World War Z Crummy Zombie Movie or Horror Movie Messiah

World War Z Crummy Zombie Movie or Horror Movie Messiah

I’m a zombie movie fan. I think George Romero’s Dead Trilogy deserves a spot next to Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and the rest of the movie gods. So, when I heard about World War Z and the fact that the main character was actually legit (Brad Pitt) you can pretty much imagine my excitement. Well, before I watched the movie I read the reviews and they almost scared me more than the zombies especially Matt Seitz’s from rogerebert.com. Not only did he give it two stars but said it was basically a 28 Days Later rehash. I watched the movie anyways. I call your bluff Mr. name I can spell but not pronounce. World War Z was scary, funny, and awe inspiring.

Yes, World War Z was scary. I’m guessing Mr. Seitz doesn’t think so because his wife’s cooking is worse than any zombie. Anyways, World War Z in my opinion pioneered a new kind of scary. The movie starts off just as a day would in real life wake the kids up, eat breakfast, and get ready for school and work. It’s the same old hum-drum. The zombie apocalypse happens while the main character and his family are stuck in morning traffic. See, the scary part is not the running and snarling zombies but the fact that it happened on an average day without warning. Also, on an even scarier note nowhere was safe. They built walls around Jerusalem and the zombies went ant swarm and climbed the walls. I probably should have but a spoiler warning on this blog.

  Now here is an interesting part that Mr. Seitz did not notice in World War Z. It was funny and the funny thing about it being funny is the fact that the laughs came from the zombies and the small moments. I just said funny three times in one sentence. Anyways, the zombies where hilarious. The chipmunk zombie stands out it chattered its teeth the entire scene my guess is that the actor was really cold or was having jaw spasms. Another funny moment is when the hero decides to stop for a Pepsi in a room full of zombies, but hey I would be thirsty after all that running to.

The aftermath scenes where beautiful. They sent chills down my spine. Wait a minute; I know what you are thinking. No I don’t mean beautiful in a good way I mean horribly beautiful. When watching the scenes you get the feeling that the destruction of the city is more the humans fault than the zombies. You also get the feeling that as much as the government is trying to help there is not much they can do but drop whatever bombs they have on citizens and zombies alike. The scenes are haunting.

World War Z definitely has the makings of a great movie and even better chances to become a great movie series. Unlike Mr. Seitz I think World War Z is great and has many things other movies do not. Though, Mr. Seitz and My opinions are exactly that and it probably is wise for you to judge it yourself.

Sources

Seitz,Matt. “World War Z” rogerebert.com

             Ebert Digital LLC June 21 2013 Web. July 19, 2013

         Link

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/world-war-z-2013

 

By: Bryce Mitchell