Personally, I think it looks really bad if you compare it to the book it is "loosely adapted from".
For those who don't know, World War Z is a really famous zombie book by Max Brooks which tells the story of a reporter that interviews different people on how the zombie breakout happened, how they managed to survive and how they got "rescued".
According to this interview, the writers opted for the "Romero" style of zombies, that follow animal instincts instead of the usual "roaming dead body" we are used to seeing: + Show Spoiler +
Visual effects supervisor John Nelson (Iron Man) said World War Z’s zombies lean more toward sci-fi transformation victims rather than supernatural resurrection subjects. That led to a lot of research into animal behavior, especially for creatures under the amok-time sway of predator appetite or spawning urge.
“They are like predatory animals that can’t control themselves,” Nelson said. “I worked with tigers [while shooting Gladiator], and if you watch them when a horse goes by they go batty, even if they know they can’t reach it. When Zs see humans they do same thing, they activate. They launch themselves.”
He went on to add: “There are a lot of things in nature we’re mining as references. They move like birds or school of fish, too, in reactive formations, and it’s not because they have a higher level of [shared] thinking or communication – it’s about their nature and the fact that their instinct to infect is so basic, efficient, and overpowering. They will go through anything. If they lose both legs, they will walk on their hands. They lock in and they’re like salmon going upstream or sperm swimming to be the first to egg.”
Unlike most fresh-water fish or spermatozoa, the zombies in the movie are resourceful when it comes to helicopter attacks. At one point in the film, a surging crowd of Zs climb up and over each other to create a writhing, wobbling column of infected flesh. “Everyone has seen everything in this genre,” Nelson said. “So of course we looked to try to find something new. And we have some."
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sparkk51 United States. November 09 2012 11:29. Posts 106
Ugh, looks like they scraped the idea of following the book entirely. That really sucks because the book was amazing and had some really awesome scenes. This looks like another generic zombie movie :\
Ettick United States. November 09 2012 11:35. Posts 1569
Looks like its going to take a different route then the book. Thats ok by me the way the book tells the story could get a little confusing in a film. Not sure how i feel about running zombies though not really my cup of tea so to speak.
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To me the clips they have remind me of: The day after tomorrow for the disaster aspects, battle star galactica for the 'evacuate out to sea aspects', a questionable choice to portray Israel and their barrier walls [Sure in the book its South Africa and a white guy thinks of the plan but Apartheid has been gone for almost 20 years now. The Israeli wall issue is going on today] and then with the fast movement of the zombies it looks like I am Legend.
And in all these movies, no one has once shown what would happen to a horde of humans when they faced armored tanks.
Awesome. As a fan of both Brad Pitt and Zombies, I've been waiting for this movie for a loooooong time, and so far it looks quite entertaining. I don't know anything about the book so please don't flame.
Anyway gotta love the fact that despite the movie being basically done, we'll have to wait more than 6 months in order to watch it.
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Coagulation United States. November 09 2012 11:41. Posts 7561
On November 09 2012 11:34 Coagulation wrote: looks fucking sweet to me. and yes I have read the book. And the survival guide. Im not hard to please.
Yes, we can see that.
Well to be honest man the book was good but it wasnt that good (its not like its hallowed ground that Im offended if people change shit about it). Like the only thing it really had going for it was that it was breaking new ground in a stale zombie genre.
Man...When I first heard about this on IMDB it seemed like it would be a good zombie movie. Now that I have seen the trailer and it looks like another boring 28 day later zombies movie kinda makes me sad =/
(note, I liked 28 days later, but it have birth to the whole fast moving "zombies" which I really dislike)
I love brad pitt but I dunno. At least its a zombie movie. Havent seen one of those in a long time.
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dannystarcraft United States. November 09 2012 11:45. Posts 174
The way the zombies were swarming looked pretty ridiculous. Also that one zombie that busted through the door didnt even look like one. Looks like a more realistic version of how a zombie apocalypse would actually happen though.
McBrungus United States. November 09 2012 11:57. Posts 239
