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Old 08-17-12, 04:42 AM
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Re: World War Z

they are likely having problems because the source material is absolute boring shite.
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Not really interested in the film as a general but I'll see it just to see wtf the end product is.
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Um this is old news. Good job Sonic, that was posted in the thread a month or so ago.
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Brad Pitt is rumored to star.
Old 08-17-12, 09:48 AM
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I heard there's zombies.
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Originally Posted by JumpCutz
Yeah and we know how that turned out. Harlin replaced Schrader and delivered a stillborn action-horror movie.

Yet Schrader's film is sublime. Show what's the studios brass knows, both films bombed but one stands the test of time.
I thought both films were bad in their own ways. Exorcist 3 remains the only decent sequel in the franchise.
Old 08-17-12, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Brad Pitt is rumored to star.
Originally Posted by Jeffy Pop
I heard there's zombies.
If it's Zombie Brad Pitt, I'm in!

Otherwise, we'll see.
Old 11-06-12, 06:35 AM
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Footage from the trailer that is set to come out in 3 days.

Annoyed (but not surprised) they are making the zombies fast instead of the slow moving kind from the book.

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Old 11-06-12, 06:40 AM
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fast zombies look better for story telling when confined to roughly 2 hours.
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Fast? They're fucking supersonic according to that clip.
Old 11-06-12, 08:09 AM
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Fast? They're fucking supersonic according to that clip.
I watched it without sound, and imagined "Keystone Cops" as background music.
Old 11-06-12, 08:52 AM
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Yea more CGI crap.
Old 11-06-12, 09:05 AM
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I won't judge it by that 20 second clip. I literally can't form an opinion on it from that.
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Those zombie hordes did look pretty silly.
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Were those zombies or raging rivers of people? They looked more like water moving that people running, at least in those tiny clips.
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Re: World War Z

From the brief clips shown, it almost looked like the zombies were moving as a cluster, like fire ants. If that's the case, I'm cool with that since it's something we've not seen before (I've already accepted that this will be NOTHING like the book).
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Originally Posted by reverie
Were those zombies or raging rivers of people? They looked more like water moving that people running, at least in those tiny clips.
The concept appears to be that the zombies clamor over each other to get at the people, which causes the wave-like behavior you saw in the clips.
Old 11-06-12, 12:15 PM
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Those zombie hordes did look pretty silly.
I just can't get scared by CGI. It takes me right out of the moment every time.

Used subtly to enhance real performers? Sure. But "subtly" is a foreign concept to most filmmakers these days.
Old 11-06-12, 12:21 PM
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Re: World War Z

The running zombies did look a bit silly. But I could see it being nightmarish. Slow hoards of zombies always take some editing moves and leaps in logic to get on film. Oh noes, it's a zombie - I'm going to have to jog away!

Also, I know that Brad Pitt and Co. will put in a fun, engaging story to make things enjoyable.

After listening to the celebrity audio book, I'd still prefer to see a movie as a chain of vignettes.
Old 11-06-12, 01:04 PM
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Looking forward to seeing just for the fact that part of it was filmed in my home town of Glasgow in Scotland. It was weird seeing our city centre made up to look like Philadelphia.
Old 11-06-12, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
The concept appears to be that the zombies clamor over each other to get at the people, which causes the wave-like behavior you saw in the clips.
I can only image the boat-infestation/sinking will look something out of Starship Troopers.
Old 11-06-12, 05:50 PM
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I'll still see it but that was just weird.
Old 11-06-12, 07:14 PM
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I agree. Looks really weird. They move as a collective. Then again, I haven't read the book, so don't know if they're supposed to be like that or not.
Old 11-06-12, 07:26 PM
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While I prefer slow zombies, it's not like I can't enjoy fast ones. (I loved Zombieland and the Dawn of the Dead remake). But yeah, these look kinda silly.

The teaser poster was released. Looks really blah. They should've gone with something more like the book cover.

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They reminded me of the fast wall crawling creatures in "I Am Legend".

But I'm still game for this flick.


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