World War Z - Book Review

[cschex]

I hope Max Brooks enjoys his fat paycheck and was able to distance himself in all other ways from that, because that looks awful and nothing like that books (as expected)

[Blackadar]

Well, um...shit. I got nothin'.

At least the world will end before it comes out.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Sounds like all they did was buy the title to the book

SI

Yup....

I'll try to give it a chance when it comes out and forget all about the book, but it seems like an action movie with zombies rather than a zombie movie. That preview looked horrible.

[wishbone]

I bet this will be similar to the "adaptation" of I am Legend. A few key names and places will be faithfully portrayed, the rest pulled out of someone's butt. Those not familiar with the source will think it's ok, anyone who read the book will wonder what happened.

[Mota]

That's insane. There's slow zombies, there's fast zombies, and apparently dying has unlocked the inner physical potential of these bodies as it appears they could outrun Usain Bolt.

Somebody remind the directors that these are dead bodies. The dead start winning the war because: 1) it's hard to kill something that's already dead. 2) they never need to rest and 3) there's a pretty large resupply of new zombies around every corner. It's the wall of flesh that's so powerful in the books, they just keep climbing over each other and eventually the soldiers crumble. If they're movie speed fast, the lines would collapse instantly and that's not really interesting.

Then again, I have NO IDEA how they could try to recreate the book since it's from a million points of view and there's no central character.

[Sun Tzu]

Pardon my language, but...

What the fuck was that?

[gi]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Pardon my language, but...

What the fuck was that?

2nd

[Honolulu_Blue]

Here's the full trailer:

World War Z Official Trailer #1 (2013) [1080p HD] - YouTube

Not as bad as the preview, but still... Not "World War Z".

[Desnudo]

I gotta say that movie looks awesome. Even if it's nothing like the book.

[claphamsa]

wow.... also i dont like fast zombie movies.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

wow.... also i dont like fast zombie movies.

I don't mind fast zombie movies. I really loved both "28 Days Later" and the "Dawn of the Dead" re-make. Two of my favorites.

I also usually give the benefit of the doubt of book adaptations. I try to be pretty forgiving and understanding of changes and alterations, knowing full well that certain things that work on the page don't necessarily translate well on screen and that there are different time and budget considerations and the like.

This movie doesn't really seem to be maintaining much of anything of the source material, beyond the fact that it's about a zombie apocalypse and, unlike most such movies, it doesn't just focus on one small isolated group of survivors but looks at it on a more global scale (apparently).

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

wow.... also i dont like fast zombie movies.

Then again, there are "fast zombies" and then there is whatever the hell is going on in that trailer.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

i'm ambivalent about the genre but that looks terrible. also i hope hans zimmer gets royalties for the use of bwwonnnnnnng in trailers

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive

i hope hans zimmer gets royalties for the use of bwwonnnnnnng in trailers

I immediately thought the same thing.

I watched the full trailer today, and I'm even less interested in the movie now. I stopped watching The Walking Dead because the Zombies started half-jogging, and I have no f'ing clue what is going on in those previews. I know one thing...those aren't zombies by any stretch.

Now, if they present...whatever those are...as "infected" people that became crazy SOB's, then my interest in the movie will likely be renewed.

[stevew]

I don't care about the book and I'm not opposed to fast moving zombies, so that movie looks fucking awesome.

Except that they cast the horrible actress from the Killing as the lead

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

wow.... also i dont like fast zombie movies.

Yeah, real zombies don't run that fast...

[JediKooter]

Yea, they weren't just running fast. They were running like, cheetah fast.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I stopped watching The Walking Dead because the Zombies started half-jogging, and I have no f'ing clue what is going on in those previews. I know one thing...those aren't zombies by any stretch.

I know we have had this conversation before, but you are taking one scene out of 2 years of content.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

I know we have had this conversation before, but you are taking one scene out of 2 years of content.

Yeah...maybe you're right. What season was it when that kid got shot by the shotgun, and he was pent up in the farm house?

*Edit* maybe it wasn't a shotgun...but he definitely got shot.

[Sun Tzu]

I think what people here are upset about is this:

They could have called this movie anything...they could have called it "Zombies invade!" or "Attack of the Killer Zombies!" But no. They bought the rights to an absolutely fantastic, ground-breaking novel...arguably the best novel ever written in it's respective genre, and completely butchered it. Now we will never get a film adaptation of World War Z...ever. It's over, and all we have to show for it is this bull crap.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I think what people here are upset about is this:

They could have called this movie anything...they could have called it "Zombies invade!" or "Attack of the Killer Zombies!" But no. They bought the rights to an absolutely fantastic, ground-breaking novel...arguably the best novel ever written in it's respective genre, and completely butchered it. Now we will never get a film adaptation of World War Z...ever. It's over, and all we have to show for it is this bull crap.

It's like when they made that shitty Spiderman3 and we never will get another Spiderman movie.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by stevew

It's like when they made that shitty Spiderman3 and we never will get another Spiderman movie.

I think the likelihood of someone making a "The Amazing World War Z" film in 10 years is extremely small.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Yeah...maybe you're right. What season was it when that kid got shot by the shotgun, and he was pent up in the farm house?

*Edit* maybe it wasn't a shotgun...but he definitely got shot.

That was season 2, I think the scene you have an issue with was when the Neanderthal and Otis were at the school getting supplies.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

That was season 2, I think the scene you have an issue with was when the Neanderthal and Otis were at the school getting supplies.

That sounds about right. I specifically remember there being a chase scene, and the guys were having trouble outrunning the Zombies.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I think what people here are upset about is this:

They could have called this movie anything...they could have called it "Zombies invade!" or "Attack of the Killer Zombies!" But no. They bought the rights to an absolutely fantastic, ground-breaking novel...arguably the best novel ever written in it's respective genre, and completely butchered it. Now we will never get a film adaptation of World War Z...ever. It's over, and all we have to show for it is this bull crap.

I blame the original author for this, if I'm selling rights to my source I'm getting myself 1st rights of refusal if they make it a shit script that isn't true to the source!

[chadritt]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

I blame the original author for this, if I'm selling rights to my source I'm getting myself 1st rights of refusal if they make it a shit script that isn't true to the source!

Then youre not selling.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

Yea, they weren't just running fast. They were running like, cheetah fast.

Apparently there's a scientific explanation

World War Z trailer: Brad Pitt zombie movie moves fast in first trailer. (VIDEO)

[Peregrine]

Like many of you, I am horrified by what they are doing to this book. I mean one of the major points in the book was how the militaries of the world were not suited for battling Zack, but somehow in this movie it's turned into some kind of zombie war porn.

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I think what people here are upset about is this:

They could have called this movie anything...they could have called it "Zombies invade!" or "Attack of the Killer Zombies!" But no. They bought the rights to an absolutely fantastic, ground-breaking novel...arguably the best novel ever written in it's respective genre, and completely butchered it. Now we will never get a film adaptation of World War Z...ever. It's over, and all we have to show for it is this bull crap.

+1000

[Sun Tzu]

I had a thought this morning that I can't shake...

This movie looks like Michael Bay's idea of a "kick-ass zombie flick."

[RainMaker]

I thought the trailer was good and look forward to it. But I never read the book. I completely understand where Sun Tzu is coming from. If I had a favorite book and that adapted it into something shitty, I'd be pissed as hell.

[Mota]

Well from the 2 minute trailer, the movie has 1 thing in common with the book. There's zombies. Other than that, it's pretty much it. Is the name worth that much to buy the license and not even use the story?

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Apparently there's a scientific explanation

World War Z trailer: Brad Pitt zombie movie moves fast in first trailer. (VIDEO)

Hmmm... Reminds me of the line in Jurassic Park...

"Look at them. It's like they are flock of birds"
"They're flocking this way"

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I think what people here are upset about is this:

They could have called this movie anything...they could have called it "Zombies invade!" or "Attack of the Killer Zombies!" But no. They bought the rights to an absolutely fantastic, ground-breaking novel...arguably the best novel ever written in it's respective genre, and completely butchered it. Now we will never get a film adaptation of World War Z...ever. It's over, and all we have to show for it is this bull crap.

Fear not. It's Hollywood. A reboot/remake will be out in about 5 years.

[Edward64]

Looking forward to this.

Zombies, Superman, and a return to Oz among movies to look forward to in 2013 - NBC News Entertainment

"World War Z" is based on Max Brooks' excellent book, which compiles fictional interviews with folks all over the world who tell of their experiences with a decade-long zombie apocalypse. Brad Pitt plays the U.N. employee who travels the world interviewing survivors and trying to get things under control. (June 21.)

I just finished re-reading the first 2 books of JL Bourne "Day by Day Armageddon" in anticipation of the 3rd book coming from Amazon soon. It was great and recommend any zombie fans read it.

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by stevew

I don't care about the book and I'm not opposed to fast moving zombies, so that movie looks fucking awesome.

Except that they cast the horrible actress from the Killing as the lead

For me its not 'just' that they're fast moving - they seem to be controlled by some sort of group intelligence going by the clips I've seen, ie. Zombies are meant to be pretty much mindless, however in the trailer it shows them moving as a mass and grouping together to scale a wall etc.

By all means make a horror film using such an approach, but don't pretend its based on a Zombie book with nothing in common with it imho.

(personally more interested in the Oz movie these days myself )

[Desnudo]

Today I learned that Leonardo DiCaprio's production company was outbid by Brad Pitt's for this movie. What a shame.

[bob]

I still think the source material was begging for a HBO miniseries similar to Band of Brothers rather than a movie.

[Desnudo]

I'd be down with that. Would be easier to show the different points of view.

[Edward64]

and ... worth seeing (but already know the answer)?

[General Mike]

I saw it and I liked it enough, but then again I never read the book.

[HerRealName]

My son and I just got back. It was ok at best. The movie doesn't deserve the title at all, it is not related to the book at all.

[BYU 14]

Saw this tonight and liked it, but like others I have not read the book. I have it on my kindle fire and was waiting to see the movie first, since the resounding opinion here is the book was butchered. I would rather be amazed at the book after the fact, then disappointed in a shitty screen adaptation.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by chadritt

Then youre not selling.

This.

[Edward64]

Good news for zombie fans!

World War Z 2 Just Suffered A Major Setback, Get The Details - CINEMABLEND

We'll be keeping a close eye on the World War Z 2 director's chair, reporting whoever fills the seat as soon as we find out. In the meantime, keep in mind that the film is due for a June 9, 2017 release date; so that announcement will probably be coming sooner than later.