tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post3276885681090402398..comments2024-03-05T21:05:36.848-05:00Comments on CommentaramaFilms: Summer Of Films: World War Zzzzz (2013)AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-12907916858428274092014-07-24T07:41:00.903-04:002014-07-24T07:41:00.903-04:00No argument here- I thought the movie was worth a ...No argument here- I thought the movie was worth a look-see, but it didn't warrant a repeat viewing. Also the zombies in this film are ludicrously fast.shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-46518895191867309112014-07-24T02:00:09.236-04:002014-07-24T02:00:09.236-04:00Koshcat, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
The fal...Koshcat, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)<br /><br />The fall of Israel just didn't work for me. It was far too Pitt-specific.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-18860685046333131822014-07-24T01:57:22.042-04:002014-07-24T01:57:22.042-04:00Kit, I haven't read the book, but I saw almost...Kit, I haven't read the book, but I saw almost nothing in the film that struck me as coming from a something original. It all felt like every other zombie movie on Chiller, except it had higher production values.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-76739667727063871662014-07-24T01:56:14.842-04:002014-07-24T01:56:14.842-04:00Scott, Yep. If this movie had been made ten years ...Scott, Yep. If this movie had been made ten years ago, it would have been hailed as really impressive. But at this point, it's just a total repeat of what every other zombie film has done.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-25504892824922039862014-07-24T01:54:51.832-04:002014-07-24T01:54:51.832-04:00Jed, It made it to my radar because I like Pitt a ...Jed, It made it to my radar because I like Pitt a lot and I'd heard the book was really good. Then I read about the disaster that was the film's production and that raised my curiosity. The film sadly, lived up to none of it.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-76895254920912889142014-07-24T01:53:32.300-04:002014-07-24T01:53:32.300-04:00PikeBishop, It's too bad they ignored so much ...PikeBishop, It's too bad they ignored so much of the book. It sounds like the book would have made a great movie. As for changing the character to Pitt, I wouldn't have a problem with that either. Sometimes it makes sense to take liberties with a book. It just doesn't make sense to ignore the book completely.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-51636530654237867272014-07-24T01:49:25.801-04:002014-07-24T01:49:25.801-04:00Tohokari, LOL! Brilliant observation about this g...Tohokari, LOL! Brilliant observation about this genre becoming a zombie!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-77169321410462355362014-07-24T01:42:54.333-04:002014-07-24T01:42:54.333-04:00I liked the book. They movie is really not related...I liked the book. They movie is really not related at all. They basically bought the title. I didn't think the movie was as bad as the review; perhaps I went in with different expectations. I did like that they didn't waste time with a long back story but that may have weakened Pitt's character as you barely knew him. The did a better job of showing rather than telling. In the beginning they show Pitt as a family man but also he is cool under stress and resourceful. I think the fall of Isreal was unnecessary to the plot. <br /><br />One minor issue is the movie starts out in Philadelphia not New York. Koshcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552108950848576633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-50081153122600621252014-07-24T01:10:07.734-04:002014-07-24T01:10:07.734-04:00Andrew,
"I'm told the book is excellent....Andrew,<br /><br />"I'm told the book is excellent. And if you watch the Honest Trailer for this one (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cS5Fv5xIQ" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>),which is very funny, they actually give a lengthy list of ideas that the film totally skipped."<br />I think Tohokari Steel and I mentioned it earlier. :-) <br /><br />Now, watching it again I realized something. <br />The fact that <i>none</i> of those ideas listed were in the film tells me that the film is amazing. In fact, it makes me want to cuss thinking about it. <br /><br />The book is an "oral history" of the war featuring various interviews with survivors of the war relaying their stories. The idea behind the book was to take a genre that often follows only a handful of people at an isolated location and then expand it to the entire world. <br /><br />Now, given this format creating a character like Brad Pitt's to streamline things makes a fair deal of sense. I also understand that since this is a movie some things have to be cut such as the the celebrity house or the Decimation Policy in Russia or even the Phalanx drug but... WHAT THE %@#^ING HELL!<br /><br />They leave out the battles of Hope and Yonkers? Leaving out those two battles is like adapting <i>Lord of the Rings</i> and leaving out the Battles of Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith. Really, they are <i>the</i> major battles of the book.<br /><br />Also, in the book the zombies were slow, not fast. More <i>Walking Dead</i> than <i>28 Days Later</i>. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-87565372661239594432014-07-24T00:57:06.056-04:002014-07-24T00:57:06.056-04:00KRS, I'm worn out on the genre as well. It wa...KRS, I'm worn out on the genre as well. It was interesting for years, but now they are turning out the same story over and over and over.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-73547051828110735392014-07-24T00:42:12.399-04:002014-07-24T00:42:12.399-04:00tryanmax, I saw that an enjoyed it a lot. I'v...tryanmax, I saw that an enjoyed it a lot. I've seen a couple funny zombie movies too. One in particular (can't think of the name) involved the zombies seeing themselves as normal and everyone else as the zombies. It was pretty funny.<br /><br />I'm told the book is excellent. And if you watch the Honest Trailer for this one (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cS5Fv5xIQ" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>),which is very funny, they actually give a lengthy list of ideas that the film totally skipped.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-27969913660994095662014-07-24T00:38:23.268-04:002014-07-24T00:38:23.268-04:00PDBronco, I haven't read the book, but from wh...PDBronco, I haven't read the book, but from what I've read about it, it definitely sounds like it should have gone to TV. In fact, TV is really doing an amazing job taking long and involved stories and bringing them to life.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-23056522925203649522014-07-24T00:36:23.792-04:002014-07-24T00:36:23.792-04:00Kit, I have heard really good things about the boo...Kit, I have heard really good things about the book. I did not know that was Mel Brooks' son.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-37450316287777907712014-07-23T20:26:46.363-04:002014-07-23T20:26:46.363-04:00Scott,
re Peter Capaldi, I heard about that too! ...Scott,<br /><br />re Peter Capaldi, I heard about that too! Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-72086936699012860432014-07-23T14:15:42.697-04:002014-07-23T14:15:42.697-04:00It's actually a miracle the movie turned out w...It's actually a miracle the movie turned out watchable considering the escalating budget and the ending which had to be completely re-conceptualized and re-shot after they had already started!<br /><br />Me? I liked it enough. If it had been released 10 years earlier, it would be a classic of the genre (or at least a minor one). But in a world where we have a weekly zombie series, this movie just seems old hat.<br /><br />And yes, the current Dr. Who Peter Capaldi is credited as"W.H.O. Doctor"! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-69459214367089612642014-07-23T12:04:47.050-04:002014-07-23T12:04:47.050-04:00expensive Zombie movies is why I tend to spend my ...expensive Zombie movies is why I tend to spend my viewing time on British mystery and drama with the occasional small indie film thrown in for flavor. This never even made it to my radar.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-26002069287485544642014-07-23T12:02:14.942-04:002014-07-23T12:02:14.942-04:00The book is an excellent read Andrew, and almost a...The book is an excellent read Andrew, and almost all of it got left out. The book is a collection of vignettes, from a reporter travelling the world, ten years after the war ended, and most of the individual stories are quite compelling. I can see changing the protagonist to Pitt's UN official, to proved a more active framing story, rather than just taping people's after the fact recollections. But when they changed it to "Brad Pitt saves the world" a lot of the spirit of the original source material was lost. I'm still hoping World War Z would get made by Showtime or HBO as a ten episode mini series, faithful to the book. Once again Andrew, the book is worth a read. PikeBishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761380937971970762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-88814903700975751582014-07-23T12:01:41.562-04:002014-07-23T12:01:41.562-04:00"...Y'know, a thought just occurred to me..."...Y'know, a thought just occurred to me. The zombie genre has, ironically, become a zombie. It's functionally dead at this point, but still continuing to move."<br /><br />Yup. Frankly, I'm getting sick of the genre. Its now basically just blood, gore, and despair. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-60876235687294574462014-07-23T11:54:03.492-04:002014-07-23T11:54:03.492-04:00"I didn't know that Anne Bancroft was Mel..."I didn't know that Anne Bancroft was Mel Brooks' son! (Sorry, I had to riff on your grammar, Kit.) "<br /><br />(Annoyed grunt!) It was late at night and I was tired. My only defense.<br /><br />"I may have to read the book just to understand how much potential was wasted."<br />The book is great. Tohokari-Steel mentioned the "Honest Trailers", it seems to sum it up. <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cS5Fv5xIQ" rel="nofollow">LINK</a> Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-24187138761250153322014-07-23T10:30:37.306-04:002014-07-23T10:30:37.306-04:00My favorite comment on this movie comes from the H...My favorite comment on this movie comes from the Honest Trailer of it:<br />"Prepare for this big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel that's got everything you love...about the title. And nothing else."<br /><br />...Y'know, a thought just occurred to me. The zombie genre has, ironically, become a zombie. It's functionally dead at this point, but still continuing to move.Tohokari-Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03857796647547410701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-26774486668671463232014-07-23T09:40:08.566-04:002014-07-23T09:40:08.566-04:00I didn't know that Anne Bancroft was Mel Brook...I didn't know that Anne Bancroft was Mel Brooks' son! (Sorry, I had to riff on your grammar, Kit.) <br /><br />I may have to read the book just to understand how much potential was wasted. Fortunately, I didn't even rent this one. I let someone else do the Redboxing for me. <br /><br />If you want a zombie movie with a difference, check out <i>Warm Bodies</i>. It's no giant blockbuster like <i>Zzzzz</i>, but it's different. I would describe it as the cutest zombie movie ever made. That's a trick, earning an adjective no one would think to put on a genre. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-46898051633482654142014-07-23T09:32:10.196-04:002014-07-23T09:32:10.196-04:00I haven't read the book, or seen the movie (av...I haven't read the book, or seen the movie (avoided it based on the trailers). But this sounds like a story that would have been best handled as a TV mini-series, like The Last Ship.PDBronconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-39165097942746905982014-07-23T01:16:49.163-04:002014-07-23T01:16:49.163-04:00I read the book in my college dorm-room and I love...I read the book in my college dorm-room and I loved it. Very good read.<br /><br />I had some dim feelings about the movie when I saw the trailers so I skipped it. Seems like I was right.<br /><br />Trivia: Did you know the book was written by Max Brooks and Anne Bancroft, the son of Mel Brooks.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.com