For my second book to movie
comparison I decided to go with World War
Z which was suggested to me by my friend John. The book was written by Max
Brooks and the movie was directed by Marc Foster. I am still unsure of the
format I want to use for these but for now I am going to follow what I did last
time.
This book is not what I expected it
to be about. Based on the title I was expecting to read a book about a war
against zombies in one form or another. While there is a battle against the
undead it isn’t played out in the book. The book features a number of
interviews with different people from around the world and what they saw and
experienced during the war. All of the stories told come years after the war
has ended. I really enjoyed the different interviews conducted in the book
because it told the story from multiple perspectives and showed how different
people were affected. I think the book would make for a really good TV Mini-Series
adaptation because Mr. Brooks does a great job of using his words to help the
reader visualize the different environments.
Marc Foster’s World War Z is the definition of summer popcorn flick in my book.
Right from the get-go the battle against the undead begins. The zombies
featured in this movie were not like ones previously seen. These zombies were
much faster especially compared to me and that speed made them more dangerous.
Brad Pitt does a good job as the hero of our movie trying to figure out what
started the war and also a way to stop it. I read that the movie had to be
rewritten and scenes reshot because people were not happy with the original cut
of the movie. I would like to see the original cut though because I am sure it
would help explain why Matthew Fox was in the helicopter transport. I also have
a feeling that the original cut was a lot darker than the movie we ended up
getting.
The most important thing that the
book and movie have in common is their title. That is also the only thing they
have in common. These two versions of World
War Z are completely different, but in my opinion very good. Both versions
of the story work for me and while the movie was action packed I’d much rather
see a true adaptation from Brooks’ work. I think that people come down so hard
on movies adapted from books because of movies like this. Hollywood took an
interesting story and instead of turning it in to a movie they took the initial
concept and made their own thing. That is fine and all but don’t give it the
same title as the book.
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