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I recently watched 28 years later and the bone temple for the first time. I had heard that the bone temple was a much better film; however, I genuinely enjoyed 28 Years Later so incredibly much on my first watch. And while I think Bone Temple is also great, I think I enjoyed 28 years later a bit more. I know some people didn’t like the ending with the Jimmies, but I thought this jarring ending was consistent with the first film how it could switch tones on a dime. In the first film you would go from a nerve-racking scene of having to change a tire in a tunnel of infected to a fun little shopping spree 2 minutes later. Likewise, Spike goes from a somber feeling of accepting his Coming of Age after losing his mother to meeting this band of psychopaths that acts like a bunch of weird power rangers. In the apocalypse, no emotion is allowed to sit for long.

Ultimately though, while I recognize Bone Temple does more to expand our understanding of the infected, I thought overall 28 Years Later was an incredible return to form for the franchise after several decades of hibernation.

Not saying this to bash on Freeman at all, but last year I remember being so irritated that after we lost to Miami, Freeman’s postgame speech to the team was along the lines of “chin up, we lost to a top 10 team” while I acknowledge this is factually correct, I think it very much takes away how much sting that loss should’ve had and the urgency the team should’ve felt. Losing to a top 10 team should hurt just as much as losing to unranked Northern Illinois. I recognize freeman has forgotten more about coaching than I will ever know, but at the same time that was very off-putting. I think the Leave No Doubt motto surely has made an impact, but that was really strange to hear last year after losing to Miami. Hopefully Freeman recognizes that the difference between one and two losses is huge, and it doesn’t matter if you lost to a top 10 team or an unranked G5 team.