28 Sequels Later
So the next few months are awash with sequels, as seems to happen about once a year. I probably don't have them all but tonight off the top of our heads Matt and I came up with: Shrek The Third (looking forward to it), Ocean's 13 (cautiously optimistic), and The Bourne Ultimatum (can't freakin' wait). Then of course there is 28 Weeks Later, the movie we saw tonight. If you plan on seeing this, all I have to say is:
Do.
Not.
Pay.
Money.
Your experience may vary, but I found the suspense too cheap, the gore too excessive, the drama too forced, the writers too lost. It was everything the original managed to avoid. Instead of gritty violence we got overwhelming, shock-value gore. Instead of suspense we got a bunch of cheap "BOO!" scenes. Instead of the occasional hero moment, some self-sacrifice, and a gut-wrenching decision or two we got cheap ploys, ceaseless dumbfounding poor decisions, and far too many uses of Deus Ex Machina to be believable.
I hate when people find one little thing wrong with a movie and use it as an excuse to hate the entire movie, and I am definitely somebody who just tries to sit back and enjoy a movie, but this one was just too bad. It was brutal. You could tell that nobody was into it. Half of the theater was involved in nearly normal volume side conversations at some point or another and I think almost every person in there went to the bathroom. I've never seen such apathy towards a movie in a theater.
P.S. Completely unrelated. Red Sox just swept the Tigers in a double header and the Sportscenter guys just mocked that obnoxious woman from the Yankees' radio broadcasts for her ludicrous overreaction to the Roger Clemens 7th inning stretch announcement. Priceless.
Do.
Not.
Pay.
Money.
Your experience may vary, but I found the suspense too cheap, the gore too excessive, the drama too forced, the writers too lost. It was everything the original managed to avoid. Instead of gritty violence we got overwhelming, shock-value gore. Instead of suspense we got a bunch of cheap "BOO!" scenes. Instead of the occasional hero moment, some self-sacrifice, and a gut-wrenching decision or two we got cheap ploys, ceaseless dumbfounding poor decisions, and far too many uses of Deus Ex Machina to be believable.
I hate when people find one little thing wrong with a movie and use it as an excuse to hate the entire movie, and I am definitely somebody who just tries to sit back and enjoy a movie, but this one was just too bad. It was brutal. You could tell that nobody was into it. Half of the theater was involved in nearly normal volume side conversations at some point or another and I think almost every person in there went to the bathroom. I've never seen such apathy towards a movie in a theater.
P.S. Completely unrelated. Red Sox just swept the Tigers in a double header and the Sportscenter guys just mocked that obnoxious woman from the Yankees' radio broadcasts for her ludicrous overreaction to the Roger Clemens 7th inning stretch announcement. Priceless.
posted by SomeJerk at 11:27 PM
2 Comments:
I read a review (I think it was NYtimes) that said it was damn good. I've also heard somewhere else, can't remember where, that it was good.
I got a bootleg copy, but I don't like watching low quality versions of movies anymore.
I'm gonna go with what you say, since your a better source than the internet, and hold off until I can get a DVD rip.
We had heard plenty of things both ways on it, plus 28 Days Later was solid, so we went in hoping for the best, but it really let us down. Mike didn't seem to have as much of a problem with its flaws (which was an interesting role reversal) but we were too put off. I support the DVD rip decision. It's worth seeing it for yourself, but I can't endorse paying CT theater prices for it or seeing it in low quality. Either of those would virtually guarantee your dissatisfaction.
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