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Movie is different from the book

I really don't care because that has happened to a lot of movies based on books and a lot of them are really good
Alex M.
04-1-2013 03:13 PM

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Jeff Holmes

Jeff Holmes

I Read the book.It was great.This was not!Plenty of yeah right!moments.The only blood you see is small cuts on brad pitts face.Not a zombie movie and not world war z either.

Jul 3 - 08:40 PM

Nicholas Smith

Nicholas Smith

Bottom line the movie struck the same cord as the book, that being mankind's fight for survival. but I take issue that the movie would have been better off as a trilogy, just as the book, going from the outbreak and panic to human response to the fight to retake the earth. The other issue I have with the movie is the type of zombie it depicts, they would have been able to tell the complete story by having the standard zombie as opposed to the sprinting zombies we see in the film.

Jun 29 - 02:43 PM

Edward T.

Edward Taylor

The plot develops at a breakneck pace, consequently neglecting key items of information in understanding the characters and their struggle. ?World War Z? hurriedly jumps from scene to scene with rough transitions. For instance, after a scene where Brad Pitt and his family attempt to reach the roof of an apartment building for escape only to take solace in a stranger?s apartment, a boy who has tagged along from the apartment with Brad Pitt offers kind words of encouragement and comfort to Pitt?s daughter to which Pitt responds, ?Thanks, Tommy?. The boy?s name is never mentioned and Pitt responds with an assumed rapport, acting as if Tommy has been a friend of the family for years. This is just a small example of the large leaps the film takes from moment to moment, oftentimes leaving the viewer in the dark. Additionally, despite suggestive political commentary on the Middle East and how today?s governments and cultures may respond to crisis, the sub-plot is weak.

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Jun 24 - 07:11 PM

Jacob Blackall

Jacob Blackall

I don't get why the called it World War Z, they should've called it Brad Pitt and the Zombies. The movie had NOTHING common with the book

Jun 23 - 07:35 PM

Jenn Meixell

Jenn Meixell

I agree, Jacob. There were very few, very superficial similarities like names and the fact that there was a global overtaking of things called "zombies", but the extremely basic elements were rewritten simply to make a more flashy, dramatic vision. Max Brooks simply asked in an interview that they do not re-release his book with Brad Pitt's face on it. I think that speaks volumes about his involvement and level of care in regards to this movie.

Jun 24 - 11:27 AM

Diego Tutweiller

Diego Hard With an Anus

I usually hate it when people quibble over minor differences between their favorite books and the film adaptations, but it sounds to me like WWZ has nothing in common with the books that it's supposedly based on.

Jun 24 - 03:33 PM

Suzanne Dondero

Suzanne Dondero

My biggest issue is how they re-wrote the Israeli part of the story line. One of the highlights of the book to me was how the author took real political issues and used them to frame how various societies responded to the pandemic.
I thought he did a great job with how Israel responded, the internal civil war that erupted ect. Having the Israelis smart enough to see what was coming, but stupid enough to not know the zombies are attracted to sound is illogical. Would have been better if they had just left the Israeli part out entirely rather than butchering it.

Jun 23 - 01:00 PM

Garreth McDaid

Garreth McDaid

How could you make a movie of a book which is a series of interviews relating to a 5-10 year period? The movie is derived from the book; it isn't meant to be a reproduction of the book. The context and the backdrop are the same. There are plenty of scenes in the movie that thrill the same degree (or better) as the Battle of Yonkers.

Jun 21 - 03:53 PM

Jenn Meixell

Jenn Meixell

Garreth, my friends and I have talked about someone else doing a mini-series about the book on the SciFi channel or Netflix. Something of that sort. The budgets wouldn't be as big but I believe the stories in themselves are fantastic and would be able to stand on their own merit.

Jun 24 - 11:28 AM

Ian Woods

Ian Woods

Average zombie movie that has no business calling itself World War Z. You want to know what they took from the book? Zombies and the title 'World War Z'.

Sad thing is, the book has a compelling plot that would make a great fake documentary-esque movie, kind of a cross between Contagion and Cloverfield. Instead, we get a 15 year old who played the last Resident Evil game, thought it was the best, and made a movie based on the sorely mistaken notion.

Jun 21 - 07:20 AM

Mike Morello

Mike Morello

Sorely missing the Rated R material. This movie with all its intention needed to be Rated R. For me especially with the source material overall a big swing and a miss. Hollywood has been real good at making ok movies lately but making those great ones have really come far and between for a long time

Jun 21 - 03:15 AM

Mike Morello

Mike Morello

For them to call this World War Z is wrong. Its like calling Orca.. Jaws it was good but it could have been great

Jun 21 - 03:12 AM

Norman R.

Norman Radcliffe

Who gives a shit if it deviates from the book? It's happened before and it'll happen again. Quit crying and move on.

Jun 20 - 08:49 PM

Jason Siemens

Jason Siemens

Just hoping to see the Battle of Yonkers. Pretty sure we get a glimpse of that in the trailer, maybe not.

Jun 18 - 12:49 PM

Ash Gilmore

Ash J. Gilmore

Me too, man.

Jun 19 - 05:23 AM

John Abella

John Abella

^^This chump is everywhere.

Jun 19 - 05:45 AM

Ash Gilmore

Ash J. Gilmore

Fuck off, dude.

Jun 19 - 05:54 AM

Bizen-in-a-Box

Lady Bizen

You must be there too.

Jun 22 - 01:34 PM

Kent Roller

Kent Roller

I was hoping for the Battle of Yonkers too, Jason. Unfortunately it's absent. But what WWZ has that the book didn't are climbing swarms. Everyone's scene the trailers. What you don't know from the trailer is what causes the swarms, and it's awesome. Glad you actually read the book, not like others who bitch about something they know nothing about.

Jun 21 - 02:37 AM

Manuel J.

Manuel J.

Yeah, but in this case it's a shoddy adaptation of the book, and really bad as a movie by itself, even if you haven't read the book.

Jun 16 - 09:00 AM

Dylan J.

Dylan Jones

I guess If you really have seen it, then you are entitled to your opinion.

Jun 18 - 03:50 PM

Brendan Sullivan

Brendan Sullivan

I doubt he's seen it. It was amazing.

Jun 23 - 08:27 PM

Eric Pierson

Eric Pierson

Well, I hope it is a Shawshank success at an adaptation and not a Constantine level embarrassment.

Jun 14 - 04:59 AM

Marco Chaudry

Marco Chaudry

The only real problem I have with this movie is that it's PG-13 XD

May 24 - 03:54 PM

John Tyler

Tylerambo: First John Part II

The director of the movie and the author of the book said that the zombie attack sequences in the film are gonna be really intense and realistic despite the PG-13 rating and the CGI zombies.

May 25 - 08:30 AM

Sean Gall

Sean Gall

John, Firstly that all sounds like something people who want you to buy their product would say, secondly Max Brooks hasnt worked on the WWZ movie since Pitt took it ove and scrapped the book.

Jun 4 - 09:47 PM

Manuel J.

Manuel J.

You know what's great? This thing I'm selling.

Jun 16 - 09:00 AM

Marco Chaudry

Marco Chaudry

The book and film could end up complimenting each other. Thing is though, the book really didn't even have a story line, if anything, the true adaptation of the book would have been a found footage and interview film. Considering the whole book is made up of interviews, no real story, just the experience victims went through. The real adaptation is best left for Werner Herzog XD

May 24 - 03:52 PM

Kent Roller

Kent Roller

Spot on. They do compliment each other. Different in plot, but the same in essence and feeling. I was glad the movie followed a timeline, but loved the book for it's detailed glimpses at unrelated events.

Jun 21 - 02:41 AM

Garreth McDaid

Garreth McDaid

+1. The book is a good book that would be a boring movie. The movie is a good movie that would be a boring book.

Jun 21 - 03:55 PM

Pat ChalupaBatman

Pat ChalupaBatman

ON NOES DEVIATIONS!!!!! BETTER TAKE THE SUICIDE PILL NAO DOOD!

May 23 - 05:25 PM

Sean Gall

Sean Gall

Youre cool, and original to boot.

Jun 4 - 09:47 PM

John Tyler

Tylerambo: First John Part II

Book = About several zombie attacks narrated
Movie = Big-budget action zombie war horror

May 23 - 11:42 AM

EntertainMeOrDie

Liam Neeson Trollfighter

Book = stupid
Movie = stupid

Jun 12 - 06:52 PM

J Cut

Eminem .

You=Virgin

Jun 12 - 07:33 PM

EntertainMeOrDie

Liam Neeson Trollfighter

No = you

Jun 12 - 10:08 PM

Ash Gilmore

Ash J. Gilmore

I bet you haven't even read the book.

Jun 19 - 05:24 AM

Chris Mott

Chris Mott

In most cases it's hard to fit the material of a 300-500 page book into 2 hour movie so it's inevitably going to be different. It's not always a bad thing though. This movie looks pretty good.

May 3 - 07:59 AM

Jeff McCoy

Jeff McCoy

Well, there is adding to or re-imaging a book to make it work on film, and there is completely scrapping anything remotely connected to the book and basically having only the name of the book. This is the latter.

Jun 19 - 03:56 AM

Garreth McDaid

Garreth McDaid

No, it isn't. The movie can easily be read as just another vignette set in the same apocalyptic landscape as the book (barring the ending, which was always going to have to be circular to appeal to a wider audience).

Jun 21 - 03:59 PM

Jim Boober

Jim Boober

and also shawshank, cuckoos nest, stand by me. there are a few. i hope the movie is good. im always for another solid zombie entry. im not holding my breath for this one though

Apr 2 - 09:32 PM

Tommy South

Zack Snyder

Ahem.. The Godfather

Jun 20 - 05:42 PM

Jim Boober

Jim Boober

books are pretty much always significantly better than the subsequent movies based on them. one of the few cases i can think of the movie being better or as good as the book is the shining.

Apr 2 - 09:30 PM

Sean Gall

Sean Gall

Thats like saying FUCK YOU to the book man.....why even bring the book up at all if you dont care?

Apr 1 - 04:26 PM

James P.

James Phoenix

Quit bitching, man. Movies are always different from the books they're based on. Just get over it.

Apr 2 - 02:34 PM

Sean Gall

Sean Gall

There is a difference between basing something on a book and using a name of a book for a movie.
No one is whining that the book is different from the movie Jeff....If that were the case then there would be no reason to complain at all and the movie didnt come out before the book. Maybe read the book and you would under stand the upset....
Maybe you are unaware of this but they LITERALLY scrapped anything that had to do with the book and rewrote the entire movie.....Maybe thats why im "Bitching"

Apr 9 - 07:24 PM

Jack Aitken

Jack Aitken

I recently read something from Max Brooks being interviewed on it. He seems to feel that the book and the movie will share name only. He goes so far as to say that he refused to read the script for it. I like that he took a hands off approach. He's the son of Mel Brooks, he knows Hollywood. He accepted that the movie wasn't going to be his book from the beginning and just seems to have said 'I don't give a s**t, Hollywood just screws things sometimes'
Seems the most mature response when they were handed solid gold and turned it into plain old coal to fuel the industry. The best thing I can think to do is do as he advises and think of the two as being unrelated. I think this movie will be good in its own right, but it'll be nothing compared to the book.

May 31 - 01:53 AM

Alex M.

Bob Saget

No, it's more like me saying FUCK YOU, SEAN.

Jul 4 - 06:35 PM

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