I put this off, not because of subtitles, im one of the exponentially dwindled number of film lovers who will view world cinema as just cinema. not some foreign crap thats speaking jibbery talk like most people seem to do nowadays. Im digressing but i was put off by the notion of a zombie outbreak in a building. "How the frigg could that work?" i thought, i just thought that ,logistically, if thats the right term. that it couldn't work. I thought a film in a building would be over in 15 minutes, not 75. But i decided to quit my bitchin' and give it a shot.
So my thoughts?
Well i gott say i was in the dark watching this on my 24 inch widescreen imac with its backlit screen, and for me thats high end compared to my 1980s tv in my room, and ....to sum it up i used some variation of "JESUS.****.****.****.BASTARDING-****E!" a good dozen times.
So a little scary, it used "jumps", yknow when behind a door or a camera theres a zombie or something waiting?. Normally that pisses me off to no end as a cheap trick to generate shock. and in here it does that too, but its needed. The whole time i was thinking, especially since ive been behind the camera a lot lately for infomercial stuff, that "what if i was the cameraman in that situation?". The woman never feels like a protagonist to me, its all about the cameraman paublo. the whole idea of "would i drop the camera, risk breaking it and losing all this film that could document this should i not survive or help fight something that takes on bit of spittle to turn me?"
utterly terrifying stuff, the start, well, i wasnt sure if i was tuning into something else by accident the acting was that genuine at first, not to say it isnt later but the stuff at the fire-station before the unreal stuff happens felt so real.
I think the language could have helped, maybe giving your subconscious a kick in the pants to think "well ,a real movie wouldn't appear in the cinemas like this, maybe it could happen to me one day out filming?", obviously it cant but still that idea draws you in and just amps the fear, the tight turns in the corridors just amp this up by adding a factor of claustrophobia.
The plot, and surprisingly there is one, is much better than the likes of 28 weeks later or diary or any other recent zombie flick. by the end , even if the characters dont understand what is going on the viewer knows, and you get to the final "oh holy-****-****-balls!" moment before the characters do, so when you know there heading into that moment your already got your palm over your mouth adn wide eyes thinking "oh snaaaaap, **** be going down".
Overall i HAVE to buy this on dvd and show all my friends. This is finally kicking blair witch off its podium of all time scariest fps horor movie.
Its better than diary, makes cloverfield look like utter ****e and i cannot stress enough that a zombie fan HAS to see this movie.
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Originally Posted by clanglee
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