Your Favorite Cillian Movie

[chero]

bitterpigs said:

im confused. so are u guys saying that it was a really bad movie?

No, I just can't stand too much gore and violence. I wanted to know the scariest scenes before I watch it so I feel prepared. I know, I'm a scaredy cat.

[hedwigsgal]

Oh, katrina you've got to give it a chance. It is scary at times, but it is not just a basic zombie flick. I know you can do it.lol

[Miho]

ehem... hedwigsgal, I think the one afraid of gore and violence is chero06 not katrina

[katrina]

Well... you say its scary at some points. Hmm can you guys compare it to a movie that is similar in its "scariness" ? Its the unknown in these types of films why I can never watch 'em. I need to grow up and watch it!
Chero06 and I both need to watch it! oh boy ...

[punctuator]

katrina said:

Well... you say its scary at some points. Hmm can you guys compare it to a movie that is similar in its "scariness" ? Its the unknown in these types of films why I can never watch 'em. I need to grow up and watch it!
Chero06 and I both need to watch it! oh boy ...

Okay, since it is ultra-slow tonight, let's take a shot at this. First off, I can't think of a single movie that 28DL is really like. Folks might say it's like this zombie film or that zombie film-- but the trick there is that

it's not a zombie film. The infected are living, breathing, SICK humans. They're sort of like people who've scored a deadly new cross between TB, the bubonic plague, and rabies-- or like meth addicts with their butts on fire. So part of the fear we feel when watching the film is not the fear of death: it's the fear of sickness and infection. An ultra germ-paranoia, if you will.

So, fear number one: sickness.

Fear number two: isolation and loneliness. A nightmare sequence in the film involves a character dreaming not that the infected are attacking him but that he's simply been abandoned: he's all alone in a terrible silent world.

So:

Quick notes part 1: What NOT to expect: (REVERSE SPOILER ALERT)

1. People and/or things popping out of graves. One more time: this is a ZOMBIE-FREE ZONE. An infected killed stays killed.

2. Re-animated and/or independently functioning body parts. (See number 1.) No skittering hands, no crawling eyes, no body-free snarling heads.

3. Supernatural stuff. The only monsters on hand (and, as always, the only monsters we'll ever need) are human.

4. Gnawing. The spectacular number of interviews and reviews that inaccurately note the flesh-eating in this film has led me to wonder how many interview- and/or review-writers have actually WATCHED it. See, the thing is this: when you're infected, you forget to eat. Or drink. You're just MAD. ALL. THE. TIME. (Which sounds a lot like me, actually-- with the exception of the forgetting to eat and drink part.) You maul non-infected folks and run around like a speed-bunny with a sparking M80 up its backside UNTIL YOU DIE. So: no gnawing. Most terrifying example of feeding in 28DL: one character blatantly chews a raisin bun WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN (oh, the horror!) and TALKS AT THE SAME TIME.

Quick notes part two: What TO expect:

1. Three solid "cheap jumps," one involving (SPUH-OILERS, YEAH?) a car alarm, a second involving the ill-advised lighting of a [beacon] candle (i.e., "Hello, infected! Victim here!"), and a third involving that old chestnut, The Creepy Face At The Window.

2. One pitch-perfect example of what Eddie Murphy once termed "Dumb White People." Only here it's one people-- uh, person. The tip-off word: "cheeseburgers."

3. Speeded-up infected motion, both through use of performers who are themselves very fast and trick filming. When those meth-babies-- oops, I mean those very sick people are on screen, they MOVE.

4. Spewage. And more spewage. When the infected aren't running after non-infected folks, they're barfing blood, pure and simple. 'Tis a bleak life, yes...?

Quick notes part three: Sax and violins! (SEMI-SPOILERS)

Ironic that the most effectively executed (that is to say OUCH-FOR-FREAKING-OUCH DEADLY) violence in 28DL happens between parties who aren't themselves infected. Two cryptically worded examples:

1. The feminist version of Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene." It's not quite an axe, actually, but it has roughly the same effect.

2. The old saying "It's all in fun until someone loses an eye." Or eyes. And in this case it's EYE-YI-YI-YI-ARRGH.

Thazzall. Just one more thing: Quick confession time: I had to wait to watch it with a friend the first time, too.

[katrina]

Aww wow, thanks for that punctuator. Seriously, thanks.
You do a mighty fine job, and make me laugh when you word things. "meth-babies" , "MAD. ALL. THE. TIME." lol so much life to your stuff.
The creepy face in the window... yah thats one image thats in my head from the trailer.

[hedwigsgal]

punctuator said:

katrina said:

Well... you say its scary at some points. Hmm can you guys compare it to a movie that is similar in its "scariness" ? Its the unknown in these types of films why I can never watch 'em. I need to grow up and watch it!
Chero06 and I both need to watch it! oh boy ...

Okay, since it is ultra-slow tonight, let's take a shot at this. First off, I can't think of a single movie that 28DL is really like. Folks might say it's like this zombie film or that zombie film-- but the trick there is that

it's not a zombie film. The infected are living, breathing, SICK humans. They're sort of like people who've scored a deadly new cross between TB, the bubonic plague, and rabies-- or like meth addicts with their butts on fire. So part of the fear we feel when watching the film is not the fear of death: it's the fear of sickness and infection. An ultra germ-paranoia, if you will.

So, fear number one: sickness.

Fear number two: isolation and loneliness. A nightmare sequence in the film involves a character dreaming not that the infected are attacking him but that he's simply been abandoned: he's all alone in a terrible silent world.

So:

Quick notes part 1: What NOT to expect: (REVERSE SPOILER ALERT)

1. People and/or things popping out of graves. One more time: this is a ZOMBIE-FREE ZONE. An infected killed stays killed.

2. Re-animated and/or independently functioning body parts. (See number 1.) No skittering hands, no crawling eyes, no body-free snarling heads.

3. Supernatural stuff. The only monsters on hand (and, as always, the only monsters we'll ever need) are human.

4. Gnawing. The spectacular number of interviews and reviews that inaccurately note the flesh-eating in this film has led me to wonder how many interview- and/or review-writers have actually WATCHED it. See, the thing is this: when you're infected, you forget to eat. Or drink. You're just MAD. ALL. THE. TIME. (Which sounds a lot like me, actually-- with the exception of the forgetting to eat and drink part.) You maul non-infected folks and run around like a speed-bunny with a sparking M80 up its backside UNTIL YOU DIE. So: no gnawing. Most terrifying example of feeding in 28DL: one character blatantly chews a raisin bun WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN (oh, the horror!) and TALKS AT THE SAME TIME.

Quick notes part two: What TO expect:

1. Three solid "cheap jumps," one involving (SPUH-OILERS, YEAH?) a car alarm, a second involving the ill-advised lighting of a [beacon] candle (i.e., "Hello, infected! Victim here!"), and a third involving that old chestnut, The Creepy Face At The Window.

2. One pitch-perfect example of what Eddie Murphy once termed "Dumb White People." Only here it's one people-- uh, person. The tip-off word: "cheeseburgers."

3. Speeded-up infected motion, both through use of performers who are themselves very fast and trick filming. When those meth-babies-- oops, I mean those very sick people are on screen, they MOVE.

4. Spewage. And more spewage. When the infected aren't running after non-infected folks, they're barfing blood, pure and simple. 'Tis a bleak life, yes...?

Quick notes part three: Sax and violins! (SEMI-SPOILERS)

Ironic that the most effectively executed (that is to say OUCH-FOR-FREAKING-OUCH DEADLY) violence in 28DL happens between parties who aren't themselves infected. Two cryptically worded examples:

1. The feminist version of Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene." It's not quite an axe, actually, but it has roughly the same effect.

2. The old saying "It's all in fun until someone loses an eye." Or eyes. And in this case it's EYE-YI-YI-YI-ARRGH.

Thazzall. Just one more thing: Quick confession time: I had to wait to watch it with a friend the first time, too.

Perfection!!! I couldn't have explained it better. I thought of them in a sense as zombies. Not your typical dead, flesheating,zombies. Rather driven by rage and not emotions like a human being. After reading what you wrote. I am 100% with you. They are not zombies, they are the infected.

[chero]

Thanks again, punctuator!

[punctuator]

You're welcome!

(Hey, someone should do one of those smiley things with OOGA OOGA "infected" eyes!)

[28dayslater]

my favourite Cillian movie...hmmm...that's pretty hard.....

i think that 28 days later is my favourite cillian movie
and right next is "red eye"
and i really appreciate rachel McAdams

[rukia888]

Agreed, Stephanie! Red Eye and 28 Days Later are my favorite Cillian movies, and they still are to this day. I love Rachel McAdams as well. She's my favorite actress.

[emma286]

It's impossible for me to narrow it down to one movie - especially as I've loved watching Cillian's performances in pretty much every movie I've seen him in. But I can narrow it down to a few which includes:

28 Days Later
Intermission
Batman Begins
Red Eye
Disco Pigs
Breakfast on Pluto

I do also like Sunshine, Watching the Detectives and the Edge of Love - but they don't rank up on my list as highly as the others - for reasons which have nothing to do with Cillian's performance abilities. I found On The Edge enjoyable enough in parts, but it's probably my least favourite movie out of all the one's I've seen Cillian in as for some reason I just didn't like it as much as the others. But again that's for reasons that have nothing to do with Cillian's acting abilities.

[Larvalee]

I'd have to say 28 Days Later, his performance is amazing and it is the movie that started it all for me so it holds a special place in my heart.

[razzthekid]

I can't really choose one either.....

My list would be something in this order:

~28 Days Later
~Disco Pigs
~The Wind that Shakes the Barley(that end scene....Cillian blew me away. And if you're Irish i think it's probably more poignant)
~Inception
~Breakfast on Pluto
~On the Edge
~Perrier's Bounty
~Sunshine
~Intermission
~Watching the Detectives
~The Edge of Love(love his performance in this)
~Sunburn
~Red Eye
~Girl With a Pearl Earring
~Batman Begins

(Ha i only noticed now that most of the Irish made films he's been in are highest on my list! ). I enjoyed his character in Batman but overall, the film...not so much. The first half hour of 45 minutes went on too long for me and it was a bit boring.

The longer i spend looking over this post, i keep thinking of switching some movies around but overall i think it's a pretty accurate listing.

[marmaladegrl21]

As of right now, my favorites are:

Red Eye
Inception
Batman Begins
Breakfast on Pluto


i loveee all of his other movies, but these are my definite favoritessss :DD