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Aug. 30th, 2005 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_clareInstead of packing, I watched 28 Days Later for the first time today. I'm far too proud of myself; I don't do scary movies well, and spent a couple of years being too frightened to see it, despite all the good things I'd heard. (To be fair, most of the "good things" were "HOLY SHIT SO SCARY!" so I don't think you can blame me for staying away.)
The thing is, having seen it? It's not actually that scary. Creepy, yes. But I'm a fan of the creepy -- see my affinity for M. Night Shyamalan, or even Buffy the vampire slayer (shutupitwastoocreepysometimes) -- so this worked well for me. And it's interesting from a Hollywood standpoint, with Cillian Murphy and Christopher Eccleston being considerably more recognizable now than when it was made. (I also had a Hey! It's That Guy! moment with Brendan Gleeson, who you may remember from such films as Troy and...King Arthur, maybe? Historical stuff, like that.)
Additionally, having sat through all three alternative endings ("This one's pretty much the same...only Jim's replaced with a chicken!"), I've decided that I really like Danny Boyle. And I need to see Shallow Grave. *makes a note*
My other entertainment experience of the day was reading Osborne's Look Back in Anger at work. Groundbreaking when it was first performed (1956), as usual, it's lost some of its luster. But it's still easy to see how it "revolutionized English drama," and the characters are surprisingly compelling. So hooray. *checks it off Stoppard reading list*
The thing is, having seen it? It's not actually that scary. Creepy, yes. But I'm a fan of the creepy -- see my affinity for M. Night Shyamalan, or even Buffy the vampire slayer (shutupitwastoocreepysometimes) -- so this worked well for me. And it's interesting from a Hollywood standpoint, with Cillian Murphy and Christopher Eccleston being considerably more recognizable now than when it was made. (I also had a Hey! It's That Guy! moment with Brendan Gleeson, who you may remember from such films as Troy and...King Arthur, maybe? Historical stuff, like that.)
Additionally, having sat through all three alternative endings ("This one's pretty much the same...only Jim's replaced with a chicken!"), I've decided that I really like Danny Boyle. And I need to see Shallow Grave. *makes a note*
My other entertainment experience of the day was reading Osborne's Look Back in Anger at work. Groundbreaking when it was first performed (1956), as usual, it's lost some of its luster. But it's still easy to see how it "revolutionized English drama," and the characters are surprisingly compelling. So hooray. *checks it off Stoppard reading list*
