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Glass (2019)
A fantastic build to an otherwise tragic failure
*Spoilers Ahead*
I loved the build from unbreakable to split and from split to this, it feels like a full experience until the fight begins. Then it crumbles into this underperforming mess with stationary fighting that is carried by the beast. The "fight" between Overseer and the Beast was boring and felt like a hugging match then anything else with mostly standing and monologing.
The doctor not being an actual doctor felt stupid and thrown in for the "shock" factor but fell flat om execution. Would have been better off making overseer a bad guy or having both of them become good guys and understand there powers more.
Also i did not feel disgust when the beast killed anyone but the disgusting build up of hate in my stomach from when the "swat" members started to just kill the superpowered humans, it was overwhelming and i think this film is a terrible terrible waste of what felt like a fantastic build up.
I will always love split even if the DID community feel hatred to it, i stand with them but still love a bit of horror beyond the typical tropes.
28 Days Later... (2002)
Truly Something Special.
From the music to the atmosphere that is built, this film is in my opinion an influential and perfect film with the acting being just close to beginner level, which would usually throw the film in a lower rating but it adds to the charm here. They feel like real people who are as scared and as lost as we are.
The shots throughout london are spooky as it feels so empty and gives this sense of dread. The ending being one of the more sensible and honestly realistic ones to come out of a zombie or "infected" films during that time and even now.
I watched it again recently and found that the shots being done on a more handheld feeling really drove the sense of panic and supsense home.
I will always look back at this film with love and if someone ever says to me, my favourite zombie film. It would have to be this one.
It truly sparked the uprise of zombie films and i love it.
10/10.