User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:46:10 PM EDT
[#1]
I thought it was good enough to buy the DVD.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:46:22 PM EDT
[#2]
It sucks, I've seen it.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:48:17 PM EDT
[#3]
It is the British version of the living dead! I watched it and thought it was cool. Wife had the creepy crawlies afterwards. I'd watch it again, BUT I would not own it! It worth it for a rainy night, put it that way.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:50:58 PM EDT
[#4]
It was ok, not great. March 28th the remake of "Dawn of the Dead" comes to the theaters. I CAN'T WAIT!!!! |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:51:44 PM EDT
[#5]
It's a decent movie. A nice SHTF fantasy, where most of humanity is dead and the survivors have to fend for themselves against zombies. I enjoyed it.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:54:52 PM EDT
[#6]
not a bad zombie movie, i just wish it was citizens shooting up the zombies
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:56:45 PM EDT
[#7]
It is worth watching. A good hour and half (or whatever the running time is) of entertainment. I have to agree, I wouldn't buy it. It started out great. It had super potential. What it turned into was what has already been said, the English version of "Night of the Living Dead". Could have been much better IMHO.
Again, worth watching if you are absolutely bored to death and have seen everything else. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 6:56:52 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted: not a bad zombie movie, i just wish it was citizens shooting up the zombies I agree. That was what made the difference between an ok movie and what could have been a GREAT movie. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:02:59 PM EDT
[#9]
get it. not what I expected, but it's a good rental.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:05:06 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted: Quoted: not a bad zombie movie, i just wish it was citizens shooting up the zombies I agree. That was what made the difference between an ok movie and what could have been a GREAT movie. So I take it there's no long bursts from our favorite weapons in the flick? I'd love to make an "Old School" Zombie flick this every imaginable automatic weapon in it.. Something where every take has rotting human flesh laying everywhere. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:14:09 PM EDT
[#11]
There is some gunplay with military weapons, but it's Brit soldiers doing the shooting, with the shitty SA-80.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:17:41 PM EDT
[#12]
There's some gunplay at the end. It's worth getting, interesting protrayal of London with basically everyone but a few survivors dead in the beginning part. Definitely worth renting. I don't know if I would buy it, but I don't buy many DVDs anyway.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:21:54 PM EDT
[#13]
I thought It Sucked. It was a slow movie and I couldn't wait for it to end!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:22:09 PM EDT
[#14]
I'd rent it not buy it.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:31:56 PM EDT
[#15]
Considering the budget it was made for it wasn't too bad.
The alternative endings on the DVD were interesting. Sure it had some story weaknesses but it was a zombie movie after all. Worth a rental, not necessarily worth a purchase. I must say that since I've been using Netflix I've saved a ton of money watching movies that I might have bought. I've also had the opportunity to watch a ton of movies. At the cost of one purchase a month I can watch as many as I can. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:45:22 PM EDT
[#16]
Its a freakin Zombie movie...its not like its going to win an Academy Awards.
I liked it, but not enough to buy it. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 7:55:35 PM EDT
[#17]
Let's put it this way: for a zombie action movie, the critics liked it. So, beware.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 9:25:12 PM EDT
[#18]
Crappy movie, overall.
But the girl was pretty hot. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/1/2004 11:54:43 PM EDT
[#19]
The first 5 minutes of it is the best part, but it's an alright flick.
Now, if you want a movie that truly [b]SUCKS[/b], look no further than "Dreamcatcher". That movie sucks ohhhhhhhhhh, SO bad! |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 12:00:31 AM EDT
[#20]
I think this is the movie that ETH has been trying to get me to watch... IIRC, he says its really good.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 12:21:01 AM EDT
[#21]
Sucked ass, the UK and it's gun free society makes for a CRAPPY zombie movie... Dawn of the Dead dances circles around it, that is clearly the greatest zombie movie ever. Can't wait for the remake, hope they don't manage to screw it up...
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 12:29:12 AM EDT
[#22]
I really liked it!
Problem was that I wish it was set in the States! Can you imagine it? EVERY redneck grabbin' thier shit and going out zombie hunting! Fuck it, sign me up for that raod trip. Screw hunting lions w/ bolt guns, let me drop a lightning link in my H-Bar and grab a few beta mags and lets go! Actually, the PETA bitches wouldn't have gotten into that lab without being shot b/c our guards would have been armed! |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 12:39:26 AM EDT
[#23]
Hmm....I guess I'm in the minority here but I really thought it was an interesting flick. In fact, I've watched it twice. I guess I'm easy to please....the gf and I have like 5-600 dvds...watching movies without having to put up with the crowds in theaters is one of our main hobbies...[lol]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 1:17:23 AM EDT
[#24]
Let us not forget that it also features automatic weapons in THX sound [:D]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 1:17:44 AM EDT
[#25]
I thought it was a great movie. The music in it is great also, goes right along with the mood.
I'd buy it, shit I already did. Blockbuster has it on sale for 14 bucks.... Rob |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 2:30:10 AM EDT
[#26]
I thought it was pretty good. I would rent it. If England didn't have such restrictive gun laws things would never have gotten that far out of hand.:)
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 5:25:28 AM EDT
[#27]
I really liked this movie. I think the fact that the Britts didn't have guns made it a bit more intense. But this movie really freaked me out when I was watching it. Makes you want to cuddle your AR nice and close.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 6:24:36 AM EDT
[#28]
Quoted: I think this is the movie that ETH has been trying to get me to watch... IIRC, he says its really good. Damn straight! I liked it a lot. Enough so that I will likely buy it soon. It was a zombie picture, all right, but with a very different point of view. For starters, there are no scientists who appear to 'explain' to the audience just what the dickens is going on. The result is that you are left as clueless as the actors as to what to expect, and why you should act this way or the other regarding the folks who are attacking. The Brits actually 'keep' one of their own, who's become infected, in chains in a garden to see what his lifespan might be without food, etc. Another dramatic departure from the standard 'zombie' movie bag of tricks, you are not shown the horror that the initial attack must have had on the population. You are just given a glimpse, through old newspaper clippings, posters, and family messages posted on kiosks and walls around London, what the panic must have been like when the 'plague' first hit. Again, in an almost Hitchockian manner, what is[u]not[/u] shown is much more scary than what is! And I agree that the first five minutes of the film are the best opening for a 'zombie' movie that I can ever remember. Watch it. You will be glad you did. I think. BTW, you [u]will[/u] be surprised by those Brits, indeed! Eric The(VeddySurprised)Hun[>]:)] |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 6:40:15 AM EDT
[#29]
I thought it was pretty good. Kind of a different angle. See, if you wanted to watch another remake of Dawn of the Dead, you could just watch the original Romero flick. The acting was OK, the set felt "stage-ish", sort of like a play with different setbacks in a theater. But the scary factor took it's effectiveness from a "Alien" sort of unseen horror. Most of the time you just catch a glimpse the freaks.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 7:23:15 AM EDT
[#30]
No one else noted the anti-gun agenda? Everyone with a firearm is a villain. Even when the protagonist obtains a rifle he does not fire it, and soon discards it. Any sane person in that situation would have held onto the rifle methinks. English Gun=evil type thinking going on here.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 7:30:46 AM EDT
[#31]
Always check with film reviewer RockyD first- most film reviewers suck.... [b]Politically Incorrect Movie Reviews - "28 Days Later"[/b] [url]http://www.sierratimes.com/03/07/04/rockyd.htm[/url] By RadioFree Rocky D 07.04.03 Here we have a gritty little B-movie that’s going to make Hollyweird’s limp-wristed feelm crit-teeks throw a blue snit. 28 Days Later has no amazing special effects, very little stunt work and no big name ahk-tors emoting It’s not even truly a film; it’s shot on DV (digital video). Yet, this gritty little British B-movie is smarter and more entertaining than almost anything coming out of Hollyweird (okay; the “smarter” part wasn’t all that difficult). George Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) would be proud. Much of the under-30 crowd will compare 28 Days Later to The Stand, but what they don’t know is that even The Stand owed a lot to the granddaddy of all the Virus-Created-Zombies flicks, The Omega Man. In fact, 28 Days Later is The Omega Man even down to the salt-n-pepper love story intertwined – the only difference is the totally gay-sounding British accents. And I have one burning question about zombies … why are there never any vegetarian zombies? (snip) The rest is at the URL above, and is utterly hilarious.[:D] |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 8:15:10 AM EDT
[#32]
Quoted: Considering the budget it was made for it wasn't too bad. The alternative endings on the DVD were interesting. Sure it had some story weaknesses but it was a zombie movie after all. Worth a rental, not necessarily worth a purchase. I must say that since I've been using Netflix I've saved a ton of money watching movies that I might have bought. I've also had the opportunity to watch a ton of movies. At the cost of one purchase a month I can watch as many as I can. Ditto on everything above re:netflix. It saves alot of money and effort with renting. 28 days was a good rental flick. Not worth buying but very interesting. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 11:36:56 AM EDT
[#33]
Just for the record, they were not zombies. They were infected living creatures.
edit: I thought the movie was pretty good but disappointed because I think they could have made the story a little better. The movie just did not seem to flow real well to me. |
|
|
|
Posted: 1/2/2004 11:46:18 AM EDT
[#34]
[url]http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/28DaysLater-1123236/[/url]
|
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
