TheLoneWolf Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Just saw the trailer and there's only one scene that I recognize as being from the novel. Everything else looks to be brand new. Judging by the trailer, I'm expecting this movie to be 28 Days Later "Part 3," plus a global scale context, plus three or four key scenes lifted from the book. It could still be an entertaining movie, but just not World War Z. It's title is there primarily for name recognition. Hardly surprising in an era where Hollywood is afraid of spending big bucks on a new IP. I might go see the movie if it has favorably reviews. Though it's got to be something special, because at this point, I'm all zombied out. Quote
Kelsain Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 I'll probably catch it when it comes to video. With a preschooler, I hardly ever get out to the movies to see the ones I REALLY want to see. I don't have anything against Zombie runners, they've livened up the genre, but they just don't work for the concept of WWZ. I'll let it go, and try to enjoy the movie on its own merits. All this talk has prompted me to dust off the book for another read-through. Quote
Zor Primus Posted November 12, 2012 Author Posted November 12, 2012 I've got my digital copy on iPad, and paperback loaned out to my bro who wanted to read the book after seeing the trailer. Word is this is the first of a trilogy, so who is to say we won't see more elements of the book spread out throughout the series? I'm thinking the first movie will jump (literally) into the Great Panic, the second with the actual War, third mop up and actual interviews done by Pitt's character? Everyone I talked to who that saw the trailer agreed it looks sick...this by people who don't even care about zombie movies. So its gonna have a good impact I think in the long run. Quote
Vic Mancini Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Which is why it would've worked better as a high budget miniseries on HBO or something. Like so many have already stated, the only think reason it has the title World War Z is for existing name recognition. I totally agree. With the obvious changes made already, why not just make it its own film and save themselves the royalties paid to Max Brooks? Because the studio is going to make those royalties back ten-fold? They wouldn't do it if they didn't think it made financial sense. Quote
Dobber Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 Hollywood addresses fan concerns on Jimmy Fallon http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NF7-Tc4rrls&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DNF7-Tc4rrls Quote
DarrinG Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 Have not heard about this story until today, and have not read the book obviously. But that trailer to a newbie is pretty killer... Quote
Omegablue Posted November 15, 2012 Posted November 15, 2012 World War Z is an upcoming post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster and written by Matthew Michael Carnahan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Max Brooks. Brad Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, a worker at the United Nations, as he searches the globe for information that can stop the zombie outbreak that is bringing down nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z_%28film%29 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HcwTxRuq-uk For those wanting better quality trailer. http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/worldwarz/ Quote
Omegablue Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 Guess I'm the only one excited for super strong zombies... Quote
Fly4victory Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 That could be it.... or there is already a thread. Quote
Voltes5 Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 I read the book a few years ago, I hope the movie is as good starring Brad Pitt. Quote
Vepariga Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 From the trailer zombie tidal waves and making a zombie ladder to get up a wall is abit much. Entertaining but corny. I'll stick with Walking Dead for my Zombie fix. Quote
Mr March Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 Finished the book! Simply amazing. One of the best books I've read in a while. So well-researched and insightful. Also very disturbing. i also enjoyed the criticism of our systems and how often institutions end up failing those they are setup to help. Biting social commentary. I hope the film is good on it's own terms, but that trailer is about as far from the book as adaptations get. In name only Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 Finished the book! Simply amazing. One of the best books I've read in a while. So well-researched and insightful. Also very disturbing. i also enjoyed the criticism of our systems and how often institutions end up failing those they are setup to help. Biting social commentary. I hope the film is good on it's own terms, but that trailer is about as far from the book as adaptations get. In name only :)/> I disagree. The book was written in 2006, set in contemporary times, and yet all the military can do is use incompetent Vietnam era cold war tactics. Not very well researched, or representative of the modern military. Quote
slaginpit Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Im not sure what is it with Zombie movies that draws so many crowds. To me its as funny as crap and the worst possible horror genre ever thought of. Ok maybe evil brought the undead back but this virus explanation that can reanimate dead tissues with missing muscle mass etc is just to frakking funny for my brain to accept. Glad you like it and all, but please cut the crap out. This and the ridiculous copious amounts of vamp movies SNOOZE! Edited January 2, 2013 by slaginpit Quote
Ghost Train Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 My extreme theory - Generation Y people who are now "graduating" and entering the job market have found that they acquired absolutely no useful skills and hence are unable to secure employment. Meanwhile they've racked up a mountain of debt to acquire said useless education. Should have studied something useful - Engineering, Computer Science, even Horticulture, etc.... or if you had a useless degree, invest in going to law school or something. Alone, playing video games in their parent's basements they wish that there was some sort of cataclysmic event so they can start anew, free from all the bad choices they made. Quote
slaginpit Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 My extreme theory - Generation Y people who are now "graduating" and entering the job market have found that they acquired absolutely no useful skills and hence are unable to secure employment. Meanwhile they've racked up a mountain of debt to acquire said useless education. Should have studied something useful - Engineering, Computer Science, even Horticulture, etc.... or if you had a useless degree, invest in going to law school or something. Alone, playing video games in their parent's basements they wish that there was some sort of cataclysmic event so they can start anew, free from all the bad choices they made. I work in the IT field. Not as an architect or developer but as a Project Manager. And I have to tell you, although the architects and IT engineers are smarter than me, they get paid peanuts no thanks to the copious amounts of engineering graduates and outsourcing. Soon it will be political Science majors like myself who will rule the world once again Quote
Ghost Train Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 I work in the IT field. Not as an architect or developer but as a Project Manager. And I have to tell you, although the architects and IT engineers are smarter than me, they get paid peanuts no thanks to the copious amounts of engineering graduates and outsourcing. Soon it will be political Science majors like myself who will rule the world once again I know a lot of people like you, they had degrees that didn't translate clearly into a job, but they took less glamorous positions upon graduating, worked hard, got their MBA's and ended up supervising a bunch of technical people. But this is the exception rather than the rule. Kids these days think they are entitled to a nice comfy job just because they invested so much money into schooling. Employers either want demonstrated skills or at least some indication that the individual has an aptitude for whatever job they're applying to. Quote
Zor Primus Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 Finished the book! Simply amazing. One of the best books I've read in a while. So well-researched and insightful. Also very disturbing. i also enjoyed the criticism of our systems and how often institutions end up failing those they are setup to help. Biting social commentary. I hope the film is good on it's own terms, but that trailer is about as far from the book as adaptations get. In name only Glad ya liked it! Although the movie is going to lack the walker aspect of the Zeds, I think its going to capture the global scale of the Zombie War. I just hope parts 2 and 3 don't fall into the problems faced by this movie. I disagree. The book was written in 2006, set in contemporary times, and yet all the military can do is use incompetent Vietnam era cold war tactics. Not very well researched, or representative of the modern military. That was the point of the story...the military had no frakkin clue how to fight the Zeds. I think you need to re-read the Battle of Yonkers to get it. Im not sure what is it with Zombie movies that draws so many crowds. To me its as funny as crap and the worst possible horror genre ever thought of. Ok maybe evil brought the undead back but this virus explanation that can reanimate dead tissues with missing muscle mass etc is just to frakking funny for my brain to accept. Glad you like it and all, but please cut the crap out. This and the ridiculous copious amounts of vamp movies SNOOZE! Thank you for your contribution to this thread, a truly insightful and waste of time. Quote
ErikElvis Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Alone, playing video games in their parent's basements they wish that there was some sort of cataclysmic event so they can start anew, free from all the bad choices they made. Haha well I have a decent job and my degree wasnt a waste but there is something appealing to starting over with no rules, bills, etc... Quote
Fly4victory Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 WTF, the trailer has already been pulled by Paramount? Quote
Lobizon Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 WTF, the trailer has already been pulled by Paramount? Second trailer for World War Z Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 I like this trailer better, I'll go see it. Won't be exactly like the book but a hell of a good time!! Quote
Old_Nash Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 I liked... But... I hope to see a better tailer. Quote
Fly4victory Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 Good trailer but a good trailer doesn't equal a good movie. Zombies on a plane! That has my ears up. Little worried about the increased budget and having to rewrite the ending. It makes me wonder how far into the war they will get or if they just stop with the initial outbreak and early investigation. Quote
Jefuemon Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Over-budget, and massive reshoots (including an ending that makes sense). Anyone still interested? I've read the book twice, and I'm satisfied enough. Quote
Dynaman Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Over-budget, and massive reshoots (including an ending that makes sense). Anyone still interested? I've read the book twice, and I'm satisfied enough. Yes, many movies have the endings reshot, the original Rocky comes to mind. What gets reshot, or left on the cutting room floor, is of no consequence - only what ends up on the screen counts. I will wait to see reviews first however. Quote
Mr March Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Anyone still interested?Nope. Though not for reasons of reshoots or script revisions. IMO, this World War Z film adaptation screams stereotypical Hollywood at it's worst; buy rights to the name of a popular property, produce a mediocre film 180 degrees from the source material and market it as something different when it's anything but. Steering clear unless my trusted review sites/positive word of mouth lead me back. Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Nope. Though not for reasons of reshoots or script revisions. IMO, this World War Z film adaptation screams stereotypical Hollywood at it's worst; buy rights to the name of a popular property, produce a mediocre film 180 degrees from the source material and market it as something different when it's anything but. Steering clear unless my trusted review sites/positive word of mouth lead me back. Star. Ship. Troopers. Quote
wwwmwww Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Anyone here read the 2007 JMS World War Z script that was posted on-line back in the day? Now THAT is a movie I would have loved to have seen. That script was a great read and I was hoping to see it on the big screen someday. The current version I don't think has any of the JMS version left in it though and sounds much less interesting. Carl Quote
PetarB Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Star. Ship. Troopers. I loved Starship Troopers. I had also read the Heinlein book many years before the movie was made. They are completely seperate animals. Once you accept this, it gets better. Quote
Twoducks Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 Got the book like some of you said and I have to say that I find it fantastic. Great attention the detail and the logistics of it all, not just zombie porn. And yes, this movie only has the name and that you see many different countries but that is it. For a real adaptation they should do a series or a mockumentary series. Quote
Fly4victory Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 Anyone here read the 2007 JMS World War Z script that was posted on-line back in the day? Now THAT is a movie I would have loved to have seen. That script was a great read and I was hoping to see it on the big screen someday. The current version I don't think has any of the JMS version left in it though and sounds much less interesting. Carl For those that want to read the JMS version, you can use the wayback to still get it. Quote
Atharun Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 When I first heard they were making a film based on the book, I figured ok it was bound to happen but in the back of my head I would have loved to have had a "Battlestar Galactica" type miniseries based on the book. The political intrigue and change, the social commentary and enough action to really get the big fights. Just my random opinion though. Quote
glane21 Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Do UN beaurocrats really sport the dirty hippie look? Edited May 2, 2013 by glane21 Quote
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