World War Z - WTF Happened To This Movie?

[@coreytroup9818]

Brooks' novel is a chilling accurate representation of how our world would respond to the outbreak; he did his homework on our cultures, religions, economy and politics then unleashed the undead. Of course, Hollywood thought we just wanted zombies. Its about everything else that made the book compelling.

[@dedcaesar2325]

Hard to believe that something so dramatic and harrowing could come from the son of the guy that made Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part 1. But the book is just so damn good and the full cast audiobook only enhances it.

[@unknownunknown4195]

I think they should make a tv serious about it because you don’t need to worry about stupid drama and every season you switch countries and i dont want an action hero every time i want the normal every day solder dealing with this shit with his unit and all

[@jarrodedson5441]

​@@dedcaesar2325 I know right

[@jarrodedson5441]

​@@unknownunknown4195 not every season more like every episode

[@unknownunknown4195]

@@jarrodedson5441 but then you dont have any time to know the characters or understand the plot if it was episode by episode it would move way to fast

[@BenRangel]

I’d agree with Pitt on this; the geopolitics are most interesting to me. Sure you have that cool Samurai dude subplot but the highlight for me was how different nations would try to defend the apocalpyse

[@jacob4920]

They went into that a TINY bit, with Israel. But yeah, it pretty much stops there.

[@dedcaesar2325]

This would have worked so much better as a TV series or a mini-series at the very least, to better flesh out the world wide aspect of this.

[@rannenw6207]

The book did do that. Each country reacted differently to situations. Russia decemated it's military due to muntiy the US used pharma companies to keep the fear down, England had it's surviors hold up in castles ,and France needed heros.

[@KoolKeithProductions]

​​@@rannenw6207I just can't get over how boring the ending of WWZ was. That's why I'm here, to find out what happened, and apparently they did have a huge action packed ending planned, but it got replaced for the trash one we got. The last 20mins of the movie is just Brad sneaking around zombies. That's how you end a big summer blockbuster? What a joke.

[@blakeharris58]

World War Z (the novel) needs to be adapted into a series. Each story could be an episode with some mixes and matches.

[@fernandorosales599]

An anthology series based on the book sounds epic.

[@johnpatz8395]

Blake Harris I've long though it would have made a great series for HBO, which as you said with each chapter would be one or two episodes long. While this movie was okay, it's sad that it barely touch the source material, and likely means the book will never get the treatment it deserved.

[@blakeharris58]

@@fernandorosales599 Like Black Mirror, damn right.

[@blakeharris58]

@@johnpatz8395 I want to see all of it. The doctor in the Brazilian hospital, the pilot in the bayou, the Battle of Yonkers ALL OF IT!!!

[@Windwalker88]

@@blakeharris58 yeah, my dream is seeing the battle of Yonkers on screen some day

[@Kannon.88]

Max Brooks told me at NYCC years ago when i asked him about the film: "i wish they let me see it before i let them put my name on it" ouch lol

[@anubusx]

😆😆😆

[@1701spacecadet]

I think he has a good case for forcing them to remove his name from it.

[@JungleLeeLewis]

It is Absolutely NOTHING like the Book.. I WAS hoping to see a "Reality Show" Multi character interview, with Some intertwining. AND IT IS Cold Weather that WOULD Freeze ANY human who Moved SLOW(these things not just ran BUT were Resident Evil Dobermans. NOT like in the Book!) and that is how the remaining Multiple Characters are "Safe". They're still "Cleaning Up" at the end of the Book. The Book is Great and Max Killed It! Literally!

[@ryanbell6672]

@@1701spacecadet bah... he got money

[@audrablue515]

Fair comment from Max Brooks.

[@artrendon6101]

IT TOTALLY WASN'T THE BOOK. THAT'S what happened to it. Mystery solved.

[@potterscott06]

The book would be much better suited to a TV show there are so many good stories from the book, new cast/story every week only keeping the "narrator" the same

[@that1guy73075]

@@potterscott06 YES! band of brothers style, Each episode starting with the interview with the person telling their story. Was perfectly suited for a series.

[@artrendon6101]

@@potterscott06 Agreed. It would be awesome for a big cable network to pick it up as a series, that actually has a definite ending. But I think too many people are burned out from The Walking Dead. And it would get too many comparisons, to that particular show.

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@potterscott06 I agree why didn't that happened

[@TheSchmed]

Scott yep, a 10 part mini series.

[@jonathanross149]

What Happened?...they didn't read the book. They just wanted the title.

[@pdzombie1906]

Damn it, Jonathan, I was gonna write the same comment...

[@jonathanross149]

@@pdzombie1906 You know, when I heard they were going to make WWZ I was excited to see a very unique film. Basically, a mockumentary about the zombie wars.

[@navylaks2]

Blame Pitt he's the producer

[@pdzombie1906]

@@jonathanross149 Yeah, from the high concept zombie narrative combining several stories with different genres, Hollywood just got an action movie... They should make a series instead of a sequel...

[@jonathanross149]

@@pdzombie1906 I don't know if you have listened to the audio book, but it showed what a WWZ movie could have been. Even thought it is abridged, it has a great cast of actors.

[@roahnosh]

WTF happened to World War Z? Battle of Yonkers is nonexistent

[@Blast2224]

My favorite chapter. Chilling and so realistic.

[@bakratos23230]

The lack of The Trooper in the soundtrack.

[@donalny]

@@Blast2224 Especially when you live in the neighborhood the battle is set in.

[@chrisbrown8748]

Along with 99% of the other cool stuff from the book I.e. The underground canals of Paris, the blind guy etc.

[@Blast2224]

@@chrisbrown8748 We didn't even get to see how people thought they could "outlast" the undead by retreating to the colder mountains, only to face the evils of desperate humanity. It would be a mirror of our society today, losing resources.

[@donalny]

Max Brooks also lectures at West Point about how to address a global pandemic, just in case things weren't creepy enough.

[@bernieponcik1351]

Multiple redundancy...

[@makatron]

Imagine this movie with an R rating, that'd be glorious but apparently people getting killed with minimum blood still kid friendly. Such waste of potential.

[@manhuawang11]

Imagine this movie if it had used any of the book material...

[@makatron]

@bigevilworldwide1 I meant it as they following the actual source material, but studios are messing with movies these days that end up only hurting themselves after the bomb.

[@wolfbrother6615]

@@manhuawang11 this would have been a possible epic hit in my view if it stuck to the book.

[@ICONICPARIS]

@@wolfbrother6615 it was an epic hit

[@tjk3430]

Maybe financially but as a story it was pretty cookie cutter lame. Let it RIP.

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

Give me classic shambling Uncle George zombies instead. That being said, the zombies here (literally an ocean wave up to that helicopter) was the best "zombies as a force of nature" depiction seen yet!

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

Nah, _Train to Busan_ did zoombies better.

[@dexexmachinatu4151]

This movie would've been better recieved if it wasn't named World War Z imo.

[@cheefussmith9380]

Yep. Too bad the plot made no sense.

[@freeminded7]

Yea and those make way more sense. Running zombies with incredible strength aren’t possible and are lame as fuck.

[@dexexmachinatu4151]

Because shambling flesh and bones filled with black puss that cannot rot is way more believable.

[@pbh81]

Never has a film benifited from low expectations as much as world war z

[@RoverIAC]

except maybe Rise of Skywalker.

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@RoverIAC plz don't remind me of that film

[@RoverIAC]

@@jarrodedson5441 I'm sorry. Truly I am, I shouldn't have brought it up. A lot of people are hurting.

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@RoverIAC that's fine it's just that I despise that film with all my heart and soul...... It hurts me to say I hate a star wars film because I'm a huge fan of Star wars..... If u could pick 5 reasons what would be ur top 5 reasons I hated this film?

[@RoverIAC]

@@jarrodedson5441 My guess... no 1 because they forgot to make a trilogy out of this trilogy, 2. because there was too much convoluted BS rather then a strong story. 3. The new characters were undeveloped and wasted. 4. The old characters were mostly disrespected, especially R2. 5. JJ is a hack and let's not even mention Kennedy .....

[@ShawnMenchaca]

Have you noticed this was a non gory zombie movie?

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

To much goar sucks

[@Destroyer2150]

Gotta keep it PG-13 and make that money. The movie feel very safe, corporate and boring. Even the soundtrack is not even that good. But you don't need to make something good, in order to make a ton of money...

[@GioAtero]

Unacceptable! It reminds me of Dracula Untold (2014) - Rating: 5/10 [BAD FLICK]. Or as I call it: The Story that did not Need to be Told. A movie about Vlad III (known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula), the most sanguinarius ruler in history is portrayed in a censured world where rivers of blood are missing.

[@kewltony]

At least Brad Pitt's boy could watch it

[@blackirish6868]

There's never too much gore!!!!

[@rogermorris9696]

I would love to see a Netflix World War Z TV series following the book as a kind of The World Ar War type show, And NO running zombies.

[@WillPrather]

I've thought the same thing. Each episode would open with the unseen journalist setting up his equipment, maybe putting down a pack of smokes and an ashtray, and then the person being interviewed would start off answering some questions about themselves as the scene changed to their particular story. Imagine the possibilities for telling multiple perspective stories about pivotal events (like the Battle of Yonkers). The movie felt like such a missed opportunity.

[@tophat2776]

Anthology Series.

[@RoverIAC]

I was going to say the same thing as the above three comments... but no need to now.

[@peterwong8028]

Yes each episode starts as a mock interview

[@bierkraftwerk]

@@peterwong8028 While at the same time giving small glimpses into the then-present and how it changed after the Z apocalypse. The movie was a huge let-down. If it was just a generic zombie movie, ok, good entertainment. But as a movie adaptation of Max Brooks' novel, it leaves out nearly every single defining element of the book. And yes, even the "slow zombies" (in both transformation and movement) are one important element of the book. As it allows for the build-up of tension, the feeling of looming doom and the nerve-tearing inability to properly react to what seems obvious. And also it is an important element of counter strategies and tactics. Gosh, now I need to re-read the book for the, like, 25th time. Have to find out whom of my friends I lent it to :D

[@Kaziklu]

Anyone that has ever read the JMS script has to know that what ended up on screen is sad. JMS's script was significantly smaller (budget wise) and heart breaking at times.

[@controlZchannel]

I found it to be an interesting film for around the first half hour, but then something about it dropped off and lost me. Part of it may have been when the main character became invincible to death. No danger, no thrill.

[@tor924]

have you ever watched train to busan? it's such a wonderful zombie movie, probably the best I have seen in years. the characters are actually relatable and not a former government worker with ties lol

[@controlZchannel]

@@tor924 Yes I've watched it, a few years ago.

[@robet007]

@@tor924 Train to Busan is a great movie. I think they're making a sequel to it

[@HliasPsinakis]

@@robet007 I've read so many comments about the movie but honestly I thought it was just ok.

[@Pana_Kanel]

​@@HliasPsinakis Ti ok re Gianni

[@jacobgorman3145]

Yes the director can make one of the worse bond films. He must be good.

[@Nodux359]

Yes "007 - QoS" was such a mess. The story was convoluted, so they wanted to hide it under lots and lots of action. But they couldn´t handle the action scenes, so everything was cut into pieces staccato-style.

[@LumpusKrampus]

They messed up by NONE OF THE BOOK BEING IN THE MOVIE. Mystery solved. Also, just release Chinese movie cuts for China, stop ruining all the films you make.

[@Judgementxxx]

It could have been a really great fake documentary.

[@Bahlzeron]

Fuck China, the rest of the world wants zombie, ghost and other supernatural movies... not our damn problem China is afraid of zombies.

[@manhuawang11]

Sad, sad movie. Not in a "tear-jerker" way, more like a "jerking around a great author and fans of his work" way. One of the biggest cinema disappointments ever.

[@m_christine1070]

The movie where I decided never to watch a movie w Brad Pitt again.He obviously did this movie for a money grab. Disgusting.

[@Destroyer2150]

People overrrated this movie. It's not even that good as a whole. It's mediocre It's boring, safe, PG-13 and very very corporate. And my god, the amount of cliches and tropes in this movie...

[@CodenameDuchess21]

World War Z needs to be a HBO or FX-type series more closely aligned with the actual book.

[@darksideofthemoon488]

Maybe Netflix or Hulu as well?

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@darksideofthemoon488 they need yo make a show of this

[@Blast2224]

I really don't like this movie, and I'm lowkey angry the book wasn't the plot. It was practically a Brad Pitt vehicle like Tom Cruise did to the Mummy. The zombies were PG-13 watered down generic runners ripped off from 28 Days and Dawn of the Dead, instead of the Romero-style zombies mixed with Return of the Living Dead, where they rose from the ground, the ocean, and consumed in slow to moderate swarms. None of the chilling accounts in the book shone, but instead, we got slapped with cartoonish CGI. They might have cherry-picked references and easter eggs but why even bother. This movie was packaged for teenage girls who would brag, "I like scary movies! I saw World War Z! Date me."

[@vincentthekeeper2163]

I was so disappointed it had nothing to do with the book. I remember at one point they were talking up the Battle of Yonkers, at least. Which of course never happened

[@spaceman081447]

@Vincent The Keeper RE: "I was so disappointed it had nothing to do with the book." I wasn't. As soon as I first heard that a World War Z movie was "in development," I KNEW that Hollywood was going to mess it up. Why? Because that's what they do!

[@DAFTBONCHKOOPA]

The book is so good. I really didn't like the movie and how different it was. It should have been documentary style with the people telling all of the stories in interviews, like in the book. Remember the one about the Chinese submarine captain? The one on the ISS? The one about the downed pilot? All not in the movie. The only thing keeping this from being a Syfy channel original is Brad Pitt's involvement. The growing piles of zombies were very "Sharknado." I think South Park roasted this movie perfectly. Gonna have to watch that episode again.

[@oshura2506]

DAFTBONCHKOOPA the book had laughable moments idk what you mean😂.

[@RonLarhz]

Fear the walking dead have this arc and it kinda suck. WWZ is just a good zombie flick.

[@princekiro1596]

Well the game is more faithful to the book than the movie is.

[@oshura2506]

PrinceKiro you mean that trashy independent game? Or is there a triple A one now?

[@princekiro1596]

@@oshura2506 The one that everyone compares to Left 4 Dead.

[@Pupeyes]

Yeah, WTF happened to this movie? I was hoping it would be good. I thought it was super generic and uninspired. It was like War of the World but with running zombies, which was not a new trope.

[@jarrodedson5441]

Dude this movie is great

[@Pupeyes]

Jarrod Edson, I guess it was great to you

[@Largentina.]

@@jarrodedson5441 If it was great this video wouldn't exist. I'm glad you're proud of your terrible taste in film though.

[@official-fg7cq]

The running zombies make this movie so much better I don't want no lame ass walking zombies

[@kendalflongbeard2935]

It was just amazing that it came out as good as it did considering the trouble behind the scenes, and the differences from the book. It was big budget, and it honestly did something different with zombies having them behave as if they were part of nature. A flesh and blood virus on legs with teeth and claws. The waves of zombie hordes rushing the streets and getting gunned down is still intense to this day. I enjoyed it even though finding the lack of gore damn near disrespectful to the zombie genre lol.

[@brettpgh3312]

WWZ is my favorite book. It's really so damn good. Smart and comprehensive and a downright fascinating read. This movie is complete trash that has nothing at all to do with the book. They just used the title.

[@SNSTR]

it has nothing to do with the book, but it is still good if they adapted the book it would fail terribly.

[@ThatSockmonkey]

The full cast audiobook is pretty fricken awesome too. But yeah, one of the best Zombie apocalypse novels of all time, arguably the best.

[@patwest1815]

The swarming at the wall scene sold that picture.

[@skrappyjon2019]

Honestly, i think "Contagion" is a better representation of COVID-19 pandemic. But i did really like World War Z. not perfect, but a pretty good movie, IMO.

[@RoverIAC]

sure, but from memory 'Contagion' lacks zombies, Covid-19 seems to be bringing out all the Main Stream Media eating brain-dead zombies.

[@23madrabbit]

just give it a little time. ;)

[@skrappyjon2019]

@@RoverIAC ah fair enough. :)

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@RoverIAC yeah why is that why is covid-19 brining our all mainstream zombie film's and shows?

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

"Carriers" is a darker, more thoughtful representation than "Contagion," I think. Although I do prefer "Contagion" to "Outbreak."

[@djoneforever]

They found the cure...no point for sequels

[@Rrodfer]

virus mutation could be a excuse for a sequal

[@austingriff5905]

They found camouflage not quite a cure. Still have a world of zombies lol and a sequel should be a close adaptation of the book. More of s reboot or something

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

You know nothing of film

[@RonLarhz]

The cure isnt really a cure. To inject "psuedo" illness might just allow new problems/mutations.

[@olmaBLN]

Also 28 days later had no point for a sequel... and they made it. Or a "World War Z - The beinning"... or "Episode 1"... or "Chapter 1", after Brad Pitt died in the 3rd part and returned once with the "Resurrection" part.

[@StreetComp]

The book is really good and nothing at all like the movie. Not structured like typical novel and is very creative story that isn’t what you would expect.

[@kennethfharkin]

Try the unabridged audio book. It is even better as different "readers" tell their stories. Mark Hamill relates the battle of Yonkers.

[@deisycervantes9092]

Cry me a river, who gives a shit the movie is absolutely amazing 😊 The reason it made so well it’s because it’s awesome 👏

[@bigcalebc]

Jesus fuck an accurate adaptation of this book would be the best show ever

[@jyd59]

Brad Pitt happened to it. He took a wonderful book, cast himself as the protagonist/narrator (who didn't participate in ANY of the events-he was chronicling events that happened 10 years earlier) and changed, oh, everything. The zombies were slow, not fast. They moaned, not screeched. And people didn't turn in seconds after being bitten-they died and reanimated hours later. And so many interesting side stories were missed-the Chinese nuclear missile sub was the best of the lot. But if you didn't read the book you'll never know.

[@fuckingpippaman]

ahhaahhaah so true... basically they could have picked one random story from the book, articulate it more and it would have been better

[@thenobledildo6820]

Brad pitt actually wanted the movie to follow the book more closely but was out manuvered and forced to make what we got. Fucking Hollywood.

[@princekiro1596]

The only thing they got from the book is Israel and Jurgen Warmbrunn. (Never read the book. Did research on it.) That's it. The rest was just made up. Now the game, though. It's more faithful to the book.

[@stevem2323]

Bullshit, Brad wasn't the gulity party here.

[@jamie_d0g978]

@@princekiro1596 I mean, they took the wall of Israel. In the books don't full under the zombies, but they let the Palestinian go inside, wich ends in a civil war between ultra orthodox and the Israeli army

[@Toto-95]

they paid 1 million for the name of the book, not the book itself X)

[@jarrodedson5441]

@Shoedi .L yeah no shite

[@gelatinskeleton8745]

Brad Pitt and many others shit all over this book. They ruined what could have been the greatest zombie film ever.

[@hairypancake4425]

@Gelatin Skeleton that's what we have been talking about Dune. . . . . . .Just appreciate this film didn't come out like Justice League or Suicide Squad.

[@michellefernandez3155]

@@hairypancake4425 Dune will be a shitfest, mark my words...

[@RogueReplicant]

@@michellefernandez3155 Who is the director? The same guy from Blade Runner 2?

[@RogueReplicant]

Brad Prick is such a fucking diva, ffs

[@patrickcolantuoni1724]

@@RogueReplicant Yes dennis villenue( sorry i have no idea how to spell his name)

[@leafleap]

They should have just made a tv-series and followed the book more; have a reporter traveling the post pandemic world interviewing people in different countries and hearing their experiences during the war. Every episode could feature a new cast, location and they would all stand alone from each other. The book has some seriously varied stories, settings and characters - there is so much content to draw from and expand on, this movie barely managed to depict 5% of the overall book experience.

[@sambamboram]

I was so excited for this movie after the book and the zombie survival guide. The movie botched what made the book so good, should have been an animated miniseries. Brad Pitt should stick to the supporting characters that he crushes every time.

[@bgxbsz]

i hope they make one on netflix, Pitt could even produce it

[@jasoneaton4520]

Sam Lowdon tru! He’s brilliant, but only works as a support.

[@oshura2506]

Sam Lowdon the book was decent, but it didn’t really do anything unexpected it was kind of predictable

[@sambamboram]

@@oshura2506 did you read it recently or when it came out? When the book came out we hadn't seen the vast majority of the notions posed within the pages.

[@spaceman081447]

@Sam Lowdon RE: "I was so excited for this movie after the book and the zombie survival guide." When I first heard that the movie World War Z was "in development," I KNEW that Hollywood would mess it up - just as they had done with Starship Troopers. And I was absolutely right!

[@Caffeine_Club]

If only they had just stuck to the damn novel, this could have been legendary. It should never have been a feature, but rather a 12 hour mini-series on HBO or Netflix. The zombies should have remained the regular zombie trope, and it should have just been the UN investigator going around the globe and having the scenes shown in flashbacks. They blew it.

[@JnEricsonx]

Pretty much what I said when I met Max again at NYCC! But god knows it was not his fault at ALL.

[@BCWasbrough]

I think my biggest disappointment is how much money they made ignoring the source material.

[@arthurwatts1680]

Brooks' commentary on the inability of governments to deal with a pandemic proved to be all too accurate. I really enjoyed the book, particularly humanity's fightback.

[@Alfonso88279]

While far from being a masterpiece, I really enjoyed world war z. It had some very astounding scenes, and I liked how the focus was on CURING it. In all zombie movies, nobody freaking cares about curing it. It's always about surviving. About time to see someone TRYING TO DO SOMETHING over it. The interpretations were amazing too, even the kids were really... well. They were ok, that's more than you usually can expect from children.

[@Bluesit32]

They tried. There is no cure. The disease is 100% fatal, even in the smallest amounts.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

I spoke with Max Brooks at a London Comic Con after the film was released. He said "when i went to the premiere i kept thinking "please don't ruin my book, please don't ruin my book." But when i saw the movie i realised they didn't ruin my book at all. They flat out fucking ignored it!" A sentiment he also shared on stage in a Q&A about an hour later in almost the exact same wording. He also said the only reason he liked the casting of Brad Pitt in the lead is because in the book, the lead was himself. He said "Incase you hadn't noticed, i don't look like Brad Pitt. I look like Jon Cryer."

[@mnapisa79]

Lol too bad a movie named, "World War Z" wasnt a serious character study and became an action movie... i think they shouldve kept the original ending

[@Andrew-zq3ip]

Absolutely would have been better than the ridiculous Disney ending they gave it

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@Andrew-zq3ip i know right why didn't we get the original ending

[@samanders2676]

The scene where the young doctor talked about ‘bread crumbs’, the search for ‘patient zero’ in Korean Peninsula, the Mosad agent’s insight into the danger of echo chamber, the question about how realities concerning human relationships are only as good as the memory, how belief systems and ideals changed by the end of the film were some of the most intriguing features of World War Z.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Except the origin was in China, not Korea.

[@fernyyy]

Aside from the title, what did this have to do with the book?

[@natiliee.s.5476]

nothing!!!

[@Octovisuals]

I loved the movie, especially the third act. Then again, I just love zombies. Thanks.

[@larryjohnson150]

I feel like it's been long enough now to do a proper reboot, something closer to the book.

[@boowiebear]

This movie is awful....the fact that it is called World War Z is a crime.

[@steveclark5206]

World War Z didn’t need a big star. Tell the story just like in the book: by showing the short story experiences of various people that when viewed as a whole it would tell the full story. It would be even better if it used relatively unknown actors. This movie was WWZ in name only. When I first read the book, I was surprised to find out Max was Mel’s son. They ruined this movie just like they did with I Am Legend. Read the book to understand the impact (and irony) of the title.

[@jbjacobs9514]

It became a Pitt vanity project when he got involved, and it is very apparent when you watch it. I don't blame all of the problems of this sh&tshow on Pitt, but if you watch the film, it is very true that it is not character-driven - more let's see Pitt save the world. This isn't Fast and the Furious. He's not the Rock. We can forgive those silly things in a F&F but not in this kind of film. Bleh!

[@jbjacobs9514]

@Poppy Kneegrow LOL Having a hard time of late. It's COVID time. I am pretty much fired up about everything lately. Don't even get me started with my Steelers, so I am focusing on movies right now - thought they would calm me down. NOT. hehe

[@boblast3618]

This was great film, but it’s biggest problem is being called World War Z. Outside of Jurgen Warnbraun’s backstory, there is literally nothing of the book in the movie.

The brilliant part about the zombies in the book was their slow relentlessness. When winter came they froze solid and were stuck until spring came and they thawed up to just continue. Or if they fell into the sea they crawled on the seabed until they reached shore. Who in their right mind reads this and decides that they should make a movie where the defining characteristic of the zombies is their amazing speed?

[@JakeSchwepker]

It doesn’t really make for a good visual story

@@JakeSchwepker If they had stuck to the interview format, I'm thinking it could have been harrowing with the interviewee narrating over events unfolding.

[@TheAlex4905]

Keep up the awesome work guys 👍

[@guycalgary7800]

They need to make the book into a mini series ! It’s the only way to stay true to the amazing story .

[@Moochtv]

My fave trivia for this movie gotta is gotta be Peter Capaldi character credited W.H.O Doctor. which was later revealed he was the new Doctor! Also been around streets of Glasgow where beginning panic scenes where filmed.

[@pattyjay9999]

I especially like the part where that yelling cop got hit by the big truck, couldn’t stop😂😂😂

[@brettpgh3312]

I HATE that part! Where did that truck come from?? It's absolutely silent as it plows through 4 lanes of gridlocked traffic, then comes roaring up next to Brad Pitt's car. Worst example of a lack of object permanence in film. And I will never let it go.

[@abuferasabdullah]

*Amazing Episode, keep it coming guys*

[@martind4562]

I really wish they would’ve gone with the darker ending. I like Matthew Fox he’s one of my favorites

[@danceyrselfkleen]

You’re gay

[@bumblebee2956]

Still waiting for the sequel...simply blown away by the amazing work

[@acuralo]

This movie along with "I Am Legend' were two of the biggest movie disappointments that I can remember! Totally destroyed the great books they were based upon.

[@DavidSmith-qf3sm]

The alternative cut of I am legend is so much better. It ends with the monster wanting his wife back that’s in the basement/test lab.

[@kennarajora6532]

to be fair, they are zombie movies. I was kind of expecting that cheap, overblown, blockbuster feel before heading in. So it's not really that the movies failed to be thought provoking like the books. It's just that 'zombie movies' are never thought provoking. But you know, they could have at least used different names.

[@stanley-fghijk441]

The best part of the move is that "Surprise! Matthew Fox!" cameo.

[@Memnoch_the_Devil]

If only DiCaprio’s production company had won the rights instead...

[@natiliee.s.5476]

OH GOODNESS...YES!!! Maybe we would have gotten the book📙

[@YoungSwaggness]

Great vid 👍🏾

[@Luvie1980]

It should have been rated R or 18+ Enough with these PG-13 movies. Not everything has to be family friendly.

[@jeffreymercado2082]

An R-rating won't save a movie from a shitty script and production mishaps. I really don't understand how some people haven't figured this out yet. R-Rating does not = good movie. Gah

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@jeffreymercado2082 ur absolutely correct that doesn't mean good movie

[@danix454]

Family friendly means more money, because more people can watch the movie.

[@Luvie1980]

@@danix454 it's a zombie movie. Zombie movies aren't supposed to be family friendly. And don't give me that bollocks about the movie where the girl falls in love with a zombie.

[@Luvie1980]

@@jeffreymercado2082 did I say that Copernicus?

[@martinezbiz]

made over half a billion dollars and no sequel. crazy

[@amanshaw7121]

I enjoyed and loved this movie. Though i never read the novel, i think this movie deserved a sequel❤️❤️

[@brothadarrell8315]

Same thing happened to Brett Leonard's Lawnmower Man. Thank God for the director's cut cause it allows the story to grow. Say what you want about that film, it was so incredibly done for someone my age at the theater. Plus.. the company hired to do most of the effects in the 1992 film was Angel Studios which became Rockstar Games and your presious Grand Theft Auto

[@Jzscrstsprstr]

World War Z the movie is just meh, very disposable and forgettable.

[@JWCreations]

Good rundown!

[@BRU1SED0G]

Glasgow happened :D I enjoyed watching it being filmed with some of our local Zombies

[@dawson3434]

I swear when I watch your videos my brightness turns to heaven

[@oneandonlyJonnySad]

I WAS IN THIS MOVIE!!

[@ntag411]

The ant type behavior of the zombies is what set this movie apart from other like movies. Pitt amplified the desire to see the movie.

[@jeanmichaels8686]

I was really disappointed in this movie. I didnt connect with any of the characters and didnt care who lived or died.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Stfu you know nothing

[@thecompareablezombie]

Did you enjoy the popcorn, Soda and Candy?

[@baassbooster]

This movie was released on my Birthday. It was the most beautiful gift i ever received.

[@CommanderCronus]

None of this was in the book.

[@peterfairchild258]

Can't believe people hated this, awesome take on the zombie pic🤟

[@findkip]

WWZ is a comedy. Pitt wanted to do a movie his kids could see and zombie is what he does. Well I guess it's better than his normal Nazi fan movies

[@crp3050]

i did like how they made zombies more scary

[@potatoradio]

Sorry how is 550 mill against a 190 mil production budget, anything but braking even? With 20 + mil in marketing pushing it to say 225 mil. Figure 1/2 the house nut goes to the studio. So 550 mill = 225 mil or even. Ok rental DVD etc add on but still..

[@singletron3722]

This was actually a really great zombie movie

[@holocene2164]

Well, reading the comments I may be the only one here but I loved that movie.

[@royfr8136]

Anyone who didn't read the book enjoyed it..... Anyone who had read the book was insulted..... I haven't read the book .... When I saw this movie, I wasn't expecting citizen Kane, I think it's a lot better than any of the super hero trash that has been in cinemas over the last 8 years. It's a good action movie for me. The pace is kept up throughout and Pitt plays his part.... He's miscast though, as he is too good looking and cool. It's just a pretty good action zombie movie.... Incidentally, I did pick up the book in a book store and sat and read a few pages..... Its hardly a great work of fiction.

[@deveousdevil]

I didn't read the book but I still was insulted. This movie was awful. I honestly was shocked that Brad Pitt could be in something so badd. It wasn't suspenseful or in it's interesting at any point for me

[@Blast2224]

I wanted to see the Battle of Yonkers SO BADLY. Watching people see on television the absolute failure of our government's forces in our overinflated warmongering spirit.

[@kennethfharkin]

@@Blast2224 Don't forget seeing the Chinese government attempt to cover up a virus starting in China which goes on to engulf the world... Reminds me of something but I can't place it. Instead it is changed to South Korea because pissing on allies is fine but blaming the ChiComs is a no no.

[@droe2570]

I didn't read the book, thought the movie was trash.

[@royfr8136]

@@deveousdevil I haven't read the book either.... When I saw this movie, I wasn't expecting Citizen Kane, I think it's a lot better than any of the super hero trash that has been in cinemas over the last 8 years.

[@thepoliticalstartrek]

I spent 3 hours setting with Max Brookes at one of his events, He hated the movie. I was working for a college Book Store, and was talking with him during the signing portion.

[@Deelifull]

I absolutely LOVED this movie & I would totally support a sequel and a thruple!!!!

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Yo dude. I just came across your channel from recommendations. The video I saw was Fallikg Down. After I watched the movie I am stuck with this word - Economically Viable. I start using that word often.

[@mikey2363]

I love this movie - perhaps because I’m not familiar with the Comic Series - but I always enjoy watching it. Graphics are good, pace is excellent. I enjoy how world events are happening in the background (nuclear explosion) but the story still stays with Pitt’s character.

[@Xiphos0311]

It was a book not a comic.

[@billyjack4131]

" Get ready for the big screen adaptation of the best selling novel thats got everything you love about... the title" ~ Honest Trailers~

[@shwawen]

China: "I'm The Captain Now"

[@FLdancer00]

As someone who works in production, I'm interested to know where they got the information about the receipts, because the way they're reporting it doesn't make sense. Hypothetically, if I spent $1000 on extras, but lost all the payment receipts, I wouldn't magically be over budget. That money was already in the budget for the extras. Accounting is going to chew me out and I might have to go to extreme measures to get documentation of where that money went, but I wouldn't be over budget 🤔

[@chrisgreig98]

It's pronounced like Gla-Z-Go, not Glass-Cow... Don't mean to be a dick, just saying. Sincerely, a guy from Scotland.

[@Politicallyhomeless957]

So wait o just want to get this straight because this is absolute favorite zombie movie. They canceled the sequel because of communist dictator genocidal douche bags Chyna!? FFS 🤦‍♂️ that is a disgrace

[@satouoosugi2]

Well... I personally enjoyed it. It was refreshing for a zombie movie.

[@tyrroo]

You have terrible taste in movies

[@mitama7121]

@@tyrroo or maybe you in books

[@jamie_d0g978]

Ad a movie on its own, it's okay. But as a book adaptation it's fucking terrible

[@mitama7121]

@@jamie_d0g978 Sounds fair for both

[@Largentina.]

Of course YOU enjoyed it.

[@alexanderchase6795]

Hey JoBlo, when are you going to do a What -The-Heck happen to do this movie? on "The Island of Dr. Moreau"?

[@ZENMASTERME1]

Who else wants to see this epic zombie movie and all the uncut scenes made into a directors cut? I know I do! 🧟‍♀️

[@Skyfox94]

I have to say, Contagion is far more relevant when it comes to comparisons to Covid 19, than this one. Contagion was at least somewhat realistic in how it played out.

[@noone-qg1od]

Was a crap film, simple enough.

[@jarrodedson5441]

Hell no it made back it's money and warranted a sequel

[@jerrynosek8499]

really enjoyed the film,but cant believe it was almost 7 years ago.Times flying and im getting old.

[@liamporter6243]

Tell me about it. I stay the same, but time goes faster and faster. I was talking to a guy in his mid twenties about 911 and he had never heard of it.

[@tylermunday2146]

I actually quite liked the movie, I would have been down for a sequel

[@theswan1852]

The second time I watched this movie was because I forgot I'd already seen it.

[@kizmo2317]

THE best zombie book ever written. THE worst zombie movie ever made.

[@kathyjacques2688]

Ain't that the unpleasant truth! Is that a Belgian Tervuren in your contact picture?

[@kizmo2317]

@@kathyjacques2688 Good guess! He's a long haired German Shepherd though. Lots of folks think he looks like a Belgian irl too.

[@kathyjacques2688]

@@kizmo2317 he's beautiful

[@kizmo2317]

@@kathyjacques2688 Thank you!

[@lacrosseguy108]

i had that zombie survival guide in high school and i would read it over and over lol. the stories in the back were cool!

[@RobotGman]

its zombies ..... "its too brutal" lol yeah okay

[@Comrade_Jason]

Like, why make a Zombie movie if you're afraid of it being brutal? It's like saying you want to make a Tom and Jerry cartoon with no cat or mouse.

[@Merylstreep1949]

Could you please do The Hidden, They Live, Death Becomes Her, She Devil ,Blue Velvet, the original Rollerball, Logan's Run,Clockwork Orange, Phantom of the Paradise and The Omega man?