I saw 28 Years Later on a plane. I could have just slept instead. It wasn’t terrible, but it was certainly more artistic than I expected. Soooooo close to morbidly charming, but ended up just short of the line.
Keep in mind that I saw it when it came out and it was my introduction to fast zombies. They were not popular before that movie, although DDG says a movie in 1980 had fast undead. Also it was artistic in a time when all movies were leaning toward “independent film” asthetics, despite being big budget films. And the opening with the Godspeed You Black Emperor song playing was freaking great.
I don’t know how the movie will come across having decades of films in between. Will it still seem fantastic to an early 20s kid? No clue. But I thought it was fantastic back then.
It’s honestly still pretty good, they were the first fast zombies I remember as well. Good tone throughout, good pacing, good sound I don’t know much more you could ask for in a zombie movie.
It was shot on an old Motorola phone, but there are some shots that are really awesome and it works well. It’s been pretty emulated, so it may not have that novelty anymore. It’s still one of my favorites.
I can’t find anything about the Motorola Phone stuff. Do you have a source?
Here’s what Wikipedia says, “The majority of the film (except for the final sequence when the military plane finds Jim, Selena, and Hannah, which was shot on 35mm film) was shot on Canon XL1 digital video (DV) cameras,[24][9] which were smaller and more manoeuvrable than traditional film cameras, which would have been impractical on such brief shoots. Boyle said the early London sequences avoided “litter[ing] the world with corpses”, instead emphasising a more symbolic emptiness and atmosphere.[25] The scenes of the empty M1 motorway were also filmed within limited periods; Boyle said police created a “rolling block” in both directions to produce a temporary corridor of empty road, giving the crew seven or eight minutes to shoot using multiple cameras.[26]”
Those opening scenes in an empty London were amazing. It’s a zombie movie, and if I try I can remember scenes with zombies. But, I mostly remember the opening, the buckets on the roof, travelling in the cab, etc.
Like all good zombie movies, it’s really about how people cope with the changes to the world.
28 Days Later was fantastic. 28 Weeks Later was shit sandwich. I’ve not yet seen 28 Years Later.
28 Years Later isn’t nearly as good as 28 Days Later, but it’s way better than 28 Weeks Later. IMO
Honestly 28 Years a very different movie than the others, but it’s good.
28 Years Later felt like it was mostly a setup for The Bone Temple, which was a trip.
The ending broke me with how ridiculous it was. I should see bone Temple i suppose
So I still need to watch bone temple if I watched 28 years later?
Glad to hear it was better than 28 Weeks Later, but honestly it wouldn’t take that much.
I saw 28 Years Later on a plane. I could have just slept instead. It wasn’t terrible, but it was certainly more artistic than I expected. Soooooo close to morbidly charming, but ended up just short of the line.
That’s a better review than I would have given 28 weeks later.
I still haven’t watch 28 days later, currently not in the mood for horror. But definitely in my watchlist.
Keep in mind that I saw it when it came out and it was my introduction to fast zombies. They were not popular before that movie, although DDG says a movie in 1980 had fast undead. Also it was artistic in a time when all movies were leaning toward “independent film” asthetics, despite being big budget films. And the opening with the Godspeed You Black Emperor song playing was freaking great.
I don’t know how the movie will come across having decades of films in between. Will it still seem fantastic to an early 20s kid? No clue. But I thought it was fantastic back then.
It’s honestly still pretty good, they were the first fast zombies I remember as well. Good tone throughout, good pacing, good sound I don’t know much more you could ask for in a zombie movie.
It was shot on an old Motorola phone, but there are some shots that are really awesome and it works well. It’s been pretty emulated, so it may not have that novelty anymore. It’s still one of my favorites.
For sure. A great film.
I can’t find anything about the Motorola Phone stuff. Do you have a source?
Here’s what Wikipedia says, “The majority of the film (except for the final sequence when the military plane finds Jim, Selena, and Hannah, which was shot on 35mm film) was shot on Canon XL1 digital video (DV) cameras,[24][9] which were smaller and more manoeuvrable than traditional film cameras, which would have been impractical on such brief shoots. Boyle said the early London sequences avoided “litter[ing] the world with corpses”, instead emphasising a more symbolic emptiness and atmosphere.[25] The scenes of the empty M1 motorway were also filmed within limited periods; Boyle said police created a “rolling block” in both directions to produce a temporary corridor of empty road, giving the crew seven or eight minutes to shoot using multiple cameras.[26]”
Those opening scenes in an empty London were amazing. It’s a zombie movie, and if I try I can remember scenes with zombies. But, I mostly remember the opening, the buckets on the roof, travelling in the cab, etc.
Like all good zombie movies, it’s really about how people cope with the changes to the world.