I've just seen 28 Weeks Later.
Thursday, May 10th, 2007 - 5:52pm
It's not a horror movie.
It's a consistently unpleasant, resolutely beak movie.
It's not always scary, but there's always a sense of 'What next?'
One scene made my friend feel a bit sick, so he went to the loo and got some fresh air. (Presuably he got the fresh air in the foyer.)
And talking of fresh air, some f*cker decided to take a piss in a stall when there were urinals free, then left without flushing AND without washing his hands.
If I were taller I'd have told him off in front of his girlfriend.
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Zombies can't be potty trained. Maybe he was already turning.
Run, 1Dgaf, run!
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I knew you Brits were stuffy, but why does that particularly bother you? Did he then stick his hand in your mouth?
That would be gross.
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Because I wanted to use the stall after him And it's not about being stuffy, it's about having basic hygeine.
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Was he a zombie? I hear they have issues with hygiene.
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Touching the door handle after not washing your hands is a total party foul. Not washing your hands is disgusting, period.
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I'm washing my hands right now.
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I wash my hands before I touch my penis.
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wordsmythe told me he does the same thing before touching your ... ah, nevermind. Too easy.
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Isn't urine sterile? Seems to me that worst that's going to happen is that a guy touches his penis, then he touches the toilet handle. So when you touch the handle afterwards, you're kind of touching his penis by proxy. So maybe you turn bisexual. Big deal. You can catch that anywhere.
Shoud have waited the whoe 28 weeks.
Extremism in the defense of liberty *is* a vice. It has been since the first Crown Loyalist was tarred, feathered and set afire, and it's no better now. It corrupts first the individual, then ultimately the institution it defends.
Likewise a chef told me--especially after preparing a dish involving jalapeño peppers. (Ow.)
So anyway; is this a 'thumbs up' or a 'thumbs down', 1Dgaf?
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f*ck knows, Wrestle.
It's not got much of a plot. And it's f*cking depressing.
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Actually, do go to see it. But it will wear you out a bit.
ANd, interestingly, at various points in the film the audience was completely silent. And I don't mean the silence that includes people coughing slightly or the faint rustling of packets of crips. Completely. Silient. People were engrossed on several occasions.
And I don't recall anyone really going 'Ahh!' in fear, either. It's not a shocker; it's all about tension and wondering, wondering, wondering...
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While urine is sterile, sweat and dirt is not. Your crotch sweats just like any other part of your body with hair (even if you shave Sanj!).
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It doesn't have much of a plot and it is very depressing. But it's a film that will you keep wondering what's going on and what's going to happen next.
If you dig that, then you'll dig this. You don't dig it, then you won't dig it. Dig?
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This thread is useless without -- no wait, that's not the one I'm looking for...
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If I was into the whole "sigged" thing, I would definately change my signature to that eloquent reparte.
As such, I can only say that I dig it and will be digging it with my wife in a couple weeks.
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Little plot, depressing, wondering what's going to happen -- sounds like Half Life 2.
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I do have to point out that is does involve the complete rebuilding and then destruction of the UK. So 1Dgaf might be a little more effected by this than people in the US. Such as movies about cities in the US effect us more than people in Europe who probably cheer when something happens to a US city. (Yes I really do believe we are that hated in the world.)
BTW, Good luck on your new Prime Minister. I'm going to miss Tony Blair who I think it one of the most well spoken world leaders on the stage today. I don't know how many times I've fantasized of a similar leader in the US to emerge. I hate our village idiot.
From what I've seen on the previews, I have no misconception of what to expect. I expect lots of action and military explosions. I expect the infection to spread due to the stupidity or carelessness of one or a small group of people. I expect attempted survival of a small group of people involving military soldiers somewhere this time. I expect death and I expect a lovable or likable character to die and I expect a hero to emerge. I expect lots of virus raged people running around like before. I expect lots of fire and burning of bodies. I expect the US version to end on a vision of hope and rebuilding.
So going into this movie I really don't see myself not seeing something that I will haven't already anticipated. So I'll just wait for the rental release and save myself the theater trip and the crowds. If the movie surprises me then bravo.
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It does present a rather odd view of London. I remember one scene where someone says 'We'll meet you at [X location in shot]' and I remember thinking 'Considering where you are in London, would [X] location actually as clearly visible?'; they were rubber-banding all over the place, to coin a gaming term.
Actually, Some of the streets shown are similar the the one I live in; except here we've got real life zombies. Well, eurotrash backpackers with peasant sensibilites and no sense of community. Yes.
While I'm no fan of Bush (no pun intended), when he winked at the Queen and ad-libbed was both surprising and entertaining. I'm glad someone spoke to her as if she was a normal human.
I think you should see the film. It has everything that you expect and maybe more (or maybe less is more...) I'd also be interested to hear what you thought after seeing it; in particular if the ending changed for the US.
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How would we know?
Sounds like my (nonexistant) dating life.
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Good point. Done.
Actually I'm liking the sound of this. I get the impression this isn't so much about the zombies as it is about the survivors though, correct? Seems the remaining population's biggest problem, even after the zombie cack (re)hits the fan, is those in positions of power. I'm also picking up a faint waft of Children of Men about this too, mainly in the camera work and lighting.
So... it's a futuristic neo-political zombie apocalypse survivor docu-drama then?
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You won't, but when you put it between spoiler tags, I will. Then I, if I can figure out how to use spoiler tags, I'll give you the UK ending.
Wrestle,
There are mild political overtones.
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Wow, this statement goes against everything that I would have assumed about you, given what background I know.
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That was a splendid recovery from the early toilet-urine derail. Well played!
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Don't tempt me to bring this back into the sewers.
Get it, it's even funnier because I'm a septic! *sigh*
Anyway, maybe I'll bring an ex to this one, too, and make her think about how much better it would be if I let her try to hide her face in my shoulder. Bwa ha ha ha! Wait, not scary, but depressing? I wonder if that would work as well.
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Weird, when I clicked this thread, it had 28 replies.
No longer!
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