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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: supervike on 23 July 2010, 07:21:51 PM
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Brad Pitt! :o
http://www.thirdage.com/news/world-war-z-brad-pitt-set-to-star-in-movie-version-of-zombie-apocalypse_7-23-2010
At least we know that it will be a well funded project...And garner lots of attention.
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And my wife will argue less about seeing it...
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Been mentioned a number of times in a number of threads, but glad to hear it's moving again.
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Hearing the project alive made me happy...hearing brad pitt is going to be the lead though.
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I can't say I'm happy about it, it depends on how the screenplay turns out though I guess and what aspects of the book it focuses on.
It's probably safe to say they won't be focusing on multiple stories/characters if they want Pitt having all the screen time.
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I've always liked Brad Pitt in his "odd" rolls like Fight Club and 12 Monkeys.
So long as he approaches it like that, I think it'll work fine.
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Hearing the project alive made me happy...hearing brad pitt is going to be the lead though.
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I can't say I'm happy about it, it depends on how the screenplay turns out though I guess and what aspects of the book it focuses on.
It's probably safe to say they won't be focusing on multiple stories/characters if they want Pitt having all the screen time.
My fellow Serpenti,
It was a bidding war between Brad's and Leonardo's film companies to buy the film rights, this was about 18 months ago now. The plan has always been to have a narrator, I think that's were Pitt's character will focus.
Anyway we'll see what surfaces... ;)
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Brad isnt too bad...at least better than Di Caprio :o
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Brad isnt too bad...at least better than Di Caprio :o
Actually, Di Caprio has matured into a very good actor, The Departed and Body of Lies are two excellent films, looking forward to seeing him in Inception too.
Well better than he was in Critter's! ;)
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Actually, Di Caprio has matured into a very good actor, The Departed and Body of Lies are two excellent films, looking forward to seeing him in Inception too.
thought he was really good in Blood Diamond to and any movie with zombies is will be good :D
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I have a bad feeling about this movie already. :(
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Well the narrator in the book wasn't really all that well defined. If I recall correctly you knew who he worked for and that he survived the war, and that's about it. So, if they stay with the interview style of the book, interspersed with flashbacks, then I don't suppose I care either way who plays the lead if it's going to be mainly narration.
However, I doubt that will be the case. If not, I'll take Brad Pitt over DiCaprio.
Geez, doesn't this sound like schoolgirl gossip, debating over those two. Like, omigawd. ::)
Either way, I'm happy to see that this is progressing at all.
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Come on guys. You all know that Brad Pitt will pull out at the last minute, and the replacement will be John "Forever sad and depressed" Cusack...
It's his production company that bought the rights so let's hope not.
Anyway if this goes belly up at least we've got six episodes of The Walking Dead this oct from AMC.
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Actually, Di Caprio has matured into a very good actor, The Departed and Body of Lies are two excellent films, looking forward to seeing him in Inception too.
Yes quite, I agree. He had done a swell job and The Departed itself was an excellent film as a whole. Can't say I honestly care which of the two would do the part. I value them both as excellent actors and parts in plenty of interesting films.
Geez, doesn't this sound like schoolgirl gossip, debating over those two. Like, omigawd. ::)
lol
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funny rumor going around NZ at the moment is that Brad Pitt is here talking to Peter Jackson about this movie ?? All the radios stations were trying to get it confirmed
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Hmmmmm Weta does zombies, could be interesting.
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:o Nonono; Peter Jackson has to take up the Hobbit gauntlet first! You know; the old saying of Hobbits before Zombies and all? Or was that the one with the dragon and outrunning a Hobbit? ::)
Never mind; Peter Jackson. Hobbits. Get that done first. ;D
Robert Rodriguez can then focus on WWZ; he would probably do a good job of it (Also, I fear Peter Jackson would be tempted to bring out the lawnmower again, and even though nothing beats a lawnmower when re-killing zombies (except of course a strapped to the amputeed arm chainsaw), it just wouldn't be in the spirit of the book, you know :D)
I loved the book, but it seems like there's very little room for one lead in the original format. Also, the narrator in the book appears to be at least middle aged and I believe mr. Pitt already did some undead interviewing in his time. As in: a vampire? So even though I could see Leo do this (and yes; I find him a fine actor too), I vote for a more mature actor for the narrator part...
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Hmmmmm Weta does zombies, could be interesting.
Oh indeed! I love Broadmore's work.
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Any idea of the story plot for movie? I mean book is a compilation of many person stories about zombies? So maybe they will concentrate on one person (family)? By the way, I've just finished the book.
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:o Nonono; Peter Jackson has to take up the Hobbit gauntlet first! You know; the old saying of Hobbits before Zombies and all? Or was that the one with the dragon and outrunning a Hobbit? ::)
Never mind; Peter Jackson. Hobbits. Get that done first. ;D
Robert Rodriguez can then focus on WWZ; he would probably do a good job of it (Also, I fear Peter Jackson would be tempted to bring out the lawnmower again, and even though nothing beats a lawnmower when re-killing zombies (except of course a strapped to the amputeed arm chainsaw), it just wouldn't be in the spirit of the book, you know :D)
I loved the book, but it seems like there's very little room for one lead in the original format. Also, the narrator in the book appears to be at least middle aged and I believe mr. Pitt already did some undead interviewing in his time. As in: a vampire? So even though I could see Leo do this (and yes; I find him a fine actor too), I vote for a more mature actor for the narrator part...
Hobbit's going no where soon, read this month's Empire MGM are billions in debt and all projects are frozen until this has been dealt with, (Warner are interested) this also impacts on the new Bond too.
The Commander
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They bought the rights to all the Max Brooks books iirc, so the movie might be a compilation of all three. Personally I rate Pitt as an actor, but then again so is DiCaprio. There's no confirmation that Pitt will be starring anyway, it might end up being his bid to debut as a director instead, who knows? Given some of the dire Zombie movies that have come out recently, how bad could it be?
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Hi,
as far as I know the Hobbit protect is still going:
Debt extension for MGM
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6567e0690f03e593e18e6342cdc0eb5f
Peter Jackson meets the actors
http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/07/peter-jackson-meeting-with-actors-for-the-hobbit.html
@World War Z,
I just started reading, but I really like the parts that I read until now. I'm not sure whether this could be a good movie script, but we'll see. Perhaps the film consists of several short episodes for several characters. I really enjoyed Zombieland, so I have hope for another good new Zombie movie.
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Ok, the first trailer appeared today (after 2 years in the making lol) and the movie will be released next year. I'm a big fan of the book and this movie doesn't seem to be based on it, lol ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk
But it looks nice enough - in a military vs zombies kinda of way - to warrant a trip to the local multiplex...
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That looks really cool, but unless they speeded up all the zombie scenes, they appear to be sprinters!
I don't remember them to be fast in the book, just relentless and legion. But worth a watch for sure... 8)
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I like the literal tidal waves of zombies.
What I've seen so far does indicate sprinters and a huge change from the books (as in why is this called wwz?)
It looks pretty cool, but I'm kinda worried about the rumored PG13.
I'm really hoping the won't skimp on the gore......
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Brad Pitt+Marc Forster+Zombies? meh :-[
its like Tom Cruise+Steven Soderbergh making the Silmarillion Movie o_o lol
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You cant do PG 13 and zombies. Its like making porn films where everyone keeps their clothes on.
They can.
The shouldn't, but they can.
Resident evil was PG13, so it's not beyond Hollywood.
Wouldn't be the first time they misunderstand what makes a genre cool in search for bigger audiences.
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You cant do PG 13 and zombies. Its like making porn films where everyone keeps their clothes on.
Like Vod said; way of the (movie) world...
And obviously you're one of the lucky ones who were never exposed to eighties German soft-erotic films set in the Alps... lol
I like the literal tidal waves of zombies
Same here, but they need to be slowed down; nothing scarier than a threat that just keeps coming, like those nightmares where you keep running away form some monster as fast as you can, and it somehow keeps up with you at a leisurely stroll... :o
Besides; if it really was such a fleshy avalanche, the only ones you need to worry about are the ones in the front; the rest is probably too broken and squashed to be anything but a squirming, moaning heap of rotting flesh...
Which would be the perfect subject for some overpowered flamethrower, come to think of it! >:D
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I'm a sucker for zombie flicks, so will get this on BluRay when it comes out (not something I can take my 10 year old daughter to so the theater doesn't work). Having said that, it isn't much like the book.
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Contrariwise I just don't get this zombie shit at all. Not in the b00b tube, not in the movies, not in the games. It's all just rotten meat IMHO, after being made briefly mildly interesting by George Romero decades back.
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Contrariwise I just don't get this zombie shit at all. Not in the b00b tube, not in the movies, not in the games. It's all just rotten meat IMHO, after being made briefly mildly interesting by George Romero decades back.
Don't like don't watch then! Don't comment sheesh.
I'm unimpressed by the sprinters defeats half of what what was said in the book regarding the SIR weapons and there tactics used to take back the US mainland.
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Don't like don't watch then! Don't comment sheesh
I'm sure you can point me to a rule where it says I can only say nice things and agree with other posters.
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Got a bad feeling about this... The waves of zombies are kind of fun, but not believable. This movie looks to have very little to do with the book--perhaps some of the battle grounds are used and the title but that's about it. Maybe it will at least be a fun movie even if it's not the WWZ film I'd hoped for. That said, it is unfortunate that this is what they turned Max Brooks's book into because it means that no one will get a chance to do it properly for years, if ever. Wish the translation from book to screen was similar to that of the Walking Dead--plot points and characters were changed but the spirit of the show matches the comic.
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I'm sure you can point me to a rule where it says I can only say nice things and agree with other posters.
Like I said just because you don't like something it doesn't mean its S***. The sort of comment you put I would expect on other forums not in this great place. Thats all. Some things I don't like doesn't mean I mean I'm gonna go slating it just for the sake of it.
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Got a bad feeling about this... The waves of zombies are kind of fun, but not believable. This movie looks to have very little to do with the book--perhaps some of the battle grounds are used and the title but that's about it. Maybe it will at least be a fun movie even if it's not the WWZ film I'd hoped for. That said, it is unfortunate that this is what they turned Max Brooks's book into because it means that no one will get a chance to do it properly for years, if ever. Wish the translation from book to screen was similar to that of the Walking Dead--plot points and characters were changed but the spirit of the show matches the comic.
Wow, wow, wow, wow... stop right there sir! Believable and Zombies cannot be put together.
I think this is a WWZ film in name only. It certainly looks different, and there is enough stuff out there with the slow moving undead as opposed to the relentless waves of fast moving horrors. I'd find the latter more scary, after all they can run as fast if not faster, and as soon as you fired of a clip they'd be all over you, tearing you apart. Either way i'll watch it, it looks cool regardless of whether it stays true to the book.
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Wow, wow, wow, wow... stop right there sir! Believable and Zombies cannot be put together.
On the contrary! If you're prepared to overlook the fantasy in the basic premise (the dead coming to life as flesh eating monsters), zombie movies simply become a type of disaster movie. After all, they mostly deal with how people respond to an extremely stressful crisis situation.
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On the contrary! If you're prepared to overlook the fantasy in the basic premise (the dead coming to life as flesh eating monsters), zombie movies simply become a type of disaster movie. After all, they mostly deal with how people respond to an extremely stressful crisis situation.
Fair point, I did not see it like that.
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Having been to far too many big gigs in small venues I would also say once the crush goes beyond a certain point you cant actually fall over unless your at the front or sides of the pack and then only the first few ranks.
Yep, been in a couple pits at shows where I moved from one side of the venue to the other without my feet touching the ground much at all. I think it would suck if you were caught up in that with folks trying to eat your brain vice just throw an elbow into your eye socket. ;)
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Let me clarify, what I meant is that the waves of zombies didn't seem to behave within the confines of Newtonian physics. Basically it looked like computer particle physics engine applied to human shaped things. Fun, but a step too far for me to fully accept as reality even in a fantasy world where zombies are possible. And even that would be fine with me if the source material was a light hearted romp. This sort of cartoony action would fit a Zombieland 2 world. WWZ was a more serious take on the subject. It's not a perfect book, but perhaps one of the best of the genre. Would have liked to see it shot more documentary style--maybe it could have perfected what Romero tried to do (but failed) with Diary of the Dead.
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Resident evil was PG13, so it's not beyond Hollywood.
Resident Evil is rated R and for good reason. :-)
Grimm
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Contrariwise I just don't get this zombie shit at all. Not in the b00b tube, not in the movies, not in the games. It's all just rotten meat IMHO, after being made briefly mildly interesting by George Romero decades back.
I think you and I are very much in the minority here.
Gracias,
Glenn
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I think i just wet myself with excitement.
I just had my theme for nightmares for the next month established (beats the reality ones I am having because of work...)
Gracias,
Glenn
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Resident evil was PG13, so it's not beyond Hollywood.
Resident Evil is rated R and for good reason. :-)
Grimm
Wow, really?
Now the rumored pg13 rating bugs me even more.
I already thought Resident evil was bloodless.
The latest news on a PG rating I could find still claims the movie would be out this year, so I hope the pg news is outdated to,
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....instead of starting a new thread I thought I would continue....
I was lucky enough to view the completed film last night...not what I was expecting...I dont want to give the game away but it is not your atypical zombie movie and shies away from bloody gore and people being torn apart in various innovative ways....but it does rely on one individual saving humanity via a series of set pieces across the globe!!
I am mindful of giving too much away but for me there were some stand out scenes particularly in Korea and Israel.
I didn't get the impression that the film had been rushed - in parts its very atmospheric and tightly shot - but there are some glaring continuity errors -perhaps we may be lucky enough to get the 'complete version' via a directors cut on blue ray/DVD (here's hoping).
I'd be interested to hear your views once you've seen it.
PS: For those who haven't seen the trailer already - I think you should enjoy the movie even more
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I have never understood why there is such love for zombie films. All that gore and destruction.
Have you thought about watching Hello Kitty? There is love and friendship... and tea-parties.
Come on! Everyone loves a good tea-party :)
>:D
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I like Tea-parties
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Oh brad pitt and zombies, this concept cannot fail, a great actor and an extremely original concept by using the walking dead, this will truly be a movie worth watching, its never been done
SPROING!!!
Oh...my sarcasm detector broke.
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Have you thought about watching Hello Kitty? There is love and friendship... and tea-parties.
Ooooh, yes...
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/MiniaturenfotosOriginale047.jpg)
Hasslefree already stretched Hello Kitty subject into zombie(survivor)s...
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Going to see it in a few hours - I don't have high expectations because it's plain to see it isn't based on the same book I read and loved :D
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hum
it seems from the trailer that its not like the book at all
cruse you holly wood and your inaccurate scripts
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Ok, I saw the movie some hours ago - lots of girls and couples in the cinema (the Brad Pitt effect). I kinda liked it, but still can't understand why it's called World War Z. It doesn't have anything to do with the book! And that what's wrong with it - everyone who sees it and knows the book, will draw comparisons and when doing that, the movie fells short.
Forget all about the personal stories you see in the book - here you just get to see Brad Pitt running around the world, trying to find a "cure". There's some rather good actions pieces (I really liked the initial outbreak scene; the running battle on Israel and the passenger's attempt to defend the airplane) but not enough action.
Most of the infection happens off-screen and that kills it for me. I really hope they do some sequels and we get to see what happened around the world. They could follow some other paths of the story seen in this movie: the lives of the soldiers on Korea (before, during and after the infection); the missions of Matthew Fox's character (I gather his mission was collecting survivors from the cities); the story behind the nuclear explosion they see from the air, etc...
Final verdict - a good zombie movie for the family (there's no gore, just some scary/jumpy moments) that shouldn't be called "World War Z".
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Final verdict - a good zombie movie for the family (there's no gore, just some scary/jumpy moments) that shouldn't be called "World War Z".
This, for me, does not land as encouragement to see it.
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This, for me, does not land as encouragement to see it.
Quite... :(
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This, for me, does not land as encouragement to see it.
They should have called it "Infection" or something like that. At least that way they wouldn't be fooling the fans of the book. Or even "28 Hours Later" (that was my brother suggestion - their "zombies" look and act like the Rage infected people on "28 Days Later")
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watched it last night, I enjoyed it and thought it was a very good movie but thought it had almost nothing to do with the book. So if you go in thinking it will be just like the book you will be disappointed
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I have never understood why there is such love for zombie films. All that gore and destruction.
Have you thought about watching Hello Kitty Pussy? There is love and friendship... and tea-parties.
Come on! Everyone loves a good tea-party :)
>:D
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Inso
Me too? Maybe there is not enough gore in life. Just a thought.
Maybe a trip to Syria would change a few opinions?
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It was not a political statement, merely a statement that there is plenty of gore out there that you don't have to look further than the news for.
At no point in time was there a political agenda to my statement... it was the first active 'war-zone' that sprang to mind (after seeing it on the news).
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I have never understood why there is such love for zombie films. All that gore and destruction.
Have you thought about watching Hello Kitty? There is love and friendship... and tea-parties.
Come on! Everyone loves a good tea-party :)
>:D
US-scientists came up with a possible explanation some month ago:
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/researcher-zombie-fads-peak-society-unhappy-092912860.html
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More likely ever one got sick of the horrible Vampire movies. So lets replace em with horrible Zombie films. lol
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I never get how a bunch of people with a very nerdy hobby as ours have to beat onto another rather small group of people which like postapoc zombie stuff, i mean really ::).
Haven't watched it yet but will do for sure. For me zombie movies aren't about gore (yawn) they are about bleak worlds were every wrong step or scratch has the potential to kill you. And Zombies always add some extra spice to the human marauders in the good apocalyptic times :D.
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To bad this move isn't an actually zombie film, and is pretty much "2012" with the CGI zombies replacing the ocean and melting ice caps. I will watch it, but it will have to wait for when its played on TV or torrent.
And your missing the whole point of group dynamics, if you don't understand why people make fun of other nerds. Its because they are not part of your group. That is all the resin you need. Not my tribe so they must be strange and ridiculed.
Human nature. :D
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I know but it always feels a bit comical lol.
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I said I don't understand... maybe you could educate me then I may want to be part of the group?
I haven't ridiculed anyone ;) .
(I like Hello Kitty :D and wasn't using it as a stick to beat you with ;) ).
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I think it is a lot of different things rolled into one.
You have the whole old folklore and mythological 'living dead' and horror aspect to it all.
More recently it has been coupled with a virus outbreak kind of end of the world scenario - so you do get movies which feel more like a disaster movie than what people would see as a typical 'zombie' movie.
It's the age old survive against the odds. But the thing with the likes of big asteroids/meteors stories (Armageddon) or any other disaster movie, is that the tend to centre around the people that fix/save everything - or at least other key characters in the story.
Things like The Walking Dead are truly more post event, a bit like 28 days later. Again you could remove the zombies and just have it as a killer plague of some sort such as in The Stand. It then becomes purely about human survival on the individual scale and then in terms of humans becoming the species threatened with extinction.
There is always a constant search for an adversary of some sort that can provide humans with a good run for their money, zombies tend to be a result of a human cock up of some sort and so I guess it means they can do a post apoc movie without suggesting someone else is responsible for the apocalypse.
However, that said, there are probably more incredibly poor zombie movies than there are good ones.
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I liked it so much more than I thought I would...but I still like my slow rambling flesh eaters better, but all in all a good movie :)
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@Inso Dont worry and take my ramblings with a grain of salt, it was very late on saturday ;).
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@Inso Dont worry and take my ramblings with a grain of salt, it was very late on saturday ;).
:)
No worries... been there, done that :D
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I'd say there is as much gore and destruction in zombie genre as there is in any other wargaming genre. Actually, I'd say its even worse where people game historical, as that is what has actually happened. But if you look on it from that perspective, I guess only good genre would be train modeling. I couldn't say what drags me into it...perhaps the "coolness" factor. I also like strategy and FPS games, yet I don't even like guns IRL and find using them for sports downright boring.
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Just watched it last night. Was good. Very edge of seat movie. Convinced the wife to go (brad Pitt and all). She hated it, but it was her first zombie movie. :)
Saw a lot from the book in it. Was pleasantly pleased with the movie.
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It was ok shame not following the same storyline as the book but then again it would be a lot slower. I had heard from my daughter that they are looking at the next film already as she has started looking at agencies for extras :o :D
Only bit was the squeaky bike which I found a little silly surely someone has WD40 or oil with all the fire power ;D
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No politics please.
I didn't see politics in the comment, just current affairs.
Gracias,
Glenn
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Just watched it last night. Was good. Very edge of seat movie. Convinced the wife to go (brad Pitt and all). She hated it, but it was her first zombie movie. :)
Saw a lot from the book in it. Was pleasantly pleased with the movie.
Sorry, but what did you see from the book? The mention about the "black tar" from the supposed "Patient Z" on South Korea? The bit about Israel letting everyone entering their borders and preparing themselves before the other countries? That were the only bits I saw that were close to the book...
Don't get me wrong, I like the movie but it should be named something else - a friend of mine suggested "WWBP" ;)
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Just saw the movie today. Dragged the wife along even though she hates zombie movies - I suspect Brad Pitt may have just tipped the balance for her.
Verdict? I loved it!
OK it wasn't like the book at all but maybe the book isn't filmable so the filmakers did what they could.
The Jerusalem bit was great and I'll not be flying Belarus airlines anytime soon but all in all thoroughly enjoyable with lots of 'squeaky bum' moments to make you jump!
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Went to see it tonight. Really enjoyed it. It's not, as has been lyrically waxed to death, really based on the book but it is very dramatic, the character zekes are very well thought through and even the bits I didnt think I'd like, (zombie Flood, zombie monkey chains up the wall etc) were very dramatic, with some great jump/edge of the seat moments...
All in all very engaging, here's to more
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Must have been one hell of a dump? ;) Danger to shipping that one. ;D
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Saw the movie...it was shockingly "okay". Nothing to write home about, and nothing I could insist my friends go see in the theater, but not something I'd warn them off of either. Just a super "eh" film. I didn't care for the book at all, so I'm completely fine that it didn't match up much at all.
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For me the movie was a big disappointment.
Most action scenes were too blurry and shaky (camera move) for my taste. Very hard to follow.
I was also shocked how little of the material from the book was used. Why get the rights for a book if you only use the basic framework?
Even the "cure" - one of the big things for movie, was not in the book.
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Why get the rights for a book if you only use the basic framework?
It's a bloody good title, I guess...
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It's a bloody good title, I guess...
Worked for Verhoeven with Starship Troopers o_o
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It's a bloody good title, I guess...
To stop anyone else using it, probably. The book might have made a good TV franchise.
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To stop anyone else using it, probably. The book might have made a good TV franchise.
True the book is more suited to an Episode by Episode Story. TV would be batter.
Funny thing for me TV series are way better than big Screen movies in the last couple of years. A good TV series just has so much more Story depth.
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Have to agree with Agis on that observation.
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True the book is more suited to an Episode by Episode Story. TV would be batter.
Funny thing for me TV series are way better than big Screen movies in the last couple of years. A good TV series just has so much more Story depth.
That and a film/TV series true to the book wouldn't need a Brad Pitt type ..
I don't need to see "just another Zombie film"