Reminds me of why I hated the first one

Rating: 3/10 (29 November 2007)

I forgot over time just how bad the first movie was... how mind-numbingly boring... how pretentiously dark and serious... I just remembered hating the ending because it felt like they just ran out of time and money. I can say that 28 Weeks is better on that note. It has a real plot and a real ending. But it feels worse... because after seeing it, I felt I should have known better. It is a contradiction of terms to have a serious zombie movie. No matter how seriously the subject is taken, it comes off as silly. The overtones of seriousness don't help anymore than they did with The Blair Witch... They just add to the feeling that the viewer is being fooled into thinking they are watching a good movie rather than a dumb one. I like my dumb movies to be upfront...
This time I'll remember. When 28 Months Later comes out I'll remember to skip it.