Originally posted by Darth Truculent
Why did the directors have to use Brad Pitt? I've read the book and it's personal testimonies about those who lived during the war. Do you think the movie will be ruined?
pitt is a name actor designed to put people in theater seats.. i haven't read the book, but might.. but no i don't think the movie will be ruined unless it flops
Re: World War Z: The Movie
Originally posted by Darth Truculent
Why did the directors have to use Brad Pitt? I've read the book and it's personal testimonies about those who lived during the war. Do you think the movie will be ruined?
Why would he ruin it? He's a top actor. 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Burn After Reading, The Assassination of Jesse James, Babel, Spy Game, The Mexican, Se7en, Sleepers, Meet Joe Black, True Romance, The Devil's Own. Kalifornia, Thelma and Louise.
He's hardly done a bad film or role in his career. I get the feeling because he's supposedly one of the "Heart throb" actors that people think he isn't great actor. Same thing has happened with Tom Cruise and Leonardo Di Caprio...Both of them are also superb.
Although saying that I've not read the book so I don't know what role he'll be playing or how he fits the character from the book.
In the book there is no heart throb charcter, but there is a former model who is a resistence fighter. The rumor is that Sasha Grey will be playing that role. For those who don't know who Sasha Grey is, she is a former porn superstar who quit the industry to go into mainstraim films. But using Brad Pitt as the primary character is a bad idea. Watch the A & E series The Walking Dead. An unknown actor/actress is perfect because it makes it more believable.
Originally posted by Darth Truculent
In the book there is no heart throb charcter, but there is a former model who is a resistence fighter. The rumor is that Sasha Grey will be playing that role. For those who don't know who Sasha Grey is, she is a former porn superstar who quit the industry to go into mainstraim films. But using Brad Pitt as the primary character is a bad idea. Watch the A & E series The Walking Dead. An unknown actor/actress is perfect because it makes it more believable.
that may be true, however the studio wants to put people in theater seats in hopes that this is a success..
the difference between this and the walking dead is that walking dead is a pretty good tv show so unknowns work for that
I wouldn't mind it. Although a series of interviews would be boring. I guess they'll probably act out each of the scenarios that the interviewees went through which means that Pitt will have a recurring, but not particularly prominent role. I'm not sure how they're going to be able to fit all the content in to one movie.
Making Brad Pitt the main character is a bad idea in the sense that there is no main character in World War Z. Literally. There are some characters who get more spotlight than others, but, not enough to be considered "the protagonist". None of the characters in the book are even connected to each other. It's a book of short stories.
That being said, I'm not counting Brad Pitt out.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Hmm, Esau. This does not bode well for me. I bought the book a few weeks ago. Haven't started reading it yet (not sure I will anytime soon), but is it well written? You just don't like the format?
I spent about 20 minutes in the bookshop reading the book, debating on whether to buy it or not...
It is well written...I just didn't find it an exciting read.
I mean it's written from various 1st persons' point of view describing the war on zombies & how it affects religion, politics & the impact on the environment on a world wide scale....
You can easily replace "zombies" with global warming, terrorism or the stock market crashing & still have the same desired effect of the novel.
I will probably give the book another chance sometime. I did buy it.
Here's Mr. Pitt calling it, "a monster of a film."