Carleen and Mike

This weekend I had the delight of going to see what will probably stand as one of the finest horror movies of our generation. I do not speak these words lightly. 28 Weeks Later simply blew me away at every turn. I’m not going to do a full blown review, cause I hate writing that much. But I will say this: the acting? spectacular from all involved; the writing? Poetry; the Plot? heart-wrenching, AND gut-wrenching (now how many movies can claim that. Robert Carlyle plays the main character who we come to love, despise, and feel the utmost pity for. His character was great, and of course, he pulled of the acting marvelously. Imogen Poots and Macintosh Muggleton (I don’t think J.K. Rowlings herself could have written any two more perfect “Harry Potter” names) play his children, well done from both of them. Ms. Poots, I should mention, has the most beautiful eyes I think I have ever seen.

The amazing part of the movie was how much we cared for characters that showed up for only a short period of time in the movie. The writers built these amazingly well-rounded and believable characters and had no compunctions nor hesitation to snuff those characters out. Another thing that impresses me about 28 Weeks Later as well as 28 Days Later, was how the really crappy things that happen aren’t what the infected do to the humans, but what humans do to themselves. You gotta love a “zombie” movie that acts as a window into the human condition, huh? Romero’s another one who does this really well.

Anyway, forget Spider-Man, go see 28 Weeks Later, the helicoper scene is worth the price of admission alone.

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