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| 28 Days Later |
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| In defense of '28 Days Later,' a good film |
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| POSTED Wednesday, July 09, 2003 01:27:54 AM |
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So far, I've read numerous posts and reviews here saying how slow the film is. I'd take it that is because most of you out there were expecting something in the vein of all the horror films and such that have been pumped into the market, and that have tried to make under 17-year-olds see as much blood and T&A as they can get. The previews for '28 Days Later' made me more excited than the corny 'place your BETS!' Freddy vs Jason previews.
'Scream' basically took the American style horror film and formulated it. The last horror film experience I had was when I saw Urban Legend 2, back when I worked in Iowa during 1999 (thank God I didn't pay for that piece of crap!).
Horror films in the genre today are filled with so many quick seizure-inducing cuts, techno-babble music and whatnot, that it becomes not a horror film, but junk food for the simple-minded.
'28 Days Later; succeeds in my opinion because it does so much more than the American films could. So far, it's one of two good films coming from the U.K. this year. The other is the very funny 'Bend it Like Beckham.' Both films take subjects that would have been improperly man-handled by the likes of New Line Cinema and such and made their stories compelling. It's rare that Hollywood can do what both 'Beckham' and '28' can.
But back to the subject at hand. This film had me at it's points of absolute silence. I ask you: in today's market, it's rare that you can even find silence like this in a film. The last timne I can remember silence used for good measure was in the Japanese animated feature 'Spirited Away.'
True, there may be a few formulaic moments in '28,' but the film overall gives numerous twists that I didn't expect. And personally, I keep checking over my shoulder at night fearful of a rage infected human coming out of the darkness. Rage isn't a film myth, I see it everyday on the news. There's a hint of reality to the film.
So far at work, this is the first time I've recommended a horror film, that almost doesn't play like a horror film.
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| REPLIED Sunday , July 13, 2003 02:06:16 PM |
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| REPLIED Sunday , July 20, 2003 04:50:21 AM |
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| REPLIED Friday , July 25, 2003 06:13:33 AM |
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| REPLIED Tuesday, March 02, 2004 07:38:23 PM |
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uruseiranma said:
So far, I've read numerous posts and reviews here saying how slow the film is. I'd take it that is because most of you out there were expecting something in the vein of all the horror films and such that have been pumped into the market, and that have tried to make under 17-year-olds see as much blood and T&A as they can get. The previews for '28 Days Later' made me more excited than the corny 'place your BETS!' Freddy vs Jason previews.
'Scream' basically took the American style horror film and formulated it. The last horror film experience I had was when I saw Urban Legend 2, back when I worked in Iowa during 1999 (thank God I didn't pay for that piece of crap!).
Horror films in the genre today are filled with so many quick seizure-inducing cuts, techno-babble music and whatnot, that it becomes not a horror film, but junk food for the simple-minded.
'28 Days Later; succeeds in my opinion because it does so much more than the American films could. So far, it's one of two good films coming from the U.K. this year. The other is the very funny 'Bend it Like Beckham.' Both films take subjects that would have been improperly man-handled by the likes of New Line Cinema and such and made their stories compelling. It's rare that Hollywood can do what both 'Beckham' and '28' can.
But back to the subject at hand. This film had me at it's points of absolute silence. I ask you: in today's market, it's rare that you can even find silence like this in a film. The last timne I can remember silence used for good measure was in the Japanese animated feature 'Spirited Away.'
True, there may be a few formulaic moments in '28,' but the film overall gives numerous twists that I didn't expect. And personally, I keep checking over my shoulder at night fearful of a rage infected human coming out of the darkness. Rage isn't a film myth, I see it everyday on the news. There's a hint of reality to the film.
So far at work, this is the first time I've recommended a horror film, that almost doesn't play like a horror film.
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| REPLIED Wednesday, March 10, 2004 05:19:05 PM |
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