How about 28 Weeks later or 28 days later...... Any one like them..

[cyberwolf]

Coming from me i really did like them very from some other zombie movies i seen....... But so what dose everyone think about them to movies....

[Frallon]

The first one i adored, i wouldn't call it a zombie movie (more like just a post-apocalyptic film), but the first ones very well liked by me. Excellent cinematography, very well to do dialog, the entire first act is flawless to me.

[DarthJoe8]

Not a zombie movie like TPAM mentioned but good movie none the less. :eat: The first one is awesome but the second one had to many stupid plot devices for my taste...good gore and kills and stuff, but kinda stupid when compared to the first one.

NaZSquad was here...:drinking:

[Victor Clark]

I thought they were both great zombie-like movies (I want to say zombie movies, but I don't want to be marauded with posts about how they're "not"). 28 Days Later was really suspensful and artistic, and really had the story movie the terror instead of the other way around. And 28 Weeks Later had tons of great action and gore (the opening scene alone was worth my ticket!), as well as some awesome views of a London after the first infection.

[UNDEAD FRED]

Both great zombie like movies. I liked 28 Days Later better, butt the first part of 28 Days later was better than 28 Weeks Later, and the 2nd half of 28 Weeks Later was better than 28 Days Later. The zombie like infected were scarey in 28 Days Later., but they were not really in 28 Weeks later.

[dead and loving it]

I'd say that 28 Day Later is one of my favorite "not quite zombie" movies. 28 weeks was pretty good too, but to me it doesn't quite live up to the first one.

[Dogg Thang]

I very much enjoyed 28 Days Later, though thought it was far from perfect. The acting of the young girl really let it down I felt and the last third really didn't sit right with me. Going from the opening in the city, it almost felt like the movie went in reverse, getting less and less impressive.

And that section brought the soldiers, who didn't ring true to me at all. We all know soldiers are capable of some really nasty things. You only have to keep up with the news to know that. But, even with that in mind, with these soldiers from the green and pleasant lands to be raping kids after less than a month didn't seem quite right. I could probably buy it if they had been set up better but they felt like a plot device more than actual people.

I was very pleasantly surprised by 28 Weeks Later too. As DarthJoe says, there are some very stupid plot devices and the choices some of the main characters make go well beyond any believability. But, trying to look past that, it is quite an intense action/horror with some really great sequences in it.

I enjoy both. As everyone points out, zombie movies they ain't. But they're still good fun movies. I do think had 28 Days Later come to a slightly better conclusion, it would have been an absolute work of genius.

[BarnabusBlackoak]

when is 28 MONTHS LATER coming out ?

[DarthJoe8]

And that section brought the soldiers, who didn't ring true to me at all. We all know soldiers are capable of some really nasty things. You only have to keep up with the news to know that. But, even with that in mind, with these soldiers from the green and pleasant lands to be raping kids after less than a month didn't seem quite right. I could probably buy it if they had been set up better but they felt like a plot device more than actual people.


I agree 100% here. That really bothered me also. Raping kids after a few weeks. :x Stupid...and disappointing. I would love to see a movie where the military actually did the right thing and saved the day...instead we get rapists and barbarians and thief's oh my!!

Also the breakdown in military communication I found odd. No UK navel ships were around to radio to land units that the entire world didn't disappear?? :loon:

Ho-hum...still good stuff....:eat:

[DarthJoe8]

Both great zombie like movies. I liked 28 Days Later better, butt the first part of 28 Days later was better than 28 Weeks Later, and the 2nd half of 28 Weeks Later was better than 28 Days Later. The zombie like infected were scarey in 28 Days Later., but they were not really in 28 Weeks later.

There you go again...."zombie like"!! What the F is "zombie like"?? They either are or the aren't!! :lol:

[Zombie_215]

Call me crazy, but I didn't care for 28 Days Later, but 28 Weeks later was awesome!

I don't care for the "zombie-like or "not quite zombie" tags, zombies are reanimated bodies. Rage virus victims are living people!

[Creeping Death]

I absolutely love both movies.

28 Days Later is scarier.
28 Weeks has more action.

So I can't decide which one is better, but who cares?
They're both amazing.
:guns:

[Stankynuts]

I like 28 days later because they all look like real people with inperfect skin and such instead of blemish free barbie and ken dolls in most hollywood movies

[IMPYEMU]

28 Days Later was a fantastic movie. It was well made and entertaining. It's a movie you can appreciate. 28 Weeks Later was more of a bloody action movie to fool around w/ but not really a movie you could appreciate. Hopefully Boyle's return will save 28 Months Later from a similiar fate.

[UNDEAD FRED]

There you go again...."zombie like"!! What the F is "zombie like"?? They either are or the aren't!! :lol:

You were telling me how much you liked the spiderman zombies in the Day remake, if you can say those are zombies, and you did, then Rage victims are zombies in my book!

[DarthJoe8]

You were telling me how much you liked the spiderman zombies in the Day remake, if you can say those are zombies, and you did, then Rage victims are zombies in my book!

What?? Did you get some bad smoke??:lol:

[Dave Of The Dead]

28 Days Later will always be one of my favorite zombie flicks of all time. 28 Weeks Later, however, will never capture the horror and realism that the first portrayed. Ever notice that a scary movie becomes LESS scary when they use shitty camera angles and shaky shots? Just like James bond became less intriguing when they started doing the same thing for action sequences. The viewer will always become psychologically involved with a movie they like, so this new film style is not needed and instead draws the viewer away to try and focus more than needed on what is happening... I'm sorry, I just analyzed the photography instead of the movie. 28 Days > 28 Weeks. There.

[DarthJoe8]

28 Days Later will always be one of my favorite zombie flicks of all time.

:doh:Dave, Dave, Dave......:roll:

[UNDEAD FRED]

:drinking:28 Days Later will always be one of my favorite zombie flicks of all time.

Right on homeboy, you know whatz what.:drinking:

[DarthJoe8]

:drinking:

Right on homeboy, you know whatz what.:drinking:


He must have gotten the bad smoke like you did...:lol:

[UNDEAD FRED]

He must have gotten the bad smoke like you did...:lol:

Just the opposite, got some bubonic chronic. Doesnt matter anyway when the calender hits 9-09-09 then you tell me if they are zombies or not.:loon:

[DarthJoe8]

Just the opposite, got some bubonic chronic. Doesnt matter anyway when the calender hits 9-09-09 then you tell me if they are zombies or not.:loon:

:lol: Like I said in the other forum, I hope they're rage infected sick people cause living sick people are easier to kill then dead reanimated corpses i.e zombies!! :guns:

[detpat]

loved the film [first half of the first one] but still no zombies!

[Creeping Death]

Just the opposite, got some bubonic chronic. Doesnt matter anyway when the calender hits 9-09-09 then you tell me if they are zombies or not.:loon:

Whats up with that?
I've never heard of anything happening on 9-9-09....
I hate how people always want shit to happen on certain days.
:x

[UNDEAD FRED]

Whats up with that?
I've never heard of anything happening on 9-9-09....
I hate how people always want shit to happen on certain days.
:x

The end is extremly nigh!

[Subgenius]

You were telling me how much you liked the spiderman zombies in the Day remake, if you can say those are zombies, and you did, then Rage victims are zombies in my book!

Rage Virus Infected are still alive.

Zombies are undead. They are people that died and came back to life.

All the best zombie movies usually have the word "dead" in the title.

It's a not to subtle hint that the zombies are dead.

[Dogg Thang]

I'm a bit of a zombie purist but when it comes to Dawn 2004 'zombies' versus 28 Days Later infected, the dead aspect of the former is little more than a technicality. They are nigh-on identical aside from speed of infection.

But then, as far as I'm concerned, zombies don't run so I think the things in Dawn 2004 need a different term.

That's one reason I'd commend those involved in 28 Days Later by making the infected their own. Very obviously inspired by zombies but they went in their own direction with the idea and, for me, it pretty much worked.

[ZombieWill]

I thought the 28 Days Later was a well made film. (I'm still amazed it was shot with Canon XL-1s!) However, I think the film got weaker by the time they reached the military in the mansion. I am okay with adding the "human flaw" element, but sometimes I just want to watch the humans run in terror. I have yet to watch 28 Weeks Later. I own it, but still haven't watched it. I understand there was some novel approaches to the photography direction.

[Subgenius]

I'm a bit of a zombie purist but when it comes to Dawn 2004 'zombies' versus 28 Days Later infected, the dead aspect of the former is little more than a technicality. They are nigh-on identical aside from speed of infection.

But then, as far as I'm concerned, zombies don't run so I think the things in Dawn 2004 need a different term.

That's one reason I'd commend those involved in 28 Days Later by making the infected their own. Very obviously inspired by zombies but they went in their own direction with the idea and, for me, it pretty much worked.

I can agree for the most part. But, I think that 28D/WL based itself more on The Crazies (1972) than on any zombie films in general.

[zombieslayer11]

although the movies are entertaining, i would classify them as "Infected" then actual "zombies".

there are accouple key differences that make my case:
1) they can be killed like any normal human [I.E. not needing a headshot]
2) They don't require human flesh (yes, they do bite, but thats a natural reaction to "fight or flight" in any animal)
3) infected act more like rabid animals, rather then zombies
4) they run, although frightning to think about, is not exactly what i call a zombie
5) the're still alive, there body functions still work.
6) they can starve to death

although, i like the infected about as much as zombies, so don't think im sandbagging all you 28 day fans out there, i love the movie, but its just not a zombie movie.

[Subgenius]

although the movies are entertaining, i would classify them as "Infected" then actual "zombies".

there are accouple key differences that make my case:
1) they can be killed like any normal human [I.E. not needing a headshot]
2) They don't require human flesh (yes, they do bite, but thats a natural reaction to "fight or flight" in any animal)
3) infected act more like rabid animals, rather then zombies
4) they run, although frightning to think about, is not exactly what i call a zombie
5) the're still alive, there body functions still work.
6) they can starve to death

although, i like the infected about as much as zombies, so don't think im sandbagging all you 28 day fans out there, i love the movie, but its just not a zombie movie.

I agree. I would add that the Rage Virus also has a super-PCP effect on the Infected. This would explain a lot of how the Infected are able to take a lot of physical damage, even loss of limbs, and still keep coming for the most part. They do have a limit in that regard. They also starve to death, which says that most, if not all, of their bodily functions are operational (unlike a true zombie, which is dead).

[Steve P]

I would add that the Rage Virus also has a super-PCP effect on the Infected.

As an aside, that whole PCP thing is a myth, apparently. There's a wonderful section on how people behave on being shot in David Simon's (the man who created The Wire) book 'Homicide'.

[Subgenius]

As an aside, that whole PCP thing is a myth, apparently. There's a wonderful section on how people behave on being shot in David Simon's (the man who created The Wire) book 'Homicide'.

Yeah, but you still get what I mean, right? The Rage Virus Infected have a super-charged level of anger that supersedes their ability to feel or react to a great deal of pain.

[zombieslayer11]

Yeah, but you still get what I mean, right? The Rage Virus Infected have a super-charged level of anger that supersedes their ability to feel or react to a great deal of pain.

yeah, i know what you mean. anger increases adrenaline, and increases strength and tolarance to pain...its kindof like how in a fight, you don't feel the hits you take until after the fight's over and you calm down, only thing the infected can't do is calm down.

[UNDEAD FRED]

He must have gotten the bad smoke like you did...:lol:

Are you my daddy?

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/LONERANGERZOMBIE/9J.jpg

[Steve P]

Yeah, but you still get what I mean, right? The Rage Virus Infected have a super-charged level of anger that supersedes their ability to feel or react to a great deal of pain.

Yes, sorry. I get your point.

[NeonBlack]

I liked 28 days later, but it didn't stand out enough to inspire me to see 28 weeks later. I might catch it on DVD sometime.

[Subgenius]

I liked 28 days later, but it didn't stand out enough to inspire me to see 28 weeks later. I might catch it on DVD sometime.

28WL is a good movie. It's not great, but worth seeing. IMO, the opening scene is worth the money to see it. The "Don Abandons Alice" scene has intense music and fast-paced action.

[SWAT Zombie]

BUMP

Liked them both but I have to go with 28 Weeks Later as the better. Liked Days, loved Weeks. This and Dawn04 would have to be my two favourite zombie movies. :drinking::clap:

[krucial]

There you go again...."zombie like"!! What the F is "zombie like"?? They either are or the aren't!!

Explanation of "zombie like": Zombie similarites.

maybe someone should create an "allthingsnon-zombie" forum.....sheesh

Dood, the zombie genre is evolving, either go with it or take that path we just passed

[DarthJoe8]

Explanation of "zombie like": Zombie similarites. Similar but not really....:) got it.

maybe someone should create an "allthingsnon-zombie" forum.....sheesh This place is called "allthingszombie" not "allthingssimilartozombies". Geezzz :doh:

Dood, the zombie genre is evolving, either go with it or take that path we just passedEvolving is one thing, changing the entire genre into something else is another thing. Like for example on your website you have a bunch of movies that are listed as zombies but clearly aren't. For example, you have "the Last Man on Earth, Bubba Ho-Tep and Evil Dead all listed as zombie movies. The first one is a vampire movie, the second one is a mummy movie and the third one is demon possession, what's the point in misidentifying these or any other movies? :think:

[Fawkes]

I felt and the last third really didn't sit right with me. Going from the opening in the city, it almost felt like the movie went in reverse, getting less and less impressive.

Completely agree with you, I love the first "three quarters" of the film they were brilliant, but as they hit the mansion I feel it let it down abit.

And 28 weeks later, Subgenius says it all - worth seeing but not a great movie.

Oh and im with DarthJoe, They're infected not zombies :D

[krucial]

For example, you have "the Last Man on Earth, Bubba Ho-Tep and Evil Dead all listed as zombie movies. The first one is a vampire movie, the second one is a mummy movie and the third one is demon possession, what's the point in misidentifying these or any other movies?

Again, I am just going by some list I ran into and others around. There are movies in there that I have not yet seen and very difficult to watch them all. I know there are non-zombie movies there and hopefully some day I'll finish organizing them. Every time I look one up, I dig up others and so it goes on. Now, if you want to help clear things up just let me know.

But, there has to be a way or method to categorize each one? If you have any ideas bust them out. For now, I will just go chasing anything with the word "zombie" in it.....

I know others have rated movies but not exactly what im talking about

[max]

Completely agree with you, I love the first "three quarters" of the film they were brilliant, but as they hit the mansion I feel it let it down abit.

And 28 weeks later, Subgenius says it all - worth seeing but not a great movie.

Oh and im with DarthJoe, They're infected not zombies :D

Yeah the first three quarters of 28 days later were brilliant! Just hate when they meet up with the soldiers and go to the mansion. Why, Why, Why did this have to happen? It would of been awesome if they would of just kept exploring the city. That would of been so much more interesting. I like when people move around a lot in a zombie film and not stay still for to long so we can see more of what places look like after a zombie attack. I guess that is why I liked the first three quarters of 28 days later so much. The tunnel and gas station with the zombie kid scene was awesome!

[SWAT Zombie]

I actually liked when they met up with the soldiers. I thought we might be in for some good zombie slaying action. The scene when they were defending against the infected charging the mansion was awesome. I was very disappointed to find out that the soldiers were a bunch of child molesting psycho rapists though. Still, Jim and the zombie captive on the leash did some nice damage to the bastards and once I got over the soldiers being the shits they were I thought that bit was pretty cool.
Overall I think Days was a little too light on the zombie action for my tastes but Weeks definitely made up for that. Doyle was very cool and so was zombie daddy. How incredibly nasty was the scene where he killed his wife? The mass infection in that large crowd who were locked in by the military was fantastic. How freaky was that scene? They way people were turning and the red eyed, bleeding faces in the crowd biting and mauling. Love it.

[Zombie Cerebral Cortex]

there are accouple key differences that make my case:
1) they can be killed like any normal human [I.E. not needing a headshot]
2) They don't require human flesh (yes, they do bite, but thats a natural reaction to "fight or flight" in any animal)
3) infected act more like rabid animals, rather then zombies
4) they run, although frightning to think about, is not exactly what i call a zombie
5) the're still alive, there body functions still work.
6) they can starve to death

.



I thank you for posting this.
I don't know why people are still going on about this.
As for the term "zombie like" or any other term like such. I do not see a problem with them. I mean come on. If it is like a zombie, it is like a zombie. Don't get mad because it isn't a zombie, we know it isn't a zombie. It's like a zombie in a sense.

Now, I do feel that it isn't a zombie movie. They aren't dead. They don't get infected, die, come back to life. They just get infected, hungry, and really ugly.

In order for something to be a zombie it has to be dead. Like actually dead. It can't just get infected and then run around. It has to die. It only needs one thing. And that is a brain. Zombies can eat and eat and burst their stomachs and keep eating, they don't starve. They only die when shot in the head. Those are zombie. You cut a zombie head off it is still alive. You kill it by killing the brain.
Anything other than that is just "zombie like" Not zombie.
Ok anyway.


I liked 28 Days Later. I will agree with a few of you that I want to see the military save the day for once in a modern movie and not be a bunch of raging rapists just after sex and killing.
I always thought military was JUST after KILLING.
You know...not really time for raping.
Anyway Just want to see them save the day.

I liked 28 Weeks Later because of more action.
I like to see those raging things running around after people a lot.
Not saying that 28 Days Later didn't have enough, it just had...less.

Either way I enjoyed both movies to the point of if someone asked "What movie should I watch tonight?" I would suggest it along with others.
Of course all the Romero films. Don't be silly. :P

[SWAT Zombie]

People are still going on about this because it isn't as clear cut as that to some. A true zombie is a person who has been drugged and is kept under control by a voodoo priest. They are not dead. The myth surrounding it suggests they are, the reality is they are not. The term has been expanded with Romero's zombies. He didn't invent the term, he didn't even think of the term when he made NotLD. He considered zombies to be the Voodoo variety. A zombie movie to him would probably have been something like White Zombie. We have NotLD and others considered zombie movies when zombies in real life aren't dead, don't infect and don't eat people.
Movie making and story telling is an art, not a science. Things don't always have to fit neatly into categories, be logical or mathematically sound. It is expression and imagination that counts most. At least for me. At the end of the day this really comes down to personal perception and interpretation. When I watch 28 Days/Weeks Later, I personally see zombies and as such I'll continue to label it a zombie movie. It's not that I don't get the argument against, I understand it and think it's reasonable but I just don't agree with it for my own reasons.

[Zombie Cerebral Cortex]

Well that is true. Never thought of it that way.
We go by Romero style zombies though because he has somewhat shaped the land of Zombie Fiction.

Although you are right in everything you said.
A lot of people veiw zombies as this unstopable force...until you hit it in the head.

When you can bust bullets into a zombie all over the place and it eventually die it kinda defeats that horror.

Although scary in its own right, I feel a lot of people wont label infect as zombies because they are killed by starvation and such things.

Although I do find the whole infected quick change to be much more scary to the whole zombie bite then wait, they both have their scary outputs.
But if we do want to split hairs he zombies aren't zombies unless a Voodoo priest is involved.

Thus hardly anything is zombie. :*(

So we wont go that far.
I will still feel though that zombies are more or less acts if devine intervention in the sense of nothing else could raise them from the dead but that.

[SWAT Zombie]

The way I see the infecteds' vulnerability to chest shots is like a vampires differing vulnerability to sunlight. Some die quick, some slow, some are just weakened and some don't die at all. Chest shots and starvation are something to give the heroes of the story an advantage, considering how fast and infectious the virus and infected are. All someone has to do to survive the infected, as opposed to undead, is wait them out until they starve. Getting to that point however is a near impossible task, considering how dangerous they are.
But I don't expect people to agree with me. Some people look at the infected and think of them as being more like the Crazies. And I think that's fair enough. It's just that when I look at them I see zombies and I think that's fair enough too.

[Zombie Cerebral Cortex]

Some people look at the infected and think of them as being more like the Crazies. And I think that's fair enough. It's just that when I look at them I see zombies and I think that's fair enough too.

Yeah, I kinda thought that a little bit, except the Crazies looks like they are missing the big eating people factor. Idk though I haven't gotten into it. As far as them being zombies though. They eat people, and don't die easy. That is pretty much zombie in a few ways.
Idk. I know though I am waiting for the next guy to come along and just make a zombie movie that will make people go "whoa".

[SWAT Zombie]

Agreed. Whether you see 28 as zombies or not, it really did help kick start the renewed interest in zombie movies and has made it possible to see new and better ones. I'm looking forward to this new Zach Snyder zombie movie, Army of the Dead. First read about that a couple of years ago and not much seems to have happened though. He said he wanted to make the first 'epic' zombie movie. Hopefully it lives up to that description.

[Vorpal]

That's a good point about what a true zombie is. Romero's zombies are actually ghouls.

I'd prefer not to broaden the horizon by listing infected under zombies or any other creatures like Evil Dead's demons, so hopefully someone's suggestion of calling them zombiesque or something similar would stick.

[Zombie Cerebral Cortex]

Agreed. He said he wanted to make the first 'epic' zombie movie. description.

I sure hope that lives up to that. Romero did make pretty epic movies but his seemed to follow each other and so that kinda lessened them alone to me. But together they are greater.

I think to make a really epic movie it will take a few different minds working together.
I'll be looking foward to that now though thanks.

And I will agree 28DL and 28 WL really jumpstarted a new wave of zombie fiction fans.

[max]

I actually liked when they met up with the soldiers. I thought we might be in for some good zombie slaying action. The scene when they were defending against the infected charging the mansion was awesome. I was very disappointed to find out that the soldiers were a bunch of child molesting psycho rapists though. Still, Jim and the zombie captive on the leash did some nice damage to the bastards and once I got over the soldiers being the shits they were I thought that bit was pretty cool.
Overall I think Days was a little too light on the zombie action for my tastes but Weeks definitely made up for that. Doyle was very cool and so was zombie daddy. How incredibly nasty was the scene where he killed his wife? The mass infection in that large crowd who were locked in by the military was fantastic. How freaky was that scene? They way people were turning and the red eyed, bleeding faces in the crowd biting and mauling. Love it.

Yep the more zombie action in 28 weeks later is exactly why I prefer it over 28 days later. I agree the scene with the crowd locked down then having the zombie dad starting to bite the first person was awesome! You could actually see how fast the infection spread! After that you knew it was hopeless and there was no containing it after that. I love the ending as well with Paris, France getting infected next! That was awesome!

[max]

Agreed. Whether you see 28 as zombies or not, it really did help kick start the renewed interest in zombie movies and has made it possible to see new and better ones. I'm looking forward to this new Zach Snyder zombie movie, Army of the Dead. First read about that a couple of years ago and not much seems to have happened though. He said he wanted to make the first 'epic' zombie movie. Hopefully it lives up to that description.

Not even sure if he is still doing Army of the Dead. I haven't heard much about it for a while. I hope he still is.

[RIP]

I know I have posted on this thread before but can't recall. Weeks later was a vast improvement over Days. Days was a boring film to me but they are still infected films to me and not really zombies cause they could get back to normal if you know what I mean. Yes I am getting drunk.:drinking:

[SWAT Zombie]

Drunk is good! :drinking:

[SWAT Zombie]

Not even sure if he is still doing Army of the Dead. I haven't heard much about it for a while. I hope he still is.

Damn. That'd be a real shame if it isn't made. The idea behind it sounded kind of cool.

[azombieee]

I love both movies to be honest. They aren't really zombies, but the movies fit in the zombie loving part of my heart! Hahah.

I just dont like how either of them had ended, no one knows what really happened to the survivors in both movies. =[