I'll go see Bone Temple, had low expectations for it after the weirdness of the last one, but still want to see at cinema just to see what the hell that ending was about, plus I just like movies at the movie theatre regardless of how good or sh!t they end up being.
While I didn't necessarily dislike 28 Years Later, I was generally underwhelmed after the trailer promised an atmosphere that only lasted maybe half an hour before the weirdness and uber-zombie-appendages kicked in
Finally got around to watching Bone Temple last night before it leaves cinemas, was quite an interesting watch. While I did enjoy it more than 28 Years Later, it does feel like 28 Years Later v1.5 rather than a full on sequel, and perhaps future viewings of both movies in quicker succession than a year apart may give me more appreciation for the first one (maybe).
Given there's another cliffhanger for another film (though not as out-the-gate random as the Jimmy Morphin' Power Rangers from the last one
), I probably will rewatch them together as a refresher before the new one whenever that's due out.
As others have mentioned, Ralph Fiennes was great, and the use of music relating to his little bunker stereo system was a nice touch. I personally was a big fan of the use of Duran Duran hah, the Rio album was the first non-classical CD I remember our family having, so very much a guilty pleasure
Would've picked another song over Radiohead's Everything In It's Right Place though when that popped up, feel like I've heard that in a bunch of movies now (notably the Tom Cruise version of Vanilla Sky).
Jimmy's were brutal, Huge Hog zombie actually got an interesting arc beyond Sub Zero Fatalitying dudes and swinging aforementioned appendage around so that was nice too hah
Also watched Iron Lung over the long weekend, didn't know much about it beforehand beyond the creepy poster of an dinosaur/alien looking skull (which was why I decided in the moment to go as I just felt like a turn-the-brain-off kinda movie that day) and knowing a Youtuber made it, and... well... it was fine. I suppose
Didn't know it was based on a video game until the opening credits, and it very much felt like a movie based on a video game, including the incredibly cheesy dialogue and exposition dump near the beginning which had my brain fading almost immediately in the opening 20 odd minutes.
It did get quite creepy with a claustrophobic tenseness, but as I had kinda missed perhaps some key details about the character & setting at the start (aforementioned brain fade, guess I did literally turn my brain off a bit too much) I found myself disconnected from the character's plight, so made for a somewhat frustrating watch. Did I mention his dialogue was super cheesy
Anyway, I understand he basically funded it himself (and acted in it basically by himself) so good on him for the effort at least.
