World War Z...

[Zeb_Carter]

World War Z...

Zombie apocalypse movie...'nough said. I guess if you like zombie shooters, you might like this movie. These zombies move fast though, unless there is nothing around to stimulate them. Headshots are the only way to stop the living dead.

There are several unlikely encounters with the zee's as they are called in the movie.

(Spoiler Alert)

In one scene, our intrepid hero, is trapped on a jetliner. A zombie got on board in the cargo bay. A stew pressed the elevator button to go down to storage and...bingo, zombie in the elevator. Well that one bites the stew, immediately turning her into a zombie, who then bites someone else and so on and so on.

This all starts in the back of the plane and works its way forward. Our intrepid hero's friend, an Israeli female soldier, just happens to not only still have her side arm, but a frag grenade. He, Brad Pitt, grabs the 'nade and tosses it in the zombies moving toward them. It blows a hole in the side of the plane. The zombies are sucked out, which was everyone but our hero and his girlfriend.

The plane does crash, but is controlled enough to not kill our hero or his friend.

All though the FX were good, the movie left a me unfulfilled.

I give it a 6 out of 10.

Iron Man 3 was a better movie, although it had zero zombies.

 

[lovecraft68]

Zombie movies are very appropriate to their subject matter. they fade away (mercifully) for a few years then just keep coming back.

I gave up on this crap years ago, the last decent one was The Dawn of the Dead remake and Romero's last cash cow Land of the Dead was garbage.

My daughter still likes to go see them, though and she said, and I quote

They should have called it world war ZZZZZZZZZ

 

[PennLady]

As far as I could tell -- and I haven't seen the movie -- the movie is totally different from the source book, which I did read and which was excellent. I wish, in fact, that they had made something closer to the book, b/c I think *that* would have been a great movie.

Or maybe TV miniseries.

 

[jomar]

As far as I could tell -- and I haven't seen the movie -- the movie is totally different from the source book, which I did read and which was excellent. I wish, in fact, that they had made something closer to the book, b/c I think *that* would have been a great movie.

Or maybe TV miniseries.

I have read that too, not the book, but that it is very different. I keep meaning to read his zombie survival guide.

Z was an okay watch, bogged down at the CDC though (or whatever it was called).

 

[sheablue]

I liked it quite at bit, actually! But I haven't read the book. I intend to.

 

[Catchalot]

I loved it actually, and they're called Zeds not Zees

 

[sheablue]

I loved it actually, and they're called Zeds not Zees

I thought the army guys in Korea were calling the Zekes!

 

[PennLady]

I have read that too, not the book, but that it is very different. I keep meaning to read his zombie survival guide.

Z was an okay watch, bogged down at the CDC though (or whatever it was called).

The survival guide is... well, enjoyable I guess, but some of the stuff starts to get to you, even though we're talking zombies here. I guess if you read or see enough of anything, it gets to you. My aunt had to ease up on the film noir, as it started making her feel depressed. Anyway, the survival guide is written as such a thing, so there's no story there. But it's still neat.

WWZ was, I thought, a great take and twist on the zombie genre (subgenre?), as it is a collection of people's recollections of a war against the zombies. I honestly do think it could be filmed, but I don't know if a studio would be willing to finance it. Pity.

I liked it quite at bit, actually! But I haven't read the book. I intend to.

I quite recommend it.

 

[jomar]

The survival guide is... well, enjoyable I guess, but some of the stuff starts to get to you, even though we're talking zombies here. I guess if you read or see enough of anything, it gets to you. My aunt had to ease up on the film noir, as it started making her feel depressed. Anyway, the survival guide is written as such a thing, so there's no story there. But it's still neat.

The way I read the reviews it was a fun companion piece.

WWZ was, I thought, a great take and twist on the zombie genre (subgenre?), as it is a collection of people's recollections of a war against the zombies. I honestly do think it could be filmed, but I don't know if a studio would be willing to finance it. Pity.

I quite recommend it.

It's on the list.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

WWZ was, I thought, a great take and twist on the zombie genre (subgenre?), as it is a collection of people's recollections of a war against the zombies. I honestly do think it could be filmed, but I don't know if a studio would be willing to finance it. Pity.

WWZ was a fun way to tell the story, as a collection of "recollections" and firsthand accounts. The audiobook features different actors for different chapters. Some of the writing feels uneven, but I think that was purposeful.

I read the book and rather eagerly awaited the movie. The mini-series idea might be better. Viewing the movie as a "companion piece" is an interesting take, too. In an odd way, it reminded of "Saving Private Ryan." In SPR, the premise was bullshit, but it provided a good way for a band of soldiers to wander through the war and show different elements. WWZ the movie, I think, was trying to do the same thing.

Apparently, it's envisioned as a the first of three. Based on the ending of this first one, that feels odd. Will be interesting to see where they go with it.

 

[PennLady]

WWZ was a fun way to tell the story, as a collection of "recollections" and firsthand accounts. The audiobook features different actors for different chapters. Some of the writing feels uneven, but I think that was purposeful.

I read the book and rather eagerly awaited the movie. The mini-series idea might be better. Viewing the movie as a "companion piece" is an interesting take, too. In an odd way, it reminded of "Saving Private Ryan." In SPR, the premise was bullshit, but it provided a good way for a band of soldiers to wander through the war and show different elements. WWZ the movie, I think, was trying to do the same thing.

Apparently, it's envisioned as a the first of three. Based on the ending of this first one, that feels odd. Will be interesting to see where they go with it.

I'd have to try that audiobook, that sounds like a neat way to do it. I think the other thing that was neat about the WWZ book is that it takes place a decade after the zombie war, and civilization has not totally fallen, not like in The Walking Dead and other stories. The zombie threat is still there, but it has been gotten past to some extent, and that right there is something you don't usually see in zombie stories.

I envision a WWZ series as a series of flashbacks, I suppose, which isn't terribly original, I know. But I could see the narrator going along and visiting these people to collect their stories interspersed with the new life everyone leads, where taking zombies into account isn't much different than making sure you lock your car, or whatever -- just part of the routine.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I'd have to try that audiobook, that sounds like a neat way to do it. I think the other thing that was neat about the WWZ book is that it takes place a decade after the zombie war, and civilization has not totally fallen, not like in The Walking Dead and other stories. The zombie threat is still there, but it has been gotten past to some extent, and that right there is something you don't usually see in zombie stories.

I envision a WWZ series as a series of flashbacks, I suppose, which isn't terribly original, I know. But I could see the narrator going along and visiting these people to collect their stories interspersed with the new life everyone leads, where taking zombies into account isn't much different than making sure you lock your car, or whatever -- just part of the routine.

My favorite story is the one about training the K9 agents.

It makes me cry like a bitch.

 

[PennLady]

My favorite story is the one about training the K9 agents.

It makes me cry like a bitch.

Stories like that with dogs often do that to people.

I'm not much of a crier at books or movies myself, but that's not to say some stories don't tug at the heart.

And oddly, two of the WWZ stories tend to stand out in my mind. One was the Japanese gamer who was so involved he didn't actually notice what was going on, and the other was the young girl whose dad had taken the family north and they'd become part of a group that at first helped each other, then fractured.

I also really liked how he used the history/politics of countries to extrapolate a response, especially with Israel and North Korea.

 

[StrangeLife]

I read the book and rather eagerly awaited the movie. The mini-series idea might be better.

I agree. There's a certain limit to what can be told in the span of a couple of hours, and this book is clearly not movie material. Not even Brad Pitt with full Chanel No.5 hair-do can change that.

Everything appear messy, rushed and with no time to flesh out the characters to more than cardboard cut-outs. A mini-series would definitely have been a better choice.