←back to thread

231 points frogulis | 9 comments | | HN request time: 0.209s | source | bottom
1. zoklet-enjoyer ◴[] No.44567759[source]
Most movies are pretty bad. Always have been. I feel like I got scammed for paying to see 28 Years Later.
replies(3): >>44567771 #>>44567802 #>>44571574 #
2. plantwallshoe ◴[] No.44567771[source]
The threequel zombie movie lacked too much subtlety for you?
replies(1): >>44568070 #
3. jowday ◴[] No.44567802[source]
Weird, I thought it was one of the best movies I've seen in the last few years. Wasn't at all what I expected to see, but was incredibly memorable and impactful.

F1 on the other hand was maybe the worst offender as far as literalism is concerned.

replies(2): >>44568215 #>>44572521 #
4. senectus1 ◴[] No.44568070[source]
Quadquel?

There is another (and supposedly final) in January 2026.

replies(1): >>44570657 #
5. wiseowise ◴[] No.44568215[source]
> F1

Let me guess, an old man Brad Pitt enters the movie screen and says something like: “I’m gonna, I’m gonna… I’m gonna WROOOM! I’m WROOMING!!”?

6. IAmBroom ◴[] No.44570657{3}[source]
It's actually a sort of standing joke that trilogies are sometimes 4-fold. Trivial Pursuit used that answer as one of their copyright test questions (if your game replicates our bad answer, you stole our product).
7. npteljes ◴[] No.44571574[source]
What did you expect from 28 Years Later, and what have you got?
replies(1): >>44578117 #
8. AlexandrB ◴[] No.44572521[source]
Yeah, F1 was extremely literal - characters would often describe what's going on in Brad Pitt's head while he's driving. On the other hand, it's a "big, dumb action movie" and at least it took itself seriously and didn't wink at the audience like so many modern blockbusters do.
9. zoklet-enjoyer ◴[] No.44578117[source]
I didn't expect anything after about half an hour into it. The first half hour or so was pretty good. The kid taking his sick mom into a zombie infested area was dumb. The blockade but not sending them supplies and stuff, dumb. Zombie pregnancy. Alpha male zombie roided out. The doctor character in general.