Thoughtful and Terrifying | 28 Days Later [Blu-ray]

Lousy Picture Explained, but What about the Lousy Sound? | 28 Days Later [Blu-ray] | Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani

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	• 28 Days Later [Blu-ray] Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani 20th Century Fox, 2007 average customer review:based on 767 reviews view larger image
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Thinker's Horror

If you didn't like this movie, that's too bad, especially because that means you just cannot see a good movie even if it were to hit you in the face. The problem with this movie is that the zombies in the movie provide more of a backstory for the movie and the things that are happening.

Instead, what you get is a really smart and intelligent movie with a very good twist at the end that does actually make much better use of the zombies. Some of the images are praise-worthy as well, especially of the horses, the "bright sunny day" over the typical "doom-and-gloom" feel of most horror movies and just an odd soundtrack that, while it doesn't seem to fit in a horror movie only makes it that much creepier.

If you want a bloodbath, watch the sequel, 28 Weeks Later, which is much more intense, bloody, and violent, but just as intelligent and well made, with many hailing it as an on par sequel, a rarity in movies, especially.

If you like horror movies or intelligent movies, this movie is indeed a must-see, similar to, say, Rosemary's Baby, which is hardly scary at all.

*****5 stars*****

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Thoughtful and Terrifying

Danny Boyle frightens and provokes in this Sci-Fi/horror/Armageddon thriller.

What if you woke up and everyone in London was gone? You are all alone in one of the most bustling cities in the entire world ...? Pretty scary. Now imagine finding out how that came to be ...? Also terrifying. Like a Lovecraft tale of terror, Boyle takes us on an adventure for truth and survival with the excellent Cillian Murphy.

Apocalyptic story lovers will not be disappointed with this film.

Highly recommend!

Lousy Picture Explained, but What about the Lousy Sound?

Most of the other reviews on this Blu-ray release discuss and explain why the picture quality is considerably less than what we expect from high definition. I'll go along with that.

More annoying to me are the constant extremes in the sound track. There are any number of hushed conversations that I can't even hear, so I don't know what they're saying. Then a door will close and it's frighteningly loud, way beyond any half-way realistic sound mixing.

I was obliged to ride the volume control constantly, upping it to try (sometimes in vain) to hear the dialogue, downing it frantically when the sound would suddenly screech off the screen at me. I found this really obnoxious and amateurish in effect. The video may have been originally stylized such that hi def adds nothing to the experience, but there's no excuse for the wild mismatching of the sound effects, music and dialogue.

I like the movie very much though, and I'm looking forward now to watching 28 Weeks Later in Blu-ray, particularly after reading other reviews here that mention how good the sequel looks in hi def. I'm hoping the sound will be better, too.

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Could have been a GREAT movie, turned out OK

"28 Days Later" could have been a great movie! Other reviews have covered the plot lines, so I'm not going to rehash them here. This movie had a lot going for it, including a strong plot, good actors, decent effects, and interesting twists. Where it fell down was in the editing and roundabout storytelling. In short, the movie was disjointed and just too long.

Only recommended for fans of the genre. The squeal, 28 Weeks Later (Widescreen Edition), is actual a better movie and worth seeing if you like this one.

Excellent movie

If you like zombie movies then this is a must have in your movie collection. I like all things Blu-ray so I chose to replace my DVD version with this one for the HD look.

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Hailed as the most frightening film since The Exorcist acclaimed Director Danny Boyle's visionary take on zombie horror "isn't just scary it's absolutely terrifying" (Access Hollywood).An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room in a vacant hospital in a deserted city. A powerful virus which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive unaware that the worst is yet to come System Requirements:Running Time: 113 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: HORROR/ZOMBIES Rating: R UPC: 024543468172 Manufacturer No: 2246817

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