I am a huge zombie fan, as many of us are here at Lovelyish. In fact, I just had a zombie dream (as I do about once every two weeks or so) on Wednesday night, probably because I was re-reading one of my absolute favorite books: World War Z. Max Brooks did an incredible job creating an oral history of what a zombie apocalypse would be like and really, truly added so much depth to the genre. So when I heard that a film version of the book was to be created, I was incredibly excited, though I couldn’t imagine what it might be like. Apparently, it’s
It’s definitely a cool trailer, and I think it’ll be an entertaining film. However, it appears to be much more of an action movie rather than true to the book. In the novel, small snippets of the history of “World War Z,” in which humans fought against zombies during a global takeover, is told through individual stories by various people around the world. You get an excellent idea of what everything was like, whether it’s through the eyes of a child, an architect, a pharmaceutical salesman, a politician, a warrior or a criminal (and many, many more). It’s pretty incredible, so give it a go if you like zombies.
Unfortunately, this probably wouldn’t translate well to a major blockbuster (making it true to the novel probably wouldn’t gain a lot of funding), so they’ve made it into more of an action film. It looks great, though, so I’m excited to see what they end up doing with it. It should be out on June 21, 2013, so get stoked.
Lovelies, are you intrigued by World War Z and do you plan on seeing the film when it comes out?
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Wow…definitely an action movie. The scene where they are all climbing on top of each other to get over the wall looks super intense.
GAAAAH sprinting zombies though? So contrary to the book.
It seems they left out the brilliant documentary aspect and the sloooooow evolution of an outbreak.
I will most likely see this in the theater!
ps, I’m so pleased that the lovelyish staff is made up of zombie enthusiasts. XOXOX
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@AncoraImparo@xanga - And I’m thrilled there are fellow zombie-loving readers!
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I was displeased by this trailer because the movie doesn’t really seem true to the book. Still, I plan on watching it. BTW, have you seen the trailer for “Warm Bodies”? I absolutely, positively freaking ADORED the book (which you should totally read as a zombie fan!), so here’s the trailer in case you haven’t checked it out yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ErWNBX9Rc
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I wrote an entire long blog explaining my feelings about theWorld War Z film adaption, but there was no way that any production company could pull this off without pissing off some segment of the book’s fanbase. There are simply too many characters and too much back story to squeeze into a 90-120 minute film and as a screenwriter tasked with cutting down a multi-perspective novel like World War Z whom do you cut and whom do you focus on? The blind Japanese gardener? The veteran from the Battle of Yonkers? The Australian astronaut onboard the ISS? The filmmaker from Los Angeles? The Air Force transport pilot? The Indian Army engineer?
The best way to adaptWorld War Z would have been a miniseries or TV show where you could flesh out each of the characters in depth over the course of an entire season. Unfortunately they dropped the ball and now anything like that would have to compete with and be compared to The Walking Dead. Honestly had they adapted World War Z in that format earlier, it would probably have beaten out The Walking Dead, but it’s too late for that now.
I’m still going to watch the movie and I’m still excited for it as a huge zombie fan, but it won’t stick true to the book.