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This is honestly the only horror movie I could ever watch over and over again, mostly because it's not just mindless gore and guts (Well, at least the first one isn't...) like so many other zombie movies out there. I especially love 28 Days because it focused on the situation and the survivors instead of the infected (NOT zombies).
Also, Cillian Murphy rocks.
Any other fans here?
Oh, and for the record, In the House- In a Heartbeat is just about the greatest film music ever.
I liked Days, thought Weeks wasn't on a par but was above the level of the shit horror coming out of Hollywood at the mo, and think Danny Boyle needs to get on with converting the sequel to Trainspotting to film.
I liked Days, thought Weeks wasn't on a par but was above the level of the shit horror coming out of Hollywood at the mo, and think Danny Boyle needs to get on with converting the sequel to Trainspotting to film.
28 Days was much better, although I do like how the other director incorporated some of the stuff from 28 Days into 28 Weeks, like
how Don gouges out his wife's eyes, in the same fashion as Jim did to that one soldier at the end of 28 Days. Of course, to me, 28 Weeks' version was much more brutal (I actually get sort of sick to my stomach a little bit when I watch it)
And I've never seen Trainspotting, is it that good?
I haven't seen the sequel yet, but this film is quite good. The infected ARE zombies, but the film doesn't focus on those, which is good. However, I thought that the military camp part was a bit too long.
Nah, zombies are reanimated corpses that eat the flesh of the living. The infected are still living and don't eat people, they just happen to be extremely pissed off all the time. They're a lot different from zombies.
Only 2/4 of those fit. They look like zombies and growl like zombies (Although they hiss and scream more than moan), but that's it. They do not move like zombies (Zombies are generally slow, whereas the infected are constantly pumped up on adrenaline and therefore run VERY fast without stopping; also, if you pay close attention to the first film, you'll see that the infected rest when there's nothing around to kill, whereas zombies generally roam around aimlessly looking for food).
Also, the infected do NOT eat like zombies, simply because the infected do not eat. Period. They bite, but only to spread the infection (Or if their hands are too busy to beat you with).
These are some of my favorite movies... Not like I'm a zombie movie freak or anything, just wait until Stevo finds this thread.
Personally, I loved 28 Days Later, and really liked 28 Weeks Later. Days I wouldn't change a thing to make it better, it focused on what was important, had a great soundtrack, and the action was intense and gruesome. And yeah In the House - In a heartbeat is a pretty badass song.
28 Weeks reused the soundtrack pieces by John Murphy, which was kind of dissapointing, but you know, they're still good and it didn't really detract anything. And spoiler time!
The beginning of 28 Weeks Later was the best part of that film, the house scene was just incredibly intense, showed a lot of good characters, and it just screamed awesome. When I saw the film my friend missed that part because he went to the bathroom, and I pester him about it still
The downpoints of the movie: a plot hole I couldn't get over... Why is Flynn just allowed to fly that damn helicopter around wherever the hell he wants? Not to mention he has apparently unlimited fuel >: |
Mr. Dramatic Zombie: Don the zombie, the only rage infected person who has the brains to be dramatic. "Oh is that dad over there, oh someone passed in front of me, oh he's gone! Scary!" He basically just survived far longer than he should've. Also I thought during the movie 'they could've done without Doyle dying', and later 'Scarlett dying in that matter was dumb as shit'. Mr. Dramatic Zombie plays way too big a role after being infected.
Also I'd say they're zombies, they attack people and grab and bite, zombie enough for me.
The beginning of 28 Weeks Later was the best part of that film, the house scene was just incredibly intense, showed a lot of good characters, and it just screamed awesome. When I saw the film my friend missed that part because he went to the bathroom, and I pester him about it still
The downpoints of the movie: a plot hole I couldn't get over... Why is Flynn just allowed to fly that damn helicopter around wherever the hell he wants? Not to mention he has apparently unlimited fuel >: |
Mr. Dramatic Zombie: Don the zombie, the only rage infected person who has the brains to be dramatic. "Oh is that dad over there, oh someone passed in front of me, oh he's gone! Scary!" He basically just survived far longer than he should've. Also I thought during the movie 'they could've done without Doyle dying', and later 'Scarlett dying in that matter was dumb as shit'. Mr. Dramatic Zombie plays way too big a role after being infected.
@Dramatic "Zombie": Yeah, that part did piss me off too. I mean, if he was a normal infected, he would have ran over to the kid and attempted to maul him the moment he set eyes on him. That and I'm still wondering how he was smart enough to know how to hide from the napalm effectively. :/
And why didn't Doyle just shoot the soldiers? There were only three of them with flamethrowers, so I'm sure he could've killed all of them before they got within range.
They aren't zombies. Zombies are reanimated corpses. The Infected aren't corpses, or dead. They are simply full of rage and adrenaline.
Zombies also can't be killed by conventional weaponry, only religious artifacts actually kill a zombie (although they can be disabled by blowing them up into a fine paste.) Even if you separate a zombie's head from it's body, or any of its limbs for that matter, they live still.
They aren't zombies. Zombies are reanimated corpses. The Infected aren't corpses, or dead. They are simply full of rage and adrenaline.
Zombies also can't be killed by conventional weaponry, only religious artifacts actually kill a zombie (although they can be disabled by blowing them up into a fine paste.) Even if you separate a zombie's head from it's body, or any of its limbs for that matter, they live still.
See now you're just being incredibly over-specific with your definition. By this definition, resident evil zombies aren't zombies, Dawn of the Dead zombies aren't zombies, and only a couple random movies from the 80's I can think of actually have zombies.
To me, the general layman's term for 'zombies' is just angry at humans, used to be a human, and grabs/bites in an attempt to kill humans. Their other actions and processes and the 'where they come from and how to kill them' is secondary to this definition.
Not to mention most zombie movies I've seen just straight have 'kill them by hitting them in the head', it seems to be a pretty popular idea.
Why Infected And Zombies Are Not the Same, by Wikipedia.
The Rage virus does not directly cause the death of its host, but because the host is solely focused on infecting or killing the non-Infected, it causes those infected to become disinterested in self-nourishment which will eventually cause death by starvation. Since the virus causes those infected to act with no regard for self-preservation, they will not act to evade mortal danger, such as fire or chemical gas.
A zombie is an animated human body devoid of a soul. In contemporary versions these are generally reanimated or undead corpses, which were traditionally called "ghouls." Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodoun (Voodoo).
Ghouls aren't undead. Ghouls are humans who have given up their freedom of thought to serve the undead, and often cannibalize for nourishment, leading to look disfigured and ghastly.
Main Entry: zom?bie
Variant(s): also zom?bi /'z?m-bE/
Function: noun
Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole z?bi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nz?mbe ghost
1 usually zombi a : the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body b : a will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated
2 a : a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead; especially : AUTOMATON b : a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior
3 : a mixed drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice
Ghouls aren't undead. Ghouls are humans who have given up their freedom of thought to serve the undead, and often cannibalize for nourishment, leading to look disfigured and ghastly.
Romero's original Night of the Living Dead termed the "zombies" ghouls. :/
I'm not arguing against your point, I'm just pointing out that it's his fault that Wikipedia says that, not mine.
And according to definition 2b, the infected could be zombies, since they do act in a strange way... :P
