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Just came back from seeing it with a couple of mates, one who had just finished reading the book, the other not even knowing it was a zombie movie. Was good to see the mixed reactions.
For myself and my friend who hadn't read the book, it was a somewhat enjoyable movie, nothing spectacular but still got our moneys worth. Laughed especially hard at the Lil Wayne zombie in the glass cage and the teeth chattering of that one zombie. My mate who had just read the book however, blew the hell up. Complained all the way home about the inaccuracies of the movie compared to the book and how terrible the movie was.
Mixed reactions, but as someone who hadn't read the book, was quite enjoyable.
Also, the bit where he was walking down the skybridge was friggin awesome.
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On June 23 2013 20:32 jeremycafe wrote:Show nested quote +On June 23 2013 13:15 TrickyGilligan wrote:On June 23 2013 10:08 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 09:47 OneOther wrote:On June 23 2013 09:40 Juggernaut477 wrote:On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers I love reading all the comments from the butt hurt idiots that lack the intelligence and attention span to pick a book up once in their life and enjoy a story the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I don't think he's butthurt at all, he enjoyed himself an entertaining movie Exactly @Juggernaut447 I enjoy movies, you enjoy books. Stop going to movies if all you are going to do is rage on forums about how bad they are. Everyone has their preference. I prefer to leave it to the professional the create amazing scenes rather than count on my brain to do it. I spend all day staring at code. The last thing I want to do is go home and stare at more text. Seems like I struck a nerve mr book reader Well, you were trying to be a dick. I doubt anyone is surprised that you were able to succeed. No need to gloat over it. Not trying to be a dick at all. I honestly think its aggravating that the majority of discussions on these threads has to be about how the movie sucks compared to the book. Its how every movie topic goes here. I just don't get the point of a book reader who is always disappointed going to movies. If you don't like the format, why go? I don't force myself to read books when I know I don't enjoy it. It isn't the format that is the problem. It isn't even that "the Movie isn't like the book" that is the problem. Its that the movie is painfully average, added to the fact that it just has the book's name plastered to it. You are trying to be a dick, going on about how "butthurt" people are because they didn't like the movie. Its clearly inflammatory. Get off your high horse.
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On June 23 2013 22:54 Elerris wrote: Just came back from seeing it with a couple of mates, one who had just finished reading the book, the other not even knowing it was a zombie movie. Was good to see the mixed reactions.
For myself and my friend who hadn't read the book, it was a somewhat enjoyable movie, nothing spectacular but still got our moneys worth. Laughed especially hard at the Lil Wayne zombie in the glass cage and the teeth chattering of that one zombie. My mate who had just read the book however, blew the hell up. Complained all the way home about the inaccuracies of the movie compared to the book and how terrible the movie was.
Mixed reactions, but as someone who hadn't read the book, was quite enjoyable.
Also, the bit where he was walking down the skybridge was friggin awesome.
I read the book and enjoyed the movie. When I saw the trailer I was 100% sure it was going to be NOTHING like the book, and how could it? The book is a series of quasi-related events, narrated by different people, in different parts of the world, etc. Yeah you could make a movie like that but it would not be a great movie, it would have to be long and mostly boring, you would have no attachments to any character, etc.
So I think it's super silly to go into this expecting it to be similar to the book. That being said though, there are SOME parts that they could have kept similar, but chose not to. I guess they had a vision and decided that associating it with a well known name such as WWZ would bring in more people than just making Pitt a lead character. Obviously it worked.
The movie though, was not bad. Especially compared to other movies I've seen lately. The only thing I'd bitch about was how the ending was a bit anti-climactic. I also hate how they put 80% of the cool scenes in the trailer, but they do that with everything. The editing was good, some shots were really well made, Pitt was decent, the fighting was pretty "real", no Rambo-like action, etc. I'd give it a solid 7/10, just because the story wasn't that great.
Also, did anyone notice that people were doing relatively fine everywhere, until Pitt got there? Not to mention he was directly responsible for A LOT of deaths, rofl.
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I think you should consider reading that article you just linked to.
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Yeah, you're right. The movie bombed so badly that they were moving along to creating a sequel and they are on track of making back their $200 million budget.
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On June 24 2013 08:20 zoLo wrote:Yeah, you're right. The movie bombed so badly that they were moving along to creating a sequel and they are on track of making back their $200 million budget.
Breaking even is technically bombing for a brad pitt movie right?
I give him points for understanding the movie business.
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On June 24 2013 06:55 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On June 23 2013 20:32 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 13:15 TrickyGilligan wrote:On June 23 2013 10:08 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 09:47 OneOther wrote:On June 23 2013 09:40 Juggernaut477 wrote:On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers I love reading all the comments from the butt hurt idiots that lack the intelligence and attention span to pick a book up once in their life and enjoy a story the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I don't think he's butthurt at all, he enjoyed himself an entertaining movie Exactly @Juggernaut447 I enjoy movies, you enjoy books. Stop going to movies if all you are going to do is rage on forums about how bad they are. Everyone has their preference. I prefer to leave it to the professional the create amazing scenes rather than count on my brain to do it. I spend all day staring at code. The last thing I want to do is go home and stare at more text. Seems like I struck a nerve mr book reader Well, you were trying to be a dick. I doubt anyone is surprised that you were able to succeed. No need to gloat over it. Not trying to be a dick at all. I honestly think its aggravating that the majority of discussions on these threads has to be about how the movie sucks compared to the book. Its how every movie topic goes here. I just don't get the point of a book reader who is always disappointed going to movies. If you don't like the format, why go? I don't force myself to read books when I know I don't enjoy it. It isn't the format that is the problem. It isn't even that "the Movie isn't like the book" that is the problem. Its that the movie is painfully average, added to the fact that it just has the book's name plastered to it. You are trying to be a dick, going on about how "butthurt" people are because they didn't like the movie. Its clearly inflammatory. Get off your high horse. As far as zombies go the only one that is better to me is the 28 days/weeks series. He also never said people were butthurt.
You mean to tell me that a family movie that is wildly popular beat a zombie movie? SHOCK! Toy Story 3 is #11 on the all-time high box office releases (Monsters Inc is #89). Getting beat by Monsters University isn't really a bad thing. Family movies like that do well. They are entertaining for everybody. Zombie movies generally have a small fanbase.
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On June 24 2013 08:31 rwrzr wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2013 08:20 zoLo wrote:Yeah, you're right. The movie bombed so badly that they were moving along to creating a sequel and they are on track of making back their $200 million budget. Breaking even is technically bombing for a brad pitt movie right? I give him points for understanding the movie business.
No, this is his highest box office debut so far. The fact that they are about to break even during its opening weekend is good.
And the guy just compared World War Z to a kids movie that the original was well received.
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On June 24 2013 07:20 CubEdIn wrote:Show nested quote +On June 23 2013 22:54 Elerris wrote: Just came back from seeing it with a couple of mates, one who had just finished reading the book, the other not even knowing it was a zombie movie. Was good to see the mixed reactions.
For myself and my friend who hadn't read the book, it was a somewhat enjoyable movie, nothing spectacular but still got our moneys worth. Laughed especially hard at the Lil Wayne zombie in the glass cage and the teeth chattering of that one zombie. My mate who had just read the book however, blew the hell up. Complained all the way home about the inaccuracies of the movie compared to the book and how terrible the movie was.
Mixed reactions, but as someone who hadn't read the book, was quite enjoyable.
Also, the bit where he was walking down the skybridge was friggin awesome.
I read the book and enjoyed the movie. When I saw the trailer I was 100% sure it was going to be NOTHING like the book, and how could it? The book is a series of quasi-related events, narrated by different people, in different parts of the world, etc. Yeah you could make a movie like that but it would not be a great movie, it would have to be long and mostly boring, you would have no attachments to any character, etc.
Sin City was like that and it was awesome.
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This was the only Zombie film I ever liked. It had plenty of action, actually not much of any gore. They cut out a lot of the bs that you tend to see in a lot of zombie films and shows.
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On June 24 2013 08:31 TheRabidDeer wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2013 06:55 Sentenal wrote:On June 23 2013 20:32 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 13:15 TrickyGilligan wrote:On June 23 2013 10:08 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 09:47 OneOther wrote:On June 23 2013 09:40 Juggernaut477 wrote:On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers I love reading all the comments from the butt hurt idiots that lack the intelligence and attention span to pick a book up once in their life and enjoy a story the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I don't think he's butthurt at all, he enjoyed himself an entertaining movie Exactly @Juggernaut447 I enjoy movies, you enjoy books. Stop going to movies if all you are going to do is rage on forums about how bad they are. Everyone has their preference. I prefer to leave it to the professional the create amazing scenes rather than count on my brain to do it. I spend all day staring at code. The last thing I want to do is go home and stare at more text. Seems like I struck a nerve mr book reader Well, you were trying to be a dick. I doubt anyone is surprised that you were able to succeed. No need to gloat over it. Not trying to be a dick at all. I honestly think its aggravating that the majority of discussions on these threads has to be about how the movie sucks compared to the book. Its how every movie topic goes here. I just don't get the point of a book reader who is always disappointed going to movies. If you don't like the format, why go? I don't force myself to read books when I know I don't enjoy it. It isn't the format that is the problem. It isn't even that "the Movie isn't like the book" that is the problem. Its that the movie is painfully average, added to the fact that it just has the book's name plastered to it. You are trying to be a dick, going on about how "butthurt" people are because they didn't like the movie. Its clearly inflammatory. Get off your high horse. As far as zombies go the only one that is better to me is the 28 days/weeks series. He also never said people were butthurt.
On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers
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On June 24 2013 08:31 TheRabidDeer wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2013 06:55 Sentenal wrote:On June 23 2013 20:32 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 13:15 TrickyGilligan wrote:On June 23 2013 10:08 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 09:47 OneOther wrote:On June 23 2013 09:40 Juggernaut477 wrote:On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers I love reading all the comments from the butt hurt idiots that lack the intelligence and attention span to pick a book up once in their life and enjoy a story the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I don't think he's butthurt at all, he enjoyed himself an entertaining movie Exactly @Juggernaut447 I enjoy movies, you enjoy books. Stop going to movies if all you are going to do is rage on forums about how bad they are. Everyone has their preference. I prefer to leave it to the professional the create amazing scenes rather than count on my brain to do it. I spend all day staring at code. The last thing I want to do is go home and stare at more text. Seems like I struck a nerve mr book reader Well, you were trying to be a dick. I doubt anyone is surprised that you were able to succeed. No need to gloat over it. Not trying to be a dick at all. I honestly think its aggravating that the majority of discussions on these threads has to be about how the movie sucks compared to the book. Its how every movie topic goes here. I just don't get the point of a book reader who is always disappointed going to movies. If you don't like the format, why go? I don't force myself to read books when I know I don't enjoy it. It isn't the format that is the problem. It isn't even that "the Movie isn't like the book" that is the problem. Its that the movie is painfully average, added to the fact that it just has the book's name plastered to it. You are trying to be a dick, going on about how "butthurt" people are because they didn't like the movie. Its clearly inflammatory. Get off your high horse. As far as zombies go the only one that is better to me is the 28 days/weeks series. He also never said people were butthurt.
28 Days wasn't a zombie movie homie...
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On June 24 2013 09:06 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2013 08:31 TheRabidDeer wrote:On June 24 2013 06:55 Sentenal wrote:On June 23 2013 20:32 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 13:15 TrickyGilligan wrote:On June 23 2013 10:08 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 09:47 OneOther wrote:On June 23 2013 09:40 Juggernaut477 wrote:On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers I love reading all the comments from the butt hurt idiots that lack the intelligence and attention span to pick a book up once in their life and enjoy a story the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I don't think he's butthurt at all, he enjoyed himself an entertaining movie Exactly @Juggernaut447 I enjoy movies, you enjoy books. Stop going to movies if all you are going to do is rage on forums about how bad they are. Everyone has their preference. I prefer to leave it to the professional the create amazing scenes rather than count on my brain to do it. I spend all day staring at code. The last thing I want to do is go home and stare at more text. Seems like I struck a nerve mr book reader Well, you were trying to be a dick. I doubt anyone is surprised that you were able to succeed. No need to gloat over it. Not trying to be a dick at all. I honestly think its aggravating that the majority of discussions on these threads has to be about how the movie sucks compared to the book. Its how every movie topic goes here. I just don't get the point of a book reader who is always disappointed going to movies. If you don't like the format, why go? I don't force myself to read books when I know I don't enjoy it. It isn't the format that is the problem. It isn't even that "the Movie isn't like the book" that is the problem. Its that the movie is painfully average, added to the fact that it just has the book's name plastered to it. You are trying to be a dick, going on about how "butthurt" people are because they didn't like the movie. Its clearly inflammatory. Get off your high horse. As far as zombies go the only one that is better to me is the 28 days/weeks series. He also never said people were butthurt. Show nested quote +On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers My bad, so he did.
On June 24 2013 09:27 Dosey wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2013 08:31 TheRabidDeer wrote:On June 24 2013 06:55 Sentenal wrote:On June 23 2013 20:32 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 13:15 TrickyGilligan wrote:On June 23 2013 10:08 jeremycafe wrote:On June 23 2013 09:47 OneOther wrote:On June 23 2013 09:40 Juggernaut477 wrote:On June 23 2013 08:12 jeremycafe wrote:I love reading all the comments from people who read the books. You people are just never pleased with movies. Why go watch them? This was a great movie. Probably one of the better zombie movies to date. I would give it a 8/10 for your standard blockbuster movies these days. If you haven't read the books, go in and enjoy. No idea what to tell you butthurt book readers I love reading all the comments from the butt hurt idiots that lack the intelligence and attention span to pick a book up once in their life and enjoy a story the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I don't think he's butthurt at all, he enjoyed himself an entertaining movie Exactly @Juggernaut447 I enjoy movies, you enjoy books. Stop going to movies if all you are going to do is rage on forums about how bad they are. Everyone has their preference. I prefer to leave it to the professional the create amazing scenes rather than count on my brain to do it. I spend all day staring at code. The last thing I want to do is go home and stare at more text. Seems like I struck a nerve mr book reader Well, you were trying to be a dick. I doubt anyone is surprised that you were able to succeed. No need to gloat over it. Not trying to be a dick at all. I honestly think its aggravating that the majority of discussions on these threads has to be about how the movie sucks compared to the book. Its how every movie topic goes here. I just don't get the point of a book reader who is always disappointed going to movies. If you don't like the format, why go? I don't force myself to read books when I know I don't enjoy it. It isn't the format that is the problem. It isn't even that "the Movie isn't like the book" that is the problem. Its that the movie is painfully average, added to the fact that it just has the book's name plastered to it. You are trying to be a dick, going on about how "butthurt" people are because they didn't like the movie. Its clearly inflammatory. Get off your high horse. As far as zombies go the only one that is better to me is the 28 days/weeks series. He also never said people were butthurt. 28 Days wasn't a zombie movie homie... http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3283394304/tt0289043?ref_=tt_ov_i "Danny Boyle reinvents the Zombie Horror film and it's 'scary as hell'"
If it isnt a zombie movie, and it has that on one of the pictures, then what is it?
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i read the book and although the movie was completely inaccurate .. i actually enjoyed it .. it wasnt as bad as i expected .. it was worth the money .. expect too many claustrophobic scenes .. theres was a advertisement that was awesome
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On June 23 2013 08:00 hummingbird23 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 23 2013 07:45 TheRabidDeer wrote:On June 23 2013 07:22 hummingbird23 wrote: World War Z's (the book) magic was in its ability to bring ALL the facets of human nature to light, the good, the bad, the ugly and the heroic.
The film is decent, but it's Just Another Zombie Flick. From the sound of things, the book wouldn't be possible for a movie. At least not one that is only 2 hours long. I agree, which is why I wasn't too disappointed. I wouldn't call it impossible, but it would take a VERY talented director and some cherry picking of particularly iconic characters to do the book any justice in that respect. Either that, or some strategic splitting of the book into a trilogy, each focusing on 1-3 major events. It would be epic beyond words, but also quite wishful thinking. Come to think of it, if there was one word that could be used to sum up the book, it would be Choices. Everyone had a reason for what they chose, and you could see why they made those hard choices, even if you disagreed. It's hard to do that in a film when the action keeps moving. I think the way you do it is something similar to Waltz with Bashir. Bits of interview type narration to lead into reconstructions of the events.
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this movie was just another zombie movie. I kept wanting to play The Last of Us while I was watching it, cuz i frankly didn't care what happenned to the people in the movie. A zombie movie is only as good as the humans in it
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great movie, id see it again!
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Movie exceeded expectations from the studio, and had a huge opening for a new franchise. I dont think you actually read the article Or looked up anything related to the movie
The surprisingly strong opening is good news for Pitt, whose production company Plan B Entertainment is behind the movie. “World War Z” is now the 49-year-old actor’s biggest opening by far, followed by the $50.3-million debut of 2005’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” on which he fell for his costar and now romantic partner Angelina Jolie
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