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The main attraction for me is simply getting the steel at a sane price.It was on BBC 3 or 4 again last night and a 4k upscale would do it no favours. Cancelled my order on a rewatch, time has not been kind to this one.
It is quite dark, as in macabre gruesome. Not from a zombie perspective either. It's the behaviour of a group of remaining human inhabitants of the mainland that the story follows. Just as an fyi, as my partner wasn't expecting that and didn't like it.
Jack O'Connell's character in particular is just bizzarely played. You got a hint of it at the end of 28YL, but it just gets more bizzare. Not badly acted as such (if you like him, as he essentially always plays "himself" in films. Forever the jack the lad Cook from skins), but it was like a halfway take on a Schizophrenic. As if Sony asked him to dial it back for the mainstream. The same could be said for all of his group's behaviour. Stops one step short of actual crazed post apocalyptic antics we've seen in other films. Which is an odd choice, given this one is an 18.
I preferred 28YL, even though that didn't go the way most fans wanted, but as I said, the end promotes high hopes for part 3.
I thought it was a weird plot for this series. Not bad as such, just odd. The ending was a decent payoff for me thankfully.Watched it tonight, really liked it. Preferred last year's movie but still enjoyed this one... And yeah, the ending got me real pumped for the next installment.
I wouldn't, that's all he writes, basically, and as we know from the extras on 28 Days Later, the original concept was pretty horrible, and the movie was saved from his 'writing', and was basically a fluke it turned out well...Well, alex garland apparently still wrote it, which surprised me given the weak and meandering plot

I've never actually watched the 28DL extras tbf, and my experience of Garland written films are rather postive...I wouldn't, that's all he writes, basically, and as we know from the extras on 28 Days Later, the original concept was pretty horrible, and the movie was saved from his 'writing', and was basically a fluke it turned out well...![]()
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I know, right? A bizzare statement. Sunshine, Ex Machina and Annihilation are some of the best sci-fi thrillers of the last 20 years imo. Civil War and Warfare are also great contemporary war films. His novel for the beach is also excellent.Garland is not a poor writer. Far from it![]()
It definitely felt like a 1.5 rather than a full sequel... Like they had the story plotted out but then realised it was too big, so chopped it into the 2 movies.I thought it was a weird plot for this series. Not bad as such, just odd. The ending was a decent payoff for me thankfully.
Yeah. I feel like 28YL and the upcoming sequel were the proper entries (kinda telling, as boyle directs both), and bone temple was more like a 1.5 spin off to cash in a bit until the 3rd was made (also kinda telling given the tiny 7 month release gap).It definitely felt like a 1.5 rather than a full sequel... Like they had the story plotted out but then realised it was too big, so chopped it into the 2 movies.
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Yeah. I feel like 28YL and the upcoming sequel were the proper entries (kinda telling, as boyle directs both), and bone temple was more like a 1.5 spin off to cash in a bit until the 3rd was made (also kinda telling given the tiny 7 month release gap).
The final sequence from bone temple could have quite literally been a post credit from 28YL with no real need for a gap to be filled to keep continuity. There’s likely nothing in bone temple that'll be particularly relevant to the final entry, other than howmetSpike.girl Jimmy
What about what? Lol think you missed your spoiler?Really? What about...
Really? What about...
Samson? His story could become fairly pivotal, should they wish to follow it up...
Fixed the spoilerWhat about what? Lol think you missed your spoiler?

True, and while it would make logical sense to follow-up on such a pivotal advancement in the status of the infection, but in true sequel spin-off fashion it wouldn't surprise me at all if it wasn't mentioned. I'd expect the final part to mainly focus onReally? What about...
Samson? His story could become fairly pivotal, should they wish to follow it up...
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I don't know what happened to my spoiler there @samdavies, or how Noodles retrieved it... But yeah, that! Surely they can't leave that dangling... No pun intended... Y'know, cos of his massive dong 
That dong was excessive tbfI don't know what happened to my spoiler there @samdavies, or how Noodles retrieved it... But yeah, that! Surely they can't leave that dangling... No pun intended... Y'know, cos of his massive dong
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Felt the same, dunno how it got such positive reviews.God this film was a mess. Was proper looking forward to it after 28 years which was amazing all around. This was just so jarring.
How can 2 films from a series made back to back feel like 2 completely different universes and franchises? Boyle with 28 years made this incredibly visual and beautiful film with interesting shots and cinematography, camera work and trippy ethereal images and this just has zero of that. Even technically, How was it not even filmed the same way? So strange. Even with Samson on morphine looking up at the moon, where’s the cool visuals?
I enjoyed some moments and Jack O’Connell as usual was great even though he just didn’t make sense or go full throttle to what that character is supposed to be but even the lad who plays Spike who held his own against Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jodie comer and Fiennes was completely in the background of this. And where the f**k was Aaron Taylor Johnson? He’s so f**king good in the last one.
Seeing Cillian was awesome but now I’m going to be p!ssed if the third isn’t made even though this was pretty sh!t. Well, I liked it to a degree but it felt so weird and out of place and even pointless at times. When that original music kicked in at the end though that made my hairs stand up
One thing that stuck out for me was the soundtrack. Wasn’t expecting that and was pretty cool. It’s about the 6th film I’ve heard Radiohead - Everything in its right place in! (worked better in Vanilla Sky and The Creator though).
Yeah just disappointed because of how much I loved 28 Years later. There no way this is the better film lol.