Cillian Murphy Stimulus | 28 Years Later Discussion | Directed by Danny Boy

[Ribbs]

Very well done sequel. It was tense, it was funny, it was weird and I liked it. I don’t know about Jimmy though

 

[Ribbs]

Spending money on the ticket + possible food and drink? You might piss yourself off.

Cineclub member. Used my points, only paid a dollar for the ticket. Snuck two beef patties in with me.

 

[FaTaL]

this whole thread is the opposite of the reviews, imma defiantly watch it tomorrow, i have a feeling i'll agree with the coli brehs

 

[Lootpack]

it's interesting to me this is so divisive. did people forget the ending to the original film? i didn't like it back then. it switched to real cameras after the blurriness and became a completely different film with the army storyline.

i fukked with it, but that last scene felt like nia dacosta directed it. she makes bad movies so she might flop the franchise so bad with the 2nd one that we don't get the third one that's supposed to be directed by danny boyle.

A Clockwork Orange ahh nikkas

 

[FlyRy]

this whole thread is the opposite of the reviews, imma defiantly watch it tomorrow, i have a feeling i'll agree with the coli brehs

Audience score on RT is 65% , Critics now at 89%(was 90% earlier). 3.6 on letterboxd and 7.2 on IMDB. critics love it, audiences are mixed. I've seen tons of glowing reviews on twitter. those who love this movie, LOVE it

 

[Jasonmask]

Gave up halfway through

 

[Lootpack]

This went from a 4.5 to a 4 to a 3.5/5 for me. shyt was maddening. That first half pulled me in, then the second half hits and the film came across like it was leaning too much into setting up what’s to come in the next films. Boyle’s chaotic camerawork and visual flare is keeping me from feeling entirely sour on the film overall.

That sound design was , even when the Dolby audio had me on the verge of a crying headache.

Not a fan of the ending, but what happened there wasn’t out of the ordinary with Boyle given his past work. Really did feel like some shyt out of Trainspotting, lmao. That being said, it’s an undeniable tonal whiplash coming off of what was supposedly an emotional moment.

Spoiler

Jodie did her thing but I didn’t feel much for Isla’s death.

One second Spike is saying his goodbyes to his mother and the next second he sees Fiennes returning with her sterilized skull talm bout pick the best of the best spot. shyt had me with how much of a speed-run the scene felt.

It really did sell me with its world-building though. Theatrical vs. TV budgets be damned, it’s what I wanted for the latest season of TLOU. There were pieces here tho that had me highly entertained and others that made me question my excitement for the rest of the trilogy, which is sadly not much…but of course I’ll be there anyway.

 

[Majestyx]

100% the opposite. Coli loves to immediately deem a mediocre film/show classic, and a bag of trash, treasure. Then get angry if someone offers a reasoned explanation for why the thing isn't good. Several posts in here were essentially like " this was one of the best films of the year brehs" and the movie was pure slop.

Script was comically lazy and incoherent, the kid's performance was sub-par and maudlin, the movie moved at a glacial pace and the terror was mostly nonexistent, the "evolution" of the virus brought us Steven Adams sized zombies that ran fast with their enormous penises inexplicably flopping around - and even their "fast" was actually slow compared to the original zombies. The village was dull and the gratuitously inserted footage of historical flashbacks pointless, and the skull collector was a pseudo-philosophical clown of a character: "memento mori!" A pregnant zombie with her titties out squata and gives birth to an uninfected and the tardish mother hold her hands



Then the garish Euro Ninjas do some B-Movie acrobatics


You can't be fukkin serious with this slapdash bullshyt

Sounds like it’s ridiculous

 

[Dre Space Age]

I googled Jimmy Savile and now I know Aaron Taylor-Johnson's character is gonna have to

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save his dumb ass son from a cult of weirdos. The upside down body we only saw I M Y carved into his body but its most likely the J was cut in his genitals to spell J I M Y.

Spike was taught to respect the dead by Dr. Kelson. The cult he joined defiles and disrespects the dead.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

it's interesting to me this is so divisive. did people forget the ending to the original film? i didn't like it back then. it switched to real cameras after the blurriness and became a completely different film with the army storyline.

i fukked with it, but that last scene felt like nia dacosta directed it. she makes bad movies so she might flop the franchise so bad with the 2nd one that we don't get the third one that's supposed to be directed by danny boyle.

Yea I remember not loving them switching to "Day of the Dead" in 28 Days later. Although lts aged better than a lot of zombie stuff that tried to follow it.

I just want to say there is a lot of pressure on Nia Dacosta.

This movie is divisive but the people who love it LOVE IT. So that in itself gives this film a chance to be viewed better down the road. However, Nia literally has to save the franchise to even get to a 3rd film.

I personally dont think Candyman was bad. I think the writing is what failed that movie. Obviously Marvel took the Marvels outta her hand (maybe with good reason). So now she's on her 3rd film thats essentially going to be out of her hands (to an extent) cause i bet its going to be noted like a motherfukka.

Again Boyle heads and others are going to fukk with this because of visual and visceral style in this movie. Even if the story beats dont always align. Nia is really at a point where she could lose both audiences and critics if she fukks up.

Having said all that. Good on Danny Boyle. Nia DaCosta's career likely was going to be dead after The Marvels and the fallout from that. He still gave her this great opportunity. Tough circumstances now, but still an opportunity. I hope she gets it right.

 

[SilverSamurai]

Spoiler

Erik had a Scooby Doo ass death scene

 

[Supa]

I watched the Double Toasted review and they said the last few minutes turned into the Power Rangers. I see people in here saying the ending was terrible.

Didn't care about this move but now I want to see it just for ending. Be damned if I pay though. Hopefully there's a bootleg out.

 

[Trav]

 

[Bathing Ape]

I enjoyed it a lot that ending was bananas tho . It ain’t put me off from bone temple in January