World War Z

[Rasix]

WTF is that?   

[Selby]

Utter Shit ?

First comment I saw said "Brad Pitt and lots of tumbling people" which is pretty much all I got out of it.  Doesn't look interesting to me, no clue what is going on there.

[Samwise]

HE NEEDS ANSWERS!

What the fuck.

[Nevermore]

Utter Shit ?

Yes.

[Ironwood]

HE NEEDS ANSWERS!

What the fuck.

He should watch the trailer.  It's clear the immune kid is the answer.

Which is, in itself, an utter huge horking Pile of Bullshit.

Not going to see this anymore.  I'll just stay home and play Heart of the Swarm, or eat nachos.  One of the two.

[HaemishM]

Meh, it'll be over the top forgettable utter shit, but probably enjoyable for 2 hours.

[Venkman]

That's where I'm at too. I haven't read the book, though it's on my list. But I figure it's like the Star Trek reboot, or the pending Star Wars one. As much as there might be source material I'd want faithfully adhere'd to: I'll take a more entertaining experience any day.

I just can't seem to get my panties in a twist about much of anything. Maybe I'm just too easily amused 

[Ironwood]

That assumes that zombies BOO YA HERE THEY ARE haven't been done to death already.

Why watch this when I can watch Dawn of the Dead again ?

Seriously ?  I was hoping for the world spanning story of how humanity reacts.  The zombies were just the hook.

[Phildo]

Didn't the Simpsons already do this?  Obviously, killing the head vampire zombie cures all the others.

[Numtini]

Still not happy with fast zombies in this franchise, but it looked better than the first trailer to me. The book is fundamentally a human book, so more personal stuff and less hordes that look like ants works for me.

[Venkman]

That assumes that zombies BOO YA HERE THEY ARE haven't been done to death already.

I'd agree, except I haven't been able to sit through any of those. Sean of the Dead was fun, but only because I loved Hot Fuzz. And Walking Dead is of course awesome, but not because of the zombies. Are the 38 Days Later monsters considered zombies? I did like that one.

Anyway, I'm probably one of the targets for this movie: interested in an action flick, thinks the premise is interesting, kinda/sorta heard of the book but only because I travel places that have people who've read it, and it's timed for the summer blockbuster cycle when I'm in the mood for that kind of thing.

That's not to say it won't suck even to me. But my context is different from fans of the book.

But I get it: replace "World War Z" with "I, Robot" and I'm right there with most 

[Sir T]

I Robot was actually a collection of stories, not a continuous book as such.

But then, I read the original book of "The Quiet Man" and nerd-ed out too. :D Oddly enough it also was a collection of stories where the Quiet Man himself only appeared in the last 2, and in the first one of those he was working as a servant.

[Teleku]

Ok, WTF people.  There was nothing particularly bad about that trailer, especially if you got in any way excited about the first one.  It basically showed most of the same shit as the first trailer, but with a bit more plot and dialog.  I cannot fathom how you are suddenly jumping at that trailer being pure shit.....

[Ironwood]

Well, two things:

1 - The first trailer was shit.  Also, that's George Square.  It's obviously George Square.  I mean, what the fuck people, it's George Square.

2 - This one adds more mysterious retardery that's not so mysterious.

[Ruvaldt]

I didn't like the first trailer.  This still looks like shit.

[Yegolev]

I'll end up seeing the movie.  Will read the book after.  Wife already read the book.  Prediction:

Wife:
Me:

[Teleku]

Fair enough.  I'm still looking forward to it, as it seems like a great  movie.

And I read the book!

[Ironwood]

And you know what ?  Running Zombies, pain in the arse, not a huge fan, but they're ok.

These locust tumbling sprinting zombies ?  Retarded.

I can see why, but I just don't like any of those swarm scenes I've seen.

[jakonovski]

I don't think I saw a single woman fighting in the trailer. Kind of a strange movie to go all conservative values, considering the book and all.

[HaemishM]

That assumes that zombies BOO YA HERE THEY ARE haven't been done to death already.

Oh god yes. I'm sick to death of zombies personally. I don't think the trailer was terrible (haven't read the book) but I don't think it was ZOMG AWESOME. It's a movie I'll watch on DVD and probably forget shortly after I watch it.

[Sir T]

Well, what other monsters cam they use that haven't been done to death? Vampires? 

[Venkman]

World War V would just be all coffee shops and emo though

I Robot was actually a collection of stories, not a continuous book as such.

Yes. Which makes it even more of a departure from "hey here's another Will Smith movie with a single lame narrative".

[HaemishM]

Well, what other monsters cam they use that haven't been done to death? Vampires? 

It's not really that they can't do zombies, it's that everything has fucking zombies in the last year or two. I'm getting zombie fatigue.

[Merusk]

I've had zombie fatigue for two years now.  This upswing kicked-off with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies back in 2009 and it's been at a fever pitch since then.   

Doesn't help that Zombies are my least favorite monsters, ever.  A shambling corpse, even enmasse, isn't fearful if only because of decay. Add in other realities like carrion feeders and you've nothing to worry about after only a few days.  Which is why there's always convoluted reasons that all birds, cats, dogs and other animals also died.

There's many, many more interesting forms of undead, even if they're not well-known.  A good movie would then make as well-known as Night of the Living Dead did for zombies in'68.

[Numtini]

Zombie fatigue would have been less of a problem had they not spent 6 years getting it scripted and filmed.

[Malakili]

I like Brad Pitt, I like zombies.  I'll watch it and then complain about how it should have been better.

[Ratman_tf]

I went to the Star Trek Hilton ride in Vegas. It was really neat. The ride was on shocks so it would bank and buck when the shuttlepod thing flew around. The finale was the shuttle pod travelling back in time and flying over Vegas itself while shooting at a Klingon Bird of Prey.

This movie probably should be a 20 minute Vegas ride.

[Typhon]

I like Brad Pitt, I like zombies.  I'll watch it and then complain about how it should have been better.

I find your honesty refreshing

[sickrubik]

So, it comes out this week.

http://www.worldwarzmovie.com/MegaTicket/

Now, there are many reasons to roll your eyes in general to this thing, but I think my "favorite" part is the "free small popcorn".

[Teleku]

Well its 71% on Rotten tomatoes, which is a change from the 80% I was seeing earlier today (which isn't good).  The score overall bodes well, but I guess we'll see, since I assumed that if it was bad, it would be REALLY BAD.  Guess we'll know after its released world wide, but interested in seeing how everybody here views it.

[sickrubik]

Well its 71% on Rotten tomatoes, which is a change from the 80% I was seeing earlier today (which isn't good).  The score overall bodes well, but I guess we'll see, since I assumed that if it was bad, it would be REALLY BAD.  Guess we'll know after its released world wide, but interested in seeing how everybody here views it.

Yeah, the studios are getting really clever at screening movies and lifting embargos. They know who to screen it for to maximize the early buzz. Same thing happened with Man of Steel (and more troubling to me, Monsters University).

[Numtini]

I just got back from the theater. World War Z is actually quite a good zombie movie and gets at least a B+ there. It was entertaining, about the right length, and had a good mixture of plot, suspense, and action. I saw it in Real 3d and it was tastefully restrained. No reason to really push to see it that way that I can see though, but no reason not to unless you hate 3d.

There is a big caveat though. World War Z is not just one of my favorite books, but honestly, one of the best books I've ever read. Not just a zombie tale, but an intelligent and often times darkly humorous exploration of the political and bureaucratic inertia, modern materialist society, and the human reaction to adversity. Sadly, as an adaptation of the book World War Z, it gets an F. It just has nothing whatsoever to do with the book. Just nothing. There's one scene from the book whatsoever. The Israeli Mossad agent's talk. That's it. I want an adaptation of the book and I want it yesterday--preferably as an HBO mini-series.

[TheWalrus]

I'm with you on the book stuff. For that reason, I won't pay to see this shit. Personally, I hope it's a loser and knocks Bradley down a couple pegs.

[Shannow]

I want it yesterday--preferably as an HBO mini-series.

This, the book was never going to work as a movie.

Movie is getting 'oh this is surprisingly not totally crappy' reviews.

I didn't know Lindlehof was involved though....

[Rendakor]

I'm with you on the book stuff. For that reason, I won't pay to see this shit. Personally, I hope it's a loser and knocks Bradley down a couple pegs.

This. Might watch it when it hits Netflix in a year or so, but I refuse to pay for an awful adaptation. If you want to make a generic zombie movie, make a generic zombie move (hai2u I Am Legend).