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Best zombie flick since Idiocracy. First half was pretty predictable, got much better though. Zombies were well done. Worth watching. If you don't think of Kaz when you see the first zombie in Cardiff, you don't come around here much.

Was the Cardiff zombie suffering from nigger fatigue?

Turdacious wrote:Best zombie flick since Idiocracy.

Har!

Did they give the battle of Yonkers its due respect? One of the best parts of the book, IMHO.

cleaner464 wrote:Did they give the battle of Yonkers its due respect?

Not even mentioned.

I've still yet to read the book. A good friend of mine has been pissed about this film because the scuttle but says the only thing it shares with the book is the title.

I still want to see this though.

The brilliant thing about WW Z (the book) is the way the author sets up scenarios and spins them out, Tom Clancy style. Because it pretends to be a collected oral history, Brooks bypasses all the problems with characters and dialog and just gets right to the good parts. The Opening battle of Younkers and the "Turning Point" victory (very reminiscent of the movie "Zulu") were the bookends that showcased the stories of a world population shattered into a state of creeping dread and anomie.

So of course, Hollywood leaves out everything that made the book memorable (except the title) and made it "28 Days Later: CGI Is Our Friend" instead.

I still plan to see it, but it's the kind of thing that makes you shrug.

My buddy compared it to "Red Storm Rising" my favourite Clancy book.

DARTH wrote:I've still yet to read the book. A good friend of mine has been pissed about this film because the scuttle but says the only thing it shares with the book is the title.

I still want to see this though.

Not a bad flick but doesn't compare to the book at all. Best to consider it a summer thriller and nothing more. Brad is dreamy though.

Abandoned by Wolves wrote:The brilliant thing about WW Z (the book) is the way the author sets up scenarios and spins them out, Tom Clancy style. Because it pretends to be a collected oral history, Brooks bypasses all the problems with characters and dialog and just gets right to the good parts. The Opening battle of Younkers and the "Turning Point" victory (very reminiscent of the movie "Zulu") were the bookends that showcased the stories of a world population shattered into a state of creeping dread and anomie.

So of course, Hollywood leaves out everything that made the book memorable (except the title) and made it "28 Days Later: CGI Is Our Friend" instead.

I still plan to see it, but it's the kind of thing that makes you shrug.

I'm just glad they didn't try to turn The Zombie Survival Guide into a movie.

Saw it last night and in my opinion it sucked.

cleaner464 wrote:Did they give the battle of Yonkers its due respect? One of the best parts of the book, IMHO.

Author's comment was they changed everything but the title. Not as a criticism, but that it wasn't based on the book except in the loosest sense.

Saw it, dug it, didn't read the book.

That was some freaky ass shit when they went over that wall.