Comments on: Best. Year. Ever. http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/30/best-year-ever/ A torrential downpour of cinema critique Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/30/best-year-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-122 David Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:23:39 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=762#comment-122 I'll admit that <em>28 Weeks Later</em> is not a work of art, but it works as a solid zombie flick. Honestly, I think I was just so surprised at how superior it was to its predecessor. If Danny Boyle directed the opening, it's a shame he can't bring that level of energy and pathos to his other films. I’ll admit that 28 Weeks Later is not a work of art, but it works as a solid zombie flick. Honestly, I think I was just so surprised at how superior it was to its predecessor.

If Danny Boyle directed the opening, it’s a shame he can’t bring that level of energy and pathos to his other films.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/30/best-year-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Andrew Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:00:31 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=762#comment-121 Did you seriously put 28 Weeks Later on your list, or was that a joke? I understand not liking Days, as it's not the usual zombie flick, but Weeks is just laughably bad. It did have a great opening (funny you note that, since Boyle directed that scene,) but it just devolved into stupidity. I don't see how you could speak reality and 28 Weeks Later in the same paragraph. I was outright laughing when that woman put those kids, who couldn't see a thing, in front of her while she used the nightvision, when they went down that deep dark tunnel. Contrived as fuck. Did you seriously put 28 Weeks Later on your list, or was that a joke? I understand not liking Days, as it’s not the usual zombie flick, but Weeks is just laughably bad. It did have a great opening (funny you note that, since Boyle directed that scene,) but it just devolved into stupidity. I don’t see how you could speak reality and 28 Weeks Later in the same paragraph. I was outright laughing when that woman put those kids, who couldn’t see a thing, in front of her while she used the nightvision, when they went down that deep dark tunnel. Contrived as ****.

]]> By: John Dacapias http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/30/best-year-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-113 John Dacapias Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:11:19 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=762#comment-113 Love the love you have for Gone, Baby Gone (Affleck if he remains a director has a great touch for action sequences - the shootout in the middle is up there with the fantastic shootouts of the past ten years). Plus it made me reconsider Casey as a fairly good actor. Also for Breach and Enchanted (though I can and will follow Amy Adams anywhere!) Love the love you have for Gone, Baby Gone (Affleck if he remains a director has a great touch for action sequences – the shootout in the middle is up there with the fantastic shootouts of the past ten years). Plus it made me reconsider Casey as a fairly good actor.

Also for Breach and Enchanted (though I can and will follow Amy Adams anywhere!)

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