Archive for the ‘Zombies’ Category
The ‘Grindhouse’ Fake Movie Trailers
Grindhouse plays in Cork in a week and a half - who’s interested in going to see it? The fake trailers are just class, I really hope the plans to make some into ‘real’ films happens. Especially ‘Werewolf Women of the SS’ - what a title!
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Hellboy - ‘The Cave’ in Claymotion
This is actually quite good. I really enjoy Mike Mignola’s creation and this is a pretty good (if short) homage.
I really want to see this movie
‘Stacy’ - a Japanese Zombie Rom-Zom-Com (or a romantic zombie comedy, or is it zom-rom-com? Either way watch Shaun Of The Dead)
Continuing the zombie theme
From the ‘Shaun of the Dead’ lads… Don’t know what this is from, maybe ‘Spaced’. Fun stuff.
28 weeks later
Went to see this last night, for those of ye who don’t know it’s the sequel to the film ‘28 days later’ that came out a few years back. Overall I have to say I enjoyed the film, even though it was a bit short. So, a quick review…
If you liked the first film this is definitely a film you’ll enjoy, the film takes a fairly clever take on what happened after following on from some of the ideas and facts that were in the film the first time around (the main one being that the virus only hit Britain). It also plays quite well with the ‘they’re zombies but they’re not’ element by having them all die by starvation! The biggest problem I had with the film is that it strains credibility a few times too many - starting with the ‘family reunion’ that takes place about a half hour in (which is when the film really begins). That’s not to say that that all these people would end up back together is impossible - as we all know, the more ridiculous the odds are of something happening the more likely it will happen it seems at times and similar things have been known to happen after wars so…
But that’s not my main problem with this film. My main problem with the film is its portrayal of the military characters and its organisational skills. The explanation for how the virus survives for example is clever and just-about plausible. But that that method would be left unattended with no guards posted outside so anyone with a card (not even military clearance,just a door card) can enter? The same happens with how the infection spreads to the populace - the ’safe room’ has no guards outside it, has no emergency lighting and has a back entrance? Again, it just strains believability that bit too much. The same holds for the ending - while I understand the reasoning on it can someone please tell me, given what we’re told about how the virus spreads the second time round how that last scene is possible?
I don’t mean for this to sound like a completely negative review - the film is actually quite good, has some very good actors (credit has to go to the two child actors - they’re believable and perfectly cast for their roles) and the plot points I complain about are all explainable away, even if sometimes the explanation is ”people are extremely fucking stupid” or ”the military can be very dumb when organising shit” (which given the fact that most of the soldiers in Iraq went without half the equipment or info they needed may not be that far-fetched). The action scenes are very good, though the camera work in them can be kind of distracting while the ‘helicopter’ scene is one of the most impressive I’ve seen in an action movie in a while (fairly gross though). The film is too short (about an hour forty-five I think) but the music is astonishing (again a little bit too good as at times I found myself being distracted by listening to the song rather than watching the film but…) and as a final bitching note - what is it with Cork people talking every time a film goes quiet? Not even just whispering to the person beside them but talking aloud? Fecksake.
On the ‘John watches too many movies and thinks about them too much scale’ - ‘28 Weeks Later’ gets a respectable 8 out of 10..
And continuing the zombie theme - the Beatles vs. Zombies
Though the clips used are from the remade ‘Dawn of the Dead’ and not ‘Night of the Living Dead’ but its clever anyway
How to survive a zombie attack
From what appear to be the guys who brought you the books ‘Zombie survival guide’ and ‘World War Z’ - a short film on how to survive a zombie attack…