When I fall in love with a movie I tend to overstate it's effect on me. The mark of a great movie is one that the minute it's over I want to see again. Many times I actually just sit through the film again to make sure it was as good as I thought it was.
When 28 Weeks later ended I was amazed at what I saw. Another mark of a great film is that it hits you on different levels and I was knocked back on many fronts. The following is a brief list of themes this film addresses: Love, marriage, children, family, deceit, cowardice, rage, arrogance, war (from both a soldier's perspective and from the people who are being occupied.), human nature, man's place in the world.
The director wraps these themes around characters and stories with such an expert touch that I forgot that my original intent was to see a zombie movie. After the first twenty minutes I felt I was at Cannes watching the arrival of an amazing new director.
When I see something that strikes me I usually start to tone done my enthusiasm after a short days. A film like this is a film nerds dream come true, it allows me to go back and look at the directors previous work and to compare his future work to see his growth as an artist.
1 comment:
I saw 28 days later and I loved it very much. It is one of my favorites. I was a fan of the music and I especially liked the 3 different endings. After I have heard some rather poor reviews about 23 weeks, how would you compare this movie? I still will probably see it, just not sure when.
RJ -Engl 444
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