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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — 28 Weeks Later
wmeyerson-119-935702 — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 08:19 AM)
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Around 85 minutes, Scarlet, Andy & Tammy are walking together down the escalator in the dark. One moment Andy and Tammy are holding hands, and within seconds Andy not only disappears, he is apparently completely out of earshot of Scarlet and Tammy, who are SCREAMING his name. There is NO WAY he would not have replied to them. It is a ridiculous gimmick; totally cheap thrills. This happens too many times in the film. A few is okay, but it becomes gratuitous when you do it too much. Another example (in the same part of the film) is the night scope view of Tammy. If you have ever looked through such a scope, you would know the field of view is much larger than is shown. Scarlet (the Army doctor) should have been looking further away, and doesn't do that. In the film world, I find this equal to walking up behind someone else and saying "Boo!". Total bs. -
cassbtt — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 12:40 PM)
As a screenwriter, striking a balance between documentary-realism and KISS is always there, with paramount above all being the cost to attain the best result. Consider this: How many in the audience detected the things you did, and are concerned about them? There are just as many skeptics about the film when it comes to the bio-science.
However, I do agree with you on this scene in that it strikes me as though they wanted something to look like "found footage" all of a sudden. The shaky-camera syndrome in most of the rest of the film was bad enough, as far as I'm concerned.
Still, one of my favorite films it contains the big breakout scene that we never got to see in 28 Days Later. -
cassbtt — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 06:56 AM)
Another thing, which doesn't bug me at all, but there was no reason for it to happen:
The set-up is when we see Doyle checking out the residents through his rifle's night-scope.
One of the apartments he finds is Don and his kids. Notice Tammy is already in bed, and Andy is jumping up and down on his before Don trips him up, which makes Doyle chuckle. Nice scene. (I suppose some may argue that this is not that family and is somebody else, because we don't see them up close, but I'm pretty sure it is them).
Anyway, next we see Andy and Tammy face-to-face in the same bed, where he's commiserating about not remembering what his Mom looked like.
Just a bit of a goof.
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wmeyerson-119-935702 — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 11:02 AM)
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Regarding the scene of Doyle watching residents through his rifle night-vision scope, I have no doubt it is Don and his kids he stays focused on the longest, and what they are doing (as you mentioned). I totally agree with you about "no reason for it to happen", as it is a scene which could (and should) have been cut for the simple fact that it has no bearing at all on the plot of the film. I too, like this film but, I like "28 Days Later" more; simply because it was the first and (consequently) more original film. It is mentioned in the Trivia section Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and director Danny Boyle were unavailable for this film due to prior engagements. There is no question Jeremy Renner, Idris Elba and Robert Carlyle are fine actors in their own right. I personally like all of the lead actors from both films a lot, in varying degrees. In my opinion, Cillian Murphy has gone on to become a true star since the first film was made. Remember, it was released almost 15 years ago (June, 2002). Jeremy Renner is terrific and the same goes for Idris Elba; they both are very good, and have top films under their belt. Another interesting item I read in the Trivia section is the character of "Doyle" is a reference to the director of "28 Days Later", Danny Boyle. It consists of the "D" from "Danny" and the "oyle" from "Boyle" making
"Doyle"
. Lastly, I read Danny Boyle wants (or wanted?) a third film to make named "28 Months Later". However, it was said too many of the people involved (ie: writers/producers) "weren't speaking with each other"; therefore, nothing would happen until they do (start speaking with each other). Peace. -
riosweitzer-899-924312 — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 04:41 AM)
Actually Doyle is just doing some scanning, to make sure nothing bad is going down. So he's scanning various spots, as I'm pretty sure the other soldiers are doing, trying to make sure that there are no surprises and nothing bad is happening.
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wmeyerson-119-935702 — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 07:24 AM)
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FYI, this should be in "Goofs"; I will try to enter it there later. At around 80 minutes, right after Doyle gets burned up pushing the car to help start it, Andy looks into the back seat at his sister and you can clearly see her eyes are the same color: green (or are they blue? Please see my note at the end of this post), and remain the same for the rest of the film. The main premise and part of the possible immunity theory is both children have different colored irises (like their mother), which is shown at the beginning of the film. This is what makes them unique.
**Note: Imogen Poots, who plays Tammy has "striking blue eyes" according to this website. -
cassbtt — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 12:46 PM)
Doc Scarlet (talking with Sgt. Doyle at the old fairground) suggests that the kids "may" have inherited the Mom's immunity, but she doesn't expressly state it's because of the dual-eyes color.
In fact, that's just left up to us to imagine and the bio-science folks will have to step in here to tell us how in some way shape or form this condition could possibly make anybody immune to a virus. It's a real gimmick, as far as I'm concerned, and maybe just there to highlight the immunity in these two characters for us in the audience.
So, the dual color identifies that the Mom and Andy were immune, and we see their eyes as such, but we never see Tammy with the dual irises. You seem to state that late in the movie her eyes are "the same color". Personally, I never saw them as anything but.
So poor Tammy can get the virus: It's why I think, with all that hugging and kissing of her l'il bro', she ends up getting infected via all that spatter on his clothes and face and she's the one who ends up killing the chopper occupants and spreading the disease to Europe. Yikes! Too bad, I liked poor Tammy.