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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShadowDenizen" data-source="post: 6150978" data-attributes="member: 16485">Some really interesting thoughts here, and I agree with alot of what's been said. I agree with @Umbran that this was a sort of bait-and-switch, and that the move bears little, if any, resemblance to the book. (Full disclosure: Though I appreciate what Max Brooks was trying to do,  I was still somewhat apathetic about the book, to be honest, and thought it was wildly overrated.) Perhaps it did, at some point, but not in the final cut.I agree with @Sheadunne this this movie utterly missed the defining things that characterize a movie, and that the zombies are really a setpiece to motivate the human drama. (That’s why, in almost any piece of zombie fiction, the zombies are able to eventually win due to the fractured nature of humanity and the actions of the humans.)I agree with @Richards that a film that posits a “World War” cannot be told through the eyes of one person, who by necessity, sees only a tiny piece of the overall situation. (I think there are circumstances where it’s an appropriate format [“Saving Private Ryan”], but I would have preferred this to be either an anthology-style film, or perhaps told in the format of news reports/interviews?I also agree that robbing the film of gore (and I’m NOT a torture porn enthusiast!) takes away some of the visceral threat of the zombies.  Even when [spoiler]Brad Pitt cuts off the hand of the army chick we don’t really get to see it, even when he’s bandaging her up!![/spoiler].So, in case it’s not clear?I loathed this move with every fiber of my being.</blockquote>

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