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Caught an early screening of World War Z (No spoilers)
Well, I must say I was slightly disappointed by the movie. The movie is predictably enough NOT the book. I would say the movie takes place at the same time the stories in the book were taking place. I guess Max Brooks didn't want Brad Pitt to make a direct adaptation of the book.
The cons -
- It was long (2 hours I think). The structure of the movie felt like a nightmare (in a somewhat good way). But there was something in the ending I found forced. By the end of the movie, you know there's going to be a sequel but possibly without the Pitt character.
- Most of the more original thrills and chills have all been shown in the trailer.
- It is fucking PG-13 zombie movie!!!! That already tells you how much it will suck.
- There's surprisingly not much gore and blood. No signature death scenes.
- Infection and the person succumbing to whatever is causing the zombification was pretty quick. Quicker than 48 Days.
- There was some oddball resolution near the end (i.e. in coping with the problem of zombies) which I found contrived and felt off. This resolution wasn't in the book (I think).
- The movie is structured a bit like Soderbergh's OUTBREAK but with zombies.
- The Dawn of the Dead remake was no contest better!
The pros -
- It's a popcorn movie.
- It's a movie you can bring your family in. It can also be a date movie.
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