World War Z (movie)

[hlb14]

i think after reading what you guys have said i'll have to go read the book for sure

Edited June 13, 2013 by hlb14

[TMF]

I really enjoyed the book. When I heard they were making a movie I knew it would be nothing like the book. They'd have to make it into a 10 part miniseries to cover all that. This will just be a typical Hollywood single hero movie, only with Brad Pitt rather than Keanu Reeves.

[terrya88]

I have heard of bad reviews about this one.

They shot the first 2/3 of the movie and then went back and shot some more to make up the last 1/3.

From what I understand it just doesn't make much sense and is patched together with no sense of flow.

Disconnected parts is what I read.

 

T

[Guest nra37922]

Cannot wait to see the scene were Joline eats Pitt alive...

[daveW]

I'm looking forward to it...been needing a new zombie (type) movie. I try not to over think movies of this genre.

[jtmaze]

Haven't read the book, has been on my to do list for a few years now. Fast Zeds, Slow Zeds get on high ground and watch them die. By the way, accuracy by volume doesn't work with a limited ammo supply.

[Oh Shoot]

I'm looking forward to it...been needing a new zombie (type) movie. I try not to over think movies of this genre.

 

What made the book so nifty was the detailed "science" and behavior of the zeds, and the logistics of the effort,  as people and agencies world wide reacted to the problem. Lots of little fasinating details, such as  the weapons that were made and distributed like the spring loaded headspike on a pole and etc.

 

Even at the end of the book after the war was "won", in present time, the ongoing random zed control of those still wandering up onto land from the oceans and the annual thaw of those in northern latitudes, etc.

 

And yet through the overall huge overview, the characters relating their individual parts in the thing to the "interviewer" also gave it the microcoosm of one on one storytelling. Point is, one's suspension of disbelief is easily maintained by the "logical" presentation of the thing as a whole.

 

I suppose it's my fav of all the zombie stuff I've read and pretty high in the larger EOTWAWKI genre overall too.

 

- OS

Edited June 12, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Murgatroy]

Yeah, the focus on the "Lobo" weapon. The tactics, the mistakes made while fighting it, there was a lot to it.

 

There are a lot of books that don't translate well to film, and I am certain this will be one.

 

But I will watch it.

[Hershmeister]

I'm looking forward to it...been needing a new zombie (type) movie. I try not to over think movies of this genre.

That would be using your BRAIN!

Mmmm brains!

[zgunbear]

Read the book today online

Doubt the movie will be as good

[Guest nra37922]

What made the book so nifty was the detailed "science" and behavior of the zeds, and the logistics of the effort,  as people and agencies world wide reacted to the problem. Lots of little fasinating details, such as  the weapons that were made and distributed like the spring loaded headspike on a pole and etc.

 

Even at the end of the book after the war was "won", in present time, the ongoing random zed control of those still wandering up onto land from the oceans and the annual thaw of those in northern latitudes, etc.

 

And yet through the overall huge overview, the characters relating their individual parts in the thing to the "interviewer" also gave it the microcoosm of one on one storytelling. Point is, one's suspension of disbelief is easily maintained by the "logical" presentation of the thing as a whole.

 

I suppose it's my fav of all the zombie stuff I've read and pretty high in the larger EOTWAWKI genre overall too.

 

- OS

And don't forget the 20+ million North Koreans that went underground and are unaccounted for.

[whitewolf001]

They share the same title and the name Max Brooks somewhere in there. They SHOULD have made it based off the book but into something akin a miniseries, like 20-25 episodes recounting the accounts from the book.

Edited June 14, 2013 by whitewolf001

[Guest nra37922]

Reviews say the movie doesn't quite suck but the 3-D version does,

[Guest Hound]

What made the book so nifty was the detailed "science" and behavior of the zeds, and the logistics of the effort,  as people and agencies world wide reacted to the problem. Lots of little fasinating details, such as  the weapons that were made and distributed like the spring loaded headspike on a pole and etc.

 

Even at the end of the book after the war was "won", in present time, the ongoing random zed control of those still wandering up onto land from the oceans and the annual thaw of those in northern latitudes, etc.

 

And yet through the overall huge overview, the characters relating their individual parts in the thing to the "interviewer" also gave it the microcoosm of one on one storytelling. Point is, one's suspension of disbelief is easily maintained by the "logical" presentation of the thing as a whole.

 

I suppose it's my fav of all the zombie stuff I've read and pretty high in the larger EOTWAWKI genre overall too.

 

- OS

While really good Id have to say my favorite zombie story hands down is Adrian's Undead Diary.  It is an online story that is set up like a journal.  Really fantastically done.  Has one of the scariest versions of zombie's I've ever seen (they are silent)  and one of the only stories that actually explains how it started (much later on in the story).

[zgunbear]

Adrian's is a good story.

[gnmwilliams]

Adrian's is a good story.

Yep! Im going through it again for like the third time now. :)