World War Z

[Dreamjbk]

Are you guys going to see this movie ??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk

[bdawgnit1785]

no. the zombies look worse than the humanoid creatures in I am legend and that was almost too much to bear, add in Brad pitt and I'm asleep;):p

[Panzer89]

Did they just crawl up a sheer wall in a human tidal wave?

Wasn't this book about zombies?

[bdawgnit1785]

Did they just crawl up a sheer wall in a human tidal wave?

Wasn't this book about zombies?

now its about cgi....hollywood for the win....but no yeah they fucking suck.

[QuarterPounderVlad]

Omfg.. This is complete bullsh.. . I mean, The zombies look ... what the heck.. No.

[Zombieface]

I'm gonna watch it, but I'm iffy about it. The book is one of my absolute favs so I just gotta watch the movie to find out what they do with it. It looks like it's gonna be kinda over the top though.

[Zombieface]

Would have been sooooo cool if they actually did it documentary style like the book and went from place to place in the world before after and during and stuff. Hollywood ./smh

[Red Panda]

I heard it's bad.

[bdawgnit1785]

I heard it's bad.

it's worse than sparkling vampires and mind talking wolves....and that's saying alot:p

[Zombieface]

it's worse than sparkling vampires and mind talking wolves....and that's saying alot:p

I didn't think things could get much worse than that! lol

[Milosuperspesh]

play cod games thats worse...

[Wrighty]

It really doesn't look like it does the book justice, just seems like a mindless action filled zombie flick. Watch Brad Pitt save his family and then the world, not watch how different people and cultures react to the new situation and the hard choices they have to make.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

I don't understand how they could take the great premise of the book and squander it like this. World War Z would have made a great anthology film. Get a bunch of good directors to each shoot a segment and have the reporter doing his interviews as a framework.

[bdawgnit1785]

It really doesn't look like it does the book justice, just seems like a mindless action filled zombie flick. Watch Brad Pitt save his family and then the world, not watch how different people and cultures react to the new situation and the hard choices they have to make.

only thing that could save this movie is if midway through he has to shoot his wife or daughter that is infected...otherwise its garbage. Oh all the good guys win what a surprise. Who's making this film, fucking walt disney pictures...they are zombies jesus everyone would die IRL

[Warge]

I don't understand how they could take the great premise of the book and squander it like this. World War Z would have made a great anthology film. Get a bunch of good directors to each shoot a segment and have the reporter doing his interviews as a framework.

I haven't read the book myself, but I understand it was kind of a story told way after a zombie apocalypse, when the world was getting back to normal - which means this film has about as much with the book to do as Lawnmower Man (take a slightly bizarre story about a fat guy cutting grass by eating it, and tell a story about a retard that becomes one with a computer. Yeah, great concept that...

[xwmstormx]

I'll be going to see it and I won't be going in with any expectations on it. From the trailer it looks a bit campy and way over with CGI. Plus the zombies having some problem solving skills could produce some laughable moments.

Pitt hasn't always had the best of roles but he still can put on a good show. IE: Interview with a Vampire, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys for examples. Didn't read the book so thankfully I am not able to compare the movie to it and just take the movie at what it is, a movie.

[Nonymous99]

It looks crap. The zombies and explosions look like very bad animations. This movie is sh*t.

[Matrox Yang]

Eh, running zombies aren't really my bag, Baby. But I can see this being a pretty good movie for lots of people.

[Milosuperspesh]

i think it's mean't to be more of a parody and spoof more than a serious film..

[DreadMagus]

I'll probably watch it. I need a good laugh.

[Masta23]

Wtf is up with the zombies? Why are they jumping on top of each other to scale a huge wall? It looks weird.

[Jokieman]

It looks bad. Even Left 4 Dead had better zombies. hehehe.

Are those Zombies or Lemmings? Did someone get them confused?

[stevean2]

The best person to direct this IMO If we wanted a good World War Z would be Robert Kirkman or at-least George. A. Romero .... Under the supervision and approval of Max Brooks

[Pellet]

somebody on youtube said it best. looks like zombie diarea

[bdawgnit1785]

It's just very unimaginative. I mean resident evil movies look better and more real and everyone (except ME) hates on those movies hard. This one is gonna make no money back cuz 350 or more million will never be earned for this garbage.....but then again tv shows like gossip girl, and two and a half men keep on making money and that darned twilight movie series blows hard but makes bank...Luckily Buffy is slowly approaching from the rear. Time to stake this shiny monster:p

[xwmstormx]

I mean resident evil movies look better and more real and everyone (except ME) hates on those movies hard.

I'm with you on this one. I have enjoyed every single RE movie so far. Though the 1st and 2nd were the best as they were not as heavy on CGI as the rest are. I have not seen retribution yet though as it is 3D I expect even more CGI but the story leaning more toward the game.

Ask any true zombie movie fan and the majority will say that the best movies are the ones that didn't over use CGI.

[Cyreen]

No. I prefer to keep my fondness for the book untainted.

[xwmstormx]

No. I prefer to keep my fondness for the book untainted.

In the possibility of keeping a conversation alive.. If you didn't read the book then how do you feel about the movie trailer so far? Or, try to ignore the book and see the movie as just a movie and not a representation of the book and say what you think of it without being biased.

That also goes to anyone who has read the book as well. The great thing about being human is our ability to separate our thoughts and feelings from one thing to another. So, this could be a nice way to portray that aspect of life.

Another question is: Can anyone name any movie that was made based on a book that really felt like it did the book justice?

[Cyreen]

Seeing as you choose to use me as an example of "being biased", please allow me to expand on my comment. I'm not interested in watching a computer generated zombie flick that does not respect the genre to which it aspires.

I can think of many movies based on books that, while obviously not as in depth as the original story, I still appreciate as a visual interpretation.

[Devlonir]

Another question is: Can anyone name any movie that was made based on a book that really felt like it did the book justice?

There are more than enough good movie interpretations. But for each good movie, there are also movies that take what is good about the book and throw it completely out the window just to have a Hollywood ending.

Yes, I am looking at you I am Legend!

Not having read World War Z yet, but what I heard about the book and now see in the trailer. I have a feeling this one will be very similar.

[Mackeh]

Shambling slow zombies are far more scary than Running zombies, G Romero knew this back in the 70's

[Web Head]

Thank god I can run so fuckin' fast IRL :D Incase zombies wanted a competition BABBEH I AM HERE MAFAKAS!!!

[RoboSheriff]

no. the zombies look worse than the humanoid creatures in I am legend and that was almost too much to bear, add in Brad pitt and I'm asleep;):p

lol but its brad pitt that guy's handsome :P

[bdawgnit1785]

lol but its brad pitt that guy's handsome :P

maybe but boring dumb and handsome isn't a good combo. Why do we need good looking survivors. I plan on living thru zombies if they come and I'm not handsome like him but I like my chances versus his (IRL)

[stevean2]

Thank god I can run so fuckin' fast IRL :D Incase zombies wanted a competition BABBEH I AM HERE MAFAKAS!!!


The Walking Dead taught you that your speed and physically strengh means nothing. You can run, but can you outrun a phycos bullet?

[JamesM98]

Some of the bits which are meant to be Philly were actually filmed in Glasgow (where I live), so I'll go see it just for that.

I remember one of the scenes they filmed they had loads of running extras. If they've CGI'd all over that I'll be very upset.

[8Bit_System]

I'm actually looking forward to it, which - of course - doesn't mean I won't tear it apart if it turns out to be bad, but I won't judge a movie on a trailer.

Oh, and stating that an actor is boring, dumb and handsome as a given general is plain stupid in my opinion. In case you ever watched Kalifornia, you'd have had the same guy being the opposite... except for stupid in that case. :D

http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Kalifornia-Brad-Pitt-300x171.jpg

Just saw the full movie is on YouTube... it's definitely worth a WATCH (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7irUS83CmM8). Pretty much Brad Pitt meets Kenny.

[thestalkinghead]

i would say they are a new monsters not zombies at least the running zombies (although not true zombies) in zombieland and acted like zombies (stupid) these guys seem to have the ability to work together and climb.

at what point is the undead not a zombie? (i would say this point http://youtu.be/HcwTxRuq-uk?t=2m10s )

[8Bit_System]

Haven't read the book, but thinking a "fresh" Zombie might be more powerful and still be really fast and able to climb, there wouldn't even need to be teamwork going on.

Zombie sees other Zombies and goes for it.

[thestalkinghead]

Haven't read the book, but thinking a "fresh" Zombie might be more powerful and still be really fast and able to climb, there wouldn't even need to be teamwork going on.

Zombie sees other Zombies and goes for it.

zombie see zombie do doesn't work if the first zombie shouldn't be able to do it anyway, climbing is a complex maneuver and not something a zombie should be able to do, they are Ghouls or a Revenants

so it should be called World War G or World War R

[Noname215]

Might go see it. Although the zombies don’t even look like fucking zombies. You wouldn’t even know they were zombies.

[8Bit_System]

zombie see zombie do doesn't work if the first zombie shouldn't be able to do it anyway, climbing is a complex maneuver and not something a zombie should be able to do, they are Ghouls or a Revenants

so it should be called World War G or World War R

Yeah... or stay calm and wait for the finished product.

[thestalkinghead]

Yeah... or stay calm and wait for the finished product.

i don't think they will take out the epic wall climbing "zombie" hive and that is what makes them not zombies, i will probably watch it, but i will say with 99.9% certainty that this will not be a classic and well loved zombie film

[8Bit_System]

I know... but still...

I'll give it a chance. :)

[thestalkinghead]

I know... but still...

I'll give it a chance. :)

just heard it's gonna be PG-13, no wonder the zombies don't look like zombies, if they did it wouldn't get rated PG-13, i am now 99.9999999% certain that this will not be a classic and well loved zombie film

[Gudmoore]

Haven't read the book, but thinking a "fresh" Zombie might be more powerful and still be really fast and able to climb, there wouldn't even need to be teamwork going on.

Zombie sees other Zombies and goes for it.

And that's why you think this pile of crap actually looks good. Expand your mind, go read a book.

[8Bit_System]

And that's why you think this pile of crap actually looks good. Expand your mind, go read a book.
Erm, what exactly makes you think I don't read books, just because I haven't read World War Z?

I would also appreciate if you stopped putting words into my mouth.

[Brohan]

Lol... so those were ment to be Zombies?

Lmfao, when I watched it for the first time I though it was another movie about the end of the world.

[thestalkinghead]

Lol... so those were ment to be Zombies?

Lmfao, when I watched it for the first time I though it was another movie about the end of the world.

it should be the i am legend prequel lol

[ZombieGoBoom]

Over at the Spacebattles forum some of them are calling these WWZ movie undead, 'zoombies'.

[Motordead]

Ill watch it in theaters. But honestly, i'm disappointed they aren't going with Max Brooks version of a zombie. But than again i guess Hollywood doesn't consider walking zombies to be action-ie

[DreadMagus]

Over at the Spacebattles forum some of them are calling these WWZ movie undead, 'zoombies'.

ROFL

I am totally using that from now on to refer to any fast zombies.....

[AceStarr]

This movie should be called 365 Days Later since the zombies are moving like the rage infected from 28 Days Later LOL:p

[Nokando]

This film's great - go see it - and the zombies are fantastic. I know 'cos I was on the set in Glasgow, Scotland, when they were filming it. Not as a zombie unfortunately - I was providing medical cover hehe.

Seems strange for people to complain about the authenticity of the zombies... given that zombies are a loosely defined fictional construct.

Plus, come the ZA, I won't be hanging round and pointing & going 'THAT'S not a zombie, it moves too fast' :p

[crash665]

Seems strange for people to complain about the authenticity of the zombies... given that zombies are a loosely defined fictional construct.


Not really. Zombies have been well defined by their creator - George Romero. TWD is based off Romero's universe; so, it's not that strange that people find fault with it. I certainly don't care for fast zombies. They're dead, damn it! I can understand fresh zombies being quicker, but not crack-head speed!


Also, 28 Days Later was a wonderful horror film about a rage virus. NOT A ZOMBIE VIRUS! It's okay for them to run.

Also, Also ---- my favorite part of the trailer?

"Stay in the car!"
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
"Stay in the..."
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

Jeez! It seems like every other trailer has that damn sound in it now!

[ZombieGoBoom]

This movie should be called 365 Days Later since the zombies are moving like the rage infected from 28 Days Later LOL:p

They behave more like ants. Definitely a group effort here.

http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/f/first-footage-of-brad-pitt-in-world-war-z-watch-now-120190-470-75.jpg

Why would they do that? Maybe if someone was hanging some poor soul over the wall as bait might get that reaction. I want to like this movie but the CGI zoombies might be too ridiculous to watch.

[DreadMagus]

Not really. Zombies have been well defined by their creator - George Romero. TWD is based off Romero's universe; so, it's not that strange that people find fault with it. I certainly don't care for fast zombies. They're dead, damn it! I can understand fresh zombies being quicker, but not crack-head speed!


Romero didn't "create" zombies.

[blaisedinsd]

Romero didn't "create" zombies.

He did create what people around here are talking about when they say "zombies"

He created the undead cannibal that can only be killed by a headshot and the whole idea of the zombie apocalypse.

[DreadMagus]

Zombie apocalypse... yes.

The "Hungry Dead" arch-type? No.

It might be more accurate to say he defined the modern arch-type. The same way Bram Stoker defined the "modern" vampire.

[dustpuffs]

I don't see the problem with changing what is typically seen as a zombie. You are not talking about a creature, such as a lion, suddenly doing something it is incapable of, for example: flying. You are talking about a creature that does not exist: a dead human that is capable of moving around, and has only the desire to eat other living flesh as a motivator. So if the creature doesn't exist, why not have some imagination and fun with it? The dead can't move around anyway, so if they are going to move, why must they shamble? Go at a dead run and work together; it doesn't make any less sense that their brains can perform this function than any other thing you've seen them do in other films. By the way, I haven't read the book, and don't think I'll see the movie till it's free on T.V. in a few years and I'm home sick vegetating one day.

[thestalkinghead]

I don't see the problem with changing what is typically seen as a zombie. You are not talking about a creature, such as a lion, suddenly doing something it is incapable of, for example: flying. You are talking about a creature that does not exist: a dead human that is capable of moving around, and has only the desire to eat other living flesh as a motivator. So if the creature doesn't exist, why not have some imagination and fun with it? The dead can't move around anyway, so if they are going to move, why must they shamble? Go at a dead run and work together; it doesn't make any less sense that their brains can perform this function than any other thing you've seen them do in other films. By the way, I haven't read the book, and don't think I'll see the movie till it's free on T.V. in a few years and I'm home sick vegetating one day.

mythology (or what ever the proper word is) is why its important and why there is a problem, look up ghouls and revenant and you will notice that zombies aren't the only mythological creatures that are undead and eat human flesh, if they wanted to create there own monsters they shouldn't have called them zombies, what if they gave them the ability to fly and have laser eyes would they still be zombies to you?

[dustpuffs]

mythology (or what ever the proper word is) is why its important and why there is a problem, look up ghouls and revenant and you will notice that zombies aren't the only mythological creatures that are undead and eat human flesh, if they wanted to create there own monsters they shouldn't have called them zombies, what if they gave them the ability to fly and have laser eyes would they still be zombies to you?


I wouldn't care if it were about trolls, werewolves, or vampires. If it is about a fantasy creature, do whatever you want to it. Maybe I'll be entertained, maybe I will think it's stupid. But no one is making us watch or read these things. If they want to call them zombies, I don't care.

[thestalkinghead]

I wouldn't care if it were about trolls, werewolves, or vampires. If it is about a fantasy creature, do whatever you want to it. Maybe I'll be entertained, maybe I will think it's stupid. But no one is making us watch or read these things. If they want to call them zombies, I don't care.

yeah that's cool, but i am just explaining why the big changes from a zombie to a "zoombie" are important to some people, what if it had been called World War W (werewolf) and they obviously weren't werewolfs (they were robots or something), are you saying that wouldn't matter at all to you?

[dustpuffs]

I'm just saying I probably wouldn't care and just wouldn't watch it. I've already seen the worst werewolf on film (Professor Lupin from Harry Potter) was horrible in my opinion. I wouldn't watch any other werewolf movie if that's what they were going to look like from now on. So if they had flying zombies with laser eyes, I would just think it sounds dumb and not watch it. I have way too many real life issues to worry about, I just can't get worked up over something that is easily avoidable. If it matters to other people, that's fine. I didn't say they shouldn't care, I just stated why I don't.

[thestalkinghead]

I'm just saying I probably wouldn't care and just wouldn't watch it. I've already seen the worst werewolf on film (Professor Lupin from Harry Potter) was horrible in my opinion. I wouldn't watch any other werewolf movie if that's what they were going to look like from now on. So if they had flying zombies with laser eyes, I would just think it sounds dumb and not watch it. I have way too many real life issues to worry about, I just can't get worked up over something that is easily avoidable. If it matters to other people, that's fine. I didn't say they shouldn't care, I just stated why I don't.

i'm not worked up about it and i wont pay to watch it, i just think it was a waste of an opportunity and money to make a film based on a well know monster and just basically ignore everything that is known about the monster

[dustpuffs]

i'm not worked up about it and i wont pay to watch it, i just think it was a waste of an opportunity and money to make a film based on a well know monster and just basically ignore everything that is known about the monster

Again, I was only stating my personal feelings. I did not say any people were worked up, or were unwillingly going to pay to see the movie. I respect other people's opinions, and I almost never try to convince them to see things my way. I simply came on this thread to see if people that had read the book would recommend it, or might recommend the movie based on the trailers, which I haven't seen.

[thestalkinghead]

Again, I was only stating my personal feelings. I did not say any people were worked up, or were unwillingly going to pay to see the movie. I respect other people's opinions, and I almost never try to convince them to see things my way. I simply came on this thread to see if people that had read the book would recommend it, or might recommend the movie based on the trailers, which I haven't seen.

i respect your opinion i and was just stating my person opinion as well, sometimes its hard to make the tone of what i am writing match what i am thinking, so if it came across as me trying to convince you that the film is rubbish and you shouldn't watch it even if you want to or something like that i apologise :)

[childishgambino]

As is the case with most others, I think they could have done way better. Of course, I haven't seen it yet and I'm not sure when it comes out so my comment is a bit premature and based entirely on the trailer and my expectations from the book.

[Cyreen]

I simply came on this thread to see if people that had read the book would recommend it, or might recommend the movie based on the trailers, which I haven't seen.

Whether you watch the movie or not, I definitely recommend reading the book.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

It should be noted that most of us who have taken issue with the trailer aren't really upset by the fact that it has running-jumping-climbing-trees zombies in it. We're upset that the movie seems to have completely abandoned everything that made the book interesting and unique - the documentary style, the multiple stories, the world-wide perspective.

This could be a decent movie, I just wish they hadn't insisted on using the World War Z brand in order to get name recognition (wouldn't Brad Pitt be enough, really?) because now we'll probably never see an actual adaptation of the story. If they had just called it something else...

[crash665]

Romero didn't "create" zombies.


You're right, and I should have made it clear in my post. The modern idea of zombies - as well as Robert Kirkman's zombies - did come from Romero, though.

"Zombie" movies have been around since the 30's with White Zombie being one of the first. (Which is where Rob Zombie got the name for his original band, btw.)

The idea of the walking dead - not The Walking Dead - has been around for a long long time. Zombies were not originally considered cannibalistic, though; that came from Romero.

SOOOOOO, in that regards, the idea of fast moving zoombies is something new and is not viewed positively by me and other purists. However, people are allowed to watch whatever they want. More power to them. (They're wrong, of course! ;) (jk))

[Nokando]

mythology (or what ever the proper word is) is why its important and why there is a problem, look up ghouls and revenant and you will notice that zombies aren't the only mythological creatures that are undead and eat human flesh, if they wanted to create there own monsters they shouldn't have called them zombies, what if they gave them the ability to fly and have laser eyes would they still be zombies to you?

There are no zombies in the Walking Dead remember... they are walkers or biters or whatever people have called them. Imagine a world where the ZA actually happened... there would be no debate about 'hmm, well, strictly speaking these are ghouls, not zombies"... everyone would just call them zombies at the end of the day, no matter how upset Romero purists got about it!

In fact, "ghouls" sums up what we think of as zombies pretty well - the mythological voodoo zombie wasn't flesh-eating. The ghoulie apocalypse doesn't sound as good though - and where I come from means something entirely different!

[Gudmoore]

How about we shut up about "Zombie Lore", and go back to the basics?

Yes, these zombies are idiotically made, but not because of classic zombie stories. It is because this movie is based on the book, the zombies Brooks wrote about were walkers. It was even gone into detail on why they can't run.

For fucks sake, stop talking out of your asses.

I do have to say; if they would release this as another generic zombie movie it just might be watchable. All they are doing right now is using a big name for box office numbers, not following shit from the source material. This is the reason I hate it.

[AceStarr]

Whats next ZOMBIE VAMPIRES LOL:D

[Gudmoore]

Whats next ZOMBIE VAMPIRES LOL:D

A little slow on the uptake buddy.

I Am Legend. (Omega Man was better story-wise).

[crash665]

Whoever asked about World War Z book vs movie? Always go with the book, imo. However, in this case, I think the title is this only thing the two have in common. I just started reading it, and so far there is no running or wall climbing. (Good read, so far.)

The word "zombie" is in Kirkman's comics. Somewhere inside the prison, one of the characters mentions them.

What about Teenage, Sparkly Zombie Vampires in Love? We'd make millions!!!

I checked, but I don't appear to be talking out of my ass. I may need a second opinion, though.

Jeez! Everyone is getting so worked up about this. Calm down, everyone! Come back from the ledge.
There is no such thing as the zombie apocalypse, and - I'm going out on a limb here, but there never will be one. It's fiction. You can do whatever you like.

Points:

1 - Some people - like me - will never appreciate the fast zombies. Deal with it and move on. Doesn't mean the movies are bad. I enjoyed the remake of Dawn of the Dead, for example. It just means that we prefer our zombies slow and lumbering. It's the slow, constant threat of death where you have to constantly be moving that we enjoy.

2 - To anyone who likes zoombies: Enjoy!! You'll probably really like the move WWZ, probably not the book though.

Now, let's all hug and go look for Clementine!

[Digestif]

I'll watch it, but I won't expect anything big.
Really, it's Brad Pitt and a bunch of Kids. It will be "and they lived happily ever after"-style. Nothing like TWD where anybody can and will die.

[Jokieman]

http://zombieresearchsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kid-crying.jpg