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The first one is my all-time favourite, the second one is alright/watchable and I absolutely detested 28 years later. The first act seemed interesting enough and I liked the "Junji Ito" slug zombies, but it was all downhill from there and I just felt weird watching it. What a mess.

I agree with you on all points. It felt like they had turned what was actually a serious, scary franchise into a goofy caricature of what it was before. Also the final ending scenes made my eyes roll.

Yep. They didn't try very hard in some respects and were hoping to be carried by shock factor, which, lots of dick and a pregnant zombie giving birth, wow so edgy.

Have my upvote as I do enjoy reading other people’s perspective.

I thought it was excellent, watched it 8 or 10 times. I also like Jurassic Park III, so what do I know.

28 Weeks Later was a solid zombie movie, but in and of itself it was not a genre defining (or redefining) film. Also, I think zombie movie fatigue was already in play by the time it came out.

Looking back, you might think that there were only a handful of decent and recent-ish zombie movies at that time (and you'd be mostly correct), however, it was also an era where the new releases wall at the local video store would have been peppered with d-grade, knock-off, cgi zombie movies (a few of which even showed up in the theaters).

So, while I don't entirely agree that it was mostly forgettable, I certainly understand and think that's a valid opinion.

I was like "forgettable" how, it was a fantastic movie. Him running away still feels like a gut punch just thinking about it.

One of the best zombie movies out there

No apologies needed, I absolutely agree with you, loved the first 10 minutes, middle was a bit meh for me, then the subway scene was really good to me too. I actually asked my wife if I did that what would she do, she said definitely not a kiss lol.

Do you live in North America?

In general, I think full male nudity is still jarring to US audiences because historically speaking, it's not super common in movies and tv shows outside of pornographic settings. Though it does seem like it's becoming a lot more common in recent history.

Also, as is the case with that one particular penis you're asking about, a lot of times when full frontal male nudity is shown in a movie or tv show, it's done for "shock value".

Full frontal male nudity is something that most viewers will notice no matter what because at the end of the day it's genitals and we're mostly all just wired that way. However, aside from that one penis, the rest of the male nudity in the movie was not prominently featured and was otherwise pretty unremarkable. Definitely wouldn't have garnered much of any discussion, relative to some of the other shocking stuff in the movie.

When Watchmen came out in theaters I recommend it to someone at work. I know people shit on it for changing the ending but I think it was good for the general public. I liked that the Watchmen series on HBO kept the psychic squid attack, but that's not the point of this comment. Sorry I got sidetracked.

The point is after he came back from seeing it he complained (jokingly) about I should have warned him about the giant blue penis. He would go the next few weeks saying 'blue penis' to me randomly. I think it left a mark on him. I didn't really think much of it but I read the comic before. Idk why people are so scared of penises. I'm sure being in the US and the view of violence good but sex bad is a big part.

The zombie “titties” and naked women are there too, absolutely, but there’s something uniquely ludicrous about the film’s focus on swinging, sprinting masculinity, a kind of visual punchline to apocalypse. And we don't see this in movies very often. I actually thought the Alpha was Jason Mamoa for some reason, had to pause to Google it as I was pretty sure he wasn't in this movie.

The reviewer is not shy about how much they like it

28 Years Later is a self-contained story and it really won't matter if you've seen the prior entries or not. There are some connections and some references to prior films, but nothing noticeable or vital to understanding or enjoying what you're watching.

I'd just watch the 2nd, I don't get why its so disliked, not going to say it was a masterpiece but its better than average for the genre. But I think there is more than enough c9ntext to watch any of them in isolation.

you’ll still understand it and enjoy it

It's the same writer/director as 28 Days. From what I understand it even partially rectons 28 Weeks.

Spoiler free. I skipped the 2nd and didn't feel left out. Might have missed some easter eggs or some other details but not enough to dislike it for what it is.

Tough question. There are parts of the second one which is really good, subjective of course, but everyone I’ve spoken to agree the first 10 minutes is really good (was directed by Boyle).

To me the story is not connected, but still worth a watch.