[M] World War Z - Page 16
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
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OneBk
Sweden157 Posts
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karazax
United States3737 Posts
Even if you aren't a big reader, the audio book version is worth checking out. Edit: Link to unabridged audio book version | ||
Blacktion
United Kingdom1148 Posts
On March 28 2013 21:37 karazax wrote: It's based on a book, not a comic (Walking Dead was based on a comic). Like I said it could be a good movie, there just doesn't seem to be any point in using the World War Z license and then change it so much that the only similarities are things that every zombie end of the world movie shares. Even if you aren't a big reader, the audio book version is worth checking out. Note that the audiobook version is an Abridged version, so you dont get the complete story, id urge people to get the book instead for that reason. If you really cant stand reading its ok, all the main stories are there, and it does a good job of keeping the feeling that made the book great, but you miss out on some really interesting parts of the story. Voice acting is pretty good. Just watched the second trailer. Wow. I thought a lot of things when i saw Snakes on a plane, but "this film needs more zombies" just wasn't one of them. Looks trash. | ||
karazax
United States3737 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
Then i watched the trailers and i saw what looked like rushing water, only zombies. Wtf? The book is about to be truely let-down by more hollywood drivel. | ||
ElMeanYo
United States1032 Posts
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YumYumGranola
Canada341 Posts
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FoxShine
United States156 Posts
Alot of people are complaining how its not like the book or whatever. They said that the only thing they took from the book was pretty much the title and the fact that there are zombies everywhere. Its pretty clearly stated that it ISN'T like the book. The zombie swarming looked pretty fucking cool to me. In different zombie movies they have always moved different. Some walked slow kinda broken and moaning. Dawn of the Dead, the main reason i liked that movie is they fuckin RAN. The zombies in Dawn were mean and wanted to kill you. The walkers in Walking Dead are nothing in comparison. Finally there is another movie where they are even more menacing than Dawn. Someone mentioned that they didn't think zombies would do that.. I don't know how you think you know zombie physiology or psychology but it's pretty much up to the discretion of the minds behind the movie. I was watching Star Trek in 3D and i saw the preview for it. It looks pretty fuckin awesome seeing all the bodies like fly around and just be destroyed while they are swarming. It's totally feasible too that zombies with whatever unholy strength and speed would just trample and run over each other in a blood lust, and climbing like that just adds another dimension to how deadly these zombies actually are. Whatever transformed them into zombies, effectively turned them into a swarm subhuman death machines. In any case it probably won't be a GREAT movie. but i imagine it'll be entertaining, and who knows it may surprise us. edit: sucks it won't be an adaptation of the book, but atleast it won't be ruined by trying to be like it and failing. Its dangerous making something after a book cause, not only is it impossible to fit everything in a 2 hour movie, if done wrong everybody throws a tantrum. | ||
BoX
United States214 Posts
Reminds me of that awesome Final Fantasy movie about soul eating ghost monsters. I'll still watch it 'cause I can set aside my love for the book and enjoy rampaging swarm zombies. I'll just imagine they're Zerglings and I'm watching a Zerg invasion or something ;D edit: I don't know if they actually stated that the movie has nothing to do with the book. I'm just blindly trusting the above post. In any event, I loved the book. And I don't know anything about the movie but I'll enjoy it too. | ||
MountainDewJunkie
United States10340 Posts
- superheroes - zombies - post apocalyptic anything - something in space | ||
EatThePath
United States3943 Posts
On May 31 2013 14:04 YumYumGranola wrote: This movie isn't just "not World War Z", it's basically the antithesis for every message and theme that the book tried to communicate. The only way this movie gets salvaged for me is if at the end Brad Pitt fails at whatever task he's being put on to save the world, and they all come to the realization that the one-man-army will never work and that the only way they'll overcome the zombie threat is through grueling effort, sacrifice, and a complete abandonment of whatever shreds of humanity they have left. And then Brad Pitt gets his face eaten. Wow that gave me the first hope I've had for this movie, I could really go for that. I mean to the extent that it would assuage my disappoint enough to leave me ambivalent. Now, even though it's cheap points, I would leave ecstatic if in addition it had + Show Spoiler [actual book spoiler] + a blind samurai-monk zombie slayer 30-minute forest interlude The book, while great, suffered a little for inexpert writing, but it had wonderful spirit and vision and some cool ideas. So a hollywood version almost necessarily cannot come close. | ||
Z-BosoN
Brazil2590 Posts
On May 31 2013 15:08 MountainDewJunkie wrote: American film industry today: - superheroes - zombies - post apocalyptic anything - something in space I wouldn't care for this at all, but every single fucking movie follows the same cliches, the same ideas, the same taglines, the same rules. All creativity is in the presentation and the setting, nothing goes towards story or lore. Can't wait for these "meh" movies to evolve | ||
BoX
United States214 Posts
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CrimsonLotus
Colombia1123 Posts
On May 31 2013 14:15 FoxShine wrote: This movie looks pretty cool to me. It's been a while since we've had a good Zombie movie.. the best one for me is Dawn of the Dead - none of the other movies can really touch it in comparison.. but to each his own. Alot of people are complaining how its not like the book or whatever. They said that the only thing they took from the book was pretty much the title and the fact that there are zombies everywhere. Its pretty clearly stated that it ISN'T like the book. The zombie swarming looked pretty fucking cool to me. In different zombie movies they have always moved different. Some walked slow kinda broken and moaning. Dawn of the Dead, the main reason i liked that movie is they fuckin RAN. The zombies in Dawn were mean and wanted to kill you. The walkers in Walking Dead are nothing in comparison. Finally there is another movie where they are even more menacing than Dawn. Someone mentioned that they didn't think zombies would do that.. I don't know how you think you know zombie physiology or psychology but it's pretty much up to the discretion of the minds behind the movie. I was watching Star Trek in 3D and i saw the preview for it. It looks pretty fuckin awesome seeing all the bodies like fly around and just be destroyed while they are swarming. It's totally feasible too that zombies with whatever unholy strength and speed would just trample and run over each other in a blood lust, and climbing like that just adds another dimension to how deadly these zombies actually are. Whatever transformed them into zombies, effectively turned them into a swarm subhuman death machines. In any case it probably won't be a GREAT movie. but i imagine it'll be entertaining, and who knows it may surprise us. edit: sucks it won't be an adaptation of the book, but atleast it won't be ruined by trying to be like it and failing. Its dangerous making something after a book cause, not only is it impossible to fit everything in a 2 hour movie, if done wrong everybody throws a tantrum. Then why call the movie World War Z? Just call it the zombie wave or "generic zombie movie number 37" and nobody would complain about that. But they take a book, adapt it to a movie and then make it the polar opposite of the book. It's possible to make good adaptations, of course you have to cut a lot specially for a movie, but you can still keep the themes and the overall feel of the story. Just look at Game of Thrones. | ||
KhrisKruel
United States146 Posts
This movie looks awesome and I'm totally going to see it with everyone I know, and everyone is hyped to go see it. It actually looks like a realistic depiction of how society would break down in the case of a zombie attack, which is something I haven't seen realistically depicted in movie format before | ||
zoLo
United States5896 Posts
On May 31 2013 23:54 KhrisKruel wrote: I hate zombie movies. I don't like stupid cheap zombie scare tactics in movies. If I saw a zombie in real life I'd punch him in the face. This movie looks awesome and I'm totally going to see it with everyone I know, and everyone is hyped to go see it. It actually looks like a realistic depiction of how society would break down in the case of a zombie attack, which is something I haven't seen realistically depicted in movie format before I thought 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, and Land of the Dead had good post-apocalyptic societies. | ||
YumYumGranola
Canada341 Posts
On May 31 2013 22:49 CrimsonLotus wrote: Then why call the movie World War Z? Just call it the zombie wave or "generic zombie movie number 37" and nobody would complain about that. But they take a book, adapt it to a movie and then make it the polar opposite of the book. It's possible to make good adaptations, of course you have to cut a lot specially for a movie, but you can still keep the themes and the overall feel of the story. Just look at Game of Thrones. Exactly. The only reason they have for using that title would be to try and con fans of the book into seeing the movie. It's basically false advertisement. And nobody can now make an adaptation that's true to the novel, which is a damned shame because I think it'd make a fine TV series. Apparently they had an original script that was very true to the novel, but did a last minute rewrite and re-shoot to turn it into generic "Man saves world/family" movie because Hollywood doesn't think very highly of our collective intelligence. To me it's almost like if somebody tried to sell me a burrito but then handed me a pizza. And then when I (for obvious reasons) complain about this they patronize me by insisting that because they both have cheese and meat in them and can be eaten with my hands it's basically the same thing. Except it's even worse than that, because not only did they not sell me a burrito, but they bought the exclusive rights to selling burritos, so now NOBODY can sell me a burrito. It's not the fucking same, and whether or not they introduce some cool zombie graphics doesn't make up for the fact that they're basically just trying to extract money from fans of the book by lying to us about what's in the movie. As I said in an earlier post, only way that this movie can be redeemed for me is if Brad Pitt fails at whatever he's being sent off to do and gets horribly ripped apart at the end of the movie. What's the chances of that happening? | ||
Restrider
Germany129 Posts
I will not judge the movie until I have seen it (or someone I know has), but my expectations are low. Probably it is going to be a proper situation to use the term "potential: wasted". | ||
PassiveAce
United States18069 Posts
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