28 Days Later

So…it’s based on a book by Alex Garland...an author I've heard great things about and a book that is among the many on my 'to read' list.
Directed by Danny Boyle…who did The Beach, also based on a novel by Alex Garland, which I have yet to read and see. He also did Trainspotting…Sunshine…Slumdog Millionaire I think…that’s all I can think of right now.
Basically it is about this weird virus that was in these chimps, that these activists set free. The disease causes complete rage and when spread to humans, they basically destroyed each other, or committed suicide in fear…
Anyway...the VERY beginning was good, it was okay...then it started to go downhill for me. I couldn't really see where they were trying to go...the plot kind of seemed to disappear. Then the third quarter was great. It died down again for the last quarter but it was still better than the majority of the beginning half.
The main character is the guy from Red Eye I believe...the bad guy, and I think he’s in Sunshine too.
He's a creepy looking guy, and I don't think he was that great of an actor...and not because of the fact that I think he’s creepy…if anything, I would consider that to be an advantage.
The other main character was Selena...I liked her. Besides the fact that she had a really kick ass haircut, she started off as a hardass and softened up a bit by the end, possible a bit too much.
some of the events that happened were very predictable....and some were unpredictable however completely unrealistic, even for a movie.
I think this movie was attempting to show how savage humans are...maybe compare the non infected with being almost as savage as those infected with “rage”.... and it started off in the right track, but it didn’t go all the way.
I mean, there are a group of survivors hunting for women to rape basically to restart civilization....one of these girls happened to be a young teen.
But they never end up raping them...
And I'm not saying I wanted it to happen...but I think they should have insinuated that it was happening, or let us hear it or something, I don’t know…I probably sound incredibly sick right now.
But if your trying to show what monsters humans can be, just go all the way!
It was hard trying to decide which was worse…the fact that the entire human race was about to become extinct because of this virus, or the fact that the entire human race could possible be rebuilt by these supposedly sick and twisted men.
I think the human race being repopulated by these maniacs had the potential to be more frightening, and should have been more upsetting, however as I said before, they didn’t go as far as they could have with the pathetic remains of mankind.
overall it was okay
I think I'd rather read the book, I’m planning on it...and I hope it's better.

6/10