books World War Z

[Nah 3,182]

I'm just asking, has anybody read this awesome book? It is among my favorite reads of all time, so this is a thread just to discuss the book.

 

Oh, and for those of you who don't know, a movie will be coming out in June 2013, what do you think of it?

[Circadian 1,273]

I've read it, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

 

As for the movie, I think it looks more like an I Am Legend prequel than an adaptation of World War Z.

 

We'll see though.

[Nah 3,182]

@,

 

Yeah it is agreed that the zombies are a bit disappointing, more of 28 Days later Zombies than The Walking Dead zombies. But it still looks great.

 

[Nothing&NoOne 695]

I have not read it yet, but I've heard good things about it.

Is it worth reading? I read a few summaries and it sounded..meh.

I love zombies though.

[Gingerpotato 889]

The book was incredible and, though a tad boring at times, it really made a damn good impact on me. Max Brooks really fulfilled what I wanted the book to be like, making it seem more realistic than just "Look, zombies! Let's shoot them and win!"

 

The movie looks...buffed up, not at all what I thought the adaptation would be like. Sure, it'll be fun to watch but I just don't think it will be the film I would have liked it to be, such is the curse of the film enterprise.

[Nah 3,182]

@,

 

It was an excellent read, it actually has a story unlike most books or movies on zombies, and it is a great example of societal collapse, or near collapse.

[LunaShy 168]

Its a great book probably the best zombie book of all time. The movie is a tragedy. They have comepletly ripped out the story and are using the name to generate more sales.

 

 

" Fast zombies are retarded." - Max brooks

^ have you seen the trailer?

[miygaiya 138]

A movie is actually coming out? Last time I heard that was in 2009 or so, and it was going to be in 2010.

 

But running zombies.

 

In a film version of WWZ?

 

 

  On 2012-11-18 at 7:07 AM, 'LunaShy' said:

Its a great book probably the best zombie book of all time. The movie is a tragedy. They have comepletly ripped out the story and are using the name to generate more sales.

 

 

" Fast zombies are retarded." - Max brooks

^ have you seen the trailer?

 

^

[LunaShy 168]

  On 2012-11-18 at 7:29 AM, 'Captain McMuffin' said:

A movie is actually coming out? Last time I heard that was in 2009 or so, and it was going to be in 2010.

 

But running zombies.

 

In a film version of WWZ?

 

 

 

^

 

comes out june

looks sooooooo bad coulda been great if brad pitt simply played the main character from the book but boy im not sure if i will even go see this

[miygaiya 138]

  On 2012-11-18 at 7:37 AM, 'LunaShy' said:

comes out june

looks sooooooo bad coulda been great if brad pitt simply played the main character from the book but boy im not sure if i will even go see this

 

From what I had seen/heard planning wise, it was going to be a documentary-spliced-with-narrative sort of thing, like District 9 (which was also a really good movie).

 

But sadly they're turning it into this P.O.S.

Edited November 18, 2012 by Captain McMuffin

[USMCav8r 106]

The movie was... decent, but it didn't really catch the essence of the book with running zombies. I mean, I recognized a lot of elements from the book, and the movie was well done, but the book was far better.