28 Days Later

I just saw 28 Days Later yesterday and I have to say it is one of the best films I have ever seen. Superbly plotted, tense and the way Jim kills the last guy will never leave my mind.

Shred

I'd have to say I though it was rather excellent myself.

The first film I've ever been at where women were actually screaming in the cinema:D

BKtje

i thought it was a great film but i didn't exactly think it was scary tho.
The start was maybe a bit eery but apart from that it didn't really work for me. (the horror factor).

Still an excellent film

A friend told me that he read that 28 Days Later was extensivily cut. True or total crap?

Mutz

thought it was a great film...

me poor g/f was scared shítless because of all the blood and crap flyin everywhere

Proper horror/thriller. :eek:

Its probably one of those films you'd need to see in the cinema though

weirdjim

i would also have to say it was an excellent film
the music at the start of the film.. anyone know who it is??

Dont be at yourself

From BBFC.co.uk:

When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 113m 3s.
The running time of this film was calculated from the measured length of 10173+13 ( feet + frames ).


This work was passed with no cuts made.

So, apparently it wasn't cut.

the66electric

Great, intellingent horror. Fantastic to see didgital camera's being used for a major movie and showing in multiplexes too. Soundtrack is smashing.

GiMiC

I thoroughly enjoyed the film, but there was one thing that annoyed me a bit. The whole "one man army" thing was taken to new extremes in this film, with a bike courier being able to take down every member of a platoon of soldiers. Seems a little TOO unbelievable, even for a sci-fi/horror, but still a great flick

the66electric

Agreed. it was stretching a bit to far but i didn't really give an arse candle coz i was so into it.

yellum

Originally posted by GiMiC
with a bike courier being able to take down every member of a platoon of soldiers.

I dunno, many Irish people have a knack of taking out British Army Soldiers.

Silverfish

The music owes a little to Eno's darker musical experiments and a great deal to the strangely beautiful doomscapes practised by fiercely anti-corporate Montreal-based orchestral group Godspeed You Black Emperor (whose music actually appears in the film, but never makes it as far as the soundtrack album). Walls of bleak but elegiac feedback and avalanche drums rolls are separated by caustic drones and passages of eerie near-silence.

I found some of the music in this film very Polar - esque, and I recommend anyone who liked the music to check them out as well. Its a bit strange that Godspeed you black emperor never made it on to the soundtrack.


I thought it was a brilliant film, it just gave me the willies for weeks later. I wasn't freaked out watching it, but walking places on my own at night it preyed on my mind a bit....

The bf of the time was twitching in his seat a lot, though he denied it all later.....

I loved the puking blood stuff. That was great.

Gordon

Sorry to bump this but the film was just released today on dvd/video. I wanted to give it 5 stars also.

Great film, the music was fitting and the cinematic touches were beautiful. I'm sure I saw the lead actor play in the Gate one time, I loved the fact that they had unknown actors in it, although the two that I recognised were pretty good - the father of the daughter in particular.

Great movie - must see etc etc Actually i'm still tingling a little from the esxperience although it is about 4 hours later...

Tusky

great movie - and yes i heard it was cut alot too - hope theres the deleted scenes on the dvd gonna order is as soon as it goes down in price

adnans

those zombies have set a speed record for all zombies out there in the future. did you see the speed those undead rougues moved? surely, all zombies move at slack pace and shouting "BRAAIIIIINNNS" every couple of seconds?!

nevertheless, the movie is fantastic. five stars and all that.

adnans - "BRAAIIINNSSS!"

Rew

They made the zombies in Resident Evil look pathetic

Gordon

Well they weren't really zombies were they? They were infected with "Rage" which made them, well, in a rage. I get pretty quick when I'm angry!

So can someone tell me

Was it just the UK that was infected and was created as the island of quarantine?

And

well not really a spoiler, but did the infected people actually eat anything? Which is why they died of starvation presumably?

Blitzkrieger

Originally posted by Gordon
the father of the daughter in particular.

rolf

Mr E

DVD Extras:

Audio commentary by director Danny Boyle and Alex Garland
Storyboard alternative ending
8 deleted scenes with optional commentary
'Pure Rage: The Making Of 28 Days Later' (24 mins)
Jacknife Lee music video
Stills gallery with commentary
Polaroid gallery with commentary
Animated storyboards
Theatrical teaser
Theatrical trailer
Interactive menu
Scene access

fathernoel

its a good show and any film that has my french teacher's son get his lad out is ok with me

Makaveli

Anybody know how much this costs yet?
I don't want to order of the internet this time, I reckon Xtra Vision should be the cheapest. Might pop in later today and buy it, if they have it that is.

patch

Play.com had it for12.99, thats 18.20 yoyos delivered. Can't see it getting cheaper than that!!

Cant wait to watch it again. If only it didnt take so long to come from play.com. Does anyone know if the extras are any good?

TwoShedsJackson

Film started out well, went downhill from there - by the time it got to the

'military guys must rape all women!! RAARRR!!' 'twist'

it had lost it entirely - and as for the ending.....

Does anyone know if the extras are any good?

The one I rented from Xtravision had a 25 minute documentary (which I forgot to watch), an alternative ending which is even dafter than the one in the film and some deleted scenes.

The deleted scenes are interesting, some good stuff there that didn't make the cut, and of course the original, totally different, ending.

The film would have been far superior with the original ending

the two girls take Jim to the hospital after he's been shot, try to revive him, fail, he dies. They leave the hospital, doors close behind them. Roll credits.

Guess they thought it was too downbeat. Pity.

Tusky

Film started out well, went downhill from there - by the time it got to the 'military guys must rape all women!! RAARRR!!' 'twist' it had lost it entirely - and as for the ending.....

FFS man use spoilers...i added them in the quote btw..

Gordon

If my memory serves I think they died from starvation allright ! and banging thier heads against walls etc

and they aint zombies as...well they aint dead ! they just have a howwible virus

Miguel_Sanchez

Originally posted by Silverfish
Its a bit strange that Godspeed you black emperor never made it on to the soundtrack.

Not really. They're a very anti-corporate band. Danny Boyle had to pester them to get the music in the film and he tried to coax them by saying that being on the soundtrack would get them attention from a load of new listeners. They told him to **** off - the complete wrong way to go about talking to Godspeed.

Anywho - "the father of the daughter" is Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy is the lead - he of Disco Pigs (play and film) fame.

TwoShedsJackson

. managed to quote myself instead of editing .

pauldeehan

Rented it out yesterday and thought it was great, reminded me of The Stand (but then every post-apocalyptic film does). Defo a great film but not as good as Dog Soldiers (the definitive Brit Horror-flick for me).

Miguel_Sanchez

Originally posted by pauldeehan
Rented it out yesterday and thought it was great, reminded me of The Stand (but then every post-apocalyptic film does). Defo a great film but not as good as Dog Soldiers (the definitive Brit Horror-flick for me).

Begone with you 28 Days Later was far more stylish and enjoyable than Dog Soldiers (in my humble opinion that is).

Although I did enjoy Dog Soldiers - "there is no spoon" - brilliant!

Funky

one of my favourite films of all time , absolutely loved the music in the film fitted so well

especially the bit in the house the soldiers were in at the end

.

saw it twice in the cinema and have it on divx

Tusky

Pfft 28 days was much beter than dog soldiers ( which was v.good )

28 Days Later and Dog Soldiers are both extremely enjoyable films. But you cant really compare them can you? 28 Days Later is a slow starter while Dog Soldiers is just all out violence from the start.

CutterIE

I agree, you can't go compearing 28 days later with dog soldiers, dog soldier was so tongue-in-cheek it was laughable, where as 28 days later was ment to be a hard hitting "what if" type movie, and it would have worked if the zombies weren't so laughable.

it's like compearing Angela's Ashes with Gangs Of Newyork, oh wait you can, they were both shxt

Got 28 Days Later today. I cant watch it till my exams are over though. Has it been cut as the box says its on for 108 minutes. Was it not 113 minutes in the cinema?

Goodshape

Originally posted by Darko
Has it been cut as the box says its on for 108 minutes. Was it not 113 minutes in the cinema?

Looks like it was. According to bbfc.co.uk, the cinema release was passed without cuts at 113, but the DVD/Video release was submitted (and passed) at 108 minutes. I can't think why they'd cut there own film.. ??


...good show all the same. Could have been better at times maybe; but the zombies were sh!t cool and there was plenty of tension and whathaveyou. Has that refreashing non-hollywood feel to it too. Which I like.

DapperGent

I rented it out a couple of nights ago, it was great fun so lashings of thumbs up all around.

Must say I expected it to be way scarier was more actiony than scary, which I prefer anyway.

From the sounds of things I must take a look at Dog Soldiers as well.

Ajos

OK, I've registered and I'm delurking to address this 108/113 mins issue. 28 Days Later was shot on video, running at 25 frames per second. In the cinema it was projected at 24 frames per second, slowing it down and increasing it's running time by 4%, from 108 mins to 113 mins. No cuts were made.

As far as I know. Probably.

KdjaCL

Originally posted by Ajos
OK, I've registered and I'm delurking to address this 108/113 mins issue. 28 Days Later was shot on video, running at 25 frames per second. In the cinema it was projected at 24 frames per second, slowing it down and increasing it's running time by 4%, from 108 mins to 113 mins. No cuts were made.

As far as I know. Probably.

hhehe im glad he posted that before i did and seemed like a nerd


kdjac

Ajos

Hey, who are you implying is a nerd?

Oh, right, me.

Fair enough.

Miguel_Sanchez

Originally posted by Ajos
OK, I've registered and I'm delurking to address this 108/113 mins issue. 28 Days Later was shot on video, running at 25 frames per second. In the cinema it was projected at 24 frames per second, slowing it down and increasing it's running time by 4%, from 108 mins to 113 mins. No cuts were made.

As far as I know. Probably.

I thought only some of the film was shot on video - I thought it was a big mix of 35mm film, video, 16mm and Super 8.

I know there's definitely some Super 8 in it (or what looks like it - when they're driving down the motorway in the car)

Anyway. There you go.

Ajos

No, just DV. Maybe some super8, I don't remember that clearly. 24 Hour Party People had a big mix of stock.

ObeyGiant

28 Days Later was shot entirely on DV. No Super8 at all.

The DVD is pretty good. It's a lot easier on the eyes than in the cinema. The extras that I've gone through are pretty good too. The "Making of" featurette is probably the low point of the thing - filled with shots of "some guy", with a caption of "some guy - professor of somethingorother" saying "Yeah, diseases are crazy!". I really liked the commentary over the photo gallery.. I usually ignore "photo gallery" extras, but with the commentary, it actually made it kind of interesting, giving some context and back-story to each of the photos. But the high point of the DVD has got to be the storyboarded alternative ending. The whole thing is narrated by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, and they do it so well, that it's kind of like watching Jackanory again, but with horror.

johnnynolegs

I have to agree with ObeyGiant the storyboard ending is actually amazing and looks like it would be just as good as the real ending pity they couldn't get around the transfusion problem

Steve_o

Who here has seen 28 days later i think its class!!

Pugsley

There was a thread about this not long ago, pretty long thread at that, do a search for it.

Steve_o

Fair Nuff i check it out!!

po0k

going to watch it tonight.

theciscokid

okay , not amazing

K!LL!@N

Just gotten saw it tonight in my mates gaff.
Really enjoyed it!
Watched most of the special features.
Didn't get to watch the whole film with commentary as it's getting a bit late.
But part of the film was actually shot on Super8, the kind of dream sequence with Jim and his parents. They said so in the commentary.
Also, i didn't think the ending as over-exaggerated

Jim didn't actually kill all the soldier single-handedly. He killed one guy at the barricade, killed the other guy with the bayonet and killed the guy who had selina. The guy was taken by surprise, he didn't know what hit him. The second guy just ran onto the bayonet. When he got to the third guy he was completely enraged that's what gave him the strength to do what he did. It was also part of the story because it was meant to seem like he had the virus. As for the other soldiers, they killed themselves when they got the virus after Jim freed the captured infected soldier.

Anyway, yeah a great film. I'd highly recommend it.

Killian

Catsmokinpot

sweet film, zombies better than resident evil. really fast and freaky

Tusky

sweet film, zombies better than resident evil. really fast and freaky

thats koz they aint zombies ....