I had the chance Sunday night to see the new World War Z movie and thought I would share my thoughts as this may be the most absurd movie I have seen in a long time. In general, the move was visually interesting and the zombies are incredible; however the story is awful and without any credibility. Thus, my title as Anna Nicole Smith Movie of the Year looks great but a complete disaster inside.
For example, the scenes with the zombies climbing a wall are fantastic:
However, inside Brad Pitt is having a discussion with the head of Mossad as to why Israel put up a huge wall to protect itself when intercepting a single message from Afghanistan about zombies. The people inside are also walking around as business as usual while the entire planet is under attack – real credible.
Another point that was irritating is the use of multiple writers. It was easy to see which parts of the movie were written by different writers and we all know that design by committee never works. As an example, late in the movie the characters are in a WHO facility and the zombies take a humorous tact vs the previous violent super-attack mode. Amazing how zombies go from violent to funny in the same movie.
Other thoughts:
- The scene is South Korea was shot in the dark so we didn’t really see the zombies; I guess they ran out of money to hire people of Korean ancestry to play the zombies
- What is the purpose of Brad Pitt’s character? There is no real description of what he ever did except survive. In this movie, all he does is survive while all the Special Forces around him die. Is that his purpose, just to survive?
- The #2 person in the UN lets Brad Pitt know he can save him but will not get a helicopter until the next morning so all he has to do is survive 1 night while under zombie attack. Two issues – does anyone even know who the #2 person in the UN is and isn’t it convenient that the zombies wait all night for Brad to leave the room before attacking. Also, how did the boy get out and to the roof?
- Brad Pitt’s family on the ship – who cares? The concept that he was so worried about his family but spent his life going to the most dangerous parts of the world for no reason given seems pretty weak.
Overall, the story was limited while the onscreen viewing was great. I decided to go after seeing some movie reviews which had the audacity to say this is better than 28 Days Later or the Walking Dead Series. I am convinced that the movie review business is paid for by studios as no credible reviewer would glorify this movie.
Finally, I wrote on this movie as I have never seen a move that I thought was great to watch but horrible to think about (story). First time for me.
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