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Anyone get the chance to see it yet?

I really don't know what to think of it. I got such a hype going in my head over this sequel that I don't think it could of been as good as I expected. I pretty much think that the first movie was better.

There was an obvious difference in the style of the movie compared to the first. I liked how during action parts the camera would shake, it would feel like you were in the movie. The movie was centered around life after the outbreak... Britain still needed to be cleaned up, but "green" zones were set up in London that were free of the virus.

Reading about the movie beforehand, it was explained that it was more focused on a family's story, than individual characters meeting up to survive (first movie). I felt that there wasn't enough development into the family, and it just sorta passes by and your left with characters that you don't really feel any emotion for.



*SPOILERS*

The intro to the movie was the best part. I could feel the husband/father's emotion while looking at his wife and that kid, with a zombie between them. I honestly don't know what I would do in that situation. It gave me chills watching him slam the door and jump out the window. It seems he screwed everyone until the very end of the movie.

For the rest of the movie, I felt it took too long for the outbreak to happen again. I felt like half the movie went by before I saw some city-zombie action. The military commander was a little corny, too.

And I especially didn't like the whole "someone can have the virus, but not display the effects" idea. It was very obvious from the beginning that her son was going to get infected but not be a zombie.

And how did the mother survive to make it back to their house? When one gets the virus, the other zombies stop attacking them, correct? She was carrying the virus, but when she transfered it to her husband, he killed her. I'm not sure if it was from his memory (killing her for giving him the virus), but it led me to believe that he just viewed her as another survivor without the virus. If that's the case, how come she wasn't attacked and mobbed to death to begin with?

Apparently there is going to be a third movie, as it shows Paris full of zombies at the end. I really hope its better than 28 weeks later.


*END SPOILERS*


All in all, I think Romero did a better job showing a country getting back on it's feet after the infection starts with Land of the Dead, even though its effects weren't as top notch as 28 Weeks.

I'll probably end up buying the box set for 28 days/weeks if they make it.

What did you guys think?

 

cemetery girl

I pretty much agree with everything you said. I liked 28 Days Later better. I'm kinda sick of zombie movies; they're getting old. It's like the same thing over and over again with Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and all other zombie movies.

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Bad Brains

Good review, I highly agree. I thought it wasn't as good as the first and the best part was the intro like you said. It did feel like you were in it but the camera was too shielded by the darkness and the shaky camera, it was hard to tell what was going on at parts...

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Leighton

28 Days Later was a bit lame in my opinion and the second one was even worse. There have been a bit too many movies made about zombie dudes running around and turning people into zombies. Plus, 28 Weeks Later was really dumb in the way things happened were too... stupid. Who the hell in their right mind would open a door that someone was banging on when you are QUARANTINED?

lol sorry

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Stoned247

I thought it was cool that the dude stuck his thumbs in his wifes eyes.

 

Leighton

It just seems like the movies was thrown together with the idea of the last movie. Doesn't even seem planned out very well.

copsh

Hate not to add anything constructive, but im gonna anyway;

immie poots, not sure the name of who she plays in this, goes to my school! shes in my year.

cemetery girl

umm is she like, one of the main characters? the daughter of the immune lady?

jdberg

28 Days Later was such an awesome zombie movie...28 Weeks Later was kinda entertaining and didn't always seem coherent. I was pretty disappointed because I was really impressed by 28 Days Later and the sequel definitely failed to meet my expectations.

copsh

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1782299/

Sorry bout being so non-descript. It's her.