No mention of '28 Days Later?'

Loud & Clear
Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
edited November 2003 in Music & Movies
Not going to give a big review or anything like that.

I loved it. It's not a hot soundtrack, but it's dynamic, so crank it and scare the **** out of yourself. I ran it at -12 on me Denon 2802 and horrified myself with some really dynamic blasts of fear. Fine flick if you're into scary movies.

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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited October 2003
    Good deal! Thanks for the heads up.

    I've been reading alot of reviews on this one and all have said it's a really good horror movie. Kind of plays out like Night of & Dawn of the Dead movies, only slicker.

    Been debating on getting it, so I think I will. I'll post my 2 cents when I watch it.


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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2003
    Yea it is a good buy. Scary, not super gory....classic horror type movie IMO. I love this theme of movie. It reminded me of Night of the Comet, but without the cheese. My only question is, why wouldnt the first thing you look for NOT be a gun?


    Wrong Turn is also a great movie, better thatn 28 Days IMO. And it has inbred rednecks in it!!! Whats not to love?? That's all I will say.
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited October 2003
    Good call on 'Wrong Turn,' that was a fine horror film, too.

    Two Channel Setup:

    Speakers: Wharfedale Opus 2-3
    Integrated Amp: Krell S-300i
    DAC: Arcam irDac
    Source: iMac
    Remote Control: iPad Mini

    3.2 Home Theater Setup:

    Fronts: Klipsch RP-160M
    Center: Klipsch RP-160M
    Subwoofer: SVS PB12NSD (X 2)
    AVR: Yamaha Aventage RX-A2030
    Blu Ray: Sony BDP-S790
    TV Source: DirecTV Genie
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  • begbie
    begbie Posts: 630
    edited October 2003
    Had a chance to see it at theatres. Probably one of the true gems in this past summer of sequels and over the top action movies.

    As much as I liked it, I'm gonna pass on buying it. Horror/thriller flicks I find have only so much replay value. Definitely worth the rental or for the genre lover.
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited October 2003
    Final Destination 1&2 were also very good Not scary in the sence of fear but very good movies with suprizes.

    Dave
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited October 2003
    28 days later is a great flick. i had the reg 2 dvd of it months before it even hit the theaters here in the U.S...
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  • Polk-a-nizer
    Polk-a-nizer Posts: 225
    edited October 2003
    Have'nt seen "28 Days" yet but I wasted my time and money to see "House of the Dead" and.. OH MY FRICKEN GOD! What the hell were they thinking. That rotating camera rip was lame as hell. And what was up with that 30sec. flashback set to techno music? LAME! Now on the other hand "Wrong Turn" kicked major ****. On top of that....lots of hot chicks in it. Eliza Dushku anyone?;) This movie was gory and freaky. Is it just me or did that "skinny" rednecks "laugh" give you the "heeby jeebie" also? Hear it in my nightmares now. And in DTS it really creeps you out. "Final Destination 2" on the Infinifilm DVD was major cool. Watching the death sequences frame by frame was great. You could barely notice the transittion from real to spec. effects. Awesome movie! I give it..... 2 zombie thumbs up!:D
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited October 2003
    I watched 28 Days Later and Wrong Turn this weekend since Halloween is near. IMHO, Wrong Turn was the better movie. Plus I just could not get enough of Eliza Dushku as she's worth the price of the DVD alone!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2003
    I told my wife that if Eliza Dushku came knocking on the door....I am outta here.

    She laughed and said "Haul **** ****", then it wasn't so funny anymore.... :(
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited November 2003
    The wife and I just finished 28 Days Later, I was expecting a really lousy hack and slash film. I was surprised! Not as much hack and slash as I was prepared for. The plot was actually pretty good, it reminded me of "The Omega Man" (Charleton Heston). The ending was a little surprising, but still pretty cool. I don't think I'll buy it, but it was definetly worth the rental fee. 4 stars out of a possible 5.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2003
    I thought of Omega Man also, guess were showing our age. I really did enjoy this movie, watched it on Haloween. Felt it had good PQ and OK sound track. I thought the acting was very good, especially, since I was not expecting much.

    Very Good film, my 25 yr old son was really into it. Wife headed to her room and her Tivo after 20 min, she is scared of scary movies, go figure!!!!!!!!!!
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited November 2003
    thought 28 days was a great movie the EYES the only image that stuck with me woke up the next morning and that was all i could see..
    one word: creepy
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited November 2003
    i actually didn't like this movie, but i guess its mainly for reason that i don't like horror movies in general.

    i can put on hold disbelief of ghosts/zombies/monsters to watch a horror movie but i get VERY annoyed with the completely unrealistic actions of the human characters in horror films, and this movie was FULL of them. i guess some people like to laugh at characters in movies like this and say "now who in their right mind would do that???" but it just pisses me off.

    like for instance the scene where they stop to get gas at that old abandoned gas station. after barely escaping with his life numerous times up to this point and knowing full well that there are these "zombies" that are out to kill him everywhere, he decides "hmmmm... let me go inside this DARK, OLD gas station, ALONE, and poke around the dead bodies"

    any person with half a brain after experiencing everything he had been through would NEVER do that. i just get the feeling scenes like that are "forced" into the screenplay just to make more action.
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