World War Z: The Movie

I saw this film, too. I gave it a 7 out of 10. I enjoyed myself a bit more in this than Man of Steel (hey, summer movies, bitches....gonna be seeing almost all of them).

It some great acting, at times...surprisingly. At others, it felt like a rehearsal rather than the real deal. Just like my man, Patient Leech, shaky camera bullshit got annoying.

Some points were rather dumb...especially the very brief moments it did anything related to science. Obviously, a highschool student that pays attention will get irritated. However, most move goers (and people in general) are dumb.

The movie also cut around too quickly and too fast. I was able to follow it (all of us in this thread are movie buffs and can pick up on that stuff much more readily the the standard population) but I know my fellow movie theater goers were going, "huh? Why are they doing that? Why are they there, now? When did that change?" This is where the movie fails. You don't make a film for pundits of fiction...it just won't sell too well. You've gotta make a film like JJ Abrams: very easy stories to follow.

Maybe a small budget indie film can be made with hard to follow action...that stuff can be made for the critics and pundits.

But not a movie like this.

This movie ended pretty strongly, which redeemed most flaws that it had. The last 30 min or so is a good nail biter and well done (i.e. no shaky cam and a slower pace).

Also where did you get comic relief from the zombies?

when i was watching it i didn't get anything funny from them.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Also where did you get comic relief from the zombies?

Don't think it was intentional humor, but there were at least 3 different moments where myself and people in my theater chuckled...

Spoiler:

1. Black lady zombie in research cell at the W.H.O. facility.

2. The researchers at the W.H.O. on the security cameras turning and acting sort of goofy.

3. And the zombie who stared down Brad Pitt at the end with his chomping jaws.

I think it would have been less humorous if they had been able to use more blood and make it more gruesome instead of keeping it PG-13 for the teenie-boppers in the crowd. Oh well.

a sequel is on the way..

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-brad-pitt-set-sights-573814

Decent movie. Good set pieces. Though a little too deliberate how whenever Brad Pitt's character arrived at a destination the shit instantly hit the fan.

Also would have liked a bit more of a slow build when it came to showing the zombie epidemic hit. Was basically "hey everything's fine OH **** ZOMBIES EVERYWHERE."

^ good points. A little extra explanation at the beginning that would maybe tie in with what you find out later in the film would have been nice. But you could make the argument that they just wanted to jump right into the action. That's also not a bad choice in a thriller like this.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
a sequel is on the way..

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-brad-pitt-set-sights-573814

I'm kind of surprised that they're already making the call, just after the opening weekend. But hey, cool.

This film doesn't deserve a sequel.

How can it?

The human race discovered a form of immunity to the threat.

A sequel is pointless.

^ They shamelessly stated at the end of the film that "This is just the beginning."

Rise Of The Planet Of The Ape Zombies!!!

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Originally posted by Patient_Leech
^ good points. A little extra explanation at the beginning that would maybe tie in with what you find out later in the film would have been nice. But you could make the argument that they just wanted to jump right into the action. That's also not a bad choice in a thriller like this.

I'm kind of surprised that they're already making the call, just after the opening weekend. But hey, cool.

because of Brad Pitt.. also Paramount believes this will come close to paying for itself

Originally posted by the ninjak
This film doesn't deserve a sequel.

How can it?

The human race discovered a form of immunity to the threat.

A sequel is pointless.

a sequel is perfect especially since they don;t even tell us

Spoiler:
much about who started the virus

did you want them to follow the novel page for page?? word for word??

Who's to say the virus won't evolve and that immunity becomes useless.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Who's to say the virus won't evolve and that immunity becomes useless.

that is probable, given that World War Z was originally a planned trilogy and now that Paramount is happy with the results they virus could certainly evolve..

I was entertained the whole time.

8.5/10

Another potentially great stand alone film ruined by the inability to write a screenplay for a film that doesn't require a sequel. Not something I thought I'd levy at Drew Goddard. Decent enough though. The action in the 1st 2/3's is impeccable both close up and at a distance. The change of pace to a more standard horror movie set piece is a bit of an odd choice though then it's like they thought 'people aren't gonna be happy with that as an ending' and so they tagged on a violent montage at the 'end'.

It was good but could've been great if they didn't waste time in certain irrelevant plot points and instead spent it on a full resolution of the main plot.

Originally posted by jaden101
Another potentially great stand alone film ruined by the inability to write a screenplay for a film that doesn't require a sequel. Not something I thought I'd levy at Drew Goddard. Decent enough though. The action in the 1st 2/3's is impeccable both close up and at a distance. The change of pace to a more standard horror movie set piece is a bit of an odd choice though then it's like they thought 'people aren't gonna be happy with that as an ending' and so they tagged on a violent montage at the 'end'.

It was good but could've been great if they didn't waste time in certain irrelevant plot points and instead spent it on a full resolution of the main plot.

How many chocolate starfishes out of 10 do you give it?

It's all about that bottom line.

Originally posted by Robtard
How many chocolate starfishes out of 10 do you give it?

Just yours.