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1. You can see 28 Weeks Later as an intelligent zombie movie or a satire on the US invasion of Iraq. Either way it’s clever and terrifying.
2. 28 Days Later was the statement of the problem. 28 Weeks Later is about the solution, which is at least as scary as the problem.First you eliminate the infected. Then you contain the infection. If that doesn’t work, exterminate everyone. You can’t tell the “enemies” from the “friendlies”.
3. The attacking horde of blood-spewing zombies is kind of like the crowd fighting for taxis outside the mall at rush hour on a rainy Friday.
4. There were infected zombies in the audience, except that they didn’t have the Rage Virus. They were afflicted with the Uncouthness Virus, which causes moviegoers to carry on their inane conversations while everyone is trying to watch the movie. I know it was inane because I could hear every word. Clearly they were also carriers of the Stupidity syndrome, but that may be genetic. The Uncouthness Virus deadened their senses so they could not hear people telling them to shut up. Fortunately they were drowned out by the noise of attacking zombies. I’m relieved I did not see the movie with my friend who IS the Rage Virus.
Digression: Why you shouldn’t use your cellphone during meetings. Thanks, Budj.
5. This sequel was produced by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the director and writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directs. Cillian Murphy’s not in it, which is just as well because after everything his character went through in the first movie, this would be cruel. Rose Byrne from Sunshine plays another scientist. To me Robert Carlyle is always Begbie, so he would be scary even without the infection. I expect le sequel.
6. Alex Garland’s novel The Tesseract is set in Manila, but it was filmed in Bangkok and directed by Oxide Pang.
7. If you’re looking for a non-stupid (sometimes this is the most we can hope for) romantic comedy about university life and quiz shows with a good 80s soundtrack (The Cure, New Order, Undertones) and James MacAvoy, check out Starter for 10. It also stars two guys from The History Boys and three Rome cast members (Servilia, Cassius, and Octavian in a dress).
8. There was a poster outside the theatre for a movie starring Regine Velasquez and Piolo Pascual. They were embracing in the water, but she had a long-sleeved shirt on and he was topless. So we know who their target audience is.
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May 13th, 2007 at 15:49
One of the few things i didn’t like about 28 WEEKS later, was the spanish director’s excessive use of the shaky handheld camera and strobe lights. hindi ko makita kung anong nangyayari minsan.
unlike boyle’s 28 days later. ginamit ni boyle ang style ni steven spielberg (example: sa battle scenes ng Saving Private Ryan) when shooting the zombies, to make the infected look 3-Dish, and fast moving.
And if there’s one thing we learned from 28 WEEKS later, it’s that kids are bad news. sa umpisa pa lang ng pelikula, bad news na sila.
May 15th, 2007 at 17:35
Rich old Hispanic-looking hags took our reserved seats in the Rockwell moviehouse. We insisted that that was our seat number…we fought long and hard, even the usherette fought with them too. But they wouldn’t yield to us “indios.” So, we were forced to occupy less desirable spaces (in constant fear that the rightful “seat owners” of the space we’re occupying will come and ask us to leave), but still very close to them. To make it even worse, they started chatting with each other when 28 Weeks Later started. We shushed them so many times, pero ayaw parin nila tumigil. Malas talaga namin…
Then came a part in 28 Weeks Later when the old couple was attacked by zombies in the cottage. Everyone collectively let out a hushed sigh of pity and shock…And I, I surprised my seatmates and even my self when I instinctively let out a really loud and hard “Ha-ha-ha!” Sure it was embarrassing, but the group of rich old hags stopped chatting after that…I guess they also felt embarrassed for themselves.