I'm looking forward to seeing this. Probably won't be able to see it until next weekend, though. It's getting pretty good reviews...
RT - 71% so farIt's uneven -- and fans of the book may be annoyed by how thoroughly it diverges from the source material -- but World War Z still brings smart, fast-moving thrills and a solid performance from Brad Pitt to the zombie genre.
I tried reading the book again and I just don't think I particularly care for it. It's not bad by any means, but I don't think it would make sense to make a direct adaptation of it to the screen, so it's no wonder they veered from it..
Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Rob what job did Pitt's character have?Also how does the book end?
Haven't watched the film yet.
The book takes place about a decade after humanity united and fought back and for the most part reclaimed the planet from the zombie hordes. Though there are still zombie infested areas.
It's essentially a collection of stories of various people and what they did/how they survived during WWZ. Some are connected together and overall they tell a larger picture of how the "disease" spread and the world's new geopolitical state, eg Cuba is now the world's economic powerhouse. In the book, the infection likely started in China and iirc is implied to be viral, but is ultimately unknown.
Originally posted by Robtard
Haven't watched the film yet.The book takes place about a decade after humanity united and fought back and for the most part reclaimed the planet from the zombie hordes. Though there are still zombie infested areas.
It's essentially a collection of stories of various people and what they did/how they survived during WWZ. Some are connected together and overall they tell a larger picture of how the "disease" spread and the world's new geopolitical state, eg Cuba is now the world's economic powerhouse. In the book, the infection likely started in China and iirc is implied to be viral, but is ultimately unknown.
thanks Rob, i've never read the book however should I?
I don't like running zombies. It's exhausting just to watch a film with them in it. And these look like more than runners; they're swarmers, giving no thought to climbing all over each other. I guess the makers of the film had to upgrade; standard runners just won't do.
I predict the next zombie upgrade will be a rushing, cartoon cloud, like a pyroclastic flow, with arms, legs and zombie heads popping in and out of it.
Originally posted by Robtard
Agreed, a tidal wave of swarming zombies makes for a more plausible zombie apocalypse fall of humanity scenario. Also think this movie looks fun and will likely deliver in entertainment. But's it's not WWZ from that trailer, that's what I wanted. They could have made an action zombie flick and called it something else.imo, the book did a decent job of dictating how the world could fall from slow shambling zombies. Government lies, ineptness, mass denial etc.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
I thought it was good on some points (i.e. how early in the epidemic people would tie up infected family members rather than killing them) and just downright stupid on others (a few hundred Maori tribesman armed with spears doing better than the US military in fighting zombies). I also thought the way the US Army defeats the zombies at the end of the pandemic was ridiculous, and that's where Brooks abandoned any semblance of logic (which was what made the Zombie Survival Guide so compelling--the sense that if Solanum zombies really existed this might be a useful guidebook) and went for what sounded awesome.
The book isn't flawless by any means. But considering the subject matter, I thought Brooks did a decent job overall.
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?
It's Brad Pitt's production company making the movie, he was the person who went after the rights and wanted to make the film. In this film Brad does travel to different parts of the world and experiences different aspects of the War (like Sheen in Apocalypse Now), so they try to keep that plotline from the book.
Also, I recently learned this is planned to be a trilogy, so they may focus on other characters or travel to many other locations in the following 2 movies.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
I thought it was good on some points (i.e. how early in the epidemic people would tie up infected family members rather than killing them) and just downright stupid on others (a few hundred Maori tribesman armed with spears doing better than the US military in fighting zombies). I also thought the way the US Army defeats the zombies at the end of the pandemic was ridiculous, and that's where Brooks abandoned any semblance of logic (which was what made the Zombie Survival Guide so compelling--the sense that if Solanum zombies really existed this might be a useful guidebook) and went for what sounded awesome.
Wow! I thought the same thing! Once the government got its act together and went on the offensive, I thought not one single life should've been lost. I came up with several ideas the military could've used..
1) Use speakers mounted on Humvees to gather Zees together or parade them out of a city/town. Use these same Humvees to shift attacking lines so they don't come right at the defensive line.
2) Pits and traps- since the Zees always took a direct path to their victim or following sounds, it's easy enough to put traps in their way. say a huge pit or trench they cant get out of filled with oil/gas. Or a hill then dump wet concrete down it until the Zees are stuck by thousands.
3) Height- The U.S. knew they couldn't climb, build scaffolding and towers and pick them off easily with no threat of contact. Set up on a mesa or hill so at least as they die they roll down and don't pile up in front of the soldiers as they did in the book.
4) Barbed wire/ low fencing- the Zees in WWZ were slow and limping, any fencing would slow them down or stop them for head shots. At least give the defense time to take them out or adjust lines.
And there are many other options, all better than a static defensive line in the middle of the desert just sitting there as the Zees approach. It worked pretty well in the battle of Hope, but I'm sure there would be battles where the soldiers were overrun.
Saw this tonight and enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it's perfect by any means, (choppy editing, shaky cam bullshit), but a relatively enjoyable addition to the zombie fad frenzy going on right now. The zombies are used more for comic relief in this than for horror, which was sort of weird, heh. But they have kind of a unique twitchy way of moving, not to mention they're rather fast, which keeps the pace going.
I'll be keeping an eye on this to see how it does financially because obviously sequels are planned (a tad shameless actually). But damn, with a $190 million budget they've got quite a hole to dig themselves out of. It's at $111,800,000 worldwide so far and still has many places left to open up.