The End…
…is very fucking nigh.
Just got in from the 28 Weeks Later premiere. Jesus, it’s intense. It lulls you into a false sense of security which you know can’t last long… and then it just pulls you along, pulls you pulls you pulls you and you don’t really want to go there, but it takes you there and you scrunch yourself up in a ball and peer through your fingers while the whole world falls apart in front of your eyes.
It’s different than the first one – different story, different characters, different writer, different director – but it’s definitely an equal. And the vision of London is just amazing… The cast is brilliant, ‘the kids’ in particular were excellent. It’s definitely worth seeing (and I must point out that I’m *not* doing any marketing for it :) when it opens on May 11.
We got out of the film – all equally shaken and thrilled by it. Then Brian and I, for some reason, were whisked out the back (to avoid the paparazzi, of course *ahem*) into a Merc and driven to the party. I had a lovely time chatting to various people (was rather excited to see several ‘Sunshine‘ people there), Brian had to leave early to get the train to Cambridge. I ended up only having one drink… but it was a pretty one… and just before I left I think Harold Perrineau may have been flirting with me…
And don’t bother going to the 28WL website. It’s shit. Too slow, toooooo slow. You can’t find anything worth looking at. The videos don’t play properly. Rubbishy Flashwank bollocks.
Oh, for fuck’s sake! Now I *know* I’m going to be terrified (it’s that whole way you described being curled up and peering through your fingers)! Did you see the trailer beforehand? It scared me to death. I think if I hadn’t been a fan of the first I wouldn’t even be thinking about seeing this, but now I’ve just got to watch it. I hope I’m brave enough to actually see part of it instead of hiding the whole time!
I spent a large part of the film with my hands up to my face ready to cover it… :) I saw the first one in Manchester and came out of the cinema looking for infected everywhere… But last night I came out and was stunned that London was alive… The worst thing will be riding the Tube. For months after 28DL I’d be on the Tube and think ‘What if it happened now when we’re all trapped’… You really get a sense of that in 28 Weeks Later. And it’s not nice.
You lead such a glamorous life!!
From reading a summary of the plot I was wondering if parallels can be drawn between Alien (28 days later) and Aliens (28 weeks later)?
28 Weeks Later has not yet been released over here; it opens May 11th.
I’m starting to get used to it, I guess, but since when has the US been dead-ass last in getting to see the hottest movies?
It’s not opened here either. It opens the same day everywhere- 11th of May… Brian and I were invited to the premiere which was lovely as we had bloody all to do with 28WL… but it was great fun nonetheless!
Caught 28 Weeks last night at the Sci-Fi London festival screening….
Terrifying, awesome film….
Admittedly, (and this is, I suppose, a downside of what I do for a living) I did spend more of the film thinking about how they did the effects, but that didn’t stop it from being an enjoyable film.
There’s definately something about foreign directors making films about the UK…. I watched Children of Men on friday, again, a great (if a little different from 28 Weeks) film about a slightly future, somewhat scary version of the country.
Incidentally, it is, isn’t it, you in this photo (apologies if that link doesn’t work – I’m going to assume that some HTML is okay in comments… I was flicking through a friend’s photos on facebook and came across some from the 28 Weeks premiere. (The friend in question, Ben, works for Toledo Productions, who work out of the same office as DNA Films)
Ha! Yea, that’s totally me!
Just saw the film last night, and while I liked it I didn’t think it was as good as the first. There were what I felt were some glaring plot holes, and I felt betrayed by the ending. I remember Mr. Boyle saying he changed the ending of the first one because he didn’t feel it was right not to give the audience any hope after what they had been through, and this movie for me did not have that. I’m not talking about the suggestion of a sequel, but rather the radio call at the end. I’m sorry if this isn’t clear, but I really don’t want to ruin the end any more then I have.
I will still suggest that everyone I know go see this however. It was a great thrill, and the children were incredible!