Second in the trilogy? Did I hallucinate 28 Weeks Later?
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We all did.
The plan is to complete the 28 X Later trilogy, with a 28 Years Later trilogy, taking it to five films. So the second in the trilogy is referring to the second 28 Years Later film, but also the fourth 28 X Later movie.
Bouncing straight into the second film makes it look like someone is confident about it's success.
28 years later already is a third part.
Why the fuck does the third movie need to be a trilogy of its own? They’re going to ruin this movie before it’s even released.
They really did drop the ball by not going in between a couple of years after 28 Weeks Later, and making 28 Months Later.
Yeah, I suspect that would have been the plan but reception to Weeks wasn't good.
Yeah, I gotta agree. Except for its' bookends, the film lacked a sense of immediacy that the first one had in droves.
But that final shot, man... that one very last image...
I am aware it's a mental, faulty-memory mirage, but that moment alone raises this film's estimation in my incomplete recollection of it, when it came out... I might have even seen it in a theater, not quite sure. Might have rented it on DVD. It's a patchy, unraveling quilt, that's how bad my memory of it is... and the final image stands out.
Oh, but I have a MUCH more vivid memory of 28 Days Later, remember the plot with fairly clear detail, went to see it twice on a large screen.
And that, in a nutshell, is me agreeing with you.
EDIT: It's amazing when you think about it, Danny Boyle has such an incredible gut instinct, has managed to catch lightning in a bottle at least three times, and that's several times more than most directors.
Trainspotting.
28 Days Later.
Slumdog Millionaire.
Personally, I much prefer Sunshine over Slumdog and believe it has had a more lasting impact, but I remember it being ignored in its' day.
But I can tell you this: in my town, Sunshine hung on in the theater, word of mouth kept bringing people into the seats. One of 'em was me, twice.
No publicity to speak of. All word of mouth.
If Sunshine had come out in the past few years, it would be given an Oppenheimer/Nolan-style red carpet treatment.