28 Weeks Later

[andygates]

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[splinister.livejournal.com]

Great poster. Looking at the writer-director credits I'm rather dubious about this one. It could be a triumph of marketing over content.

Still... you never know...

[andygates.livejournal.com]

It's a zombie movie. The bar's pretty damn low :)

Anyway it's reminded me to go over my plans for zombie apocalypse, which are outdated since we moved from the house on the hill.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

...or make your own zombiis...

[justoneway.livejournal.com]

The director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, directed Intacto.
That film is a modern art house classic.

[splinister.livejournal.com]

Yes, I looked at the credits of those involved.

Art house directors do no always translate well to horror, especially to the sub-genre Zombie flick.

Yet, as I said... "you never know." It could be great fun and highly entertaining. I always try to keep an open mind about these things.

However, above all, it's a sequel. We're talking about the law of diminishing returns here.

I think Andy has it right when he says the bar is low.

Speaking of low bars, Andy have you seen the trailer of the New _Resident Evil_ movie?: (http://63.250.192.43/pub06root4/pub06share16/yahoomovies/0/33747632.mov?StreamID=33747632&b=c9sj7792hinb745dbd700&CG_ID=1556965)

Mad Max meets Milla Jovovich (nice duds!). I thought the second flick sucked, but the trailer for this one makes me interested again. But, the RE films have always had good trailers. I'll try and be charitable about this one despite its previous incarnation.

"Agador! Spartacus! Agador Spartacus!"

[thudthwacker.livejournal.com]

It's a zombie movie. The bar's pretty damn low :)

Nay! Nay, I say! We must not accept sub-par zombie goodness. What's that line from "The Birdcage"? Ah:

"Look, this may be a drag show, but it still has to be a good drag show, if possible a great drag show. "

Re: "Agador! Spartacus! Agador Spartacus!"

[andygates.livejournal.com]

To which I say: Rob Zombie's skit in Grindhouse: Werewolf Women of the SS. See, that's where the bar is set. Low enough that to limbo under it invites exploitationist camera angles.

Upskirt undead. It's the next big thing, mark my words.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the heads-up. I have a confession: I'm a Milla Jovovich fan. I really liked her in Fifth Element and I thought she was grand in Joan of Arc. She's got a way of flicking between fragile and ass-kicking that I really like and buckets of intensity; her acting's more European than American - more Beatrice Dalle and Anne Parrilaud. So I'm looking forward tons to Resident Evil: Extinction (actually chilling title, too - crumbs).



Never piss off a Ukranian mutant supermodel with a machete. And in case you come into hand-to-hand combat with her, "Milla is left-handed (but she plays guitar and shoots right-handed)" - so now you know.

On a geekier note, it's interesting to see the Resident Evil franchise move from Raccoon City into the real world. But on a global scale you can't make up every location! Nice how the trailer pans upward to the Umbrella Corporation satellite to give fans that "oh, shit" feeling.

[splinister.livejournal.com]

That's hardly a confession Andy. ;)

Most men I know like her.

I think she's a decent actress, actually.

[ehutch.livejournal.com]

Shows how out of it we are in deepest, darkest zummerzet... There was me thinking it might be a review of your tri training - obviously not...

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Tri zombies...