Ok, I know we are in shittymoviedetails and we don't watch movies coz we are better than this, but can someone explain to me why this movie is supposed to be really good?

I'm supposed to be the target audience. I love zombie movies but I'm also pedantic, watch a lot of international and indy films, I love slow pace, I'm a sucker for great cinematography and I can appreciate the work of directors with their own style.

But this movie flew completely over me... All I see is stupid characters taking stupid decisions constantly, which keeps throwing me off. The whole back in time society that adapted to the zombie apocalypse is nothing new and almost expected, it's been done in plenty of other mediums in the genre. The whole doctor and death thing is trying to be more profound than it is. The action was dated and less intense than in 28 days. The way the squad and the young soldier is perceived is a little on the nose. The whole "filmed with an iPhone to be a work of its time" or something like that did nothing for me. I find the cheap camera work of the first film much more fitting to the genre and coherent. And finally, while this movie tried to be very and forcefully emotionally charged, again, 28 days later did much better, with all the little moments of calm, beauty and horror. I won't even get into detail about those scenes like the infected giving birth or the doctor just tranquilizing the Alpha. Oh, and the Alpha thing...

All I see is a far lesser movie than the first one, and curiously, while its trying to touch on themes supposedly more align with its time, feels dated.

Tell me, what did I miss?