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Chris Williams's avatar

I saw 28 Years Later last Friday and was going to come home and write my thoughts the next morning. But I've sat on them, and I'm glad I did (maybe I'll have something by end of this week). Had I written it right after, I'd be talking about how weird it is, how it isn't what I expected after a recent viewing of 28 Days Later.

But it refuses to leave me. It's so much more compassionate and thought-provoking than I expected. So much to say about how hoping for "back to normal" can rob us of the compassion we need to move on, and how small-scale death can be more painful than large-scale disaster. There's also so much subtext about British history and pop culture that I'm sure went right over my head. It's a very impressive movie.

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Natalie Arriola's avatar

Yes to this! I loved this film too, just as I love the original 28 Days Later, but for very different reasons. Garland and Boyle make such a great team. I felt whispers of some themes carried over here from Garland's unsung masterpiece of a film "Men." I loved how 28 Years flipped the male coming of age story on its head, making it about the mother/son relationship rather than father/son. Thank you for sharing. Glad to know there are others who appreciated the film as much as I did. :)

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