World War Z Discussion Thread

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Saw it tonight. It was fun. Not overly memorable, but I wouldn't call it a bad movie by any stretch. Just a fun action movie.

I'm not familiar with the book at all, so I have no idea how true it is to the source material. I've read a lot of book fans saying the movie looked awful and were pissed off by the look of the zombies, but as a guy who never read the books, I had fun with the movie.

Pleasantly surprised as I didn't think the trailer looked great, but again, far from a great movie.

Haters of shaky cam will get pissed off though. There's quite a bit going on especially during the in your face zombie scenes, which are plentiful in this flick.

6.5/10 is fair I think and currently sitting with some pretty positive critic reviews.

[mac_82]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Haters of shaky cam will get pissed off though. There's quite a bit going on especially during the in your face zombie scenes, which are plentiful in this flick.

Shaky cam + 3D really doesn't work. It seems like they figured that out 1/2 way through this movie.

It's too bad it sounds like they rushed this movie, started filming before the script was done, had to re-jig the script, and thus had to re-shot a bunch of the movie, and piece it all together to try to make sense of it.

Apparently they are planning a trilogy with this. They didn't touch 70-80% of what was in the book, so they would have plenty of material to work with.

Apparently they cut out most of the giant Russia fight scene at the end, which is too bad. As per my post in the other thread, I really hope they release all the unused footage on blu ray.

7/10

[3 Justin 3]

Shaky cam eh?

So basically another Man of Steel where you can't even watch the damn movie because it filmed like s***? Or is it better than MoS (camera wise)?

[TurnedTheCorner]

I'm generally not interested in zombie movies per se, but this one has caught my eye. I will check it out at some point.

[Hockey]

So is it World war Zed or World war Zee?

[CaptainCrunch]

Its ZZee double the E double the flava

[undercoverbrother]

Really enjoyed the book, was surprised by the amount of mentioned Canada got in the book. Heard the movie is nothing like it, but will still check it out.

Can we please use spoilers in this thread?

[JiriHrdina]

The book is great - but the format is not a character driven narrative, but rather separate individual accounts of various parts of the war. Does the movie preserve this style at all? If not - it seems like it would be World War Z in name only.

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

The book is great - but the format is not a character driven narrative, but rather separate individual accounts of various parts of the war. Does the movie preserve this style at all? If not - it seems like it would be World War Z in name only.

Based on the glamour shots of Brad Pitt I'm guessing it totally abandons the structure/narrative of the book. Which to me was the best part about the book, at least for the me. It wasn't about the hoards & hoards of zombies, but the many different takes/experiences that resulted from the hoards.

Loved the book, but I'm gonna wait for this one on Blu-ray

[Ozy_Flame]

If you're a desk jockey, go on YouTube and listen to the entire Audiobook for a day. It's about six hours, and I was very satisfied.

[mac_82]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

Shaky cam eh?

So basically another Man of Steel where you can't even watch the damn movie because it filmed like s***? Or is it better than MoS (camera wise)?

Overall the camera work was better than MoS. It's just during some of the zombie swarm scenes where it's too much. Picture Cloverfield in 3D with fast cuts.

[GreenLantern]

Is the movie from multiple stand points or just from the view of Brad Pitt?

In the book it is essentially a journalist who travels around interviewing people post war about their experiences.

[mac_82]

Just Brad Pitt.

[undercoverbrother]

this can never be a good sign

http://litreactor.com/news/max-brook...ld-war-z-movie

Authors disliking film adaptations of their work is nothing new. Stephen King, Alan Moore, Anthony Burgess, Ken Kesey and a host of other writers have publicly slammed movies supposedly based on their work.
Now we can add Max Brooks, author of the book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, to that prestigious list. The Huffington Post reports that Brooks gave nothing but low marks for the blockbuster starring Brad Pitt during an interview at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania , stating that the film only shares his book's title, "and that's it."
Adding insult to injury, Brooks claims the producers didn't approach him to look at the script until after filming already began. To which he replied:

"Why would I read this? This is not the movie you're going to make," Brooks said. "You're going to do rewrites and reshoots. That's what happens when you make a giant movie. My attitude is if you haven't invited me in to contribute, then fine. Go make the movie you want to make and I'll see it when it comes out."

As for fans of his novel, Brooks had this warning:

"I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love. And I'm in no position to tell people to see this movie or not see it. If I'm asked I say: See the movie as a movie and judge it as a movie."

Which is solid advice, all you purists out there. Movies are fundamentally different, and thus they'll never be exactly like the book. Still, Brooks' frustration is understandable, as it's beginning to sound like the movie bears no resemblance whatsoever to its source material. He could always go the Stephen King route and remove his name from the film, as the King of Horror did with The Lawnmower Man.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis..._books_top_art

"I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love," Brooks said. "And I'm in no position to tell people to see this movie or not see it. If I'm asked I say: See the movie as a movie and judge it as a movie."

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Really enjoyed the book, was surprised by the amount of mentioned Canada got in the book. Heard the movie is nothing like it, but will still check it out.

Can we please use spoilers in this thread?

Really? I didn't think we got mentioned all that much at all. With the exepction of the Norther US folks moving up into southern Manitoba, the Canadian angle didn't come up much at all IMO.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Really? I didn't think we got mentioned all that much at all. With the exepction of the Norther US folks moving up into southern Manitoba, the Canadian angle didn't come up much at all IMO.

PPCLI 3, Stanley McDonald get's a full chapter IIRC....

http://www.shmoop.com/world-war-z/st...macdonald.html


I also seem to recall a mention of canadian involvement in some type of weapons system to fight Zack

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

If you're a desk jockey, go on YouTube and listen to the entire Audiobook for a day. It's about six hours, and I was very satisfied.

I just downloaded the unabridged version from Audible. I've been meaning to read this for awhile and the voice actors they got are impressive. I look forward to work tomorrow.

[Radio]

I have 5 tickets (2 Children & 3 Adult) for World War Z tonight at 7:40 at the Chinook Ultra AVX.

I live in the NE and I don't think it's worth it to try and get across the river with all the flooding so I bought 5 new tickets for Sunridge.

If someone wants the tickets PM me your email and I'll forward them to you. They are scan and print. No charge, just someone may as well enjoy them.

nm, just found out Chinook is closed because of the weather.

[Flabbibulin]

Thought it was awesome

[killer_carlson]

A few good jump out of seat moments.

Pretty predictable at times. Fun though. Be sure to see it at the theatres.