I have not read the book, but I agree with most everything else Bagpuss says here anyway. I really appreciated the toned down gore.
I really liked the strong non-stereotypical character of the female Israeli soldier.
World War Z
- Thread starter Water Bob
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I have not read the book, but I agree with most everything else Bagpuss says here anyway. I really appreciated the toned down gore.
I really liked the strong non-stereotypical character of the female Israeli soldier.
Nytmare
David Jose
You can't have gore if you're trying to maximize profits off a summer blockbuster. Did you confuse summer movies with artistic endeavors again?
ShadowDenizen
Explorer
You can't have gore if you're trying to maximize profits off a summer blockbuster. Did you confuse summer movies with artistic endeavors again?
LOL! Silly me!
What was I thinking, that the two are not mutually exclusive?!
After seeing this, it actually forced me to reread the novel, which I initially read when it first came up. While it's still far from one my favorites, it did move up a tiny bit in my esteem on the reread, as I have to give Max Brooks credit for at least TRYING to be ineventive in his narrative.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
I enjoyed the movie. It had a good pace and an unusual scope for a Zombie movie. I haven't read the books, though. I suppose I might have been disappointed then but the movie does seem to stand on its own for me.
Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
I haven't read the book. I found the movie mildly entertaining, even though the plot was basically nonsensical. Some interesting visuals in the Israeli part. By the time they reached Wales, I think that the movie had lost whatever steam it had. The zombies in the lab were rather ludicrous.
I don't get the criticism of people who say it's unjust that the movie is very unlike the book in many respects, that the movie somehow tricks you. If by now you haven't figured out that businesses which develop movies use less than virtuous means to sell their product you're gonna continue to get upset and that's your problem. You should judge the film on it's own merits and not preemptively slam it on moral grounds. If it sucks, so be it. But don't tell me it sucks because of the marketing decisions of a couple of people out of the hundreds who worked on it.
That out of the way. I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I haven't read the book. I only heard that it had the format of survivors telling the story after the fact. I knew from the trailers it wasn't going to be anything like that.
I loved the scope of the film. It was huge. I loved that we finally get a zombie flick where not everyone is trying to screw each other. Global cooperation, people working together towards the same goal. It was refreshing. The first sequence leading up to the helicopter escape was frantic and tense. As were the other scenes where the zombies started taking control. And the Israeli soldier, Segen, was all kinds of awesome. The actor's performance was flawless.
I'm not going to criticize the actions* of the people in the movie. Some things seemed a bit bone-headed like the pilots throwing the gun out of the cockpit or the father in the beginning not going with Brad Pitt's character, but I'm not in that deadly situation so I can't honestly say I wouldn't do dumb things.
I do have one gripe, however, as I do with nearly all movies only available in 3D. It's in 3D. It adds nothing to the experience and I'm convinced it actually detracts from it. Hopefully it will come out in 2D later on but I think I might have to wait for the Blu-ray for that one, which kinda blows because I want to see it in the theaters again.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it everyone wanting a tightly made detective zombie action adventure.
* I suppose I do have to criticize the Israeli government for allowing those people to make so much noise. They should have known by then that noise angers the undead but perhaps didn't realize they would be able to scale the giant walls.
I'm assuming that whole city was one big checkpoint and that the government would be able to sacrifice it if it was overrun. I have nothing to base this on except that all the streets were covered with metal cages. The people living there were either refugees or people who refused to leave their homes.
That out of the way. I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I haven't read the book. I only heard that it had the format of survivors telling the story after the fact. I knew from the trailers it wasn't going to be anything like that.
I loved the scope of the film. It was huge. I loved that we finally get a zombie flick where not everyone is trying to screw each other. Global cooperation, people working together towards the same goal. It was refreshing. The first sequence leading up to the helicopter escape was frantic and tense. As were the other scenes where the zombies started taking control. And the Israeli soldier, Segen, was all kinds of awesome. The actor's performance was flawless.
I'm not going to criticize the actions* of the people in the movie. Some things seemed a bit bone-headed like the pilots throwing the gun out of the cockpit or the father in the beginning not going with Brad Pitt's character, but I'm not in that deadly situation so I can't honestly say I wouldn't do dumb things.
I do have one gripe, however, as I do with nearly all movies only available in 3D. It's in 3D. It adds nothing to the experience and I'm convinced it actually detracts from it. Hopefully it will come out in 2D later on but I think I might have to wait for the Blu-ray for that one, which kinda blows because I want to see it in the theaters again.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it everyone wanting a tightly made detective zombie action adventure.
* I suppose I do have to criticize the Israeli government for allowing those people to make so much noise. They should have known by then that noise angers the undead but perhaps didn't realize they would be able to scale the giant walls.
I'm assuming that whole city was one big checkpoint and that the government would be able to sacrifice it if it was overrun. I have nothing to base this on except that all the streets were covered with metal cages. The people living there were either refugees or people who refused to leave their homes.
Bullgrit
Adventurer
Well, it's not that we feel "tricked."
Consider this: If the movie is not anything like the book, why use the title of the book? For the people who don't recognize the title, calling the movie World War Z means nothing more than if they called it "War Against the Zombies." For the people who do recognize the title, calling the movie World War Z does mean something. Then to disconnect the movie from the recognized book does what?
It's not a case of just accidentally having a similar name. The producers used the title to draw attention to their movie. Attention from people who recognize that the title relates to a good book. There *is* at least a little bit of "play" going on there.
Bullgrit
