"World War Z - latest review" Topic

Not the review you need for a blockbuster movie. Some of the comments:

"None of the writers is at his best, and the film bears unmistakable signs of having been assembled by a Hollywood studio over-preoccupied with earning a family-friendly certificate."

"World War Z isn't terrible. Parts are impressive and exciting. But the incredibly long distance it falls short of its source material means it must rank as one of Hollywood's most wasted opportunities."

"There are estimates that the movie will have to gross $550 USDmillion merely to break even. Its lack of originality, ingenuity and personality means that it has virtually no chance of making back that scale of investment."

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For what it costs to see a movie, I think this will be a Netflix DVD watch.

I dont have much interest in seeing it. The trailers dont do anything for me and Im not a big Brad Pitt fan. I wish they would have just stuck to the book.

I think "wasted opportunity" is pretty much going to be its epitaph.

Yup wasted opportunity they should have made it into a HBO series and they could have followed the book at its original concept.

Heavens Gate aonyone?

After the hot mess that was ST Into Darkness, I'm going to go the Netflix route for a while.

Apparently, the titles of the book and movie are very similar.

Hollywood ruins everything it touches. I barely watch movies anymore, the good stuff is on TV.

Game of Thrones most recent episode proved that eloquently!

The swarm zombies of the trailer turned me off.

well the people that worked on the thing were payed but the inverters are SOL……

I'm going to see it on the big screen anyway. Reviews are so far mixed, but indications are WWZ has turned its negative buzz around and pre-release audiece screenings have been very positive after the reshoots.

I no longer harbor any illusions that the movie has much in common with the excellent book other than its name. The producers decided early on that a faithful adaptation of the book's narrative would make for a boring movie and not have mass appeal so they went in a different direction.

I think critics are panning it because it deviated from the norm of a classic R-rated zombie movie with close-up shots of decomposed zombies and lots of blood and gore. It's a PG-13 movie aimed at being a blockbuster movie. Heck, it may not even qualify as a 'zombie' movie.

I guess whether you see it or not depends on your own pre-conceived notions and dispositions as well as which 'spin' you're inclined to believe.

I haven't read the book, so it will stand on its own for me. That said, I'm not too keen on super-fast gymnast zombies. But, I will check it out if I find the time.

Ah, yes, another "I, Robot".

Same titles, nothing else that related between the book and the movie. Too many made like that.

Dan

Not for me. Walking Dead has all the zombies I need.