world war z

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:49 am

The main characters are all douchebags. Especially the family that is so selfish all they care about is themselves even though the whole world is coming to an end. Oh dear husband please don't go looking for a cure for EVERYONE because the family needs you to stay here and be bored with us on this boat. Really? Oh and while you're out saving the world I miss you after only 20 minutes and I'll call you on this sat phone that for some reason was given to me just so I can feel close to you even though everyone else on this ship is busy using every possible resources just trying to keep the world from ending.

honestly my favorite part was when the doctor guy put him in his place after he says ooo you couldn't possibly understand since you don't have a family. Yup i did have one the zombies ate them all meanwhile you're being a *#$@ while your family is safe and sound aboard a boat because you happen to know the right people. Ass.

NightRychune · Post by **NightRychune** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:00 am

"$#@! you, got mine" is the dominant philosophy during a zombie apocalypse

lexaal · Post by **lexaal** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:35 am

I liked the "9 persons say X 1 person says Y--> let's do Y" logic.

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:25 pm

NightRychune wrote:QUOTE (NightRychune @ Oct 20 2013, 12:00 AM) "$#@! you, got mine" is the dominant philosophy during a zombie apocalypse

Honestly I felt like the entire movie everyone was just looking at the main character thinking, "you're the biggest douchebag I've ever met" because while everyone else, including the soldiers on the boat, at the base, and even in jerusalem, were all risking their lives to help this guy, all he kept doing was whining about his family the entire time. Meanwhile none of the soldiers even knew if their family was alive or eaten by zombies. I was kind of hoping the main character or his family got killed off by the end.

Also his long hair looked stupid. Get a haircut, hippy.

And also, the zombie tower climbing over the jerusalem wall was really dumb. I mean there were helicopters patrolling the perimeter, how'd they miss the 50 foot tall stack of zombies? They could have done something better, like having the zombies overwhelm one of the salvation gates, or a guy with delayed onset, or something. Like the zombie in the closet on the airplane I thought was pretty well done. In fact that whole airplane sequence was probably one of the best in the movie.

And another also, can someone please petition hollywood to ditch the shaky cam? I realize it's cool and trendy but all it does is make me motion sick without adding any real value.

sages · Post by **sages** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:04 pm

I liked "He's the greatest hope for humanity" followed by slipping, gunshot to the head syndrome

djrbk · Post by **djrbk** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:29 pm

There were almost no similarities between the book and the movie outside of the title and the fact that zombies were present. I figure the only reason why they went with that title was because the book was popular.

And ehhhh I can kind of relate to the character. If I kept my family alive until that point of making it to the boat I'd be making extra precautions for their security, mental health, and comfort every step along the way. A sat phone was a comfort they gave him, though a real ex special forces guy would have had that @#(! turned off or on vibrate during critical stages of his mission that required absolute silence. Agreed that the airplane scene was the best. Also shout out to Nova Scotia (probably Cape Breton) being the American safe haven.

The haircut thing, heh... a lot of special forces guys (in non-crbn units) have long hair and/or beards to look more unassuming/unnoticed in the general population.

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:59 pm

oh he was former special forces? I totally missed that. I thought he was just a former disease outbreak investigator guy.

but yeah, humanity's greatest hope shooting himself in the head was pretty funny.

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:40 am

Haven't seen it but from what I can gather in the clips it is literally nothing like the book at all, apart from saying zombies and biting people there is no overlap.

But I didn't really like the book that much either. World War Z the book is akin to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci code to me. I despise both books but first time reading them I couldn't stop reading them. Now though I can't read either without my mind throwing up.

HJ_KG · Post by **HJ_KG** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:48 pm

lol HSharp.

at the oatmeal...

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:21 pm

I did not read the book. If you want a good zombie book series though, read the remaining by dj molles.