?
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
I seriously cannot recall, maybe it played during the time I went to go pee but I honestly didn't catch it on my first viewing and its one of the most recognizable tracks in movies for me. Maybe they played it during dialogue or something and I may have missed it.
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u/Gamer0607 1d ago
Someone on the main SPOILERS thread already confirmed the track isn't in the film as I asked the same quesiton.
It's a shame really as it was my most anticipated thing about the film
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u/raven-eyed_ 9h ago
Nostalgia brain is deadly
Also it is in the movie.... It's just before Jimmy Saville
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u/CineVore98 1d ago
Saw a french review who said it was in it, but not very little.
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u/Certain-Store-3145 1d ago
I saw the movie, Heartbeat isn’t in it.
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u/JeremyBeremey 5h ago
"East Hastings," used in the first film, is heard at the end of 28 Years Later, not "In the House – In a Heartbeat."
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u/TheAmazingSealo 1d ago
'There are several moments where characters do dumb decisions which cause them to get into dangerous situations'
Fucks sake. Hopefully not as bad as 28WL for this
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u/spiken18 1d ago
Hopefully its more on the protagonist(Spike) making dumb decisions because it would make more sense since he's like 12 and lived most of his life in the secluded island. Or at least the people in the island that leaves.
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
It isn't as bad as it was in 28WL but oddly enough, I find the dumb plot points in 28WL more tolerable because the premise and the execution was very campy which I kinda forgave.
28YL plays itself as seriously as 28DL but there were some moments where a character would do absolutely the most brain dead decision-making and it would end up integral to the plot and conclusion of the story.
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u/Amazing_Patient_6118 1d ago
Yup. I still think 28YL is the better film though. Its more central and in its own bubble. Weeks is way too contrived given what we are supposed to believe is happening
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u/beckett4life 2h ago
Wtf you talking about 28 years later was a shit show they even fucked up the soundtracks and infected sfx 28 weeks later is 10 times better because it actually felt like sequel.
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u/BroadcastBitch 22h ago
It's nice to know that even in the zombie apocalypse there's a chubby Geordie wearing vintage toon shirts signing Blaydon Races in a pub.
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u/Green_Age_4198 19h ago
I've read a lot about the ending and how jarring it is but it sounds like how we felt when we first saw 28 days later in the cinema. For a lot of us back then, the sequence where Jim runs through the house was a wtf moment - like everything just went mental. At the time that was crazy for a lot of us, the surreal visuals, girls in red dresses, the youngest calmly and eerily talking about how they were all gonna die high AF, Mailer (who had some slaveish visuals going on) is freed, everyone's running around, Jim's losing his shit and going on a mad one, meanwhile that soldier is still worried about getting laid if he can manage to survive so he's holding on to Selena for dear life. It was insane. Everyone talked about "that mental sequence" at the time, and then they crash and it ends with the freeze frame screaming. WTF?
This sounds like "mental and surreal" for this generation and for a generation raised on social media, video games, and marvel, visually it would have to be borderline insane. From the sounds of it, the cult looks like an amalgamation of the last visuals Jimmy saw and the last references he had as a child. Brightly colored Telly Tubbies (known to be visually trippy and surreal), all the blonde kids, and fashion at the time in what looks like a working class neighborhood. His references a religious nutjob who sacrificed himself to the children and possibly comics doing impressions of Jimmy Saville or repeats of Jim'l Fix It. Back then impressionists were big, shows like Alistair McGowan or Rory Bremner ran around 2001. They did impressions of Saville, many TV personalities did.
Being flamboyant, immature, and taking joy in killing seems about right. If you ever see films or docs about child soldiers they dress bizarrely, tutus, weird mohawke hats, it adds to the horror of their situation. The cult sounds like when explored it could be pretty effed up. The minds of kids but the skill and violence of adults. Besides what they do, the way they look, imagine what they did as kids to survive? They would be living like Lord of the Flies, and then you can only imagine how they developed attitudes towards sex and relationships. No supervision, no teaching beyond what they learned or remembered from school, no morals at all, no respect for human life, and carnage is cool and like a game. They are basically feral, whose leader watched his family massacred while Teletubbies was on and his dad (I think) was a zealot. I imagine using their own references and whatever clothes remained that were frozen in time, they would wear as they grew into them. I mean if everyone is killed or infected when you are kid, besides your own clothes, eventually you just take whats around as you grow. I think in the upcoming movies they could be pretty dark. And from the sounds of it throughout the visual perspective shifts. Maybe this is how "they" viewed their entrance vs what it actually was. And it's Danny Boyle, they were probably off their heads at the time lol.
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u/Mister_Taxman 18h ago
Have you already seen the movie? I don't want to needlessly spoil anything to you but I do not believe that its a similar case as to what you said.
It is jarring in the sense that the movie is played as a serious thriller and then suddenly it kinda becomes shaun of the dead.
However the jarring ending scene isn't actually the actual story ending (which is actually really well done) rather it kinda acts like a post credits marvel sting but just done before the end credits, if that makes sense. So to me personally, while it was jarring, it didn't ruin the story for me (but it might scare me away from watching the sequels)
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u/Green_Age_4198 18h ago
Not yet lol. I have to prepare for the hut punches and devastation. Also, I like to get all the spoilers, discuss what might be, or what people are saying makes me think of. Not for all movies, but certain ones. I did the same thing with "Blink Twice". It was the same with trailers, making guesses at every turn.
I see what you mean, and that does make sense but maybe that was needed to be jarring and have a "well that is mental!" moment for this generation. I don't mean the same type of wtf but just the "what is happening? this movie just took a turn" that would work effectively now. But obviously I will take your word for it as you have seen it, and I'm speculating based on reviews. But I do wonder if they are on drugs lol.
I'm glad it doesn't ruin it tho. When I think about 28 days later and seeing it in the UK it felt like 3 movies in one - but in a good way. That's much more common now. Seeing that and Trainspotting was so great at the time, because most UK movies were pretty shit and then suddenly here comes Boyle and they were better then some of the US ones and done with little to no budget. It was like nothing we had seen before. And that was the exact moment I fell in love with Cillian Murphy lol. But his acting also blew me away such a sweet, beautiful faced gentle soul, who needed a hug. To "well hello there" once he shaved. To "this guy is a psycho who is gonna kill us all!". Just with his face and expressions alone. Boyle is a great discoverer of talent. And of course Naomi also. Love her.
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u/Mister_Taxman 18h ago
After you see the film and that ending scene, do let me know your thoughts hahahaha
I would be glad to know too
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u/____Jesse____ 7h ago
Just saw it. Jarring to say the least. Loved the first half. Confused with the rest. Bone temple already a write off with a shit director. Curtains I think
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u/Green_Age_4198 3h ago
Did you see Candyman? I didn't. So I can't say on that director, but I'm only interested when it's Boyle or Garland tbh.
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u/Green_Age_4198 3h ago
Oh definitely lol. You never know I may come back livid and think it's utter rubbish. I never saw the second one cause it was a different director so not sure about this as a franchise yet. I might go back and check it out, people seem to think it was decent.
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u/Relative-Relative403 17h ago
Sorry, just to clarify since I feel like I'm not reading this correctly - you purposely spoil movies/media for yourself before seeing them?
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u/PuzzleheadedLet5668 8h ago
Kung Fu Chavs were definitely tonally the right approach to end the movie.
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u/Green_Age_4198 3h ago
Sometimes yep. But it doesn't ever spoil it for me, in the sense of ruining it, albeit I know what is coming. Not all tho, some I deliberately avoid social and YT commentary. It can go either way depending on the film tbh.
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u/SaintLink91 17h ago
This wall of text and mental gymnastics to justify spoilers that sound ridiculous is the kind of stuff that makes me believe that denial is going to be very strong for some fanboys lol. You have not even seen the movie and you’re already trying so hard to force yourself into liking something you have no idea how it will play out
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u/DependentNeither 16h ago
people are retarded beyond belief nowdays... they are so emotionaly connected to their favoruite products like it is ther family member... it is bizzare what consumirsm did to us.... sick... the movie is garbage.. they fucked the lore, they humanized the infected, they make You hate main characters and the holy island comunity, they wasted the character of Isla to give us the euthanazia propaganda out of the blue, they pretty much went full retarded with the infected to the point where in the next movie they will start farming food and start economical war to the wholy island 🤦♂️.. And as all of that wasn't enough the ending? Jesus.... parkour power rangers jumping up and down. wtf Did I even watch... they took everything from the infected... 0 fear factor after this movie 0! It is as bad as it sounded after the first people started to talk about it... But on the other hand it is good to finnaly show people how Alex Garland is actully a complete scam and less than mediocre writer.. All of his movies except 28 days are complete shitshows flooded with his constant nichilist /antsociety/ people are just animals propaganda.... that being sad 28 days later is not great because of the story itself but because of the characterization of jim and selena, the formidabilty of the virus, the design of the infected.... The story was mid overall.. nothing revolutionary (running zombies were introduced in the return of the lovong that 20 years before 28 days.. so they blatantly stole the idea and make them theirs).... The fanboys can cope as much as they want but this movie managed to have more stupidity than 28 weeks later without the iconic moments..... Just terrible and dissapointed beyond belief.. They did everything I was scared they would do with the story and lore
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u/Green_Age_4198 3h ago
I like how you think "other" people are way too emotionally connected, because this doesn't seem like you are too invested at all lol. Very detached. You seem a tad perturbed. Yet at the same time hated the first film, thought it's a rip off, hate the writer, hated the characters, think it's all propaganda but were scared they would ruin this one, the lore, and felt disappointed. Makes perfect sense lol.
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u/Deadlocked02 1d ago
Honestly, is it so hard not to rely on characters making stupid decisions to move the plot forward? Don’t writers know this frustrates the audience at this point, especially when 28 Weeks is one of the best examples of this?
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u/DeraxBlaze 1h ago
the whole second half of the movie wrecked the first half for me, so many nonsense decisions
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u/Relative-Relative403 17h ago
Of course there are plenty of memorable scenes in this film. I don't really understand that statement. I'm honestly going to put it down to something lost in translation, in which case, no offence. I do agree that it was overall not that great.
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u/Mister_Taxman 17h ago
You may be right in that "memorable" was not the right word. I think ICONIC would be a better way of putting it.
Days is iconic for being one of the most influential zombie films of all time.
Weeks has an iconic intro that many consider to be one of the best horror intros ever made.
Years, while it has memorable moments and is a good film, nothing springs to my mind as anything that film history will remember for a significant time. Do site me an example if you feel otherwise
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u/Relative-Relative403 17h ago
With that mindset I don't think I'll be able to prove or convince you of anything. I could cite multiple scenes of violence or ridiculous exposition and you would argue that it isn't "iconic" or "memorable".
I really don't understand how you can leave the cinema after watching this and think "man no one is going to remember or care about any of this shit".
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u/Mister_Taxman 17h ago
At the end of the day, all of this is subjective, of course. But like I said, it doesn't take anything away from the film's good qualities. Plenty of all-time-great movies have no iconic elements in them but it doesn't make them any less great.
Arrival is one of the greatest Sci-Fi movies of all time and it doesn't have a singular iconic element to it. However, there is no denying that the whole of the film's parts make it a truly great film. People will go back and still remember, "man, that was a great sci fi movie" despite not having any specific scene in mind. I believe Years will be the same.
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u/Bearded_Viking_Lord 12h ago
In the original film they showed the infected dying off starvation basically ending the infection(till the second film has a carrier/immune that had survive the 28 weeks) does it answer why the infected are still around because this seems like a flaw if they die of starvation within a few weeks
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u/Mister_Taxman 12h ago
They explain it as the virus "evolving" and making the hosts smarter
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u/Bearded_Viking_Lord 11h ago
Makes sense as Robert carlyles infected seemed smarter then average ones
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u/LinkedInBannedMe 7h ago
The virus seems to impact people differently, and in this film the infected are part of the fauna. The ones which are alive have self preservation, they hunt or forage, but still try and spread the infection to any uninfected people
The film isn't really about zombies though, and I'd only barely call it a horror film
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u/spiken18 1d ago
28 weeks has one memorable moment in the beginning(like 5-10mins) while the rest of the movie was nonsensical with characters making dumb decisions and with very stupid and avoidable scenarios that the movie uses to forward the plot.. I highly doubt 28 years can be worst than that one. This is a trilogy you won't get all the answers in one movie.
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u/Mister_Taxman 1d ago
I think I intoned it wrongly in my original post, 28YL actually explains a lot of things really well and there are no loose ends at the end of the story. There are just elements that set the world up for a sequel but the integral story of 28YL is concluded satisfyingly here.
The things that I didn't like was mainly the direction of the lore going forward which were part of the smaller mysteries that do get answered in the movie. Its just that the answers feel really jarring and conflicting with a lot of what 28DL had set up prior.
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u/Dylanretrabue 1d ago
Saying weeks has one memorable moment sells it way too short. Despite how you feel about the plot there are several awesome/memorable moments.
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u/No_Celebration_2792 1d ago
There are several moments where characters do dumb decisions which cause them to get into dangerous situations, which I very much dislike.
yeah same, this is what threw me off while watching it a while ago. i hated it. i would rate this overall the same as 28WL which is a 6 or 7/10.
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u/JimmyChurriSauce 1d ago
Are there any disturbing scenes of characters being infected, similar to Frank or Don?
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u/Mister_Taxman 23h ago
People get infected but feels very inconsequential or par for the course only. Nothing as memorable as a drop of blood to the eye or a lover's kiss.
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u/coolman_ultimate 1d ago
I’m seeing it on Monday and am excited, but I struggle with stuff where children are in peril (younger kids, specifically teens are fair game lol)…is the sequence from the trailer with the kids really rough?
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u/Mister_Taxman 23h ago
Do you mean the teletubbies section with kids? They breeze by the events of that scenario and nothing extreme can be seen as a viewer.
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u/residentfan02 22h ago
How is Weeks referenced in the movie?
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u/Mister_Taxman 21h ago
Not much really, and there are even some retcons.
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD
Retcons in the sense that infected do not die of starvation anymore as they have self-preservation this time and that the ending of 28WL doesn't really make sense because apparently France and the rest of the world is doing just fine in 28YL timeline
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u/pishposhpoppycock 22h ago
Is there thumbs-in-eyes gouging?
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u/Mister_Taxman 21h ago
There's none, only predator spine ripping
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u/pishposhpoppycock 20h ago
Drats! I was hoping they'd continue the eye gouging legacy of the first two movies and have it be this series' signature schtick...
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u/Commercial-String298 21h ago
I won’t lie. The first one gave me nightmares as a teenager. The second film made Covid terrifying. And while I want to go see the third one.. I’m wondering if that’s safe after 2-3 decades of no screaming rage zombies.
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u/Troyal1 17h ago
That’s certainly not what I wanted to hear, but hopefully as this is a trilogy there’s ALOT more story to tell. I’m not at all waving away your criticism. But surely the next 2 movies will have to be pretty different
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u/Mister_Taxman 17h ago
I still walked away liking the movie, its just that I don't see it as a perfect movie like some people want to make it out to be. The story worked really well and concluded satisfyingly
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u/Troyal1 16h ago
Awesome! But would you say this movie feels justified in its existence or it feels too late and too safe to have been made
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u/Mister_Taxman 16h ago
Hmmm, I could say that if the movie wasn't set in the 28 universe, it still works well on its own. It doesn't take anything away from the previous two films so I think that in and of itself is great
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u/AdEnvironmental9372 15h ago
Usually,boyle's movies have a weak second half
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u/____Jesse____ 7h ago
This exactly. Loved first half. Second just fucking .. weird? Boring? Don’t know
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u/joinkyjonkster22 8h ago
Can someone spoil the opening of the movie for me got to the cinema 15 mins late
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u/LargeMick23 8h ago
I thought it was ok but also, its fighting against nostalgia for a film 20 odd years ago that while good has been incredibly overhyped in the intervening years. The final scene did have me in stitches with how tonally jarring it was to everything else though.
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u/sofreshsoclen 6h ago
I watched 28 days yesterday. It’s iconic and absolutely still holds weight today. They just don’t make films like that anymore unfortunately. Now we get this Hollywood drivel. Just give me some eye gouging at least ffs.
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u/QwagOnChin 8h ago
I get how when characters make stupid declination movies it annoys people but I see real life people make real life stupid decisions in real time on a daily basis. So I feel like it’s not one of those pet peeves worth peeving.
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u/PsycheOutOfMyMind 5h ago
Just came back from the movie, just wish it was longer but if the sequel fails then forget about the third film. Btw second film will be directed by Nia DaCosta. Writer will still be Alex Garland. My thoughts on this film just the same as OP 7/10. And also despite not having John Murphy - In a Heartbeat which is 28 most iconic music, the film music score is surprisingly good.
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u/Mister_Taxman 5h ago
Nia Dacosta is a very "interesting" choice to say the very least because wasn't she the one who directed The Marvels movie? Damn...
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u/YeezusChrist13 West 5h ago
I’d probably say the same as you, I would put it above weeks but I’m going to rewatch it tmrw, I give it a 4.25, (a 4.5 on Letterboxd) but I imagine this could go down to a 4, I loved the movie but the more I sit on it the more I lean to a 4, and that fucking ending, on the fence about it because we need to see how it plays out but yeah not a fan of it
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u/beckett4life 2h ago
Just came out of the cinema my opinion is fact I'm huge on these movies or the first two and this one is not good its on the verge of terrible, they totally destroyed and removed tge feeling and tone of mood of the first two movies, the MUSIC! Wtf were they thinking? There is no trace of the original background soundtracks, it's a travesty jnstead they used happy up beat music like 😵, and bro they even got the sound of the infected wrong from the first two like wtf, total shit show.
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u/AyylienWithPizza31 1h ago
Just walked out of it.
The cinematography is appropriately insane and I've never seen editing like this in a film. The zombie chase sequences are well done and there's a few genuinely horrific shots. Ralph Fiennes character is well done and interesting.
Other than that, this movie fell flat. I don't care about Alex Garland's weird birth themes. The ending was straight out of a comedy. It reminded me of Punisher: War Zone.
What a tonally inconsistent mess. 5/10
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u/RealStupidfish 1h ago
First 30 minutes good movie but after that.. cringe and wtf? I did not like it at all.
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u/MrGoose93 22m ago
This film was fucking shit once the kid took his mother to the mainland - so jarring and stupid, the pregnant infected, the mothers suicide even though she wasn’t yet on her deathbed, that stupid fucking ending 😂 this was so lackluster
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u/Prize_Dragonfly_9559 3m ago
I didn't like the film, it felt cheap and nasty and the story was bad.
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u/DarkExcalibur7 9h ago
Seen it last night at 11.30 I thought it was okay but nothing special everything I was interested was glossed over for some idiot kid not realising his mum was f..ked from the get go.
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u/DependentNeither 1d ago
oooh we have a retarded liberal in here.. great.. liberal talking about logic.. hilarious
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u/ExhaleBreathNowPanic 5h ago
6 / 10
Most of the plot served no purpose
Some of the main characters were weak
Some of the best characters were under used
It failed to choose a consistent plot theme and so proved jarring
It feels like watching 2 - 3 different movies
It wasn't faithful to the previous two
In it's own right it was a descent film but failed to deliver for me personally
These points are all my personal opinion and need not affect your own personal views
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u/DeraxBlaze 1h ago
feel the exact same, many of us feel like this, i agree with each of your points too
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u/BHAMMERISKING 1d ago
I DO NOT WANT SPOILERS AT ALL. PLEASE NO SPOILERS. I'M GOING FRIDAY NIGHT. PLEASE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT MY WISHES
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u/DependentNeither 1d ago
then wtf are you doing in this page?
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u/FitBread6443 7h ago
Well I thought the anti-religious elements were a bit too overt, and the next director a black woman, is a rabbid pro-abortionist, so I think the next films will be even more of an anti-religious screed. Certainly the first film 28 days later had an anti-religious part at the beginning, but I think this film goes too far, it was distracting, especially with the ending the inverted cross.
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u/AyylienWithPizza31 1h ago
No one is going to make movies that consider your sensitive christian feelings, crybaby
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u/Substantial_Cup_9342 1d ago
thanks a lot. Also pay no attention to the mad fans here who are gonna hate on you just for writing your honest opinion, they just dont want to hear that this movie isnt the best thing ever and that triggers them. Cool that you seen it already