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Edge of Your Seat Movie, Good Despite the Zombies!
PostedJune 22, 2013
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I took six 12-year-old boys to see World War Z and they loved it! I'm a 40-something woman (not the typical demographic for the movie) and I really liked it too. Of course, Brad Pitt is one of my favorite actors so that helped! The movie is action-packed and creates non-stop tension. I was very skeptical about anything with Zombies as I generally see movies that are more realistic or at least probable. World War Z doesn't exactly fit that bill but I was happy to take this group of boys, happy to watch Brad Pitt, and COMPLETELY surprised that I enjoyed the movie, Zombies and all.
The plot, as you probably know, revolves around a fast-moving virus, origin unknown, that sweeps the country turning humans into Zombies with one bite. Pitt is a former United Nations investigator brought back to trace the origin of the virus in hopes of finding a cure. He globe trots around the world searching for answers while fighting off Zombies.
I kept thinking during the movie that I would have loved it (instead of just liking it) had the virus been realistic (e.g. Ebola ) and had there been no Zombies. Also I would have liked some of the inconsistencies and improbabilities removed. Could someone impaled by a piece of metal from stomach thru back actually survive without an operation, let alone simply a bandage applied on a table in an office? Could said person then quickly be up and battling Zombies again in a few days with no noticeable impact on him? How did the virus spread around the world so quickly when the average infection time is 7 seconds? The explanation was through international plane travel but with a 7-second infection rate that turns a person immediately into a gruesome Zombie, how would the Zombie get on to a plane in the first place? There are several bothersome missing details such as these. But all this said, I was really on the edge of my seat the whole movie and the boys I took kept saying it was the best movie they had ever seen.
I would love to see Pitt return as a U.N. investigator going after some real virus or solving some sort of global conflict but would likely not go back to see him fighting more Zombies.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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