Comments on: Review: ‘World War Z’ Starring Brad Pitt

By: slobyskya rotchikokov

slobyskya rotchikokov — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Had some exciting moments but agreed, Pitt played his role with the excitement of Ben Affleck on sedatives, the hairstyle was reminiscent of a Gevalia ad and frankly, the idea that the Israelis would build a wall without observation towers, razor or concertina wire and flamethrowers to repel the 'human wave' attacks was quite incredible.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Good review. Nailed the flaws of Pitt's totally blase character. There was a strange numbness to this movie- how was nobody freaking out? Crying? A complete mess? Considering that billions of people were dying, I expected a little more remorse and appreciation of the stakes.

Also, agree that the plane scene was pretty ridiculous, but can anyone tell me what the "three stupidest things" are?

By: chris

chris — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

I AM MAD AS HELL!
I have just seen the worst adaptation of a book to a movie ever!
World War Z (the book) is a fantastic "this could be the bible of the zombie genre period" story of which the film adaptation only shares the name…NOTHING ELSE.
First sign that this movie was going to be abysmally bad, it's PG13 now let's think about this for a moment. a movie based on a book about a WORLDWIDE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE that doesn't have a single drop of blood in it! not one!
the animated children's movie Paranorman had more gore!
Now i was willing to go into WWZ expecting changes to the book because the scope of the book is huge!
the book takes on geopolitical politics, classism, the ignorance of armchair generals and politicians who refuse to believe the threat they are facing till its too late mixed with stories of genuine heroism around the world. The movie has none of this. I just don't get how Hollywood can take a property and totally ignore what made that property fantastic!
the sad part is this movie will probably make a shitload of money thanks to its multimillion dollar marketing blitzkrieg and since most of the audience won't actually read the book no one will feel the pain I felt while watching this movie. And even sadder is that there was an opportunity to elevate the zombie genre to a whole new plateau.
to MAX BROOKS i hope they cut you a huge enough check to deal with the loyal fans of your work who are heartbroken at Hollywood's bastardization of your masterpiece.
side note: anytime a big time directors (not of the movie in question) comments are used to help market the film know that its gonna be shit (in this case Darren Aronofsky's tweets about WWZ scaring the living heck outta him.) watching this movie I was too angry otherwise i would have went to sleep on WORLD WAR Z zzzzzzzzz.
Oh well i guess ill have to wait for the next season of The Walking Dead to get my proper zombie fix.
FIN.

By: LeeGriffo

LeeGriffo — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Excellent review. My first time here. I have been looking for my new favorite reviewer and it might be you. Great attention to detail and you seem to share my sensibilities about a film committing to a level of suspension of disbelief and sticking to it. The plane crash tipped into incredulity and took my head out of the story, which made me angry because I was immersed up to that point. Great read on Pitt's banal character. Will Smith would have made this a different move. Then again, he did–"I am Legend."

By: Nellie Blosser

Nellie Blosser — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

By: Tedd

Tedd — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Just so you know, RottenTomatoes has decided this was a "fresh" review from you. I'd imagine you disagree.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Haven't read the article yet, but I just wanted to say thanks for the change-over to titling reviews in this generic way, rather than titling them with a little summation of the content of the review.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Imagine if Kathryn Bigelow actually directed this instead of Marc Forster. Would be incredible.

By: a guy named joe

a guy named joe — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Really good review. Great analysis on what works and what doesn't, without become a sociology paper. Doesn't give anything away in terms of plot and surprises. Final film grade (C+) seems to match the content and tone of the review. Would love to read more reviews of this calibre.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Wasn't Robert Richardson doing cinematography for this? Did they shoot that much new footage without him that he didn't even get credit or did he read the signs better than everybody else and drop out before they started filming?

By: CB

CB — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Why have you moved away from your distinctive headlines?

By: PRESIDENT MAO

PRESIDENT MAO — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

So Damon Lindelof has managed to fuck another summer blockbuster his messy rewrite for the script of Prometheus…

By: kitcon

kitcon — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

"it wants to be "Zombie Dark Thirty"' — you nailed it.

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Oh, forgot to mention nice to see praise for the very under-rated James Badge Dale. He was fantastic in Iron Man 3, glad to see he's just as good in this. Deserves any and all acclaim he gets, amazing actor.

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:45:10 +0000

First! 😀 Only joking!

So not bad, but not great either. Worth a watch either way. Can't be worse than After Earth!