This was an awesome film to watch! Loved the style this was shot with. What were your thoughts on it? Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Get ready for an awesome random reaction Thursday! :) Hint...Filmmaker & Cop React to...End of Watch >.>
"Hint...Filmmaker & Cop React to...End of Watch >.> " That's a spoiler not a hint ;) Gonna start reaction in a minute, again congrats on 1,36 thousand, my man this is good! Clearly it's the choices and Your commentary pay off. Good Patreon, as we were talking earlier. Danny Boyle will show up again and again, he's a mad lad, and "Trainspotting" will be on Your list one day. Gonna watch Your reaction now, probably cackling along the way ;) End of watch is a great choice!
Hahaha thanks man, I was wondering if anyone would catch that it was more of a spoiler than anything haha! Thank you as always my man, the love is truly incredible.
This film was the reason running zombies/infected became very popular in other films and video games. Not to say it hasn't been done before, but this film really made the concept effective and terrifying, thus everyone wanted to emulate it.
What the fuck are you talking about? Night of the living dead 1968 then the remake in 1985 and the original dawn of the dead in 1978 and every other movie made around that time. The only reason zombies started to walk and shamble around for a time was for plot armour and to allow actors the time for dialogue. But running zombies were very popular for decades before this movie came out.
@@5TRICT9 He literally said it wasn't the first time it was done and this film is the reason it became more popular which is correct. The remake of Dawn Of The Dead in 2004 was originally going to be with slow walking zombies but it was changed because of the positive reception 28 days later got.
@@wthwasthat8884 STRICT9 is admittedly overreacting...but they're not wrong. It would be more accurate to say "28 Days Later" popularized the zombie apocalypse subgenre for a particular generation...but it's objectively false (and more than a little ignorant) to act as if it's what made the subgenre popular in the first place, or the first to make it "effective and terrifying". That credit is owed to "Night of the Living Dead". Actually, if you want to get technical, it started even before that since Romero drew inspiration from Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" (and its 1964 film adaptation "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price), and I would argue, Hitchcock's "The Birds" as well. Without those movies, there is no "28 Days Later".
The cheap digital look, almost like it was made on an old school VHS camcorder, works for me with this kind of material. It makes me feel like I'm there with them. It makes the movie feel more personal, whereas the glossy kind of image is better for more epic types of stories.
It was the first professional digital camera...or something. It was a 3 CCD camera, which was more or less the difference between pro and consumer, and made way more difference to the quality than those big expensive changeable lenses do. Umm...lemme see...O, it was also really cool looking. Umm...FCUK! I'm stalling cus I should know the damn name. I used to own one. It was definitely a Canon. Something like an XLR? Canon XLR? That sound right? It had a shoulder pad that looked like a battery pack when it was folded up. And cus it had a big external mic and separate viewfinder, it got you escorted out of a lot of places if you tried to use it for touristy type stuff (Also, when detached, the eyepiece/mic/mic-holder, looked a lot like a gun on airport scanners) Fucked if I remember the name though. Maybe Canon XR?
Yeah, I used to shoot short films on the XL1. It was kinda surreal to see a feature shot that way, on the big screen, back in the day. But it definitely gave the movie a really unique edge. David Lynch also shot Inland Empire similarly.
@@JamesVSCinema The back story to this is that a company was trying to create a anti-aggression drug for people that have high aggression or for people that have that condition where you get really angry or really happy. Point is they were trying to find a way to treat extreme aggression. Then it kinda backfired. Then one of the scientists got mad about not getting credit or not getting paid the amount he wanted (there is a explaination for this movie somewhere on TH-cam) but one of the scientists got mad so he told a animal rights group about this facility. Then they released one of the chimps and as you see one of them gets infected with the Rage virus then it breaks out and spreads throughout mainland Britain. As well as two other places we are aware of if you listen to what the characters say when they take Jim to the small store in the subway.
Ah my man, that’s too kind thank you man. Honestly super new to all of this but the love you guys have been giving has been incredible. Welcome to the community my friend!
For the London scenes, police would close the roads at 4am, and filming would begin immediately. After 1 hour, the police would reopen the roads. The producers correctly predicted that asking drivers (including clubbers headed home) to either wait for up to an hour or find another route might make some of them angry. They got several extremely attractive young women (including Danny Boyle's daughter) to make the necessary requests, and the drivers responded quite amicably to them.
Hahaha wow, thank you for this Peter! I was really blown away at how isolated they got the city of London to be. This gives a lot more context so thank you for that brother. Hope you’re well man! Stay safe!
@@Apple-International tbf, i appreciate that, makes the paid full-length stuff much more worth it when you dont get to see all of the best bits for free
Danny Boyle is an Oscar winner. He's directed *multiple* bonafide cultural classics. He's STILL underrated as hell. Was fired from the last Bond movie because, again, he's too cool for everyone.
@@JamesVSCinema when we hosted the Olympics in 2012 we got Danny Boyle to direct the opening ceremony (which was pretty epic imo), he's really well liked in general over here
I've seen several reactions to this one and none of the people reacting even mentioned what I consider the most important scene. At night, during Jim's assault on the military base, there is a scene where a rage infected sees him and... doesn't attack him. Jim is so filled with righteous rage, the zedhead just ignores him as a potential candidate for infection.
If you mean the Scene where He frees weeler how ever Hes called, its Not that He doesnt wanna Attack him Hes Up a 3m Wall with Barbed Wire and the Zombie cant Resch him anyway thats why Hes going after the Others ppl/finding another way too jim
In the alternative ending, Cillian Murphy dies after being shot while the girls try to save him, and then they flee. Roll credits, no happy ending, no rescue. I'm glad that Danny Boyle didn't go with that one.
@Michael Mathers But movies similar to this always have morbid or sad endings, so it's a surprise when it's somewhat "happy"...adds a new spice to the flavor instead of a predictable sad ending.
That's always been the real ending to me. The film is a circle. Jim's journey begins and ends on a hospital bed. For his companions, the fight continues. The deus ex machina happy ending feels shoehorned into a deliberately bleak picture.
The real ending (the original ending) wasn't quite like that. They break into a hospital, still dressed in the clothes that the soldiers made them wear and they struggle to save Cilian, but fail. And then they both walk out of the hospital, dressed in their guns, toting guns that they've taken from the soldiers and then a totally metal guitar track starts playing and it fades to black. Some people thought it was bleak, but it wasn't meant to be - you were supposed to get the idea that the girls WOULD survive.
There's an additional ending that was partially storyboarded but not filmed where the group doesn't encounter the soldiers at the blockade but Hannah's dad is still infected. They manage to knock him out before he turns and take him to the nearest hospital facility, which happens to be the aboveground component of the research facility at the start of the film. There they encounter the same scientist, who managed to lock himself in a supply room as the infection was getting out. He eventually tells them that Hannah's dad *can* be saved provided they give the man a full blood transfusion. Jim volunteers and sacrifices his life so that Hannah can have her dad back, and and the film ends with Selene, Hannah and her dad leaving the facility as Jim lays dead on a hospital bed.
Yeah that wsa a great story too, I don't think the series they've done about that were very good. Though it's hard making plants scary without making it look totally cheesy. I found the book quite disturbing though.
They had a darker ending as well with the girls rushing jim to a deserted hospital trying to save him but he eventually dies. I'm glad they went with this. The sequel is pretty good as well although not as much as the original. I'm still hoping for a third movie at some point (28 years later?!)
@@JamesVSCinema They had 3 endings, and the other 2 were dark endings, but they didn't work from a logic or narrative standpoint. So this ending works, if you ask me. Interesting thing about the sequel: DAYS was shot for an immediate post-9/11 society, but WEEKS was made for an War on Terror society, so the commentary is heavier and the tone is bleaker. But it's still an excellent film and it's why we're all still jonesing for a 3rd and/or 4th movie in the series.
I never saw any logical issues with the original bleak ending. And 28 Weeks Later was interesting until the main characters started turning into idiots, and doing idiot things to propel the plot.
28 Days later was gritty, unusual, awkward and very different overall than any other movie of that kind. The choppy movements and chaos was in my opinion perfectly done. Everything about this movie was shot weird and not like other movies and thats what makes it perfect. I wish we could see more from Danny Boyle of this kind of movie.
I love how you picked out the style shots, and general feel of the movie. There is so many other people that don't get it, saying stuff like "why is it look cheap, cant they get a good camera, and why is the shots so bad" They don't get the gritty look. Love the breakdown
What made this film super eerie was that they weren't zombies. They were just people infected with a virus. I did love that this film started the infected running genre and other starting putting running zombies in their films.
Man, coming back to your older stuff (not even 2 years old!) and seeing how much faster the Patreon crawl has gotten is kinda wild! And also almost 10x the subs! Congrats dude!
The first "zombie" movie that was shot with a post-9/11 society in mind, so it hit audiences really hard, especially since it was something familiar done in a completely new way. Zack Synder's 2004 remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD did the same: took all the fun out of a zombie apocalypse. The camera angles were done because they didn't have much money, but the cameras were small enough they could be easily mounted anywhere. So instead of using shooting one scene multiple times with one camera, they shot a scene once or twice with a dozen cameras in weird places and then cut between them. Why more filmmakers haven't done the same thing since then is beyond me because you can get magnificent angles with today's cameras that you can't with an Arri Alexa.
I agree, it’s definitely beyond me but honestly there’s probably reasons beyond the film and more along with studios and contracts at play that affect creativity in making films!
The tire changing scene is incredible. Even after all this time, it's one of the most suspenseful scenes I remember from modern cinema. And the soundtrack is perfect for it. I recently found the music in the background of that scene on TH-cam and it literally gave me chills because it's so damn effective in its simplicity. This movie is one of those perfect blends of the visuals and sound design+soundtrack. Definitely in my top 3 horror movies of all time.
@@JamesVSCinema the messed up thing is the fact that the soldiers were watching them even before the were looking around the checkpoint, trying to figure out a way to get rid of Frank and Jim, so they could take Hannah and Selena.
god i adore cillian murphy, such a talented actor and also one of the coolest human beings ever (plus, he has an AMAZING voice) imo the best role of his career is the bbc show peaky blinders. it's available on netflix, and i genuinely believe it's one of the best shows out there, alongside breaking bad and mr robot - can't recommend it enough, and would love it if you actually did reactions to it! but in any case, it's worth checking out on your own time as well. i promise, you won't regret it p.s. congrats on 1k subs! honestly one of the best channels on this site, can't wait for more people to discover you :)
It's amazing how much they got done with such a low budget, and how well it was made. Easily one of the best horror movies ever made. Also, yes, Walking Dead took alot of inspiration off of this, even to the point to where the creators of these movies had a few, well, choice words to say about them.
Yeah, this movie was really the one that started off the "zombie" resurgence in film at that time, which is still ongoing, I guess. Everybody remembered seeing this movie. Modern classic.
nearly spat on my drink when you said "Obviously we don't have people running around and beating the crap out each other... wait, hol' up." LOL. anyway, loving this channel's content since your reactions actually insight into cinematography. Keep it up. Subscribed.
Part Zombie Road movie part human nature study. And thus began a heated discussion on the battlefield of Horror Genre criticism: Are they truly zombies? Draggers vs. runners.
@6:29 it's playing Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings. I saw them live this past November, one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Found them through 28 Days Later back when it came out, one of my favorite movies for sure :D
Some Rando I love the movie Sunshine! I also liked the wind that shakes the barley. I’ve seen most of Cillian’s filmography lol. I’m sad that A Quiet Place 2 never came out before the Covid shutdowns, because I was looking forward to seeing Cillian’s performance there too
"The Edge of Love" with Cillian, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Rhys ("The Americans"), is one of my favorites . It's not a love triangle: it's a love quadrangle, based on a true story. Poet Dylan Thomas, who is married, encounters his first love, who is also married. Her husband, played by Cillian, goes off to war, comes home with PTSD, and is arrested for shooting into the Dylan Thomas household. He wonders whether the baby that Keira Knightley had while he has been away is his or Dylan's. In the meantime, the two wives have become close. Also, "Red Eye," where Cillian plays a charming bad guy on an airplane against Rachel McAdams' heroine.
I hadn't seen this movie in probably about 16 years when I bought it on DVD. It was on cable last night and decided to give it watch. I forgot how disturbing it was. The way it's shot, the direction all of it. I was genuinely freaked out. I don't remember it being this crazy back in the day. Still holds up as classic.
Danny Boyle has such a kinetic-style! I just picked up his debut, Shallow Grave, during this Criterion Sale. Was very impressed with that movie, as well
@@Stiffatronic Although you might consider it "early" these days, at the time, he was pretty established and had already had the low budget indy breakout (Shallow Grave) into critically acclaimed gritty cultural phenomenon (Trainspotting) into big budget hollywood treatment (The Beach) and the news he was essentially going to do a low budget indy zombie horror was met at the time with a resounding "WAT?". And then the movie came out. The final sequence in this film when the house goes to shit is still one of the finest ramp ups into insanity, with so many callbacks to early scenes in the movie. Really fucking intense stuff at the time, and that shot of Jim literally gouging the dude's eyes out is still beautifully horrible stuff. Watch Sunshine for more Danny Boyle/Cillian Murphy goodness (and still one of the most engaging Sci-Fi movies that routinely slips below people's radars).
Quite a few sections of this were shot using a Canon DV camera. I believe the walking dead and 28 days later writers have tipped a hat to each other. Neither of them copied one another. But came up with similar ideas around the same time. Also the writer of this wrote and directed ex machina. A must see if you haven't already.
@@JamesVSCinemaobviously the director of the [Danny Boyle] has made some really good flicks to Shallow grave Trainspotting 127 hours Sunshine. Slumdog millionaire.
It was a modified Canon XL1, which at that time was the highest-res prosumer SD cam. They had to tweak the sensor so they could maximize the image, but otherwise, it was that camera.
Well spoken dude you are. I dont usually sub to reaction-type youtubers but you're the first. The substance you add with your comments/reactions in each pause provides insight into not only the technical side of this film but its narrative. Keep up the good work champ
One thing I love that nobody seems to notice is that the last scene is filmed on 35mm film. It looks so good, and a nice way to enhance the fact that things are better at this point.
You're correct. The main actor is Cillian Murphy, who was also in Dunkirk. He's also in Inception and Batman Begins (Nolan loves him) and stars in the Netflix show Peaky Blinders (awesome show, btw). Another great reaction, man.
Oh word! That’s cool, I’m happy he gotten a nice breakthrough from this film. Loved his acting in this! Thank you again Brandon, you truly are the man 🙏🏽
Major West was played by Chris Eccleston who played the Doctor, (from Doctor Who), in 2005, Frank’s actor Brendan Gleason who played Alastor Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter movies, (and is the father of Domnhall Gleason who played Bill Weasley, and Armitage Hux in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.)
I believe they had to film the external London scenes on Christmas morning to avoid crowds and without having to shut down too many streets. As others have said about the Walking Dead and 28 Days hospital setting it was pure coincidence, but it's also a really good way to introduce someone into this new world. There aren't many ways they could achieve that for their protagonists in our modern world and as both stories needed to start with someone being "birthed into it" (so to speak) waking up in a hospital was an obvious one.
Until I saw "Train to Busan", this was my favorite zombie flick. I remember when I first watched it and he got to the church and I saw those zombies running I lost my shit. But what made this movie so appealing to me were the SILENCES... The constant feeling of dread and the emptiness caused by the Rage virus. The fact that all of this desolation and chaos happened in only 28 days... It gave me a feeling of helplessness. But you definitely check "Train to Busan". Oh... and "Kingdom" on Netflix... Takes place in 15th century Korea and is scary as hell. It's got 2 seasons so far.
Haven‘t hit Play yet, but I saw this pop up in my subscriptions and I thought to myself; wow, James has never seen 28 days later? Well, he is in for a treat! Gonna watch your reaction now 🙂
Hahaha thank you! Yes and it definitely delivered. For some reason I just never came around to this film, bizarre right? Happy I witnessed it now though! 🙏🏽
I have a recommendation I almost didn't name, I thought I already commented it previously but I mixed you up with one other reviewer/reactor. But Brenden Gleeson (the dad in the apartment complex towards the climax of the movie) shares the lead role with Colin Farrel in "In Bruges". That's all I'm going to say about the movie. Trust. cheeky side rec: The Night Comes For Us (French, Indonesian, Cantonese movie, non-stop action, with almost zero guns involved, mostly involves box cutters, machetes & cow hooves).
I know I´m backtracking you but it´s because I discovered you so late and I need to update myself. You are a great teacher in filmmaking techniques. Love your details for noticing framing, editing and understanding the storytelling. You eclipse everybody on youtube for that.
Director Danny Boyle first made a name for himself with Shallow Grave, which also put Ewan MacGregor on the cinematic map. It's a Coen Brothers-dark Scottish crime gem.
Cillian also starred in Danny Boyles Sunshine and I really loved that movie! Chris Evans isn't bad in it either, you should check it out. As a film maker I think you would enjoy the Netflix series Sense8, stunning work and filmed all over the world. Also on Prime there is a short British series series starring Stellan Skarsgard and I love the way it is acted and filmed, stunning! The first 12 minutes will hook you and is the best story telling around mental health issues I've seen in years. At a film festival I saw also saw Danny the Dog (now called Unleashed in the US) starring Morgan Freeman and Jet Li, amazing film, in my top 5 for sure.
For DECADES the UK has had the best exterior shots for horror. I don’t know why, and I lived in Britain for a while, but the exterior shots always have a beautiful vignette style of cinematography. I noticed it as far back as the original “all creatures great and small” but even films like the ladykillers has the same beautifully dark exterior cinematography. It’s goddamn perfected in 28 days later.
They had to clear parts of London, very early in the morning. From IMDB: police would close the roads at 4am, and filming would begin immediately. After 1 hour, the police would reopen the roads. And the opening shots, and large parts of the film, are shot with a miniDV camera the Canon XL-1. One of the only semi-pro miniDV cameras that was able to shoot in 24 frames per second at the time.
they filmed the oening shots of london over a week or two, really early in the morning, also blocking off sections to qickly film, and then let london life resume. From personal exeriance, London is surprisingly empty at 2-5 am, and is intensly beautiful in the early light
Danny Boyle is a great filmmaker, who rarely works in the same genre more than once and gets great performances out of his actors. My favorites of his are Trainspotting and Sunshine. I highly recommend them if you haven't seen them.
I saw this movie in the cinema when it was first released, just around the corner from where the London scenes were shot. Walked in from busy, bustling streets, and in the first twenty minutes of the film I saw the same streets eerily abandoned. Can't tell you how effective and unsettling it was!
Love the opportunity to see one of my favourite movies through a filmmaker's pro eyes, so that I can learn how to appreciate different parts of the art. Thanks for this!
I know this vid is two years but, I LOVE 28 days later. I dont why but, its the only movie to honestly gave me nightmares. I've seen lots of thrillers, gory flicks, horror movies, psychological stuff...and THIS flick is the one that wouldn't let me sleep. This and Shaun of the Dead gave the zombie genre a well-needed kick in its butt.
If you can find it, get the DVD or watch the extra material that was included (some of it is online). And the actor is Cillian Murphy (Dunkirk, Breakfast on Pluto, The Wind That Shakes The Barley).
This movie influenced so many different things. No spoilers, but there's a moment in a certain Marvel Netflix show that I'm convinced is an homage to this movie, and it's amazing.
Aside from the ending scene, this entire film was shot on standard definition video cameras. We’re talking 480p resolution at best. And at no point is that a problem. It serves the story. Such a good lesson in these resolution obsessed times. Not only that, those cameras didn’t have near the dynamic range and color reproduction of a basic smartphone camera. I saw this at the theater when it was new. Seeing a standard def movie printed to film and projected on the big screen was really cool. It looked good. The grittiness enhanced the story. This was the first “zombie” thing I ever saw that focused not on the outbreak but on the aftermath. Of course when you do that, the real monsters are people who aren’t sick. I think this movie influenced quite a lot.
I absolutely loved the soundtrack / score of the movie as well. Especially "In Paradisum" in the scene where they drive into the buring Manchester, the "Ave Maria" version in the car scene, Brian Eno's "An Ending" and John Murphy's "The End"
Excellent video; this is the first vid of yours that I have seen and it just happened to be one of my favourite movies of all time! 28 days later is brilliant. Did you notice the gritty film quality is all the way through the movie when they face struggle but then the end scene the quality is cleaner and more colourful to match the mood. Can you review 28 weeks later? I would love to hear your thoughts on the beginning sequence 👍🏻
Little details I love: = London cab totally out of place driving around on the grass in the countryside, just showing nothing is like it used to be, even though they're trying to find some semblance of normalcy having a picnic like a family = Cillian Murphy covered in blood, full of 'rage' exactly like one of the dead, getting revenge: what is the difference really? = The midpoint between engaging action camera work and totally detached, semi-documentary feel that Boyle got perfectly = The themes of hope and love contrasted against how sick and horrible everything has become = Great examples of 'showing, not telling' throughout, and the way they built the characters really effectively Fantastic movie and exactly what the Resident Evil films should have been. Also first time I've enjoyed a reaction video since never.
It was shot on Panasonic DVX 100, it was the first consumer-affordable digital camcorder capable of recording video at 24 progressives (non-interlaced) frames per second! 720x576 with non-square pixels, so it looks like 8 mm film or something like thatat. So it's like punkish dirty quality and style of cinematography was adapted to work well having that in mind. Danny Boyle is a very inspiring and creative filmmaker. I had one of these cameras myself at that time too, because you haven't got much choice back then. No DLSR's was at the market, etc. :))
This is the first video I’ve watched you have done. And I love it. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to see more of your videos. Also, love this movie
They blocked off Central London at like 4am to film this at dawn. My dad was in his car just off screen watching Murphy walk across the bridge. That soundtrack moment you mentioned is part of East Hastings by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Fun Fact No. 2: The scene in which Killian Murphy walks across a deserted Westminster Bridge was filmed two months before the main bulk of production filming early in the morning during summer, when the sun rises the earliest, around 4:30 am...the bridge, with the help of production runners and police, would be cleared for only minutes at a time to get the shot, this would be the same process for many of the shots in the deserted and empty streets.
Apparently The Writer of The Walking Dead Comic, Robert Kirkman, Didn't see the movie until he was already working on the 2nd issue. The Comic and Movie both came out around the same time, So it's actually complete coincidence!
Somehow I doubt it's complete coincidence. It's also the beginning of Day Of The Triffids, which was either an influence on both or for writers of science fiction they're both really badly read. I suspect they're both referencing/homaging that.
@@avodaith Indeed, I don't recall any other sci-fi using the 'abandoned/wrecked' hospital as a starting point prior to DOTT of which the book came out in the early 1950's and the popular serialized TV version from the BBC back in 1981.
I shot a student film in the Lake District where the last scene was shot with the jet flying over head. That part of the country they train RAF Pilots so it was easy for them to get the shot, we even managed to get a shot of a jet wizzing past us, had no use for it in our film though, so used it as our "Productions" indent.
Another great reaction man! Such a great zombie flick this is, the intensity is almost unparalleled! Some of the best music from this film is made by "Godspeed You! Black Emperor!" And congrats on the 1k subs, gonna be a lot more in the future :) If you haven´t delved into any Kubrick yet, you should definitely look into it! But i´m sure you have seen at least some of it (Y)
Thank you for that, seriously amazed by the community here. Each one of you rock honestly. Truly grateful to have such awesome people! And oh yeah I’ve seen one from him however, there’s always movies I haven’t seen here and there so be on the look out my friend!
Dude, you really had just a thousand subs when this came out? Because while i am watching it you are on your way to 50k! That's nuts man, and movie thursdays are a thing now :) Well done, and keep up the good work!
My favorite thing is, this movie did all of this without needing the outrageously large hordes that a lot of movies throw in. Just 1 of those infected was enough to challenge a group of people; and not to mention John Murphy's "In the House in a Heartbeat" was the perfect song to use for the climax of the compound raid. Hence why it keeps getting reused, most notably in "Kick Ass", and the most recent Metro Exodus used their own varients.
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This was an awesome film to watch! Loved the style this was shot with. What were your thoughts on it?
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"Hint...Filmmaker & Cop React to...End of Watch >.>
" That's a spoiler not a hint ;) Gonna start reaction in a minute, again congrats on 1,36 thousand, my man this is good! Clearly it's the choices and Your commentary pay off. Good Patreon, as we were talking earlier. Danny Boyle will show up again and again, he's a mad lad, and "Trainspotting" will be on Your list one day. Gonna watch Your reaction now, probably cackling along the way ;)
End of watch is a great choice!
Hahaha thanks man, I was wondering if anyone would catch that it was more of a spoiler than anything haha! Thank you as always my man, the love is truly incredible.
Agreed, I really loved how they shot this!
28 weeks later
Have you seen Trainspotting. I think you'd enjoy that.
This film was the reason running zombies/infected became very popular in other films and video games. Not to say it hasn't been done before, but this film really made the concept effective and terrifying, thus everyone wanted to emulate it.
What the fuck are you talking about? Night of the living dead 1968 then the remake in 1985 and the original dawn of the dead in 1978 and every other movie made around that time. The only reason zombies started to walk and shamble around for a time was for plot armour and to allow actors the time for dialogue. But running zombies were very popular for decades before this movie came out.
@@5TRICT9 He literally said it wasn't the first time it was done and this film is the reason it became more popular which is correct. The remake of Dawn Of The Dead in 2004 was originally going to be with slow walking zombies but it was changed because of the positive reception 28 days later got.
@@wthwasthat8884 IT IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY MADE POPULAR BY OTHER MOVIES.
@@5TRICT9 WHY ARE YOU TYPING IN CAPS LOCK? Just because you're wrong doesn't mean you need to be an idiot.
@@wthwasthat8884 STRICT9 is admittedly overreacting...but they're not wrong. It would be more accurate to say "28 Days Later" popularized the zombie apocalypse subgenre for a particular generation...but it's objectively false (and more than a little ignorant) to act as if it's what made the subgenre popular in the first place, or the first to make it "effective and terrifying". That credit is owed to "Night of the Living Dead". Actually, if you want to get technical, it started even before that since Romero drew inspiration from Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" (and its 1964 film adaptation "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price), and I would argue, Hitchcock's "The Birds" as well. Without those movies, there is no "28 Days Later".
The cheap digital look, almost like it was made on an old school VHS camcorder, works for me with this kind of material. It makes me feel like I'm there with them. It makes the movie feel more personal, whereas the glossy kind of image is better for more epic types of stories.
I agree! Great view point!
It was the first professional digital camera...or something. It was a 3 CCD camera, which was more or less the difference between pro and consumer, and made way more difference to the quality than those big expensive changeable lenses do. Umm...lemme see...O, it was also really cool looking. Umm...FCUK! I'm stalling cus I should know the damn name. I used to own one. It was definitely a Canon. Something like an XLR? Canon XLR? That sound right? It had a shoulder pad that looked like a battery pack when it was folded up. And cus it had a big external mic and separate viewfinder, it got you escorted out of a lot of places if you tried to use it for touristy type stuff
(Also, when detached, the eyepiece/mic/mic-holder, looked a lot like a gun on airport scanners)
Fucked if I remember the name though. Maybe Canon XR?
@@ashscott6068 Canon XL1 is what you're thinking of.
Yeah, I used to shoot short films on the XL1. It was kinda surreal to see a feature shot that way, on the big screen, back in the day. But it definitely gave the movie a really unique edge. David Lynch also shot Inland Empire similarly.
@@JamesVSCinema The back story to this is that a company was trying to create a anti-aggression drug for people that have high aggression or for people that have that condition where you get really angry or really happy. Point is they were trying to find a way to treat extreme aggression. Then it kinda backfired. Then one of the scientists got mad about not getting credit or not getting paid the amount he wanted (there is a explaination for this movie somewhere on TH-cam) but one of the scientists got mad so he told a animal rights group about this facility. Then they released one of the chimps and as you see one of them gets infected with the Rage virus then it breaks out and spreads throughout mainland Britain. As well as two other places we are aware of if you listen to what the characters say when they take Jim to the small store in the subway.
woah a film reaction channel that actually watches good movies and actually cares about fimmaking
i think i've found a new channel to watch
Ah my man, that’s too kind thank you man. Honestly super new to all of this but the love you guys have been giving has been incredible. Welcome to the community my friend!
Yeah. He's got great taste and curiosity. I'm in 👍
And now I've found it and have a nice backlog...great reviews from what I've seen.
@@JamesVSCinema The infected scream at is terrifying or horrific. It kinda scares me
12:36.
That actor from Dunkirk is Cillian Murphy, he is from my city in Cork Ireland. He has been in a lot of Christopher Nolan movies.
Oh word! Shoutout to Cork Ireland 🇮🇪
Tommy fucking Shelby.
Reminds me of Christopher Walken.
He was also scare crow from batman
I think this was the first time American audiences really saw Cillian Murphy in anything. Certainly, it was for me.
For the London scenes, police would close the roads at 4am, and filming would begin immediately. After 1 hour, the police would reopen the roads. The producers correctly predicted that asking drivers (including clubbers headed home) to either wait for up to an hour or find another route might make some of them angry. They got several extremely attractive young women (including Danny Boyle's daughter) to make the necessary requests, and the drivers responded quite amicably to them.
Hahaha wow, thank you for this Peter! I was really blown away at how isolated they got the city of London to be. This gives a lot more context so thank you for that brother. Hope you’re well man! Stay safe!
@@JamesVSCinema It was not filmed in the City of London, it was actually Greater London
Thanks for the correction!
@@JamesVSCinema Its ok foreign people always get confused with this. you see City of London is 1 square mile and only 9000 people live there
@@Waterford1992 I'm literally from England and I get confused with it...
The part where the zombies in the church turn around quickly i find legitimately scary
Yup, always freaked me out
And sad
yea can't believe this dude skipped that part, was talking about great shots and missed one of the best one
@@Apple-International tbf, i appreciate that, makes the paid full-length stuff much more worth it when you dont get to see all of the best bits for free
One of the best scenes on film
Danny Boyle is an Oscar winner. He's directed *multiple* bonafide cultural classics. He's STILL underrated as hell. Was fired from the last Bond movie because, again, he's too cool for everyone.
Hahaha has no idea actually, thanks for the info Walter. Too cool for Bond? That’s another level
Unfortunately 'Yesterday' was a real stinker, the first terrible movie he's made. Hopefully it was a blip and not a sign of him losing his touch.
@kshamwhizzle Although it wasn't great I did enjoy the movie, Yesterday is a whole other level of awful.
@@styot Y'all are high. Trance and Yesterday were dope
@@JamesVSCinema when we hosted the Olympics in 2012 we got Danny Boyle to direct the opening ceremony (which was pretty epic imo), he's really well liked in general over here
I've seen several reactions to this one and none of the people reacting even mentioned what I consider the most important scene. At night, during Jim's assault on the military base, there is a scene where a rage infected sees him and... doesn't attack him. Jim is so filled with righteous rage, the zedhead just ignores him as a potential candidate for infection.
If you mean the Scene where He frees weeler how ever Hes called, its Not that He doesnt wanna Attack him Hes Up a 3m Wall with Barbed Wire and the Zombie cant Resch him anyway thats why Hes going after the Others ppl/finding another way too jim
What if Jim if so filled with rage it thinks he’s already infected. Selena couldn’t tell at first.
The lone guy waking up in the hospital is a callback to The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham.
One of the best opening scenes in the history of cinema in my humble opinion
In the alternative ending, Cillian Murphy dies after being shot while the girls try to save him, and then they flee. Roll credits, no happy ending, no rescue.
I'm glad that Danny Boyle didn't go with that one.
@Michael Mathers But movies similar to this always have morbid or sad endings, so it's a surprise when it's somewhat "happy"...adds a new spice to the flavor instead of a predictable sad ending.
That's always been the real ending to me. The film is a circle. Jim's journey begins and ends on a hospital bed. For his companions, the fight continues. The deus ex machina happy ending feels shoehorned into a deliberately bleak picture.
The real ending (the original ending) wasn't quite like that. They break into a hospital, still dressed in the clothes that the soldiers made them wear and they struggle to save Cilian, but fail. And then they both walk out of the hospital, dressed in their guns, toting guns that they've taken from the soldiers and then a totally metal guitar track starts playing and it fades to black. Some people thought it was bleak, but it wasn't meant to be - you were supposed to get the idea that the girls WOULD survive.
There's an additional ending that was partially storyboarded but not filmed where the group doesn't encounter the soldiers at the blockade but Hannah's dad is still infected. They manage to knock him out before he turns and take him to the nearest hospital facility, which happens to be the aboveground component of the research facility at the start of the film. There they encounter the same scientist, who managed to lock himself in a supply room as the infection was getting out. He eventually tells them that Hannah's dad *can* be saved provided they give the man a full blood transfusion. Jim volunteers and sacrifices his life so that Hannah can have her dad back, and and the film ends with Selene, Hannah and her dad leaving the facility as Jim lays dead on a hospital bed.
Yeah, the hero dies can make a fine ending but too many horror movies seem to think they can't do anything else.
The waking up in a hospital and missing a global event thing was first done in Day of the Triffids.
Yeah that wsa a great story too, I don't think the series they've done about that were very good. Though it's hard making plants scary without making it look totally cheesy. I found the book quite disturbing though.
Think you’ll love the intro to 28 weeks later man...
I believe I seen that scene before? Not sure, but it’s the one with the long running with zombie in the background right hahaha
If only they had kept the rest of the film to it’s high standard opening
"You'll love the intro" is the most honest review of 28 Weeks Later.
@@LabradorIndependent indeed .
The infected screaming always sends chills through me.
The fact this is the first Zombie movie to have them run and be fast makes it scary too.
They had a darker ending as well with the girls rushing jim to a deserted hospital trying to save him but he eventually dies. I'm glad they went with this. The sequel is pretty good as well although not as much as the original. I'm still hoping for a third movie at some point (28 years later?!)
Yeah that would’ve been morbid as hell, glad they chose this one as well haha!
@@JamesVSCinema They had 3 endings, and the other 2 were dark endings, but they didn't work from a logic or narrative standpoint. So this ending works, if you ask me. Interesting thing about the sequel: DAYS was shot for an immediate post-9/11 society, but WEEKS was made for an War on Terror society, so the commentary is heavier and the tone is bleaker. But it's still an excellent film and it's why we're all still jonesing for a 3rd and/or 4th movie in the series.
Well it'll be 28 months later surely?
I never saw any logical issues with the original bleak ending. And 28 Weeks Later was interesting until the main characters started turning into idiots, and doing idiot things to propel the plot.
I heard them say 28 days later showed old London and 28 weeks later shows modern London
I love how just as he says "I'm assuming London?" One of the most recognisable landmarks appears on screen
28 Days later was gritty, unusual, awkward and very different overall than any other movie of that kind. The choppy movements and chaos was in my opinion perfectly done. Everything about this movie was shot weird and not like other movies and thats what makes it perfect. I wish we could see more from Danny Boyle of this kind of movie.
Danny Boyle intention was to avoid HD as far as I remember. He wanted this muddy look.
I love how you picked out the style shots, and general feel of the movie. There is so many other people that don't get it, saying stuff like "why is it look cheap, cant they get a good camera, and why is the shots so bad"
They don't get the gritty look.
Love the breakdown
What made this film super eerie was that they weren't zombies. They were just people infected with a virus. I did love that this film started the infected running genre and other starting putting running zombies in their films.
Man, coming back to your older stuff (not even 2 years old!) and seeing how much faster the Patreon crawl has gotten is kinda wild! And also almost 10x the subs! Congrats dude!
Hey thanks man! Incredibly grateful
The first "zombie" movie that was shot with a post-9/11 society in mind, so it hit audiences really hard, especially since it was something familiar done in a completely new way. Zack Synder's 2004 remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD did the same: took all the fun out of a zombie apocalypse.
The camera angles were done because they didn't have much money, but the cameras were small enough they could be easily mounted anywhere. So instead of using shooting one scene multiple times with one camera, they shot a scene once or twice with a dozen cameras in weird places and then cut between them. Why more filmmakers haven't done the same thing since then is beyond me because you can get magnificent angles with today's cameras that you can't with an Arri Alexa.
I agree, it’s definitely beyond me but honestly there’s probably reasons beyond the film and more along with studios and contracts at play that affect creativity in making films!
They were shooting this film the day of 9/11
according to Cillian Murphy they started shooting in summer 2001, before 9/11. So no
That's wrong. Otherwise the Missing Person Wall would not have been in the movie.
The tire changing scene is incredible. Even after all this time, it's one of the most suspenseful scenes I remember from modern cinema. And the soundtrack is perfect for it. I recently found the music in the background of that scene on TH-cam and it literally gave me chills because it's so damn effective in its simplicity. This movie is one of those perfect blends of the visuals and sound design+soundtrack. Definitely in my top 3 horror movies of all time.
I remember being so pissed when frank got infected then killed
RIGHT!? I was like damnit nooooo!!
@@JamesVSCinema the messed up thing is the fact that the soldiers were watching them even before the were looking around the checkpoint, trying to figure out a way to get rid of Frank and Jim, so they could take Hannah and Selena.
god i adore cillian murphy, such a talented actor and also one of the coolest human beings ever (plus, he has an AMAZING voice)
imo the best role of his career is the bbc show peaky blinders. it's available on netflix, and i genuinely believe it's one of the best shows out there, alongside breaking bad and mr robot - can't recommend it enough, and would love it if you actually did reactions to it! but in any case, it's worth checking out on your own time as well. i promise, you won't regret it
p.s. congrats on 1k subs! honestly one of the best channels on this site, can't wait for more people to discover you :)
He’s an incredible actor!!
Peaky blinders is a hell of a show I love it
@wharsmetoothpicson oh breakfast on pluto is also fantastic tbh, i just have a thing for gangsters and criminals 😄
Peaky blinders peaks in season 3 then really starts to decline in 4 before the rot really sets in with 5.
Peaky blinders is Not nearly as perfect as breaking Bad is what are you smokinh
It's amazing how much they got done with such a low budget, and how well it was made. Easily one of the best horror movies ever made.
Also, yes, Walking Dead took alot of inspiration off of this, even to the point to where the creators of these movies had a few, well, choice words to say about them.
Yeah, this movie was really the one that started off the "zombie" resurgence in film at that time, which is still ongoing, I guess. Everybody remembered seeing this movie. Modern classic.
nearly spat on my drink when you said "Obviously we don't have people running around and beating the crap out each other... wait, hol' up." LOL. anyway, loving this channel's content since your reactions actually insight into cinematography. Keep it up. Subscribed.
LMFAO. I had to think about it hahaha. Awesome to hear that Tyler glad you’re liking the content. Hope you’re well!
Part Zombie Road movie part human nature study. And thus began a heated discussion on the battlefield of Horror Genre criticism: Are they truly zombies? Draggers vs. runners.
Hmmm, I mean even with this movie I was wondering on calling them zombies haha. It’s more infected!
@6:29 it's playing Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings. I saw them live this past November, one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Found them through 28 Days Later back when it came out, one of my favorite movies for sure :D
This movie (and Batman Begins) made me a Cillian Murphy fan for life
He’s an incredible actor!
@Cassandra
You should watch Peaky Blinders
Peter Ping I’ve seen it, great show
Some Rando I love the movie Sunshine! I also liked the wind that shakes the barley. I’ve seen most of Cillian’s filmography lol. I’m sad that A Quiet Place 2 never came out before the Covid shutdowns, because I was looking forward to seeing Cillian’s performance there too
"The Edge of Love" with Cillian, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Rhys ("The Americans"), is one of my favorites . It's not a love triangle: it's a love quadrangle, based on a true story. Poet Dylan Thomas, who is married, encounters his first love, who is also married. Her husband, played by Cillian, goes off to war, comes home with PTSD, and is arrested for shooting into the Dylan Thomas household. He wonders whether the baby that Keira Knightley had while he has been away is his or Dylan's. In the meantime, the two wives have become close.
Also, "Red Eye," where Cillian plays a charming bad guy on an airplane against Rachel McAdams' heroine.
I hadn't seen this movie in probably about 16 years when I bought it on DVD. It was on cable last night and decided to give it watch. I forgot how disturbing it was. The way it's shot, the direction all of it. I was genuinely freaked out. I don't remember it being this crazy back in the day. Still holds up as classic.
LOVE this movie, one of my top favorite of all time, the music also is sooo perfect in this forgotten gem.
Danny Boyle has such a kinetic-style! I just picked up his debut, Shallow Grave, during this Criterion Sale. Was very impressed with that movie, as well
Yeah I loved this style for this film. Could’ve easily been a hit or miss but it hit dead on!
@@JamesVSCinema This is one of Danny Boyle earlier movies...you should also check out Shallow Grave (the first movie he directed)
@@Stiffatronic Although you might consider it "early" these days, at the time, he was pretty established and had already had the low budget indy breakout (Shallow Grave) into critically acclaimed gritty cultural phenomenon (Trainspotting) into big budget hollywood treatment (The Beach) and the news he was essentially going to do a low budget indy zombie horror was met at the time with a resounding "WAT?".
And then the movie came out.
The final sequence in this film when the house goes to shit is still one of the finest ramp ups into insanity, with so many callbacks to early scenes in the movie. Really fucking intense stuff at the time, and that shot of Jim literally gouging the dude's eyes out is still beautifully horrible stuff.
Watch Sunshine for more Danny Boyle/Cillian Murphy goodness (and still one of the most engaging Sci-Fi movies that routinely slips below people's radars).
I just ordered shallow grave . Can't wait to finally see it
Mad Max Fury Road is another directing and editing masterclass, as this one. Both films are the best of their genres, in my opinion.
I actually seen this movie and you are right! Loved it!
I've read they couldnt get permits to film in places so theyd sneak in and film at night. So good
Quite a few sections of this were shot using a Canon DV camera.
I believe the walking dead and 28 days later writers have tipped a hat to each other. Neither of them copied one another. But came up with similar ideas around the same time.
Also the writer of this wrote and directed ex machina. A must see if you haven't already.
Oh that’s interesting! Yeah they both have similar feels towards each other. Didn’t know he directed Ex Machina, that’s badass!
@@JamesVSCinemaobviously the director of the [Danny Boyle] has made some really good flicks to
Shallow grave
Trainspotting
127 hours
Sunshine.
Slumdog millionaire.
It was a modified Canon XL1, which at that time was the highest-res prosumer SD cam. They had to tweak the sensor so they could maximize the image, but otherwise, it was that camera.
Dude, no. 28 Days Later came out in 2002. TWD's first episode aired in 2010.
@@gothnate yeah but the comic book was out well before the show was made.
so nice to see that the african british woman is Moneypenny now!it took some time to get her break!
Well spoken dude you are. I dont usually sub to reaction-type youtubers but you're the first. The substance you add with your comments/reactions in each pause provides insight into not only the technical side of this film but its narrative. Keep up the good work champ
One thing I love that nobody seems to notice is that the last scene is filmed on 35mm film. It looks so good, and a nice way to enhance the fact that things are better at this point.
Danny Boyle? great director. My favourite film of his was "Sunshine"
The soundtrack during the climactic fight at the end is amazing!! I love this movie!
Your taste in movies is fantastic.
Thanks Morgan! All the love goes to the Patreon people, they’ve been killing it with selecting the movies!
You're correct. The main actor is Cillian Murphy, who was also in Dunkirk. He's also in Inception and Batman Begins (Nolan loves him) and stars in the Netflix show Peaky Blinders (awesome show, btw). Another great reaction, man.
Oh word! That’s cool, I’m happy he gotten a nice breakthrough from this film. Loved his acting in this! Thank you again Brandon, you truly are the man 🙏🏽
He's Scarecrow in Dark Knight Trilogy. He appeared in Begins and at the starting parts of The Dark Knight
Peaky Blinders is a BBC original show, nothing to do with Netflix
Major West was played by Chris Eccleston who played the Doctor, (from Doctor Who), in 2005, Frank’s actor Brendan Gleason who played Alastor Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter movies, (and is the father of Domnhall Gleason who played Bill Weasley, and Armitage Hux in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.)
I believe they had to film the external London scenes on Christmas morning to avoid crowds and without having to shut down too many streets. As others have said about the Walking Dead and 28 Days hospital setting it was pure coincidence, but it's also a really good way to introduce someone into this new world. There aren't many ways they could achieve that for their protagonists in our modern world and as both stories needed to start with someone being "birthed into it" (so to speak) waking up in a hospital was an obvious one.
It was done at the height of summer just as the sun came up on sunday mornings (hence the leaves on the trees)
Highly recommend Trainspotting and Trainspotting 2 - same director and also great!
I would swerve part 2- total garbage.
I loved part two . Not as good as the original but what ever is
Any believe you’ve grown so much as a channel in two years! Congrats my guy. Gonna keep the good vibes coming your way.
Until I saw "Train to Busan", this was my favorite zombie flick. I remember when I first watched it and he got to the church and I saw those zombies running I lost my shit. But what made this movie so appealing to me were the SILENCES... The constant feeling of dread and the emptiness caused by the Rage virus. The fact that all of this desolation and chaos happened in only 28 days... It gave me a feeling of helplessness. But you definitely check "Train to Busan". Oh... and "Kingdom" on Netflix... Takes place in 15th century Korea and is scary as hell. It's got 2 seasons so far.
You have now reacted to 2 of my top 20 all time fave films now. This was an awesome video man. Keep up the great work
It’s the Patreon supporters! They’ve been selecting gold so far!
Haven‘t hit Play yet, but I saw this pop up in my subscriptions and I thought to myself; wow, James has never seen 28 days later? Well, he is in for a treat! Gonna watch your reaction now 🙂
Hahaha thank you! Yes and it definitely delivered. For some reason I just never came around to this film, bizarre right? Happy I witnessed it now though! 🙏🏽
The actors playing the zombies are all athletes, dancers etc so they can just look fast and energetic in their every movements.
They shot the scenes of empty London streets at 4am in midsummer, that's the only way they could do it.
I remember the DVD for this movie had an extra feature on the increasing likelihood of a global pandemic in the near future. 😐
I have a recommendation I almost didn't name,
I thought I already commented it previously but I mixed you up with one other reviewer/reactor.
But Brenden Gleeson (the dad in the apartment complex towards the climax of the movie) shares the lead role with Colin Farrel in "In Bruges".
That's all I'm going to say about the movie.
Trust.
cheeky side rec: The Night Comes For Us
(French, Indonesian, Cantonese movie,
non-stop action, with almost zero guns involved,
mostly involves box cutters, machetes & cow hooves).
I know I´m backtracking you but it´s because I discovered you so late and I need to update myself. You are a great teacher in filmmaking techniques. Love your details for noticing framing, editing and understanding the storytelling. You eclipse everybody on youtube for that.
Director Danny Boyle first made a name for himself with Shallow Grave, which also put Ewan MacGregor on the cinematic map. It's a Coen Brothers-dark Scottish crime gem.
This and The Walking Dead both lifted the "waking" hospital scene from Day of the Triffids.
Congratulations on the 1k Subs, Next Goal 5k! going to share this as much as possible!
Yessir! This is crazy man, I’m blown away by the love. Thank you for real!
Cillian also starred in Danny Boyles Sunshine and I really loved that movie! Chris Evans isn't bad in it either, you should check it out. As a film maker I think you would enjoy the Netflix series Sense8, stunning work and filmed all over the world. Also on Prime there is a short British series series starring Stellan Skarsgard and I love the way it is acted and filmed, stunning! The first 12 minutes will hook you and is the best story telling around mental health issues I've seen in years. At a film festival I saw also saw Danny the Dog (now called Unleashed in the US) starring Morgan Freeman and Jet Li, amazing film, in my top 5 for sure.
For DECADES the UK has had the best exterior shots for horror. I don’t know why, and I lived in Britain for a while, but the exterior shots always have a beautiful vignette style of cinematography. I noticed it as far back as the original “all creatures great and small” but even films like the ladykillers has the same beautifully dark exterior cinematography. It’s goddamn perfected in 28 days later.
They had to clear parts of London, very early in the morning. From IMDB: police would close the roads at 4am, and filming would begin immediately. After 1 hour, the police would reopen the roads.
And the opening shots, and large parts of the film, are shot with a miniDV camera the Canon XL-1. One of the only semi-pro miniDV cameras that was able to shoot in 24 frames per second at the time.
i remember this movie cause no other movie made me stress tf out more than this one😴
they filmed the oening shots of london over a week or two, really early in the morning, also blocking off sections to qickly film, and then let london life resume. From personal exeriance, London is surprisingly empty at 2-5 am, and is intensly beautiful in the early light
Danny Boyle is a great filmmaker, who rarely works in the same genre more than once and gets great performances out of his actors. My favorites of his are Trainspotting and Sunshine. I highly recommend them if you haven't seen them.
Several people had mentioned Trainspotting! I’ll be sure to put those on the next patreon polls my friend!
I saw this movie in the cinema when it was first released, just around the corner from where the London scenes were shot. Walked in from busy, bustling streets, and in the first twenty minutes of the film I saw the same streets eerily abandoned. Can't tell you how effective and unsettling it was!
This was the first big film shot all with digital cameras, blew everyone's mind when it first came out - the look and the fast zombies!
Love the opportunity to see one of my favourite movies through a filmmaker's pro eyes, so that I can learn how to appreciate different parts of the art. Thanks for this!
I know this vid is two years but, I LOVE 28 days later. I dont why but, its the only movie to honestly gave me nightmares. I've seen lots of thrillers, gory flicks, horror movies, psychological stuff...and THIS flick is the one that wouldn't let me sleep. This and Shaun of the Dead gave the zombie genre a well-needed kick in its butt.
If you can find it, get the DVD or watch the extra material that was included (some of it is online).
And the actor is Cillian Murphy (Dunkirk, Breakfast on Pluto, The Wind That Shakes The Barley).
The fact that slow zombies have so many names and the fast ones are just called the infected is so vague and mysterious
This movie influenced so many different things. No spoilers, but there's a moment in a certain Marvel Netflix show that I'm convinced is an homage to this movie, and it's amazing.
Really!? Oh that’s pretty damn cool.
Aside from the ending scene, this entire film was shot on standard definition video cameras. We’re talking 480p resolution at best. And at no point is that a problem. It serves the story. Such a good lesson in these resolution obsessed times. Not only that, those cameras didn’t have near the dynamic range and color reproduction of a basic smartphone camera.
I saw this at the theater when it was new. Seeing a standard def movie printed to film and projected on the big screen was really cool. It looked good. The grittiness enhanced the story. This was the first “zombie” thing I ever saw that focused not on the outbreak but on the aftermath. Of course when you do that, the real monsters are people who aren’t sick. I think this movie influenced quite a lot.
These vids are honestly so entertaining bruh
One of my favourite movies ever. . . I love it when other people loving it too.
I absolutely loved the soundtrack / score of the movie as well. Especially "In Paradisum" in the scene where they drive into the buring Manchester, the "Ave Maria" version in the car scene, Brian Eno's "An Ending" and John Murphy's "The End"
Excellent video; this is the first vid of yours that I have seen and it just happened to be one of my favourite movies of all time! 28 days later is brilliant. Did you notice the gritty film quality is all the way through the movie when they face struggle but then the end scene the quality is cleaner and more colourful to match the mood.
Can you review 28 weeks later? I would love to hear your thoughts on the beginning sequence 👍🏻
one of the most intense opening scenes ever
Little details I love:
= London cab totally out of place driving around on the grass in the countryside, just showing nothing is like it used to be, even though they're trying to find some semblance of normalcy having a picnic like a family
= Cillian Murphy covered in blood, full of 'rage' exactly like one of the dead, getting revenge: what is the difference really?
= The midpoint between engaging action camera work and totally detached, semi-documentary feel that Boyle got perfectly
= The themes of hope and love contrasted against how sick and horrible everything has become
= Great examples of 'showing, not telling' throughout, and the way they built the characters really effectively
Fantastic movie and exactly what the Resident Evil films should have been.
Also first time I've enjoyed a reaction video since never.
28 months later is an even more real movie, you see it every day through your own eyes...
Great reaction btw, ty.
I'd love to hear your take on O Brother Where Art Thou
The guy died at the end originally, they changed it for american audiences i believe.
This was the most innovative zombie movie ever when it came out, we had never seen something like this before and it was scary as hell
It was shot on Panasonic DVX 100, it was the first consumer-affordable digital camcorder capable of recording video at 24 progressives (non-interlaced) frames per second! 720x576 with non-square pixels, so it looks like 8 mm film or something like thatat. So it's like punkish dirty quality and style of cinematography was adapted to work well having that in mind. Danny Boyle is a very inspiring and creative filmmaker. I had one of these cameras myself at that time too, because you haven't got much choice back then. No DLSR's was at the market, etc. :))
This is the first video I’ve watched you have done. And I love it. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to see more of your videos. Also, love this movie
Hahaha @ your expression when they drive into the chained gate. That was great.
Lmaoooo I legitimately thought I killed them hahaha
They blocked off Central London at like 4am to film this at dawn. My dad was in his car just off screen watching Murphy walk across the bridge.
That soundtrack moment you mentioned is part of East Hastings by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
8:20 Never noticed. Seen this at least 8 times and never noticed. I learned something and I love you.
Fun Fact No. 2: The scene in which Killian Murphy walks across a deserted Westminster Bridge was filmed two months before the main bulk of production filming early in the morning during summer, when the sun rises the earliest, around 4:30 am...the bridge, with the help of production runners and police, would be cleared for only minutes at a time to get the shot, this would be the same process for many of the shots in the deserted and empty streets.
Apparently The Writer of The Walking Dead Comic, Robert Kirkman, Didn't see the movie until he was already working on the 2nd issue. The Comic and Movie both came out around the same time, So it's actually complete coincidence!
Oooooo that’s actually pretty damn cool! Hahaha, love when those sort of things come together like that!
Somehow I doubt it's complete coincidence. It's also the beginning of Day Of The Triffids, which was either an influence on both or for writers of science fiction they're both really badly read. I suspect they're both referencing/homaging that.
@@avodaith Indeed, I don't recall any other sci-fi using the 'abandoned/wrecked' hospital as a starting point prior to DOTT of which the book came out in the early 1950's and the popular serialized TV version from the BBC back in 1981.
This sounds track, story and acting were amazing. I loved this film.
The film starts off blurred, like a home movie, and ends on fine crystal clear detail.
28 Days Later did the hospital wake-up before Walking Dead.
They shot the first street scene in early morning and closed some major streets.
Congrats, James, on going from 1k subscribers to 100+k subscribers in a year!
I shot a student film in the Lake District where the last scene was shot with the jet flying over head. That part of the country they train RAF Pilots so it was easy for them to get the shot, we even managed to get a shot of a jet wizzing past us, had no use for it in our film though, so used it as our "Productions" indent.
Another great reaction man! Such a great zombie flick this is, the intensity is almost unparalleled! Some of the best music from this film is made by "Godspeed You! Black Emperor!"
And congrats on the 1k subs, gonna be a lot more in the future :)
If you haven´t delved into any Kubrick yet, you should definitely look into it! But i´m sure you have seen at least some of it (Y)
Thank you for that, seriously amazed by the community here. Each one of you rock honestly. Truly grateful to have such awesome people! And oh yeah I’ve seen one from him however, there’s always movies I haven’t seen here and there so be on the look out my friend!
Dude, you really had just a thousand subs when this came out? Because while i am watching it you are on your way to 50k! That's nuts man, and movie thursdays are a thing now :) Well done, and keep up the good work!
Haha thank you!! It’s absolutely mind blowing man.
The last scene was filmed at my childhood home. The day they filmed the plane flying over was so exciting.
12:36 bro that angle with the screaming is just so 😵 I love it 😂
My favorite thing is, this movie did all of this without needing the outrageously large hordes that a lot of movies throw in. Just 1 of those infected was enough to challenge a group of people; and not to mention John Murphy's "In the House in a Heartbeat" was the perfect song to use for the climax of the compound raid.
Hence why it keeps getting reused, most notably in "Kick Ass", and the most recent Metro Exodus used their own varients.