28 Days Later

Started by bonanzataz, February 25, 2003, 07:59:34 PM

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Cecil

cause it keeps the thread gowing

jokerspath

...and growing...

aw
THIS IS NOT AN EXIT

Sleuth

I'll be the judge of that
I like to hug dogs

Pubrick

no way man, ur powerless after 2 pages.

like cinderella or sumthin.
under the paving stones.

Pwaybloe

Quote from: mogwaiI just want to say for the record that I'm happy that this movie is doing good business in the U.S.

That has to be the longest sentence ever. Seriously tho.

You have no idea.  I don't know how movie ads are in Europe, but in the US we have these lame "audience reactions" ads.

They interview teenage girls while screaming, "OH MY GOD, That was, like, so scary!" and then obviously concludes with giggling.  

So, like, it's a screaming success.  Hee hee hee hee!

MacGuffin

From The Los Angeles Times:

DVD-like addition to '28 Days' in theaters
Come July 25, an already-filmed darker ending will be shown after the credits.

In an unusual marketing move to pump up the buzz surrounding its horror hit "28 Days Later," Fox Searchlight will attach the film's original, rather downbeat ending to all 1,400 prints now playing in theaters.

Although outtakes, filmmaker narration and alternate endings have become an expected part of DVD movie packages, Fox Searchlight says it is aware of no other instance in which alternate scenes were added to a film still in theatrical release.

The ending now in theaters was actually the film's original scripted ending but was ditched by screenwriter Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle during production in favor of a darker coda. That grim ending was included in the first cut of the film and tested with preview audiences in theaters. But Boyle and his filmmaking team ultimately rejected the scene, set in a hospital, as simply too bleak.

"We felt we can't do this to people. Because it was such a tough journey anyway," Boyle said. The filmmakers went back and filmed the more upbeat ending they had originally written, which tested much better and is now the film's final scene.

The darker ending, which already appears as a feature on the British DVD of the film, will appear beginning July 25 at the conclusion of the credits. Otherwise, projectionists would have to splice in the four minutes of footage or Searchlight would have had to strike new prints.

Searchlight contemplated re-releasing two versions of the film — one with the upbeat ending, the other with the downer conclusion. But Motion Picture Assn. of America rules prevent two versions of the same film from playing at the same time.

Since its debut June 27, "28 Days Later" has been a critical and commercial hit, grossing nearly $30 million.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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markums2k

Quote from: MacGuffinSince its debut June 27, "28 Days Later" has been a critical and commercial hit, grossing nearly $30 million.

That's wonderful.  Hopefully somebody will realize we need more movies like this.  And I'm not talking about the zombies.  Probably how it will be interpreted though.  Get ready for House of 1000 Corpses 2... eckk

Pubrick

Quote from: Pawbloebut in the US we have these lame "audience reactions" ads.

They interview teenage girls while screaming, "OH MY GOD, That was, like, so scary!" and then obviously concludes with giggling.  

So, like, it's a screaming success.  Hee hee hee hee!
Quote from: markums2kI swear to fucking God, sometimes my almost every day your country makes me want to vomit.
under the paving stones.

markums2k

Quote from: P
Quote from: Pawbloebut in the US we have these lame "audience reactions" ads.

They interview teenage girls while screaming, "OH MY GOD, That was, like, so scary!" and then obviously concludes with giggling.  

So, like, it's a screaming success.  Hee hee hee hee!
Quote from: markums2kI swear to fucking God, sometimes my almost every day your country makes me want to vomit.

Don't take me out of context, dammit.  :x

http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2419&start=30

But, yeah.  The giggling girls piss me off too.  They probably giggled at the cock shot too.  "Ohmigod!" giggle giggle giggle

Pubrick

wtf? dude, ur not alan rickman.

i crossed out the lines u wrote and inserted my own additional lines.

don't freak out and put a black cape on or sumthin.
under the paving stones.

markums2k

Quote from: Pwtf? dude, ur not alan rickman.

i crossed out the lines u wrote and inserted my own additional lines.

don't freak out and put a black cape on or sumthin.

It's too late.  I'm one of the infected.

Mesh

Quote from: The Gold Trumpet
But thing is, its ridiculous to think about that when watching that kind of movie. Its very similiar to 28 Days Later where so much of the movie is for the purpose of the gore of zombies killing and thriller of these people trying to escape that all ideas seem weightless. The horror genre, like porn, is way too extreme of a genre for a movie with ideas because it requires so many things that just wouldn't be in that kind of movie. Nothing against the horror or porn genre, but the elements in them are way too out of context for the requirements of an art film. Where an art film wouldn't show all the zombie attacks and killings but instead set up a scenario that would bring out the atmosphere of living with them and what they bring to their own world, the zombie thriller movie would show the action elements of zombies actually attacking humans. Movies are a terrible art form for ideas because they can only sustain so much attention to certain things in the time period of two hours and when trying to go for information, it always loses to the book, so movies are best to try to capture an environment and feeling of something. Trying to better dramaticize something.

This whole paragraph is one giant load of utter, complete bullshit.

Quote from: The Gold TrumpetIts very similiar to 28 Days Later where so much of the movie is for the purpose of the gore of zombies killing and thriller of these people trying to escape that all ideas seem weightless.

Films almost always have more than one "purpose," as you so high-mindedly put it.  They often want to scare or titilate you, or make you paranoid, or make you feel love, or make you laugh......but they almost always, with very few exceptions, can make you think....If only you'd let them.

Quote from: The Gold TrumpetNothing against the horror or porn genre, but the elements in them are way too out of context for the requirements of an art film.

"Requirements" of an "art" film?  What the hell are you talking about?

Quote from: The Gold TrumpetMovies are a terrible art form for ideas...

Holy fuck.  I'm so flabbergasted by this, I can't even begin to respond......

OK, I'll try:  Movies are a bad way to express ideas because books have more time?  OH.  MY.  GOD.  Why do you even post, then?

First, I thought you were just deluded or bad at expressing yourself in English.  Now, I think you're a moron.  In one paragraph, you went from saying that Horror and Porn films are bereft of ideas, due to their graphic, explicit nature, to saying that films, in general, shouldn't (or can't, I'm still not quite sure) be used to express ideas.......when just a few posts ago, I listed you 10 ideas that one Good to Great Horror movie explores or invites its viewers to explore.

I can't believe any of this is what you really think.  If you continue to defend this position, I'll have to consider whether I ever want to read another post you write.

Oh, and in the first part of your post:  What do you mean that certain ideas brought up by films may or may not be "valid?"  What could that possibly mean?

Gold Trumpet

Quote from: MeshNow, I think you're a moron

Thank you. I'm sure many others feel the same way. Hopefully now since your feelings of me are known, I can live peacefully without your words directed at me because you will realize I am an utterly useless person to talk to. I don't mind continuing conversation and discussion with JB, though.


Quote from: MeshOK, I'll try: Movies are a bad way to express ideas because books have more time? OH. MY. GOD. Why do you even post, then?

Actually, I first heard that from the filmmaker, Krzystof Kieslowski.

~rougerum

markums2k

This 'Krzystof Kieslowski' fellow, he sounds like a twit.

Mesh

Quote from: markums2kThis 'Krzystof Kieslowski' fellow, he sounds like a twit.

He's not.

He spent 30 years making nothing but documentary films, that one genre of films most interested in relating ideas.  Apparently, though, he wasted his time because "films are a bad way to express ideas."

Kieslowski was a filmmaking genius, but if he truly believed that films don't express ideas well, he was a genius who was very, very wrong about his own chosen art form.