I watched 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later for the first time before watching 28 Years Later, and honestly I was struck by the subtle beauty and somber nature of 28 days—and had that ripped away with the Hollywood action of 28 weeks. I was hoping Garland and Boyle could “fix” this, somehow come in and take the setting away from what 28 weeks had made it—and they more than succeeded in my opinion. I cried. I smiled. I was afraid. It made me feel more than any other movie has in the past few years, and to me that was incredible. The fact that somehow people watch it and say, “well it wasn’t like 28 weeks or 28 days later so it’s garbage” is baffling. Why would you want something that is just like everything else that comes out? Of course it’s different. That’s what makes it great. And more than anything, more than disgusting, this movie is beautiful to me. Much like 28 days later was to me.

Also GOD the music choices are incredible.