Got no takers on my comment, so did a little digging and found this take. Very interesting to see where this goes...gggmann said:
Were they purposely going for a Jimmy Savile vibe with that character? That's immediately who I thought of when he popped on screen.
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I don't think anyone knew about him before this story came out from this movie. (In this country anyway.)
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Just saw this. Im weirdly kinda going back n forth between liking it and thinking it was terrible. The ending absolutely seemed misfit with the rest of the film. I liked the premise of desperate kid looking for doctor to save his mom but it also kinda made no sense to me that people would choose to live in a place where zombies exist. I get it, you gotta suspend reality for the whole thing anyway.
Whether i liked it or not I think the movie coulda been better in a lot of ways.
Whether i liked it or not I think the movie coulda been better in a lot of ways.
You mean the doc choosing or the kid going on Jules Winfield-Cain in Kung Fu walkabout?
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You mean the doc choosing or the kid going on Jules Winfield-Cain in Kung Fu walkabout?
It was implied early in the film lotsa people chose to live on the mainland. Then ya the kid too at the end.
The kid was going toe to toe with Ralph Fiennes which is an incredible feat at his age. Least annoying child actor I have seen. It takes serious balls to anchor a horror film to a child lead.TCTTS said:
That was incredibly weird.
But also ****ing incredible.
Man, I did not expect to love this as much as I did, nor did I realize how much I missed that frenetic-but-oddly-inspiring, early-to-mid '00s, Danny Boyle energy.
The look, the vibe, and feel of this thing.
The soundtrack.
The lead kid.
All absolutely amazing.
More movies like this, please, with a unique vision, legit emotion, and something to say.
Hell yeah.
The frenetic camera movement was a little jarring but loved the free frame panorama slide to the left and right during kill shots.
I was crying during the bone scene.
I personally loved the ending. Seeing the action figure at the beginning, it kind of makes sense when a child basically stopped growing up and their entertainment also just stopped.
I really liked this. I get that the ending bothers some people but it didn't take away from the film IMO. It was a unique sequel, not derivative at all IMO and this weekend Jurassic World released yet another wholly unoriginal sequel so 28 Years Later should be recognized for what it accomplished. The entire arc of Spike and his mom isn't anything I think I've seen before in a movie like this. I wasn't expecting a zombie apocalypse film to have so much heart. I heard someone in the theater sobbing and I understood, it was heartbreaking. Give me more of Boyle and Garland working together please, I'll be there.
I really enjoyed it.
The last scene definitely seemed out of place, buuuut they did mention earlier in the movie that there are odd people on the mainland. And they were right.
The last scene definitely seemed out of place, buuuut they did mention earlier in the movie that there are odd people on the mainland. And they were right.
Ultra weird and absolutely awesome. Danny Boyle reached back into his Sunshine and Trainspotting bag for this one.
Ending was so bizarre. I loved it.
Ending was so bizarre. I loved it.
I watched this last night and freaking loved it. Pretty random but this movie made me think of these three other movies at various points throughout:
- Excalibur: the surreal nature of it.
- Attack on Titan: the "zombies" especially with the Alpha and the causeway scene. That was straight out of AoT for me even with the sound.
- A Clockwork Orange: the ending.
That ending wasn't all that WTF to me like it was to others. Remember that this is a cutoff, dystopian Lord of the Flies island. All kinds of weird societal and cultural **** is bound to arise out of this.
- Excalibur: the surreal nature of it.
- Attack on Titan: the "zombies" especially with the Alpha and the causeway scene. That was straight out of AoT for me even with the sound.
- A Clockwork Orange: the ending.
That ending wasn't all that WTF to me like it was to others. Remember that this is a cutoff, dystopian Lord of the Flies island. All kinds of weird societal and cultural **** is bound to arise out of this.
Best movie I've seen in awhile. ****ing wild.
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