World War Z - A must Zee

There's more of them than you. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

So last night I was fortunate enough to win tickets to the screening of World War Z (sadly in 3D... but I'll get to that later).  I'll say right now that I really liked it. It took me a few minutes after the movie to think on my feelings and really reflect back on the film, but I did like it - it did its job well.



Without giving anything away, it was definitely more of a thriller movie - in a suspenseful sort of way. It didn't go for a cheap scare, it was smart like that. Don't get me wrong, zombies DO jump out and scare the shit out of you, but if you have two brain cells to rub together, it's expected in the scenes you're watching. Throughout the movie, it never let you relax for too long - which is good and bad in the same right. Good, cause the movie entertains and holds you by your face with attention, bad because audiences need time to rest, breathe, catch up with what's going on. Like a roller coaster, it's not one big 5 minutes drop, but has it's ups and downs, peaks and valleys.  So at the very least it was entertaining, and in my opinion that is a movie's first and fore most job to do: Entertain! Tied for second is an amazing story - which this has.

I would best describe this movie as Contagion meets Resident Evil, but way faster zombies.

One thing this movie did really well was put you in the movie and say to yourself "This would SUCK if this actually happened, WTF would I do?" And they made it pretty real as to what would happen/how the world would react, almost to the point where you're thinking, "what can I do to prepare," or at the very least entertain the thought of "where would I go if this actually happened?!"  Well that happened to me at least.

I know a lot of hardcore zombie fans hate that zombies aren't slow as molasses in some movies (Zombieland..... mmm, that's all I can think of now, and this one) and for the longest time I agreed. Zombies should be slow, their threat isn't in their agile, speedy, ninja attacks, it's the masses of grazing zombies and that they're scattered everywhere that makes them a huge threat. And that's way more scarier than if Usian Bolt was a zombie... well it's more suspenseful and makes for milking scary scenes a lot better anyway. So yeah, fast zombies were stupid to me, but then I realized that it makes zombies more of a threat and is a bigger obstacle and badder antagonist, which in turn makes the movie better and forces the protagonist to be stronger, smarter etc...  SO, this movie turned me to a fast-zombie lover. Cause, man oh man, when 20 zombies are ripping around a corner chasing you with the plan to eat you, it's a scene and a half to experience.  Something they couldn't have done if they only moved like 90 year old drunks.

One last thing: the climax in the third act was really really really really cool. Very intense, suspenseful, smart and fun to watch. There were two parts to it, a chase/action scene then a revelation scene. It tied everything up in a nice little package. That being said, the END end, the last few minutes of the movie was a bit of a cop-out. They showed little and told a lot. like A LOT, a lot. What could have been another 5-8 minutes of very cool "action-ending" was simply dictated to us by Brad Pitt's buttery smooth voice. That didn't sit too well with me - the way they did it, not his voice.

If you didn't know, this movie was a huge money pit. Endings were not what the exec's wanted, they had to re-shoot it a few times and it cost something like $400,000,000! Brad Pitt's production company Plan B spent an extra $200 million to re-shoot the film's 40-minute long third act, because executives weren't happy with the ending. That's a lot of cake!

It's a great movie and will make its money back... but to make $400 Million to break even is a bit scary.  Worldwide and after a few months, I'm sure it'll make a decent profit. If Iron Man III can make $1.2 Billion so far, this can make a profit too.   Probably why they had to convert this to 3D, to gouge people for more money and make some of it's cash back faster. Sadly, there was absolutely NO reason for this to be in 3D. They didn't even use it right. Nothing really comes flying at the screen, just stupid.

Definitely go check it out, preferably in 2D (Send Hollywood a message about 3D) and get ready for a wild ride with sprinting zombies and Brad Pitt looking like the cat's ass as he tries to save the world.