This. I refuse to let a press release or pre-production chatter color my opinions on any movie.

If I like the trailer, I'll go see it. Simple as that.

I don't think this is a problem. Outside of a Band of Brothers type series, the book as written would be tricky to translate to screen. It still excites me that it takes place during the outbreak, and not months later. Still looking forward to this.

Do you have any idea how many cool trailers are released for films that ultimately suck?

See Battle: Los Angeles as the most recent example.

Snake, you always jizz your pants for any upcoming action movie anyway.

the book was tedious, like reading a textbook. Hated it. With this new news I now want to see this movie.

about the trailers...Yes, there are many trailers. BUT...I don't condemn the film before I even see footage. A trailer gives a person an idea of what the film is. Granted, things like....300 had a damn fine trailer to what was eventually...not that damn fine of a movie.

I totally remember B:LA. I really wanted to see that cuz that trailer /w the music (I'm blaming the music in getting me excited..cuz it was a neat piec of music to go with). Turns out..it..it wasn't BHD w/ Aliens. Which is what most of us wanted.

About the action movies. Now you're just lying out your ass. There's VERY specific action movies I go nuts for. Popularly known...The Expendables. Damn enjoyable premise, which was also a childhood dream movie of mine. Was a fun movie...for me. But that shit was flawed as hell. And I'll be the first one to say it. And I can't wait for the sequel...which I hope doesn't have the plot we read about here. Just cuz I really like something..doesn't mean I'm blind to it's flaws. I make that very obvious around here.


Just cuz they're changing up the source material DOESN'T mean it's a film disappointment. You've yet to see footage, unless you never told us (you never know). All this info we're getting is that. Information and pics about the film. BUT we've yet to see what they've constructed in post. Granted...I'm somewhat perplexed as to how they're going to do it w/ the PG-13. THAT's the weirdest part so far. MAYBE you're a big fan for the book and demand what you want for the movie. That's irrelevant. You're not making it. They are. To me...this is just a movie I knew close to nothing about besides being a book w/ zombies in it but I am interested by concept, actors, news, etc. I can't say anything about the quality of the film...cuz...I don't have at the very least a trailer to see this visual product. YES, trailers can...."lie" but they give you one thing at least...what it looks like in the frame. . Cry all you want about those involved or what they're doing, that's fine. BUT the finished film is a single object that has yet to officially exist. You can assume it will suck based off what facts are known. We don't know what the world of WWZ is like yet. Don't just condemn a movie without having seen it.

Unless it's some established series, franchise or string of films..that's where your opinion is most likely right. Not here though. Again...we don't know what WWZ's world is like yet. We can only assume from what we know of it's production.

Liar? As a little experiment I went into the threads of any movies on the first two pages that has (or will) have action in it. I was certain that you'd have posted at least once in these threads, showing your interest in any movie with action scenes (this includes any sort of hand to hand fighting, gunplay, swordplay, chase scenes, etc). The results: Black Dynamite? Yes. Coriolanus? Yes. Dark Knight Rises? Yes. Superman: Man of Steel? Yes. Sin City 2? Yes. G.I. Joe 2? Yes. Inception? Yes. Rise of the Planet of the Apes? Yes. Elysium? Yes. I Saw The Devil? Yes. The Darkest Hour? Yes. The Last Circus? Yes.
Twixt? Yes. Conan remake? Yes. Captain America? Yes. The Guard? Yes. Spiderman? Yes. The American? Yes. Tower Heist? Yes.....I'm certain the trend would continue if I looked on the next few pages. You're that guy everyone knows who's stoked about everything.

Now, onto the topic at hand...based on your posts, I'm going to safely assume that you have not read the book. A bit of research would show you that fans of the book are upset at the choices the production company has made. They had an awesome script by Michael Straczynski (that I have read) that did the book justice. I was really excited. Then Brad Pitt's company Plan B won the filming rights and it's all gone down hill from there. They've changed the script to the point where it's not Straczynski's anymore, but this Matthew Carnahan. His credits? State of Play, The Kingdom, Lions For Lambs. Sigh. Then they hired a "bleh" director in Marc Forster. QoS was terrible, most of all the action scenes...Action is key in zombie films! The absolute biggest blow was when they decided to neuter the film and go PG-13. I just can't fathom how they didn't think there would be a blacklash against this. Changing Pitt's character to a hero figure is so irritating (and I like Pitt).

I won't be the least bit surprised if the trailer is exciting, but I will be surprised if I walk out of the theater not being disappointed.

Ah...but did you read the posts? I post in a lot of threads. Maybe I just like to know what that movie thread is about? Like many of us of do. I like to watch a lot of movies and comment on whether I'm game for it or not. There are many I'm not. And In fact..I made a thread about some movies I'm probably not game for but I'm doing it anyway cuz we don't have thread for it(Alvin and The Chimpmunks 3 was one of them...*sigh* Fucking Fox...great business though, I'll admit)

on the subject at hand:

A film is a film. It has to be good or bad on it's own merits. You can't criticize the finished product...cuz it doesn't exist yet. Everyone's welcome to criticize the production of it though, the facts are there...cuz even I didn't think it was going to happen or hell...that it started filming when I posted pics. It has had a damn interesting production for sure.

Sigh....these look like fucking burn victims, not zombies.

This has gotta be better than picking 20 plot points from the book and showing us disconjointed short stories. I had high hopes for the book but just as it gets good... it's time for another story.

Question is: Will the Zombies run or walk?

They'll shuffle.

Jonas Zombies

Halfway through the novel....man what an amazing and intense read. I am super-excited for this film. If the movie follows the book, these should be close to Romero-esque Zombies in that they are brittle, weak, and slow moving. Sprinters seem to be more suited to horror movies while (from what I've heard) this more of a dramatic/horror/multinational political thriller.


For those who haven't read the book, its awesome.

You haven't read this thread, have you?

The book was good, not great. Some of the stories were fantastic and would be best served as a series on FX or a premium cable channel... def not a movie.

Fixed.

Yes. I am reading it right now. And I recall a little boys arms snapping when in shackles, and unless I missed something, I don't recall sprinters ala 28 days later. Brooks doesnt go into great detail on movement speed. I'd love to hear what you are referring to, though.

The premise is not the same as the book. “The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.”

The worst part is that it will be PG-13 (confirmed by producer)

No way will I see this in a theater then... a PG-13 Zombie Movie??? Inconceivable!!

I look forward to scenes of horror where the zombies gum a guy into unconsciousness.

Ah, I'm sorry. I misunderstood your post. I agree with you, the movie doesn't look promising at all now.

This sort of reminds me of the original incarnation of the Uncharted movie. IE a studio takes buys a property with a name that people recognize, then designs a product that really has nothing to do with the actual original property. Just write a zombie movie and call it something else. Don't call it "World War Z" if it's not actually based on the fucking book called World War Z. Another stupid idea from the studios.

Too bad HBO could not opt this and make it a miniseries like it should have been in the first place.

Well, this certainly makes me more hopeful:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/world...trilogy,67167/

Oh look, another zombie movie.