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World War Z - Film Review
Nov. 4th, 2013 02:44 pm[Decided to take today off, since we get election day off - for a four day weekend. Haven't done much due to the fact that I'm having digestive issues.]
Just finished watching World War Z starring Brad Pitt and directed by Pitt. And it's a surprisingly good movie. Sort of Contagion plus 28 Days with zombies. Also, it has to be the first time I've ever seen zombies on a 747 Plane at 2000 feet.
Rather enjoyed it. It was about solving the virus and finding a way of combating it and the zombies, as opposed to the horrible things people do to each other and/or five to six people trying to survive a zombie attack in a remote local, which let's face it has been done to death by now. After The Walking Dead and Night of the Living Dead and 28 Days, not to mention Resident Evil - there's not much else you can do with the whole "let's just kill as many zombies as possible and hope we'll survive" motif.
World War Z - goes a different route. For one thing, the hero is an EX-UN investigator, who worked in the most dangerous places in the world - investigating problems for the UN. He went into areas no one else did. He left his job to be with his family, wife and two daughters. The UN rescues them from Philadephia which becomes overrun by "zombies" and in return for protecting his family, Gerry (Brad Pitt) agrees to accompany a leading neruologist/pathologist in a hunt for the cause of the disease, in order to find a way of fighting it or curing it.
Pitt's character eventually becomes accompanied by a young female Isralie solider named Zeke (I think that's her name, didn't have close-captioning on). And she's a kick-ass character.
Although this is mainly an action/puzzle solving film not a character driven one - so we aren't told a lot about the characters. But all of them are well-acted, there's diversity in casting choices, and they are well-rounded. Also, no villains. Just people. The villain is the virus.
Like Contagion - it's never quite clear where the "rabid zombie" virus came from or what created it. The focus of the film is on finding a way to fight it.
The film held my attention, wasn't that gory or that scary. Normally I find these films hard to watch. I don't like gore and scare easily. So if you've watched "The Walking Dead", this won't bother you in the slightest. It does have startle moments though...that make you jump.
What was a welcome change - was little emphasis on gore or blood and guts. Normally zombie movies are incredibly gory.
It's fast paced. Performances are stellar. Dialogue is natural and on target. And it's rather fun in places - ie. The Zombies on the Plane.
Overall rating? A-
Just finished watching World War Z starring Brad Pitt and directed by Pitt. And it's a surprisingly good movie. Sort of Contagion plus 28 Days with zombies. Also, it has to be the first time I've ever seen zombies on a 747 Plane at 2000 feet.
Rather enjoyed it. It was about solving the virus and finding a way of combating it and the zombies, as opposed to the horrible things people do to each other and/or five to six people trying to survive a zombie attack in a remote local, which let's face it has been done to death by now. After The Walking Dead and Night of the Living Dead and 28 Days, not to mention Resident Evil - there's not much else you can do with the whole "let's just kill as many zombies as possible and hope we'll survive" motif.
World War Z - goes a different route. For one thing, the hero is an EX-UN investigator, who worked in the most dangerous places in the world - investigating problems for the UN. He went into areas no one else did. He left his job to be with his family, wife and two daughters. The UN rescues them from Philadephia which becomes overrun by "zombies" and in return for protecting his family, Gerry (Brad Pitt) agrees to accompany a leading neruologist/pathologist in a hunt for the cause of the disease, in order to find a way of fighting it or curing it.
Pitt's character eventually becomes accompanied by a young female Isralie solider named Zeke (I think that's her name, didn't have close-captioning on). And she's a kick-ass character.
Although this is mainly an action/puzzle solving film not a character driven one - so we aren't told a lot about the characters. But all of them are well-acted, there's diversity in casting choices, and they are well-rounded. Also, no villains. Just people. The villain is the virus.
Like Contagion - it's never quite clear where the "rabid zombie" virus came from or what created it. The focus of the film is on finding a way to fight it.
The film held my attention, wasn't that gory or that scary. Normally I find these films hard to watch. I don't like gore and scare easily. So if you've watched "The Walking Dead", this won't bother you in the slightest. It does have startle moments though...that make you jump.
What was a welcome change - was little emphasis on gore or blood and guts. Normally zombie movies are incredibly gory.
It's fast paced. Performances are stellar. Dialogue is natural and on target. And it's rather fun in places - ie. The Zombies on the Plane.
Overall rating? A-