Terrific Trailers: 28 Days Later
Filed under: Horror, Summer Movies, Trailers and Clips
Maybe it's all the talk of Swine Flu flooding the airwaves that has me in a pandemic frame of mind, but when Erik asked us to think about some of our favorite summer movie trailers, my mind wandered from the obvious blockbusters and instead, I came up with Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. Now, I've always been a staunch defender of 28 Days against what seemed to be a chorus of naysayers. Yes, I know; the theatrical ending is too upbeat (not for me, but I've got a pretty bleak outlook sometimes), it's not a proper zombie film, Cillian Murphy's 'Rambo' turn comes from left field, and the list goes on. But believe me when I tell you that there is nothing you can come up that I haven't already heard about why this film isn't all it's cracked up to be. So even though better men have tried (and failed) to convince me that this isn't some of the best work that Boyle has done, at least we can agree that it's a heck of a lot better than A Life Less Ordinary.
The international trailer for the horror had all of the trademarks of Boyle's style; great use of music, striking visuals, and it was creepy as hell. Boyle and Alex Garland's story of an infection running amok in England might not have been your typical summer release; it was shot on digital video, it had limited F/X, and the most recognizable face in the trailer was Christopher Eccleston. But, just watching this trailer again after all these years reminds me that it isn't always the splashy Hollywood productions that can turn out to be your summer's most memorable film.
(Trailer contains language that is NSFW.)
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4-29-2009 @ 7:00PM
Saltypoison said...
I love this movie! What was the original ending?
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4-29-2009 @ 9:50PM
c said...
Love this movie. I watch it every couple of months. It a kind of loses steam at the end, but I still think it is incredible.
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4-29-2009 @ 10:15PM
Midnight13 said...
How is 28 Days Later not anything less then a classic? It took the zombie movie and gave it some adreniline. (I was going to say it gave it something else, use your imagination) A few years ago George Romero came out and said he doesn't like fast zombies. As much as I respect Romero I disagree with him. Boyle took a post AIDS pre SARS film about disease and created a scary, dark film.
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4-30-2009 @ 10:07AM
Shawn said...
You can't forget about Brendan Gleeson. It also introduced me to Brian Eno again. I love An Ending (Ascent) and how it's used in the trailer and movie.
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4-30-2009 @ 11:44AM
HallsyHatesU said...
"at least we can agree that it's a heck of a lot better than A Life Less Ordinary."
I can't possibly agree with you.
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5-01-2009 @ 1:42PM
Sam said...
This is such a great movie! I love it, and I'm a 15-year old girl. It's so awesome! I may hate the gore, but it's really breathtaking.
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