But otherwise, this was a terrific film. Exciting from start to finish. Minimizing it in the third act really worked, because how can you top that Israel sequence? That was masterful.

Maybe if they had made a rule that they kept the camera at Gerry's level and only showed the carnage from his perspective, it would've done two things: made the movie more intense and cut the budget so they could have afforded the R.

I was joking that this would've been perfect as a "28 days Later" prequel ("28 Hours Later"?) and if they could've shot it with those aesthetics and at that budget level, it may have been great. As it is, I was entertained. And would watch again. But can't help but think about the better movie it might have been.

Why in the heck were the Cardiff 'Scientists' so paranoid? I mean, yes, I get tying up Gerry to make sure he didn't turn, but, at the same time the 'Why are you here?! WHO SENT YOU!?!' sort of interrogation he got (while Segen seemed to be given a grand tour and treated like a welcome guest) seemed odd.

Also… why didn't they try to call any other CDC/WHO locations? They had a sat phone. They had connection to the flotilla. Why not, before just heading into Zombieward, see if someone else is out there with a more ready supply who may, even just possibly, want to run the tests? It could even have been handled with practically 2 lines of dialog.. 'Hey, UN, is there another site who can try this out for us?' 'We just lost touch with the last location. You are the only site we have contact with. It's you or nothing.'

That said, I thought it was a horrible adaptation. We knew it would be hard. The book doesn't necessarily convert to film, unless you want to do a HBO 10 part miniseries like Band of Brothers. But, that doesn't mean you couldn't interweave the book into the film. I had hopes when they landed in Israel and it was matching the same, most are welcome vibe going for it, but, then, rather than the internal conflict (which I thought was more compelling of a story and could have been just as tense) from the book, they went with zombies and the (likely) fall of Israel where as in the book they apparently survived unscathed.

1) The stowaway probably got on the plane by jumping the landing gear before takeoff and
got on the elevator from the lower part of the plane. The plane took off in a hurry, so there
was no time to search for castaways. Stay away from airplanes? The only route of escape
at the moment Jerusalem was being over run. Pitts character was on the tamac because
his own "private plane" had just bolted on him.

2) Barricade of suit cases. Only resource available in a moment of desperation. And, like
the curtain, it could had screened the forward passengers from view for a while at least.

3) Grenade? 'Do you try to contain or kill the outbreak?' How do you do that, every 10
seconds the number of zombies increases. You're trapped a few doors away from the
pilot's door, which is locked. With only a few seconds left, you're on the floor, and a
grenade roll's by, you might consider the 2 alternatives. Certain induction into the
zombie hoard, or you've got a chance to stop them all and maybe the plane holds
together (remember the Hawaii airliner ?).

Over all, in the context of the movie, plenty of plausibility holds the scene together. Could it
have been blocked or shot differently, absolutely. The moment Pitt tosses the grenade, he
should have been on his back with a Zombie drooling in his face . . .

The title sequence works ok, because it's reasonably short. It's the world as a "ball of confusion" made up of familiar images. And it sets up as "you think *this* looks bad? just wait . . . "

Sequel: well, we still don't know where they came from… and, like a virus, what if the zombies last long enough to develop a "disease resistant" strain? The anti-virus is no longer stong enough and the only way to be avoided is to give yourself Typhus, Meningitis, and Rocky Mountain fever all at the same time . . . And the sequel needs to bring back Morse, whose first brief appearance in the jail cell effectively steals the show. You want to know more about this guy and his insight could be useful in hunting down the zombie origin.

As for the events after Israel, the dynamic of the movie was fast paced and mysterious- as it should be. I personally didn't want the movie to just switch from 3rd gear to park in Russia. World War Z was meant to offer perspectives from all over the world, about a seemingly hopeless epidemic; spending 45 min in a evil Russian death camp is fucking retarded. The ending was rushed (like much of the almost 2hr movie) but still sound.

And As far as a sequel goes I agree with Lexgreen, does a silencer make you invincible, did the invisible predator win against Schwarzenegger, Hell no. One key advantage doesn't guarantee victory, and they still had no idea where it came from. Possibilities: organization bent on world destruction(classic), monkeys getting buttfucked in the jungle( HIV), strain of rabidness translated from similar animals(28 days later), no one knows shit. There is even room for a prequel. Furthermore, the Professor said on the plane sometimes nature's greatest strength is it's biggest weakness; now that the sick humans are off the menu is an entire of species of 4 billion gonna roll over and die. What if they infect animals, start to have weird zombie rape sex or contaminate the water supply; not mention that's a virus that has already evolved to infect faster( it can and will evolve with such a massive host population. What the fuck are the people gonna do then, ( call in super rambo genius gerry perhaps)? It's not over till there is a cure or everyone is dead. I'm sorry but your an bumbling idiot if you believe that life and especially viruses gives up that easily, go watch Jurassic Park (all fucking 3 of them) and then tell me there wont be a sequel.

Once they decided to go with fast, insta-zombies, the basic overarching narrative in the book had to be jettisoned – no way any military could stand against that. With the camo, the balance swings the other way and the zombies become easy pickings. So it seems the only way to move the story along is too hand-wave some sort of trade-off – zombies can see through the camo but become slow and shuffling. Of course, the stuff about slower infection times and dormancy might not be clues, but rather red herrings left over from rewrites and reshoots.

Regardless, I still love the movie and it is one of my favorite zombie and virus movies!

This is why I generally avoid blogs, I wouldn't trust bloggers like you to pump my gas, let alone form a coherent thought.