FSURobbie
Well-Known Member
Wow that's bad. Someone said above that zombie's don't make good literature but Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker are both looked upon rather highly. Now, I'm not saying Max Brooks is in their company, just trying to make the point that a zombie doesn't doom a story to being pulp fiction. World War Z is an incredible read that made me think for days afterwards.
All the more reason that this trailer is so disheartening. I always wondered how Michael Chrichton was ok with his books being raped on the silver screen. I guess money really does make it easier to swallow the bitter pill because Brooks seems to be following a similar path. Come to think of it, the only author I can think of that refuses to roll over for the dollar is Stephen King so maybe that's the norm and not the exception (to roll over that is).
On the surface of it, divorced from the book, it looks like it could be a fun popcorn zombie flick. Nothing thought provoking but who doesn't enjoy a good zombie goring? That said, the CG is horrible. The swarms, if you look closely, look like the same 2 or 3 dudes multiplied by infinity. It's like the old RE games where every zombie in Racoon city was a former white accountant. No kids, no women, heck, no variation in clothing styles.
That's a little thing, but little things inform the bigger things and if they can't be bothered to care about creating a believable mass of people why should they worry with whether the story is any good or not? I had concerns whenever Brad Pitt announced he would star as there was no one main character in the book, but I tried to keep the faith regardless.
This trailer, following all the reporting concerning filming, just makes me sad. Not because it's another mediocre zombie flick that will be forgotten but because it has the name World War Z on it and folks will think of this film, rather than the amazing book, when they hear that title in the future. That's too bad, because Brooks wrote a classic.
All the more reason that this trailer is so disheartening. I always wondered how Michael Chrichton was ok with his books being raped on the silver screen. I guess money really does make it easier to swallow the bitter pill because Brooks seems to be following a similar path. Come to think of it, the only author I can think of that refuses to roll over for the dollar is Stephen King so maybe that's the norm and not the exception (to roll over that is).
On the surface of it, divorced from the book, it looks like it could be a fun popcorn zombie flick. Nothing thought provoking but who doesn't enjoy a good zombie goring? That said, the CG is horrible. The swarms, if you look closely, look like the same 2 or 3 dudes multiplied by infinity. It's like the old RE games where every zombie in Racoon city was a former white accountant. No kids, no women, heck, no variation in clothing styles.
That's a little thing, but little things inform the bigger things and if they can't be bothered to care about creating a believable mass of people why should they worry with whether the story is any good or not? I had concerns whenever Brad Pitt announced he would star as there was no one main character in the book, but I tried to keep the faith regardless.
This trailer, following all the reporting concerning filming, just makes me sad. Not because it's another mediocre zombie flick that will be forgotten but because it has the name World War Z on it and folks will think of this film, rather than the amazing book, when they hear that title in the future. That's too bad, because Brooks wrote a classic.
