I got dragged to see this by my gf.
The only good thing about the movie was a full suspenseful scenes, like the night vision scene at the end.
The movie basically offered nothing new. Yeh there were a few details on the virus being carried by hosts and people living normally with the virus but basically I thought the movie was another story of survival. Like the first movie, the whole thing was basically about characters put into a hectic situation and they have to survive. It was a story of surviving. In28 days later, there was character development and plot development between the action scenes of the people running away from zombies. 28 weeks later, it was basically the same thing, but with less plot development, less character development, and more about just characters surviving......the whole movie was about the present situation.......very boring because the movie did not delve into the plot further at all..........the movie was a wasted opportunity.......a cocktease........
It would have been a decent movie if it was a stand alone movie, not connected to 28 days later at all.
The WORST thing about the movie was the way the action scenes were filmed.......they do this thing in so many action movies, where there is an action scene going on, and the camera just shakes around alot, creating the illusion of chaos and that alot of shit is going down......it's a cheap way of filming an action sequence because you dont have to show what is going on. All the shaking around and blurryness of the scene simply implies what is going on, but I might as well just close my eyes and listen, cause its the same thing to me.....this type of filming TAKES AWAY FROM THE FEELING OF HORROR. Because I don't know what the fuck is exactly going on, i'm detached from the movie. That is what was fantastic about 28 days later. I felt like I was there, in the movie, running away from the zombies with the characters. I could actually see what was going on.
A great example of a movie where I feel like im IN THE MOVIE is children of men. The director on purpose had these very long 1-take scenes where you see everything happening in realtime, no cuts or editing. Kung fu movies do this too. Does anyone know what im saying?
I also thought the father zombie thing was stupid. It took away from the realness of the movie, thats what made 28 days later great in my mind too.
I thought the plot was lame as well, like how the whole outbreak started, I thought the writing could have been more clever. WHY would the government start bringing people into the country to live when like only a lil area is quarantine. I don't think any government would allow people to live there under those circumstances.....you know???????????????