World War Z: A Bad Movie To Me

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  • @noirlavender6409
    @noirlavender6409 Рік тому +18055

    Reading is for nerds anyway

    • @paleoph6168
      @paleoph6168 Рік тому +333

      Tonight!
      James slaps a man.
      Richard eats a man.
      And I am a god of hellfire!!

    • @d4c472
      @d4c472 Рік тому +45

      TRUE AF!

    • @SiRenfield
      @SiRenfield Рік тому +181

      Eh at least we have the audiobook version that includes a full cast that has Mark Hamil, Simon Pegg, and Alfred Molina among others

    • @Matthaeus0
      @Matthaeus0 Рік тому +111

      Consider me a big fat nerd then

    • @rubenjacobo3919
      @rubenjacobo3919 Рік тому +101

      Jokes on you, nerd culture is mainstream now. Haha

  • @Snapdragon0112
    @Snapdragon0112 Рік тому +2753

    I think Max Brooks even said they bought the rights to his book before he even finished writing it. So yes, they bought it for the title alone.

    • @CordeliaWagner1999
      @CordeliaWagner1999 5 місяців тому +10

      Did he have to sell?

    • @Krieger-jo2kf
      @Krieger-jo2kf 5 місяців тому +40

      ​@CordeliaWagner1999 I don't know how publishing companies work. I'm just guessing, but maybe as part of the deal with his publishing company, they got the rights for a movie adaptation.

    • @Skibidirizzler250
      @Skibidirizzler250 4 місяці тому +9

      Yooo I got the thousandth like

  • @manband20
    @manband20 Рік тому +2353

    The single funniest moment in cinematic history occurred with this film:
    The one (1) doctor they brought along to investigate South Korea's Patient Zero to try to find a cure needed to die so they couldn't get the answer so easily.
    To kill him off, he slipped and fell on the ramp of the C-130 and accidentally shot himself in the head with his own service pistol.

    • @heathdionne7717
      @heathdionne7717 Рік тому +405

      "welp, that didn't work. shame there are literally no other doctors we could send 🤷‍♀️"

    • @manband20
      @manband20 Рік тому +354

      @@heathdionne7717 "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"

    • @MonteIzumi
      @MonteIzumi Рік тому +286

      I watched the movie in the theaters. That scene baffled me so much I was still thinking about it as the movie ended. Brad Pitt was walking down the hall with a pepsi can but all I could remember was the dude slipping and killing himself. Never had I seen such a funny way to get rid of a character outside of comedy media.

    • @arandomperson8407
      @arandomperson8407 Рік тому +12

      @@heathdionne7717 every other doctor became a zombie

    • @ivanlugo8474
      @ivanlugo8474 Рік тому +78

      Not only they solved a problem they wrote themselves in but also did it un the most impractical way posible. The dude could have perish bitten by a zombie or even friendly fire. But no...he just...that.

  • @NeoCreo1
    @NeoCreo1 Рік тому +5906

    Even Brad Pitt agrees with you. He REALLY liked the sociopolitical aspects of the books, which is why his production company bought the rights and hired an indie director. Unfortunately said director secretly wanted to do a big action movie and took the opportunity. By the end of shooting, he and Brad had completely stopped talking to each other

    • @deco90014
      @deco90014 Рік тому +428

      What? If his company bought the rights why the fucks he just did not fucking fired and replace the director when him started to take to much "creative liberty"?

    • @Paul_Vaughn
      @Paul_Vaughn Рік тому +1160

      @@deco90014 Sunk cost, plain and simple.
      If you were a producer and you go 90%, 80%, even halfway through making your movie and find out that your director is doing a shitty job, yeah, you absolutely would want to fire him and put more resources into making this movie both a good movie and what you want the movie to be.
      Then your accountant comes in and says that you're bleeding, no, hemorrhaging money, like the project just took a shotgun blast to the bank account. You ask everyone if we have the resources to re-do the movie; everyone says no, this has already been delayed for years and years, with more rewrites to the script than we can already support. Unless this is the most passionate of passion projects, you're going to have to put something out so that you can keep the lights on, keep people paid, and more importantly, make sure you're not in the red for it (especially if it's your own production company running this).
      Meanwhile, the dumbass director you hired hasn't been fired because you've already been paying him, and you're going to have to keep paying him if you want the movie done cause he's your only option with the resources you have. While you aren't speaking to him anymore, you at least sign his checks so you can get this thing over with.
      It's a shame too, cause you can't really figure out what's gonna be a sunk cost or not unless you're clairvoyant, and most times it's little things in a project that add up over time to make it a disaster.

    • @saintkatana
      @saintkatana Рік тому +122

      @@deco90014 not trying to be rude but i had a stroke reading this

    • @fuzzjunky
      @fuzzjunky Рік тому +78

      yee i have to agree with guy number 2, if brad pitt hasn't got the money to show someone the door, then buying the rights to anything is a waste of time

    • @reanetsemoleleki8219
      @reanetsemoleleki8219 Рік тому +26

      I doubt Marc Forster wanted to make an action blockbuster bit the people funding the movie probably did.

  • @IngieKerr
    @IngieKerr 7 місяців тому +1037

    One interesting thing about this film: Peter Capaldi is credited as playing an unnamed "W.H.O Doctor" - a few months prior to him being chosen as The Doctor in Doctor Who.

    • @FutureHH
      @FutureHH 6 місяців тому +21

      yeah I remember noticing this

    • @zakiahmed6655
      @zakiahmed6655 4 місяці тому +5

      Wow that’s a crazy coincidence unless it was intentional

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 4 місяці тому +18

      @@zakiahmed6655idk if it could have been intentional with how movies and tv work in terms of timeline

    • @AnnieKhurana
      @AnnieKhurana Місяць тому

      Hey that's so cool!

    • @ThatCrimeGuy
      @ThatCrimeGuy 27 днів тому +1

      I guess you could say; Doctor, W.H.O?

  • @Sect10n31
    @Sect10n31 Рік тому +2631

    “Most people don’t believe something can happen until it already has. That’s not stupidity or weakness, that’s just human nature.” - Max Brooks (World War Z)

    • @adampatino5372
      @adampatino5372 Рік тому

      No, that is definitely stupidity. Of course, Maxy boy thinks this way because he himself is, in fact, stupid.
      I mean, why can't it be both stupidity and human nature? Those two are not mutually exclusive. Although, it's definitely not weakness, cuz that doesn't make any flippin sense.

    • @NordicCarved
      @NordicCarved 7 місяців тому +79

      That’s not even a bad quote. It’s kind of true.

    • @WallNutBreaker524
      @WallNutBreaker524 3 місяці тому

      COVID was literally that Lol! I never thought Modern Humanity would Experience another Black Plague. 💀

    • @Nugire
      @Nugire 2 місяці тому +49

      Also very true about most films we see.
      Normal human would read the script and say "Nobody will make this trash into a movie".
      But that's how we got 6 Sharknado movies.

    • @LunaTheMoonWitch
      @LunaTheMoonWitch 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@@NugireAnd DC And Marvel movies made after 2019

  • @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r
    @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r Рік тому +13489

    World War Z is the perfect definition of a movie that exists. It was made, it was written, had actors that were given a paycheck and isn't really anything more than that.

    • @Scifogon
      @Scifogon Рік тому +523

      And the CGI was made.

    • @LabMatt
      @LabMatt Рік тому +623

      It has cinematography, the actors are undeniably performing and the plot is.

    • @markopopovic9874
      @markopopovic9874 Рік тому +403

      Truly one of the movies of all times.

    • @HelenaSan425
      @HelenaSan425 Рік тому +14

      Bro Eva go see my new Marie Antoinette drawing that I've been really desperate for you to see!

    • @HelenaSan425
      @HelenaSan425 Рік тому +1

      See it now!

  • @lavatacoburrito9410
    @lavatacoburrito9410 Рік тому +2010

    The plot twist that Max Brooks is Mel Brooks's son, and that he also wrote 3 Minecraft novels was not something I was expecting.

    • @themk4982
      @themk4982 Рік тому +158

      I remember when I found out that Michael Kirkbride, famed insane and insanely good writer from Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind wrote Telltale’s Batman game and then found out he wrote Minecraft Story Mode damaged my mind in ways I will never recover from.

    • @andrewmathewson341
      @andrewmathewson341 Рік тому +36

      I've been a fan of Max for ages and this is the first time I've heard that he's the son of Mel Brooks.

    • @lavatacoburrito9410
      @lavatacoburrito9410 Рік тому +7

      @@themk4982 Please tell me he wrote the iconic UA-camr Muder Mystery episode.

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 Рік тому +19

      @@themk4982 WAIT THE KIRKBRIDE WROTE STORY MODE?! This is insane

    • @thomasprice7893
      @thomasprice7893 Рік тому +4

      Max Brooks writes a ton of really random shit

  • @patron8597
    @patron8597 6 місяців тому +229

    I think you really undersold how dumb the Israel part was. Not only did they all pile up and form a zombie ladder in one specific place, and not just claw at different parts of the wall like one would assume mindless undead would, but they also SOMEHOW managed to form ladderpiles so high and so fast that they were able to take down the military helicopters that shot at them.
    And there's also the fact that somehow a bunch of people singing is louder and more attentive to the zombies than the heavy military helis flying next to them

    • @halinaqi2194
      @halinaqi2194 2 місяці тому +39

      It was a stupid but funny scene, even the premise didn't make sense. The idea that they would let palestenians in is a joke in of itself, an even bigger one that they would make peace in that short time, or that no one wouldve sabotaged the wall. Ffs Hollywood, its more believable to have a human sabotage the wall to let zombies in out of some act of malice than that pyramid we got.
      And what lesson are we supposed to take from it? Yeah it'd be nice of peace was made but look what happened! They moment they got a long, the zombies got them, so they can't get along, it wouldve been better if they kept them out... is that the sort of message we are supposed to get from that?
      Its entertaining because it is absurd to the point of being funny

    • @ffs-forfunsake6474
      @ffs-forfunsake6474 2 місяці тому +6

      Zombies are a lot like ants i think. They are individuals led by instincts through scents and such. You see the highest point you get there, there is no thought process to it. And people voices were louder because someone thought that it is a great idea to give them mics. In many movies zombies look like they are more agressive to human made sounds than any other. The dumbest thing imo was how light and blunt actuall defences were and that no one was on guard for outside threats.

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 2 місяці тому

      @@ffs-forfunsake6474 Jewish zombies.

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 2 місяці тому

      Israel tail wags the USA dog.

  • @darkwater124
    @darkwater124 Рік тому +2900

    The zombies didn't avoid Gerry because he infected himself. They detected the poison known as Pepsi in his blood and deemed him an unhealthy host

    • @elyrienvalkyr8167
      @elyrienvalkyr8167 Рік тому +214

      That would unironically have been a funnier and better ending than what we got. The ending was so cataclysmically stupid, that pepsi being the antidote to Zombies would have been almost equally dumb and 10x more entertaining. I'd have happily sat through that ending. The ending where its a 10 min pepsi ad where they air drop pepsi into warzones and civilain defenses. Then a sequel that's a 120 min pepsi ad where pepsi factories are next door to firearms factories, and pepsi supply lines need to be defended so pepsi can save the day at Yonkers.

    • @Tasarran
      @Tasarran Рік тому +67

      @@elyrienvalkyr8167 How much would Pepsi pay to get product placement where they literally get to save the world? 🤑
      Next film: reclaiming the west, in The Pepsi Pipeline!

    • @PhaTs00p
      @PhaTs00p Рік тому +29

      @@elyrienvalkyr8167 I remember a movie where head and shoulders was the ultimate weapons against aliens or something. I have no idea what it was called but using a super popular brand product to defeat the invasion has been done before.

    • @elyrienvalkyr8167
      @elyrienvalkyr8167 Рік тому +35

      @@PhaTs00p hey, Evolution was a treasure that only comes once a decade. Plus that just further supports my point that Pepsi would have been a far funnier and better ending

    • @trissylegs
      @trissylegs Рік тому +28

      ​@@PhaTs00p That's Evolution (2001) with David Duchovny of X-files fame. They figure out Selenium will kill the aliens and it turns out Head and Shoulders anti-dandruff hair products contain Selenium, so they defeat the alias with a Firetruck full of Head and Shoulders.
      They even do a bit of ad read for head and shoulders during the credits.

  • @_Devil
    @_Devil Рік тому +11720

    My favorite part was when the entire planet knew they could climb and stack on top of eachother and yet Israel still decided to host an open-top concert surrounded by infected lmfao

    • @dx-ek4vr
      @dx-ek4vr Рік тому +827

      So basically, Israel and Palestine both had to play the largest game of The Quiet Game ever played?

    • @thinkingboi9508
      @thinkingboi9508 Рік тому +1431

      I though it was just random people deciding to join in and sing, because random people doing stupid fucking things is very common.
      Of course, that wouldn’t explain why the soldiers didn’t just stop them.

    • @clamum9648
      @clamum9648 Рік тому +100

      @@thinkingboi9508 This

    • @will_from_pa
      @will_from_pa Рік тому +760

      Literally all the wall needed was an overhanging lip

    • @juliannolastname2442
      @juliannolastname2442 Рік тому +692

      @@thinkingboi9508 beyond even that, where are the bombs? Zombie movies always show soldiers uselessly shooting into hordes of undead, but rarely show missiles, bombs, grenades, *actually effective weapons against hordes of slow moving targets*. Hell, spraying napalm onto that tower trying to get over the wall would’ve solved it.

  • @TheWhiteDragon3
    @TheWhiteDragon3 Рік тому +5217

    BTW, for anyone still sleeping on the book. Max Brook spent a _long_ time researching everything from disaster responses to pandemic planning to just regular household budgeting when planning his book. This lead to 1) his prediction of how the zombie plague originated and grew uncontrollably being scarily similar to the Covid 19 pandemic that came much later, and 2) a story written as if it's a collection of interviews from people all around the world of different backgrounds that each tell their story according to their experiences and perspectives. All in all, it's one of the most immersive piece of fiction you'll ever read.

    • @patrickbateman312
      @patrickbateman312 Рік тому +471

      Too bad he didn't research how armies, tanks, artillery, or firearms work.

    • @JakeBaldwin1
      @JakeBaldwin1 Рік тому +378

      @@patrickbateman312 That was my main issue with the book, but aside from that I thought it was good.

    • @gawkthimm6030
      @gawkthimm6030 Рік тому +204

      the interview with the feral girl survivor is terrifying...

    • @whatdadogdoin9818
      @whatdadogdoin9818 Рік тому +33

      That must mean that Humans got the W

    • @____Carnage____
      @____Carnage____ Рік тому +90

      @@patrickbateman312 that part was a bit interesting, but the storytelling is good enough for me to give it a pass

  • @dionysus6892
    @dionysus6892 10 місяців тому +762

    I think the biggest flashbang was Max Brooks writing 3 fucking Minecraft books.
    Like. 3 of them. Not even just 1 - a trilogy of Minecraft novels.
    Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z - two of the biggest brain zombie books from that era.
    Goes on to write sanctioned Minecraft fanfics.
    What the hell

    • @MarilynMalkovich
      @MarilynMalkovich 8 місяців тому +49

      Honestly about the same calibre

    • @raventripp6181
      @raventripp6181 8 місяців тому +54

      Well, that's something he learned from his father. Good comedy comes in 3

    • @darklordofsword
      @darklordofsword 8 місяців тому +20

      What did you expect? His dad is the king.

    • @dragonhunter4592
      @dragonhunter4592 5 місяців тому +59

      Actually, funnily enough, those Minecraft books are pretty good. For kids, yeah, but they read as a single stranded survivor going absolutely insane.

    • @mattkennedy146
      @mattkennedy146 5 місяців тому +22

      Also, at least one of the minecraft audiobooks is narrated by Jack Black. It's really good.

  • @purpleblah2
    @purpleblah2 Рік тому +375

    I think a lot about how we could've gotten a World War Z mockumentary accurate to the book, with interviews with the various survivors and dramatic reenactments like with an in-universe actress playing the crashed pilot with cheesy editing effects added in. It could have been a brilliant meta satire using the mockumentary format with a mix of awkward interviews, dramatic reenactments and real-life travel shots, focusing on the author and his film crew traveling around.

    • @fojisan2398
      @fojisan2398 Рік тому +22

      That sounds 10x better than the dreck we recieved

    • @f5tes
      @f5tes Рік тому +18

      *real actors, but something like tropic thunder where they play an actor playing someone else

    • @edisonlima4647
      @edisonlima4647 Рік тому +6

      Hey, have you listened to the multicast audiobook for WWZ?
      It is great!

    • @L0zza
      @L0zza Рік тому +4

      *Fictional documentary, not mockumentary - mockumentary specifically refers to comedic parodies or take-offs of documentaries.

    • @vincenthernandez2242
      @vincenthernandez2242 6 днів тому

      It can still be done. It would just need a different name. Maybe uhhh "Dead War" or something more documentary-sounding like uhhh "Survival - War with the Dead"

  • @TheSpearkan
    @TheSpearkan Рік тому +590

    Fun fact: In the Expanse books, there's a plot point on how people infected by the alien Protomolecule (described basically as programmable matter) turn into "vomit zombies" as a first stage that spread the material by, well, vomit. It was an above average spin that showed how the alien material used organisms to fulfil its task.
    However, in the show, the concept of vomit zombies was cut because the producer felt that it'd look like they were trying to jump on the zombie bandwagon.

    • @meh.96
      @meh.96 Рік тому +12

      It's a zombie movie lmao. It in itself already jumping on the bandwagon.

    • @thespacedisland5746
      @thespacedisland5746 Рік тому +53

      @@meh.96 who is blud responding to?

    • @davidegaruti2582
      @davidegaruti2582 Рік тому +18

      Honestly that is scary :
      getting bitten sucks ,
      But the fact that puke can be the vector for a disease makes it all the more grounded and well scary ...

    • @minepose98
      @minepose98 Рік тому +33

      @@meh.96 The Expanse is not a zombie series

    • @meh.96
      @meh.96 Рік тому +6

      my bad, I misread the comment. Thought it was the movie(WWZ) writer avoiding the vomit thing, cos the characters also didnt get turned from zombie's vomit in the movie. Didnt know the Expanse is a different show, I thought it's some kind of expansion from WWZ book.

  • @argkitsune
    @argkitsune Рік тому +4529

    Man Cody is covering every movie that 12 year old me was obsessed with.
    I had a bizarre obsession with disaster movies around this time. I really was an odd kid.

    • @theshenpartei
      @theshenpartei Рік тому +144

      We all were

    • @shaunstudios163
      @shaunstudios163 Рік тому +59

      I fell that I used to love the transformer movies still kinda do and world war Z there not good but entertaining

    • @topcat59
      @topcat59 Рік тому +36

      I used to watch battle for Los Angeles more than once, since I thought seeing a war between humanity an unknown species was pretty cool and seeing buildings and peoples lives getting ruined was really enjoyable when I was a kid.😺

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 Рік тому +2

      😳 w

    • @akramgimmini8165
      @akramgimmini8165 Рік тому +1

      Same

  • @sonicheroxd5767
    @sonicheroxd5767 5 місяців тому +278

    "So the way to stop a zombie from biting you is to get a fatal disease. Upon this revelation, Gerry immediately drinks a Pepsi."
    Two sentences that you never thought would be said in the same breath.

  • @romerogamezjorgeluis4218
    @romerogamezjorgeluis4218 Рік тому +1627

    I remember one thing from the book that I really liked
    It said that in Mexico at one point,
    all the survivors who could, went to the pyramids and built a fort by themselves, the UN left them to their own devices.
    Both civilians, criminals and soldiers fought for days against millions of zombies
    And they won
    They ended up changing the name of the nation to "Nueva Aztlán" since they were able to survive thanks to the pyramids created by their ancestors

    • @DustinDonald-cz9ot
      @DustinDonald-cz9ot Рік тому +353

      There were a lot of good short stories in the book, fighting in the Catacombs of France or how they used the castles and forts of Europe and just how darn right effective they were. Wish it kind of talked a little more about the groups that were trapped behind the lines though.

    • @DrizzyDrew47
      @DrizzyDrew47 Рік тому +221

      @@DustinDonald-cz9otthere was also one about the college students from different schools who formed an alliance with each other and fought off like entire hordes or the Māori who fought like half of Auckland lol I definitely agree with you

    • @DustinDonald-cz9ot
      @DustinDonald-cz9ot Рік тому +83

      @@DrizzyDrew47 Loved the story of the blind monk as well.

    • @DrizzyDrew47
      @DrizzyDrew47 Рік тому +80

      @@DustinDonald-cz9ot that one was nice too. Did he end up passing away in the book? I remember his student was still around and like helped make some official government recognized martial arts school that taught ppl how to fight zombies

    • @DustinDonald-cz9ot
      @DustinDonald-cz9ot Рік тому +79

      @@DrizzyDrew47 Yeah he was alive during his talk the student was assisting him bringing him tea and such. He was the Otako who escaped from the apartment complex by climbing down.

  • @adrianandedel
    @adrianandedel Рік тому +7803

    As a world war Z veteran it makes me sad seeing people denounce our services

    • @kapkant6197
      @kapkant6197 Рік тому +343

      The days after the war were so rough for our servicemen and women. I remember hearing stories about them getting off the plane and zombies waiting at the airport terminal throwing meat from their torso at the returning soldiers.

    • @BigMrEv
      @BigMrEv Рік тому +172

      I salute you, veteran. You sacrificed life and limb to protect us from those undead bitches. Thank you.

    • @notaspy1227
      @notaspy1227 Рік тому +42

      Welcome to being a veteran of any modern conflict. Except for WW2 those guys did nothing wrong.

    • @ilajoie3
      @ilajoie3 Рік тому +52

      Were you also at Yonkers?

    • @Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel
      @Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel Рік тому +10

      I mean, to be fair, you guys did eat a whole lot of brains

  • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation
    @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Рік тому +897

    This movie has aired on television so many times that I've subconsciously gaslit myself into thinking it's alright.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Рік тому +33

      im surprised you can rewatch it. I saw it in theaters because i loved the book and ended up checking my phone a lot waiting for it to wrap up. I may have even left early if it wasnt for the fact i went with my family.

    • @defaultkoala2922
      @defaultkoala2922 Рік тому +34

      I had the same reaction to Battleship. HBO replayed it often and whenever it was on I would turn to it. Now I enjoy the movie even though I can't tell why.

    • @louisduarte8763
      @louisduarte8763 Рік тому +4

      I also remember South Park viciously satirizing it.

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD Рік тому +1

      That's not what gaslighting means.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Рік тому +6

      @@ChucksSEADnDEAD "gas lighting" is one of those terms thats been misused so much that it doesnt really have any meaning anymore. Like the word "literally" which can mean damn near anything.

  • @cameronmattingly8802
    @cameronmattingly8802 3 місяці тому +209

    19:33 it’s worse than we thought

    • @THEAKBRO-101
      @THEAKBRO-101 2 місяці тому +15

      Your prediction has came true
      It's FUCKED!!!!!

    • @user-xe6mj6cc9j
      @user-xe6mj6cc9j 21 годину тому

      i… am *steve*

  • @blanker1014
    @blanker1014 Рік тому +5641

    I appreciate how the cover of ZombieU doesn't even need to use zombies to make it terrifying; they just use British people.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 Рік тому +523

      Far scarier than zombies and with worse oral hygiene.

    • @malum9478
      @malum9478 Рік тому +1

      @@Fazzbomb GO'AH PRO'OWGATE THOWSE LAYZEE XE'OPHOBIC STE'EOTOIPES GUVNAH BOBBY WOBBLES MOY TEA CRUMPITS HAVE SOME RESPECT SHIRESHIREBROOKSHIRE BLOODY HELL

    • @badbreakingbadvideos
      @badbreakingbadvideos Рік тому +204

      ​@@Fazzbomb🤓🤓🤓

    • @kingpyrrhusofepirus6686
      @kingpyrrhusofepirus6686 Рік тому

      @@Fazzbomb Oh no! I'm so sorry that somebody made fun of you poor Brits when it's not even CHEWSDAY hope it didn't make you choke on you BO'OLE O' WA'ER. Anyways, hope you can go back to living in your nation who's development and wealth is built entirely on the exploitation of your former colonies.

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 Рік тому +105

      As someone who lived in a country that had been colonized, this is so true lmao.
      British zombies love eating other countries' resources.

  • @slend784
    @slend784 Рік тому +2325

    Man, I really like how the World War Z game tried to combine both the book and the movie. Having the fast and big tidal wave of zombies while also using the events of the book and focusing on different groups of people around the world.

    • @bcd32dok36
      @bcd32dok36 Рік тому +459

      That game was a better attempt at a left 4 dead spiritual successor than the actual spiritual successor, back 4 blood.

    • @madmonty4761
      @madmonty4761 Рік тому +12

      ​@@bcd32dok36disagree i liked b4b

    • @gabbyn.3049
      @gabbyn.3049 Рік тому +23

      ​@@bcd32dok36 I remember playing the shit out of that game. It was really fun.

    • @bcd32dok36
      @bcd32dok36 Рік тому +112

      @@madmonty4761 more power to man. I found that game unbalanced.

    • @madmonty4761
      @madmonty4761 Рік тому +1

      @@bcd32dok36 huh

  • @mushreemman
    @mushreemman Рік тому +818

    I first watched WWZ before reading the book and was completely and utterly baffled, bewildered and befuddled that they even shared the same name. They have no correlation whatsoever, with the book being a realistic and gripping tale of mankind’s war against the undead, and the movie being Brad Pitt running away from zombies for two hours before drinking a Pepsi and the movie ends.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Рік тому +25

      Same here. Loved the book and was interested in how they'd adopt it, I was hoping for a sort of anthology format with either the narrator from the book going from place to place that each chapter was set in experiencing the events themselves or ideally just interviewed people and then the movie would show those events as they happened with the interview providing the format. Instead with got a bafflingly stupid and medicore zombie movie that had nothing to do with the book. The book was fairly slow paced without tons of action and was kind of clinical in a way which fit the interview format well and was both creative and interesting whereas the movie was a fast paced and generic disaster movie featuring zombies so they didnt even have similar tones. Some scenes were just baffling too like when the zombies all formed a massive ramp and over ran the walls of the city, bones and muscle have a hard time supporting large loads to the point even elephants find issues with their bulk so trying to stack bodies 100 corpses thick would just result in those at the bottom completely liquefying and cause the ramp to collapse, sort of like building on wet sand rather than bedrock.

    • @whatdadogdoin9818
      @whatdadogdoin9818 Рік тому +2

      Woah I still remember that soda scene

    • @KevinJohnson-cv2no
      @KevinJohnson-cv2no Рік тому +7

      Aggressive, 'athletic' zombies were cool to see in the movie though. The aggression of the zombies is literally the only reason to watch it. Tired of slow zombies somehow being made out to be a threat

    • @____Carnage____
      @____Carnage____ Рік тому +21

      @@KevinJohnson-cv2no one of the main points of the original book was that the zombie war could’ve been prevented had governments taken the threat seriously and got their heads out of their asses
      But by the time that happened the zombie horde was already past a billion.
      The slow moving factor was actually mentioned in the book but it was the numbers of the zombies and general idiocy of the nations of the world that lead to the war being the way it did. Yonkers is the best example of it

    • @tylercheung1194
      @tylercheung1194 Рік тому +19

      ​@@____Carnage____ the book is a little bit ridiculous though. I remember a part in it when astronauts were interviewed after the war and they said they could see the zombie horde from orbit lol

  • @AnomalySource
    @AnomalySource 6 місяців тому +184

    My only expereince with this movie was going to see Turbo (that snail movie) with my grandpa.
    He pointed at a poster for world war z and said “that movie sucked” and never mentioned it again.
    After he passed I discovered a copy of the original novel in his house.

    • @NativeTexMexican
      @NativeTexMexican 4 місяці тому +4

      Did you keep it..?

    • @AnomalySource
      @AnomalySource 4 місяці тому +16

      @@NativeTexMexican yes.

    • @NativeTexMexican
      @NativeTexMexican 4 місяці тому +8

      @@AnomalySource Dope. ☺️👍

    • @pfw4568
      @pfw4568 3 місяці тому +14

      Hope you had a good time with your grandpa. Sounds like a cool guy

    • @gigachad9016
      @gigachad9016 29 днів тому

      Based

  • @cadelittle7365
    @cadelittle7365 Рік тому +490

    The book really deserves a streaming series of some kind that goes by the original narrative of winning a war via good logistics and "just stand in a line and shoot the zombies" tactics

    • @justaguyonyoutube4592
      @justaguyonyoutube4592 Рік тому +4

      I think I have an idea.
      I think I might make something like that.
      Could be like a mix of The Last of Us meets The Walking Dead.

    • @Metroid51
      @Metroid51 Рік тому +32

      Don't forget "play iron maiden to hype troops up and focus their shots"

    • @peytongonavy
      @peytongonavy Рік тому

      I don't fantasize about killing very often...
      ...
      ... whut?
      But the idea of standing in a line and throwing lead for a few hours to thin a horde sounds like fun.

    • @belltolls1984
      @belltolls1984 Рік тому

      YES!

    • @Linki8uu
      @Linki8uu Рік тому +1

      @@Metroid51 I’m sorry what?

  • @rusticgiraffe4262
    @rusticgiraffe4262 Рік тому +1572

    Come to think of it, I can’t think of a single zombie movie, show, or game where everybody boarded an airplane and then things went perfectly fine and they landed safely exactly where they wanted to go.

    • @Pikerber
      @Pikerber Рік тому +7

      The ending of l4d? I dont remember it lol

    • @massgunner4152
      @massgunner4152 11 місяців тому +106

      ​@@Pikerberplane crashed

    • @thebluediego
      @thebluediego 10 місяців тому +59

      Microsoft flight simulator

    • @techy804
      @techy804 9 місяців тому +15

      @@thebluediego Not a zombie game.

    • @techy804
      @techy804 9 місяців тому +7

      Technically it's rockets not airplanes but Fortnite.

  • @cherch222
    @cherch222 Рік тому +817

    The audiobook for WWZ is one of the best audio books ever.
    It’s a full cast and Mark Hamil plays the soldier that explains Yonkers (along with other things) and is amazing.

    • @JimothyLahey
      @JimothyLahey Рік тому +72

      The audiobook is freaking amazing
      Other big names also include Alan Alda, Nathan Fillion, Simon Pegg, Paul Sorvino, F. Murray Abraham, John Turturro, and so many others

    • @WTFisTingispingis
      @WTFisTingispingis Рік тому +8

      I gotta get this.

    • @spartanx9293
      @spartanx9293 Рік тому +24

      The issue is the Battle of Yonkers makes absolutely no sense

    • @Blinkin71A
      @Blinkin71A Рік тому +59

      @@spartanx9293 Just like the Afghan pullout, so it's realistic asf in that regard. Our military leadership is highly "regarded"

    • @spartanx9293
      @spartanx9293 Рік тому +12

      @@Blinkin71A it's not why wasn't Zack being shelled why didn't they have engineers clear away all the debris why didn't they put them on to the buildings instead of the ground and why were helicopters trying to slice them with their rotors instead of just you know shooting at them it sounds like someone who had no idea how the military worked wrote this book

  • @LongPeter
    @LongPeter 5 місяців тому +37

    12:45 I used to follow the artist that painted that battle of Yonkers scene. I think he may have been hired as a concept artist on the film. Poor bugger. He really loved the book.

  • @DS-hq6oi
    @DS-hq6oi Рік тому +1513

    The scene in the CDC where the zombies are running past Brad you can tell the extras were all told not to touch him, Brad did a terrible job of hiding his frustration when a couple bumped him.

    • @bonefetcherbrimley7740
      @bonefetcherbrimley7740 Рік тому +19

      Tell me more.

    • @Birrihappyface
      @Birrihappyface Рік тому +409

      If anything the ones that bumped into him made it more believable. They’re poorly coordinated zombies moving down a narrow hallway, and suddenly there’s an obstacle in the middle. What are they gonna do, form a line to make sure nobody accidentally touches the thing in the center?

    • @Coconutszz
      @Coconutszz Рік тому

      well Brad Pitt is a shitty actor

    • @hypermaeonyx4969
      @hypermaeonyx4969 Рік тому +52

      ​@@Birrihappyface Course, we could also explain it as the Zombies trying not to catch whatever disease they can sense that's on the meatbag moving towards them.

    • @elyrienvalkyr8167
      @elyrienvalkyr8167 Рік тому +99

      honestly, with all the bs happening behind the scenes and how many reshoots that probably took... Yeah I bet he saw every bump as yet another take he had to do, and yet another day he had to waste with that director. It probably wasn't a personal thing or an ego thing with the extras. He was probably just THAT annoyed at the director.

  • @lucioordo3647
    @lucioordo3647 Рік тому +573

    I loved the book, i read it multiple times. The chapter that stuck with me the most is a guy who was held up in an apartment and could only listen to the crying puppies in a nearby pet shelter as they ran out of food and water.

    • @gawkthimm6030
      @gawkthimm6030 Рік тому +66

      and the interview with the feral girl survivor was terrifying...

    • @____Carnage____
      @____Carnage____ Рік тому +147

      For me it was the one in the Paris catacombs. Fighting zombies in a dark winding labyrinth with only one guy in a squad of dozens who has night vision and no flashlights just sounded horrifying

    • @lucioordo3647
      @lucioordo3647 Рік тому +72

      @carnage2171 I remember that, definitely terrifying. Nothing like fighting zombies in the underground where they can come from any direction and could easily get lost forever down there as well.

    • @mrgreatauk
      @mrgreatauk Рік тому +72

      Oh man that sounds traumatising. Reminds me of some other books with scenes a bit like that, eg last one at the party (just regular plague rather than zombie plague) where the protagonist hears distressed pets dying in locked houses. Dogs suffering hits me way harder than any actual people dying 😢

    • @edisonlima4647
      @edisonlima4647 Рік тому +44

      The book is great.
      For some reason I always liked the ending to the chapter with the architect.
      She was a rich and bored suburban mom and yet, when push came to shove she tore away a zombie's head with her bare hands to save her kids.
      The fact that the war gave her life a new meaning was an interesting introduction to the start of the war proper.

  • @ZontarDow
    @ZontarDow Рік тому +986

    The fact that the title was literally all it had in common with the book is actually impressive given the book's popularity was the only reason they made the movie in the first place.

    • @LordofSadFac
      @LordofSadFac Рік тому +56

      Lets be fair, it took like two plot points from the book, but their uses were completely different.

    • @MatanVil
      @MatanVil Рік тому +17

      People hate of J.K. Rowling now but me must respect how she was able to keep thing close to the source for 10 years of productions, with an obvious Michael Gambon exception. Now if Rick Riordan can get that through Disney.

    • @cryamistellimek9184
      @cryamistellimek9184 Рік тому +41

      @@MatanVilYou know other than the assassination of Ron’s character.

    • @ZontarDow
      @ZontarDow Рік тому +3

      @@MatanVil Almost no one hates her

    • @LordofSadFac
      @LordofSadFac Рік тому +18

      @@ZontarDow except all of Twitter

  • @Collaps_ing
    @Collaps_ing 2 місяці тому +65

    19:21... well that aged well...

    • @Zex.r0
      @Zex.r0 Місяць тому +3

      Literally said the same thing to myself

    • @unusualderpie442
      @unusualderpie442 Місяць тому

      LMAO I WAS coming to the comments to type the same thing

    • @darlenmontano2917
      @darlenmontano2917 29 днів тому

      True. Did not aged well…😢 Thanks a bunch fruitywood!!!

  • @jonathanvillanueva9206
    @jonathanvillanueva9206 Рік тому +1035

    After a decade of not reading that book, I still remember some of the great stuff in it. The thing about Yonkers is that the military was super overconfident and made this weird comms system where every soldier could hear each other, so when the zombies come it’s just this haze of screams that are disorienting other soldiers. Really good stuff

    • @DustinDonald-cz9ot
      @DustinDonald-cz9ot Рік тому +105

      Yeah or weren't stationed on roof tops made to wear heavy gear to shipping in loads of portapotties when the electricity and plumbing was still working. They didn't even seem to have swept the town as there was one soldier who was mauled to death when some zombies busted out of a room in one of the buildings.

    • @manz7860
      @manz7860 Рік тому +63

      It's so stupid lol. Even one single ATC would be untouchable to zombies

    • @FelipeJaquez
      @FelipeJaquez Рік тому +150

      @@manz7860 I never understood why in Zombie films or games they portray armored vehicles as made of paper. Tanks and APCs are made to withstand massive kinetic explosions, how are zombies supposed to claw their way through tungsten steel in any realistic manner? I understand the theme of being overwhelmed but even if one runs out of bullets the people inside would just drive over them or wait until the horde passes.

    • @h1tsc4n40
      @h1tsc4n40 Рік тому +109

      @@FelipeJaquez Yeah zombies literally cannot do anything to a single tank. It's got so much armor and weight that it'd be absolutely unstoppable

    • @spartanx9293
      @spartanx9293 Рік тому +23

      The thing is that, system was a real it just doesn't work like that while the book is overall good the military aspect makes no sense

  • @oasntet
    @oasntet Рік тому +1718

    Oh, man, WWZ as a streaming series could be amazing. Each episode another survivor story, each with its own stakes, all contributing to a realistic and resonant story about making it through a life-changing, worldwide event... Now'd be a great time for it.

    • @princewellidk
      @princewellidk Рік тому +27

      For HBO being produced by Sony and Regency Enterprises

    • @MemesToa
      @MemesToa Рік тому +65

      Honestly, that’s the kinda vibe I picked up just from a description of the book. A World War Z series could probably be set up like Band of Brothers in that way, bookending the episodes with an old vet talking about their experience in the War.

    • @denimschaffer9439
      @denimschaffer9439 Рік тому +12

      I think the closest we got to being somewhat accurate to the source material was actually the game its not perfect but fighting the zombies from different parts of the world with different characters and with the zombies from this movie is what I wish the movie did but a anthology series would be incredible as well

    • @manz7860
      @manz7860 Рік тому

      Sounds dumb

    • @olewyrdd
      @olewyrdd Рік тому +8

      the audio book version of WWZ is amazing.

  • @kyleolcott1769
    @kyleolcott1769 Рік тому +4549

    Everything going right until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ends in peace is some top-tier writing.

    • @yonatanalyagon5065
      @yonatanalyagon5065 Рік тому +32

      👍

    • @rudhra5957
      @rudhra5957 11 місяців тому +215

      God: Nope, here take some zombies 🧟‍♀️

    • @georgethemonkeydrummer5598
      @georgethemonkeydrummer5598 11 місяців тому +545

      I am not going to lie, I was dying of laughter from the implications that he was pointing out from the movie. “What do you mean by that movie?”

    • @sanguillotine
      @sanguillotine 10 місяців тому

      That’s in the fucking book, it sucks! Author is a hardcore Zionist, so much so that he shoehorned Zionism into a Bigfoot book!

    • @Golden_Thunder857
      @Golden_Thunder857 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@sanguillotinewhat?

  • @danielkioroglo6171
    @danielkioroglo6171 3 місяці тому +53

    watching this in 2024 after the Minecraft movie trailer and Palestine and Israel conflict is wild

  • @madcat789
    @madcat789 Рік тому +1076

    This movie feels like an in-universe movie.

    • @1wayroad935
      @1wayroad935 Рік тому +202

      It could be a movie that is shown decades down the line as sensationalized version of the events of World War Z.

    • @madcat789
      @madcat789 Рік тому +94

      @@1wayroad935 exactly. Some sort of feel-good movie, pure fantasy.

    • @leviticusprime4904
      @leviticusprime4904 Рік тому +33

      @0UR080RU0 comparing this to ,saving private Ryan even in a joking sense, is in insult to that movie

    • @corenlavolpe6143
      @corenlavolpe6143 Рік тому +4

      Something that plays in the background of an actually good movie

    • @guccifer764
      @guccifer764 Рік тому +26

      You know there would be in-universe history buffs who would tear it apart too and veterans would probably find it insulting

  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar Рік тому +505

    You have to admit though, Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide book was awesome.

    • @gigachad9016
      @gigachad9016 Рік тому +56

      I always remember the golden rule. No place is completely safe. Only safer

    • @bradleydalton7563
      @bradleydalton7563 Рік тому +33

      It and World War Z were truly phenomenal and should be enjoyed together.

    • @redcrown5154
      @redcrown5154 Рік тому +3

      ok leftist

    • @ghostcowbo
      @ghostcowbo Рік тому +2

      Ah yes, operating a machine gun and going “rock and rolling”

    • @tjkiwi3252
      @tjkiwi3252 2 місяці тому

      there was also a kaiju survival guide of the same style that I absolutely adored when I was younger

  • @Bad_Wifi_LTE
    @Bad_Wifi_LTE Рік тому +155

    “I will tear Dream in half with my bare hands” was so unexpected and funny at the end

  • @interloper204
    @interloper204 3 місяці тому +33

    I feel like Israelis letting Palestinians into the safe zone was the most unrealistic part of the movie...somehow

  • @my_earbuds8897
    @my_earbuds8897 Рік тому +548

    I remember watching this movie when it was on Netflix. I went into the mentality of “Oh a Brad Pitt zombie movie, why not.”
    I sat through the 1st half of the movie than fell asleep through the 2nd 3rd and woke up when Brad Pitt was arriving on that one island with his family and that one kid that escaped the apartment.
    I was so bummed out that I slept through the whole thing and restarted again, only to repeat the same process of staying awake for the first half and falling asleep through the rest.

    • @RoscoeWasHere
      @RoscoeWasHere Рік тому +22

      The one movie where the video game adaptation is kind of not as bad as the movie itself.

    • @f5tes
      @f5tes Рік тому +9

      i love the 3rd half of the movie too

    • @iCookCrystalMeth
      @iCookCrystalMeth Рік тому +1

      lol

    • @boneappletee6416
      @boneappletee6416 Рік тому +5

      ​@@RoscoeWasHere The main thing that pissed me off about the game was that you couldn't pause in-game

    • @jarrodedson5441
      @jarrodedson5441 Рік тому

      I thought it still is

  • @DocumentaryFanboy
    @DocumentaryFanboy Рік тому +652

    Imagine taking the most realistic, well written and all around perfectly executed piece of zombie literature and turning it into a schlocky action movie which only connects to the book via title.

    • @Sorain1
      @Sorain1 Рік тому +45

      Especially when the one really badly written part of the whole affair could easily be fixed by just, you know, being Hollywood and asking the Us Army to consult for a bit. They'll help you set up a defeat at Yonkers that isn't shockingly stupid, because they know how the whole thing ends can be spun to the brass.

    • @DocumentaryFanboy
      @DocumentaryFanboy Рік тому +4

      @@Sorain1 One thing I don't get is how that argument, whilat good, is a double edged sword.
      If you call the movie out on it, despite it being portrayed realistically in the original novel, you'll get people screaming at you "because it's not a documentary and can't be realistic" (FYI probably the worst argument for anything ever).
      But if it's done realistically people will praise it for that very reason.
      🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

    • @NeoCreo1
      @NeoCreo1 Рік тому +14

      @@Sorain1I mean, that’s the point of the book. Even the grunts new this was shockingly stupid, but that’s how it was done because sometime you get total morons in charge that are preparing to showboat instead of seriously plan for battle. History has plenty of embarrassing losses of superior forces simply because of incompetence and the wrong type of training/equipment

    • @DamienDarkside
      @DamienDarkside Рік тому +8

      Let's also be brutally honest: The book is not perfectly written and makes multiple deliberate choices to cripple the military.
      There is so much wrong with the basic set-up of the Battle of Yonkers that the military wouldn't have started it, let alone gone through. People go nuts about it, but to me it's as poorly set-up as Game Of Thrones Season 8 in "we have made specific tings to make sure the zombies win". Even the idea of having the communications connected was a huge red flag for "We want the other soldiers to hear their friends being eaten. We want communications to break down. We need both of these to happen to move the plot."
      Like come on.
      That's just the tip of the bullshit unrealistic iceberg of WWZ. It's a fun zombie fiction, that's it.

    • @NeoCreo1
      @NeoCreo1 Рік тому +8

      @@DamienDarkside The post above you talks about this. The military fighting the wrong war is something that has happened plenty of times. Just takes enough idiots or the right idiot in the wrong place

  • @johncreed9433
    @johncreed9433 Рік тому +1754

    I love how Israel and Palestine finally put aside their differences and it ultimately leads to their destruction.
    It's like that one episode of the Amazing World of Gumball where Richard finally gets a job and it nearly tears apart the fabric of the universe.

    • @themrrightleft417
      @themrrightleft417 Рік тому +382

      That was one of the weirdest changes to the book, where the exact opposite happened. They had a lot of civil unrest following the decision of the Israeli government to not be dicks to the palestinians, but in the end, it worked out as one of the countries that had the lesser amount of casualties in the world of the book.
      It is kind of baffling that one of the times where the book showed cooperation as part of survival, was changed to an action scene with the exact opposite message.

    • @leviticusprime4904
      @leviticusprime4904 Рік тому +217

      @@themrrightleft417 who needs hope and heroism overcoming hate and darkness, when we could have needless jaded cynicism

    • @raptorskilltor4554
      @raptorskilltor4554 Рік тому +15

      I think the movie had a messaged to say

    • @iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437
      @iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437 Рік тому +80

      @@raptorskilltor4554 a very stupid message but one nontheless

    • @itszilo7436
      @itszilo7436 Рік тому +122

      Whether you support Israel or Palestine we can come together and agree on this one fact…….this scene did both sides wrong

  • @Looomyy
    @Looomyy 2 місяці тому +18

    6:19 missed opportunity for World War Zzz

  • @armymanDR
    @armymanDR Рік тому +220

    If they had just taken the episodic and anecdotal format of the original book and turned it into a show it would have been great. Such a missed opportunity

    • @milesinwyatteandcora
      @milesinwyatteandcora Рік тому

      Maybe in the future. Since wokewood and money draining streaming services are remaking everything 🙄 (lord of the rings, Harry potter ,etc) world war z will probably turn into a show. But rarely I doubt they're gonna focus on the story and characters and turn it into world war z becuase white men and bigots 😂

    • @jeremymain7303
      @jeremymain7303 Рік тому +1

      The only way to shoot the book would be to make it a mockumentary.

    • @lavatacoburrito9410
      @lavatacoburrito9410 Рік тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing. Sort of like Black Mirror, except instead it all takes place in the same world. 1 season would follow a set of characters or a region of the world. Then when that season ends we begin following another set of characters. Cold opens could be like interviewing the characters about what happened on that day.

  • @rokazeravas4904
    @rokazeravas4904 Рік тому +1814

    Fun fact:
    The audiobook for World War Z is read by a full cast of Hollywood actors and the soldier that survived Yonkers was read by Mark Hamill and he completely nails it. Yonkers really is one of the best chapters because, like you mentioned in the video, it’s conventional soldiers starting out ok against the zombies, but then you start to see how conventional problems start to cause the soldiers to fumble such as running out of ammo, the uselessness of air strikes, wasted and energy time digging fighting holes.
    Meanwhile movie like “hehe zombies that make pyramids go burrrr” which ironically enough, worked better in the world war z video game than it did the actual movie.

    • @Nandru85
      @Nandru85 Рік тому +13

      Ok. I need to listen to that

    • @Aredel
      @Aredel Рік тому +24

      How the hell is an air strike useless against zombies? Did the particles of dust left behind infect other people?

    • @SpenzOT
      @SpenzOT Рік тому +135

      @@Aredel The zombies in the book were barely affected by shrapnel, and completely unaffected by SNT and the balloon effect of pressure waves vs living creatures, because the zombies had gelatinous blood and a basic nervous system. Thus the result was: high explosives and fragmentation warheads from the artillery and air strikes did next to nothing to a zombie wave that numbered in the tens of millions, and for some reason (probably political) they didn't mass deploy incendiaries during that battle. Predictably, this had an effect on troop morale.
      I highly recommend the audio book. They go into great detail to explain a serious take on a zombie apocalypse.

    • @Aredel
      @Aredel Рік тому +46

      @@SpenzOT I can understand why basic fragmentation grenades wouldn't work, but a 500lb bomb doesn't leave behind much more than a vapor cloud within the effective blast radius. The pressure from the explosion is so high that it basically atomizes anything too close.

    • @SpenzOT
      @SpenzOT Рік тому +93

      The effective blast radius was significantly smaller than normal due to the nature of the enemy, and even those zombies that were blasted apart, unless hit in the head, still came at the troops. The soldier mentioned that a severed had flew into his foxhole, and even though it was just a head, it was still trying to bite him. Check the book out. It explains the issues in great detail.

  • @fonttalk8065
    @fonttalk8065 Рік тому +775

    The audiobook for World War Z is awesome, the voice cast is absolutely nuts

    • @backdoorsystems9762
      @backdoorsystems9762 Рік тому +86

      The Joker/Luke Skywalker/Mark Mothafuckin’ Hamill voices the veteran of Yonkers, and he’s so amazing at it.

    • @shakabaka2716
      @shakabaka2716 Рік тому +11

      What do you do during audiobooks? I’ve only listened to Ready Player One on my paper route as a kid.

    • @youngrootv
      @youngrootv Рік тому +27

      @@shakabaka2716 good for long drives or when I’m cooking

    • @PattyOflan88
      @PattyOflan88 Рік тому +23

      ​@@shakabaka2716 drives, cleaning, playing a game that doesn't require much thought, cooking. Whatever really

    • @yourtimetraveleralara
      @yourtimetraveleralara Рік тому

      Yeah

  • @Kastrenzo74
    @Kastrenzo74 2 місяці тому +8

    the thing that pissed me off about WWZ is that despite armageddon going on around him, Pitt's character seems to be aware he's the protaganist... and seems to run around as if he knows what to do in every situation, fumbling himself across like 4 continents in a couple of days and miraculously saves the day

  • @Barrettiful
    @Barrettiful Рік тому +172

    Man, you have no idea how much wasted excitement I had expecting to see the redecker plan, The Great Panic, Iron Maiden attracting hordes, the mystery of North Korea, the Chinese submarine, the nuclear exchanges, and the monkey peeing in the face of the mechanic on that mountain pass. I just wanted at least one story from the book to be adapted to screen 😩

    • @gawkthimm6030
      @gawkthimm6030 Рік тому +25

      the interview with the feral girl survivor would be terrifying if done right

    • @sativa-sloth6099
      @sativa-sloth6099 Рік тому +32

      Absolutely.
      My favorite is the one of the French soldier that was a tunnel fighter in the Paris catacombs underground, and how he tells his war was hardest and describes his brothers valiant death.

    • @Barrettiful
      @Barrettiful Рік тому +5

      @@sativa-sloth6099 Omg that one is sooo good!

    • @reynanlamsen2007
      @reynanlamsen2007 Рік тому +16

      ​@@Barrettiful My favorite story from the book is when a group of rich guys bought like a fortified mansion to not get eaten by zombies but they still died anyway because they were terrible human beings.

    • @Barrettiful
      @Barrettiful Рік тому +3

      @@reynanlamsen2007 I love that one so freaking much! Oh and the one when the pilot crash lands, and gets help getting back to safety. Can’t spoil that one, but chef’s kiss

  • @garthbartin
    @garthbartin Рік тому +2557

    I'm so glad you called out the super creepy (unintended???) political implications of Israel getting overrun because they let Palestinians in and then the Palestinians sung to celebrate peace with the Israelis. That subtext was so bizarre and sooooo kind of disturbing that I was always confused no one ever really commented on it.

    • @JordanMilly
      @JordanMilly Рік тому +607

      Yea, the subtext there is very disconcerting - it basically goes "Treating the Palestinians as equal will bring ruin upon Israel", and that's cringe.

    • @auraskadante6273
      @auraskadante6273 Рік тому +33

      What subtext?

    • @FunkyFlunky2332
      @FunkyFlunky2332 Рік тому +482

      @@auraskadante6273 The subtext is that cooperation and peace between Israel and Palestine will lead to the demise of Israel
      There’s been an ongoing generational conflict between Israel and Palestine.
      In the plot of the the movie Israel allows Palestinian refugees to come into its country and as soon as Israeli and Palestinians begin celebrating the entire country gets wiped out by zombies. It can be interpreted as Palestinians bringing chaos and destruction to Israel.

    • @auraskadante6273
      @auraskadante6273 Рік тому +33

      @@FunkyFlunky2332 ah thankyou

    • @HunterSentinel
      @HunterSentinel Рік тому +167

      I was too pissed off by that point at literally everything else being so wildly bad and off color that I didn’t even notice. Everything about this movie is bad… and not enough smoothbrains know this fact.

  • @NeoTorchwickVT
    @NeoTorchwickVT Рік тому +328

    They bought the book, read two pages, went “Alright, perfect, We can make a movie out of this.” Then forgot to read the rest of the book.

    • @32BitJunkie
      @32BitJunkie Рік тому +20

      That's giving them too much credit

    • @e-money9251
      @e-money9251 Рік тому +11

      Aka most hollywood adaptations of books

    • @azuki_O
      @azuki_O Рік тому +1

      ​@@32BitJunkie yeah, they probably only read the title

    • @elijahaitaok8624
      @elijahaitaok8624 Рік тому +1

      Starship troopers had more book content than this movie

    • @bificommander7472
      @bificommander7472 9 місяців тому +2

      I think they only read the book's sale figures.

  • @nathane6972
    @nathane6972 2 місяці тому +6

    This movie has a special place in my heart, not because of anything in the movie, but because I was watching it on Netflix in my dorm room hanging out with my new friends during the first week of college, and it was the first time a girl held my hand

    • @M.TTT.
      @M.TTT. 2 місяці тому

      holy mackerel, thats sinful

  • @aviad950
    @aviad950 Рік тому +1790

    For Isreali viewrs, this movie was hilarious because of the character of a soldier called Segen. That's not a name, but a rank. I'm guessing the screewriters thought this would be like an American being refered to as "Lieutenant" by others, but that's not common practice in Israel. This is like Brad Pitt's character being called "UN Investigator" by everyone, instead of Gerry.
    Also, I always found it funny that Peter Capaldi's character is credited as "W.H.O. Doctor".

    • @icantdraw3781
      @icantdraw3781 Рік тому +137

      That honestly CANNOT be a coincidence, that's so funny

    • @יונתןטל-י1ע
      @יונתןטל-י1ע Рік тому +35

      Bro as an Israeli thats legit funny like segen is a guy who is semi rank like a so chef so idk why he is just called segen . Like maby סגן מפקד segen captain but idk lol
      Uh quick edit to correct myself a bit . Segen isnt a semi rank its a guy whi he and only he is a semi rank . Something like a captain and then he has his segen but again just calling some segen dosent make alot of senses

    • @theengineer2650
      @theengineer2650 Рік тому +34

      @@יונתןטל-י1עformer israeli here (or whatever you wanna call one who relocated for study abroad) the idea that israel and Palestine coming together was our undoing is hilarious but also kinda sad. I think they dont like us being one lol

    • @יונתןטל-י1ע
      @יונתןטל-י1ע Рік тому +1

      @@theengineer2650 yea lol

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Рік тому +1

      @@theengineer2650 who are "they" though? I actually think the "joke" was meant to be "wow, these zombies sure suck, but at least something good came out of it." And then bam, didn't even matter cause the zombies got them anyway.
      Like, if you were to think of ANY conflict on earth that seems like it could never end under any circumstances, it's the Israeli conflict. I just don't think anyone was there to tell them that was a terrible idea and that it had extremely suspicious subtext.

  • @fireflyredux3373
    @fireflyredux3373 Рік тому +754

    The way the novel is laid out would be perfect for an episodic show. Each episode could overlay different stories (Kinda like how Love, death and robots is) but *could* keep an overarching story if it wanted to. Some stories would be chaotic and violent (Yonkers, or expanding on the battles between raider groups and the new American Army) and others just about the human experience rebuilding (the community patrols). Or just... the silly stuff. the Reality TV show part would be absolutely hysterical imo.

    • @NrettG
      @NrettG Рік тому +47

      Dude I dream of Yonkers getting a proper adaptation. I would really love to see the camping trip and I can't remember the name but the one where they line everyone up, blare the death metal music then just go to town.

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 Рік тому +50

      i personally still want to see the part with guy explaining how all the whales died. honestly my favorite part of the whole book is that chapter because they bring up a previous chapter of someone saying how the entire species of the human race has been traumatized by the zombie apocolype, and in this chapter the guy explaining the whales scoffs at that, and says the best one liner in the book: "whatever man, tell it to the whales"

    • @luminaaeterna1259
      @luminaaeterna1259 Рік тому +18

      @@NrettG This is the Battle of Hope
      Where the Yonkers Vet was among many others that were having their first "test battle" against the zombies
      My favorite chapter of the entire book after the Indian chapter with I think General Raj Singh

    • @ptonpc
      @ptonpc Рік тому +6

      An episode or two focusing on the British using the motorways as safe zones, and the video being made with the soundtrack by the Smiths.

    • @A_Toastonawhiteplate
      @A_Toastonawhiteplate Рік тому +9

      Since all of the stories are interviews you could even make some with an unreliable narrator who tells some over the top action stuff...like a lot of Z Nation episodes to think of it

  • @videobob92
    @videobob92 Рік тому +306

    I would've loved if the World War Z story was told as a multi part documentary on a streaming service, just retelling the events that people have seen, I'd watch the shit out of that

    • @mokspr
      @mokspr Рік тому +20

      I saw several comments when the book got optioned that it should have been done in a style like Ken Burns' Civil War. (Side note: Brooks modeled his books format on Studs Terkel's the Good War.)

    • @swimmerofage2148
      @swimmerofage2148 Рік тому +4

      They actually made something like that, and it was in public snapchat stories. Im pretty sure it was produced by snapchat, and it was a zombie apocalypse told through the lens (pun intended) of snapchat stories and messages and snapmaps. Everyone posting about whats going on and more and more people being infected in just one hour after some weird guy bangs his head on a mcdonalds (it's one of the first zombies.) It was really good but i never finished it after a snap update and couldn't find it on snap anymore. Now that ive written this, i want to go find it

    • @Th3Kingism
      @Th3Kingism Рік тому +4

      That would've been the best format for an actual adaptation of the story without the weird, drastic shit we saw with the Brad Pitt movie. Hopefully it can happen some day if the rights for it get into the hands of someone more competent.

    • @Thee_Sinner
      @Thee_Sinner Рік тому

      Like the Halo: Believe commercials?

    • @bcd32dok36
      @bcd32dok36 Рік тому +1

      That’s kinda what the game does. Each level you play as a different group of survivors in different countries and cities. And play like back 4 blood but better and actually love and effort when into making a fun game out of it.

  • @sadaderlangga17
    @sadaderlangga17 8 місяців тому +4

    One thing that I appreciate from World War Z movie is how its zombies are still remembered as one of the most terrifying zombies in any forms of media.

    • @bunnyconcubus8468
      @bunnyconcubus8468 8 місяців тому +1

      Last of us zombies would like to know your location.

  • @gabby3036
    @gabby3036 Рік тому +442

    Brad Pitt enjoying that Pepsi is the most convincing acting in the film.

    • @Styxz__
      @Styxz__ Рік тому +17

      Exactly
      how can you be from the south and like pepsi

    • @Stella2U
      @Stella2U Рік тому +3

      @@Styxz__ Maybe they don't have Mountain Dew in Wales.

    • @Styxz__
      @Styxz__ Рік тому +1

      @@Stella2U but Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product

    • @Stella2U
      @Stella2U Рік тому

      @@Styxz__ Yeah but it has some kind of bromate or flavoring or something they might not allow it over there.
      I'm from the South and where I live we call any soft drink a 'coke'. I personally much prefer Coke but I'd drink a Pepsi if that's all that's around and I was thirsty from saving humanity!

    • @RealRexRiplash
      @RealRexRiplash Рік тому +1

      ​@Styxz__ Considering they only have Coke over there, I'm not sure.

  • @netapel2625
    @netapel2625 Рік тому +321

    The Zombies climbing the walls and the uncomfortably long pepsi scene are the most memorable scenes from this movie.

    • @At-px6rm
      @At-px6rm Рік тому +2

      Poinlesshub or should u say POINTLESSSHRUB SICK BURN

  • @Tgungen
    @Tgungen Рік тому +102

    The greatest shock for me in this movie was the fact that Mel Brooks is still alive as of 2023 in the age of 96, definitely coming back to this video when he kicks the bucket

  • @manospondylus
    @manospondylus Рік тому +778

    The best zombie scenario I’ve ever witnessed in any media is the one in CoD: Black Ops, where John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Robert McNamara and Richard Nixon have to work together as a squad as the Pentagon is being overrun.

    • @BuckShot456789
      @BuckShot456789 Рік тому +1

      It's just a storm, Dick, sit down.

    • @georgestoebig105
      @georgestoebig105 Рік тому +167

      “Do not pray for easy lives! Pray to be…stronger men.”

    • @kashutosh9132
      @kashutosh9132 Рік тому +7

      😂 this is hilarious

    • @GabrielIgnacio
      @GabrielIgnacio Рік тому +120

      “Zombies”
      -John F. Kennedy

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus Рік тому +67

      "I like your funny words magic man!"

  • @JeffreyDeCristofaro
    @JeffreyDeCristofaro Рік тому +225

    Watching this movie in theaters with my dad - who liked it - made me realize how much I miss the gory glory days of George A. Romero and Lucio Fulci. A decade later, following Romero's passing, my feelings remain the same.

    • @LordofSadFac
      @LordofSadFac Рік тому +19

      Good thing Koreans are carrying the Zombie genre

    • @HisLordsh1p
      @HisLordsh1p Рік тому +5

      That explains why I hadn't heard anything about Romero in awhile. The more you know.

    • @dezzyschannel3078
      @dezzyschannel3078 Рік тому +1

      I do not miss Fulci. He is magic with effects but not behind the camera

    • @DeadAndAliveCat
      @DeadAndAliveCat Рік тому +1

      Yes yes, you're very cultured and interesting

    • @NrettG
      @NrettG Рік тому +1

      @@VampiricBard Train to Busan. I won't say anything else just watch the film and you'll find an entire rabbit hole full of absolutely brilliant zombie films and shows.

  • @timprimetal5380
    @timprimetal5380 Рік тому +486

    You know what's weird?
    I always fantasized about a film adaption of the Left 4 Dead comic/campaign "The Sacrifice," which is a simple but well-written story. I always imagined it ending with the song "Follow Me" by Muse, which not only fits with Bill's fatherly relationship with Zoe and the rest, but also literally the lyrics say "left (you) for dead" and then the bass drops. I still have this mentally storyboarded. It's been in my brain for actually 10 years.
    This zombie movie also ends with that song and when I discovered that, it just made me depressed.

    • @Tegrius88
      @Tegrius88 Рік тому +17

      God I wish that happened

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 Рік тому +11

      The sacrifice is good. Ever read the comic?

    • @john2g1
      @john2g1 Рік тому

      The whole shebang...
      The PayDay: The Heist crew hired for some random biotech which leads to the virus, survival of the Left 4 Dead crew, followed by the crew of Left 4 Dead 2.

  • @ThatPhatGoose
    @ThatPhatGoose 2 місяці тому +6

    Wow, the ending for this video aged phenomenally

  • @1gient
    @1gient Рік тому +376

    3:25 not only that but there's a companion book that's referenced in that book called "The Zombie Survival Guide". Just to show how absolutely dramatically different it is. Not only have zombies been a recurring constant problem throughout human history but their only real threat is how they're like cockroaches in how they get into everywhere. They don't act like army ants and, if anything, they only act as one because they're following another zombie who's in turn following another and so on going back to the first one who saw the wind rustle some bushes or a squirrel.

    • @unusualusername8847
      @unusualusername8847 Рік тому +49

      Zombie Survival Guide is canon in the story of WWZ, during the section discussing "Radio Free Earth" (The ship broadcasting on all channels to assist survivors) they mention consulting the "civilian survival guide" which "based on its references to SUVs and civilian gun stores was clearly written from a American perspective".

    • @newman476
      @newman476 Рік тому +12

      @@unusualusername8847The exact ZSG in the real world isn’t canon to WWZ, but it’s very useful to read as a companion piece. The CSM mentioned in WWZ is just that Universe’s version of the Zombie Survival Guide.

  • @wogelson
    @wogelson Рік тому +288

    I think a tv show adaptation would be amazing where each episode is about a different person's story

    • @Tomhyde098
      @Tomhyde098 Рік тому +15

      I think if they mimicked Band of Brothers it could be pretty neat. Start off every episode with an old person in a dark room and play it off as if it was all real

    • @donpollo3154
      @donpollo3154 Рік тому +4

      Kinda like the last of us show but without fungi
      Honestly I'd love to see hbo get on this

    • @amp4105
      @amp4105 Рік тому

      theyll just fuck it up, im blackpilled on tv shows lol.

    • @BostonMBrand
      @BostonMBrand Рік тому

      I picked up the complete audio book after first watching this video and I was immediately hooked. The audio book has a great cast to bring this world to life and I can easily see the world in the descriptions. I hope this gets picked up by a streaming service one day.

    • @BostonMBrand
      @BostonMBrand Рік тому

      Also I think a tv show adaption would work well in a post pandemic world. I know Covid is obviously not as bad as zombies, but listening to the book now feels somewhat eerie as some of the language used to describe celebrity reactions, lack of government response, and other phenomena in the book is very relatable to how people reacted during the quarantine

  • @giin97
    @giin97 2 місяці тому +7

    😂 that ending has aged beautifully with the release of the Minecraft movie trailer 😂

  • @Chris-ok4zo
    @Chris-ok4zo Рік тому +103

    I actually can only remember the parts that showed the massive zombie hordes, because, like the battles in Lord of the Rings or Avengers: Endgame, something about massive numbers of people or monsters just tickles my insides like I'm a euphoric dog getting a belly rub.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому +8

      You sure that isn't you turning into a zombie?

    • @Gapsx1eGewehr
      @Gapsx1eGewehr Рік тому +16

      WWI bayonet charges are calling your name, then. May I suggest 2022's "All Quiet on the Western Front"?

    • @Chris-ok4zo
      @Chris-ok4zo Рік тому +3

      @@Gapsx1eGewehr Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard it's pretty brutal though.

    • @Chris-ok4zo
      @Chris-ok4zo Рік тому +1

      @@concept5631 umm....

    • @Gapsx1eGewehr
      @Gapsx1eGewehr Рік тому +5

      @@Chris-ok4zo It is, but that’s just the reality of the trenches, is it not? If you get queasy at the sight of blood and guts then maybe AQotWF isn’t the absolute best, but I say it’s worth experiencing the excellent score, marvelous acting, and realistic effects!

  • @Panthera_Leo_
    @Panthera_Leo_ Рік тому +687

    Best part about those Minecraft books is that the audiobook versions are narrated by Jack Black, the guy from Tenacious D. Listening to him have a Minecraft themed existential crisis/panic attack, and the whole thing is played _completely straight_, was done of the most unintentionally funniest stuff I've ever experienced. Highly recommend

    • @NunOfDoloresDei
      @NunOfDoloresDei Рік тому +196

      it's wild to me someone would describe Jack Black as "the guy from tenancious D" and not, idk, any movie he's done lol

    • @isabellavalentin2303
      @isabellavalentin2303 Рік тому +169

      "Guy from Tenanious D"
      It's JACK BLACK. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @skyhunter2816
      @skyhunter2816 Рік тому +101

      Guy from Tenacious D... As if Jack Black isn't already a household name, you chose to name the thing people know him least from. lol

    • @rednyte6155
      @rednyte6155 Рік тому +39

      @@skyhunter2816 Tenacious D is older than any of his movies or more-famous projects. You might be too young to know, but that's where his fame originates from. Definitely not the thing "people know him least" from lol Tenacious D is almost 30 years old.
      For millennials and gen x, that's his origin story.

    • @skyhunter2816
      @skyhunter2816 Рік тому +53

      @@rednyte6155 I'm probably older than you and I'm well aware of Jack Black's career. Tenacious D is still much lesser known than the majority of his Hollywood projects.

  • @GmodPlusWoW
    @GmodPlusWoW Рік тому +309

    The idea of the filmmakers buying the book-rights just to use the World War Z name kinda reminds me of the whole Prey situation with Zenimax, Arkane, and the late Human Head Studios.
    As for the "zombie tidal wave", I will say that it's kinda neat how the horde flowed like water. And speaking of water, IIRC the zombies in World War Z (the book) were actually full-on undead, so there were still hordes shambling around on the ocean floor long after Victory in China Day.

    • @DrizzyDrew47
      @DrizzyDrew47 Рік тому +41

      Yeah in the book they were even described as being able to climb up on the anchor lines of ships if there was enough of them and that’s how a lot of ships would come under attack

    • @kinorris1709
      @kinorris1709 Рік тому +25

      The main difference being that Prey 2017 was actually good.
      The director of Arkane at the time actually left shortly after it came out, and he said that he felt bad to be forced to use the Prey name for their game. Arkane's competency and creativity harshly declined after Prey and Mooncrash.
      Not only did he say it felt bad, but he gave solid reasoning for why calling it "Prey" actually hurt it. Those who wanted a sequel to the 2006 game weren't gonna be happy, and those that didn't like the 2006 game might have been put off by it sharing the name.

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW Рік тому +11

      @@kinorris1709 True that. If anything, Prey 2017 has more in common with Michael Crichton's Prey than the Prey made by 3D Realms/Human Head. Though of course, its roots lie in System Shock and Dishonoured.
      Speaking of which, I feel like the Redfall situation was less Arkane phoning it in, and more of them being muscled into doing something too far outside their comfort zone. That, and probably the fact that Redfall could have done with more time to bake. It still would have been a by-the-numbers looter-shooter, but at least it would have been kinda functional.
      All that in mind, I really hope that Arkane is able to move past this and make something in their wheelhouse again. I'm not expecting Arx Fatalis 2 or a revival of The Crossing, but I wouldn't be upset if they decided to take us to Pandyssia.
      Though if we do explore Pandyssia, perhaps it should be done as a "roguelite" rather than a timeloop, where early expeditions are likely to fail, but even those failures can help pave future successes. Hell, maybe the main character is reincarnated across the ages through Void-fuckery, and past experiences (both what the player learns and what skills the main character unlocks) are what helps them move forward.

    • @kinorris1709
      @kinorris1709 Рік тому +3

      @@GmodPlusWoW I've heard that Raphael Colontonio wasn't the only one who left. Several others who were big names at Arkane formed a new studio with him. Wolfeye studios. Raphael was one of the founding members of Arkane, and the new studio includes several Arkane members who worked on the original Dishonored, and Prey 2017. It really does seem like a large chunk of what made Arkane good left with him.
      So I'm really not hopeful for Arkane's future.

    • @th3d3storoy3r
      @th3d3storoy3r Рік тому +4

      Wouldn't thet just be crushed by the pressure from the deep ocean?

  • @mynameisbetty1767
    @mynameisbetty1767 3 місяці тому +16

    Israel inviting Palestine is the most unrealistic part of this movie

  • @BodyCounter
    @BodyCounter Рік тому +143

    One of the rewrites actually spared this movie from being worse. At one point, they were going to add a love-triangle subplot, which was meant to involve, Gerry, Gerry's wife and her ex which was Matthew Fox, who played a paratrooper from the helicopter that rescues them after they left the Mexican family. He was apparently going to take on a villain role, stealing his wife while Gerry was busy fighting in Russia.

    • @SonicHedgehog1991
      @SonicHedgehog1991 Рік тому +22

      Oh my God, we were on the verge of greatness, we were this close.

    • @BodyCounter
      @BodyCounter Рік тому +3

      @@SonicHedgehog1991 You're confusing forced love triangle with good writing

    • @DustyyBoi
      @DustyyBoi Рік тому

      ​@@BodyCountercouldn't exactly have been worse

    • @theNEWMASKSdudexxx
      @theNEWMASKSdudexxx Рік тому +2

      They saw Dead Space 3 and said "shit we can do better than that" and then realized they couldn't.

  • @newdefsys
    @newdefsys Рік тому +160

    What was killing me the whole time was that Brad Pitt's character was fighting to keep his family onboard the naval ship, which is actually a huge disease vector. Gerry Lane (Pitt) should have realized that a zombie viral outbreak onboard that ship would spread through it like a fire and wipe out everyone in a matter of minutes. The Navy's plan to offboard non-essential personnel in Freeport Nova-Scotia, which is a sparsely populated island that is only accessible by boat, should have come as a huge relief for Gerry and his wife because the Island would offer much safer and livable environment for long term residence.
    Gerry's response to his wife giving him that news should have been "oh, thank God".

    • @shooterDisease
      @shooterDisease Рік тому +23

      Right??? Like they’re still in a relatively protected safe zone and not in a stuffy filled-to-the-brim military ship
      Hell when they meet him on the coast they look so fucking chill

    • @NeoCreo1
      @NeoCreo1 Рік тому +8

      It makes sense when you take into account the MASSIVE changes to the zombies and the virus. In comparison to the book. The movie zombies are athletically gifted with an almost instantaneous incubation period. A carrier in the middle of the sea would have zero concerns about infection because people hiding a bite would be a non-issue, and zombies could not reach them. Being on an island relatively close to shore introduces a risk of the zombies reaching it via swimming or walking on the ocean bottom.

    • @NeoCreo1
      @NeoCreo1 Рік тому

      It makes sense when you take into account the MASSIVE changes to the zombies and the virus. In comparison to the book. The movie zombies are athletically gifted with an almost instantaneous incubation period. A carrier in the middle of the sea would have zero concerns about infection because people hiding a bite would be a non-issue, and zombies could not reach them. Being on an island relatively close to shore introduces a risk of the zombies reaching it via swimming or walking on the ocean bottom. It’s better than mainland, but still much less safe than the carrier

    • @realname8362
      @realname8362 Рік тому +1

      @@NeoCreo1 Yeah, kind of a weird complaint for them to bring up when even in the video it's pointed out how incredibly unlikely a zombie outbreak in a contained situation like that would be. A 30 minute holding period before they're allowed aboard pretty much entirely solves the problem, same as it should have for the plane. They're not crossed, a ship is pretty much untouchable when their most advanced tactic is physically impossible dude piles.
      I'd think just like basic security measures like shutting doors behind you would limit how far an outbreak on a ship like that could spread anyway, even if they did sneak an infected dude in somehow.

  • @KoiKat_
    @KoiKat_ Рік тому +435

    I always found it wildly hilarious how the protagonist's daughter's favorite toy that she wanted to bring along just so happened to count to an arbitrary number that ALSO just so happened to be how long it takes for the infection to take hold and that it JUST SO HAPPENED to start playing exactly when a man is bit to helpfully count down the change.

    • @taoofjester4113
      @taoofjester4113 Рік тому +17

      1) the infection took hold before the end of the count.
      2) the time from bite to the person getting to his feet was 11 seconds, not 12.
      3) knowing how long it took allowed for the dramatic rooftop scene.
      4) what do you think would work better? Tell us how that scene should have been shot so as to convey the information needed so the roof top scene makes sense. Quite frankly it was about the most clever way to impart that information, set up the rooftop scene, and the freak outs the kid had each time the bear was lost or left bebind.
      *edit*
      I made a mistake. The zombie bit the person well before the toy started counting. So there is a margin of error to the bear counting and the person going from bitten to fully read to rage.

    • @flicsmo6838
      @flicsmo6838 Рік тому +31

      I actually thought that was a clever way to show what he was doing, more interesting than just hearing brad pitt counting to 12 at least.

    • @gabbyn.3049
      @gabbyn.3049 Рік тому +31

      Always thought it was pretty cool, nothing dumb or unrealistic. Just a perfectly reasonable cinematic choice that added to the experience.

    • @futureparadise.2089
      @futureparadise.2089 Рік тому +2

      Ding!

    • @Boricua_User146
      @Boricua_User146 Рік тому +4

      @@taoofjester4113 🤓

  • @Rewighting23
    @Rewighting23 15 днів тому +1

    I think this movie would've been great if they did it interview with a vampire style.
    Brad pit plays a reporter looking to record the events of the war - All of the "High octane" scenes could've still happened, but played as recounted stories Brad is writing down for publication. Could even have one soldier mention the doctor who slipped on the airplane and play it as a moment of levity if they wanted. Final scene could've had Brad leave the building he'd been writing in and, as he walks out the door, the camera could pull back to show the devastated remains of NYC or something to really show how much damage had been done.

  • @hemidas
    @hemidas Рік тому +121

    WWZ (staying true to original book) would make an awesome TV series.

    • @theshenpartei
      @theshenpartei Рік тому +22

      Or a documentary style series maybe a mockumentary

    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon Рік тому +4

      I remember a lot of people saying it should have been made into a miniseries to give a proper adaption. In a way it came out a bit too early. I imagine if the development started a few years later when Netflix started making original content and HBO had Game of Thrones I'm sure studio heads would have greenlit a miniseries.

  • @samuelstensgaard4828
    @samuelstensgaard4828 Рік тому +470

    I feel like part of the reason why everyone remembers the Battle of Yonkers from the book so well, is that the audio version is read by Mark Hamill, dude was insanely engaging as he told the story, you really believed that this person had been there.

    • @Hydratonis
      @Hydratonis Рік тому +27

      I have to say, one of the reasons Yonkers was so memorable to me, is because it’s a location that I know fairly well. I grew up in Westchester so hearing Yonkers was sort of fun. (Even if it was a disaster.)

    • @sethkeown5965
      @sethkeown5965 Рік тому +14

      Everyone is going on about Mark Hamill, and yes, he killed it. His delivery of Brooks's mentally injured soldier is beautiful. But every time i listen to Alan Alda's logistics leader of the western coast i really feel the "everyman-ness" of the story. His measured enthusiasm towards wartime logistics is so impresive.

    • @spartanx9293
      @spartanx9293 Рік тому

      He is the only saving grace of that part of the book because oh my God is Brooks retarded he assumes the military fights on the rule of cool

    • @WaallyOne
      @WaallyOne 10 місяців тому

      I honestly didn't realize it was Mark Hamill. That section was just so well written and Hamill really sat you in the battle

    • @wannieboy1834
      @wannieboy1834 9 місяців тому

      where can I find that version? @@WaallyOne

  • @15sherpinski
    @15sherpinski Рік тому +54

    I was actually stationed at Camp Humphreys when the movie came out. I watched it in a theater on post and during the scene where the plane lands and the text said "Camp Humphreys, South Korea " half the theater started laughing. Camp Humphreys is essentially a small town, not some FOB just big enough to fit an air field and a bunker.

    • @CBRN-115
      @CBRN-115 Рік тому +2

      Yep, I once passed by Pyeongtaek a few times and Camp Humphreys is MASSIVE

    • @camward9293
      @camward9293 Рік тому +2

      I went onto Fort Benning once to attend a buddy's Ranger graduation ceremony and it didn't even feel like I was on an Army Base. Like you said, it was like a town with apartments, houses, gas stations, two supermarkets, a liquor store, restaurants and a bunch of other accoutrements.

  • @e_bod88
    @e_bod88 2 місяці тому +4

    19:19 dear god i know he touched on it but this still aged like a glass of milk directly under the sun

  • @pathfindersavant3988
    @pathfindersavant3988 Рік тому +44

    "Everyone you know had a secret 'Zombie Plan'"
    Its true, even the Reds over at Blood Gulch had their own zombie plans, or in Sarge's case 37 different zombie plans.

  • @pressplayulysses
    @pressplayulysses Рік тому +909

    This movie's protagonist has one of the toughest plot armors and convenient timing in cinematic history.
    -an out-of-control truck cleared a path through the traffic for Gerry's family to drive through
    -an abandoned RV with the keys still in it, as well as a rifle
    -a looter gave them the medicine Gerry's daughter needs
    -a prisoner just happened to know about Israel's wall
    -Gerry survived a lot of close calls through the city
    -a plane just happened to be taking off
    -Gerry survived a plane crash
    -plane crashed within walking distance of WHO headquarters
    -injected himself with a potentially fatal disease
    The moment Brad Pitt was cast as Gerry Lane, you know damn well he's gonna survive.

    • @QuintusAntonious
      @QuintusAntonious Рік тому +68

      I remember being in the theater at the time thinking the same thing. The plot armor was so bad it was distracting. The other thing I clearly remember about the movie was the over-the-top product placement. The scene with him drinking a can of Pepsi was like a cheesy ad from the 1980s, complete with him knocking his head back and slowly gulping the can while the camera pans up over his adams apple.

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Рік тому +16

      This is exactly how I expect my life in the Z war tbh.

    • @saint3106
      @saint3106 Рік тому +17

      I like the writing rule of "You get ONE crazy coincidence and it happens at the beginning to get things started."

    • @DJWeapon8
      @DJWeapon8 Рік тому +6

      Only two movies I've seen where Brad Pitt dies.
      Troy
      Fury

    • @AnonURnot
      @AnonURnot Рік тому

      You clearly haven’t seen San Andreas, Dwayne the Rock literally survives the apocalypse

  • @MiskMudhar09
    @MiskMudhar09 Рік тому +486

    10:35
    This part killed me 😂😂😂
    The protagonist drinking pepsi while the world is ending is peak fiction

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Рік тому +41

      We fought over toilet paper while big cities were storing corpses in freezer trucks so...

    • @kylegonewild
      @kylegonewild 7 місяців тому

      @@skeetsmcgrew3282 Were they supposed to fight over the trucks full of corpses? Yes in a crisis situation which the beginning of the pandemic was a lot of people panic and focus on what they consider their personal necessities. They weren't being attacked by mindless flesh devouring undead they were being told to stay home and keep travel to a minimum to keep themselves and others safe so their thought was "stock up on resources to hunker down" not "I sure hope Timmy learned about virology and epidemiology in 3rd grade otherwise the entire species is doomed to a violent and quick end at the hands of our reanimated loved ones and neighbors." There wasn't ever a TP shortage though, just people emptying on hand supply before the slowed logistics industry delivered already ordered and shipped product. I never saw any of that behavior in the metro I was living in during the peak.

    • @limeylime8027
      @limeylime8027 6 місяців тому +3

      “What do nightmares taste like anyways?”
      “Pepsi”

    • @zakiahmed6655
      @zakiahmed6655 4 місяці тому

      10:33

  • @Jebbtube
    @Jebbtube 2 місяці тому +1

    I know it wouldn't have hit with mainstream audiences, but a more faithful adaptation in the style of a documentary would've been a thousand times better than what we got.

  • @nick_4972
    @nick_4972 Рік тому +60

    I still want an HBO show that actually follows the book.

  • @neon1608
    @neon1608 Рік тому +419

    I actually saw the movie first as a kid, and ended up getting the book from the library. I thought the movie was ok, but was absolutely addicted to each chapter of the book. I even bought a red flashlight because of the interview with the military. I could imagine, however, the studio not being thrilled after reading the part where the rich CEO-type got torn to shreds after the poorer survivors banded together

    • @pogmothoin7122
      @pogmothoin7122 8 місяців тому +16

      As a kid? Man, don't say it like that. It's making me feel old.

    • @yaruyaru
      @yaruyaru 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@pogmothoin7122 Lol

    • @yaruyaru
      @yaruyaru 6 місяців тому +12

      Remember, guys! It is entertainment as long as it is a spectacle in which common or lower class people kill each other for survival. But killing a rich man is offensive.
      P. D. Seriously speaking, each comment makes the novel attract more attention to me. I hope it is translated into Spanish (and that it is still for sale), otherwise it is time to venture to read in English.

    • @Cookinlikesanji
      @Cookinlikesanji 6 місяців тому +1

      K commie​@@yaruyaru

    • @werbizzy
      @werbizzy 5 місяців тому +1

      @@yaruyaruif you ended up reading it id love to know what you thought!

  • @Saltience
    @Saltience Рік тому +96

    At 9:04 you can clearly see that this wall is designed poorly, because every terraria player knows to put an overhang on the wall so that zombies cant just jump over it.

    • @WorksVS-KF
      @WorksVS-KF 11 місяців тому +1

      Nah,the most confusing part is how Israeli and palestanian is somehow together like that like wwz would probably be cannon irl if israeli and palestanian coexist together peacefully

  • @moazzinazhar8565
    @moazzinazhar8565 3 місяці тому +100

    The Israelis allowing anyone inside their walls.and letting them live peacefully was the most unrealistic part of this movie

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 2 місяці тому

      SHALOM!

    • @furinick
      @furinick 2 місяці тому

      It is brought back into reality when the israli and palestinian zombies join powers to stop the 2 peoples getting along

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 2 місяці тому +1

      @@furinick They can never get along because the Torah says they can never get along: "Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.” -1 Samual 15:3

    • @Peachydyke2015
      @Peachydyke2015 2 місяці тому

      @@mkultra2456 How about we don’t contribute the Palestinian genocide to Judaism. Like there’s plenty to critique about Israel without devolving to antisemitism (unless you don’t know anything about global politics. Or you’re an antiseptic freak/nazi, I guess)

    • @Peachydyke2015
      @Peachydyke2015 2 місяці тому +1

      @@furinickHaha yeah a two state solution! Oh wait, that ignores the systematic oppression Palestinian people have faced over the past few decades and the literal land and culture that has been stolen from them. Hmmmmm

  • @DillJosh007
    @DillJosh007 Рік тому +118

    With what you just said about the book I now want a miniseries with each episode focusing on one veteran's story. Hell, you could even have framing interviews like Band of Brothers to add to the "realism"

    • @yourtimetraveleralara
      @yourtimetraveleralara Рік тому

      Yeah

    • @Iceyman314
      @Iceyman314 Рік тому +2

      Hell I'd honestly just take a movie about the Battle of Yonkers, I haven't read the book in a decade but it still ranks up there as one of my favorite fictional battles

    • @yourtimetraveleralara
      @yourtimetraveleralara Рік тому

      @@Iceyman314 yeah

    • @kg7162
      @kg7162 Рік тому

      I saw a machimina mini series made in the game arma 3 by one man being more good that the movie

  • @PegasiJay
    @PegasiJay Рік тому +46

    The battle of Yonkers wasn’t the military vs thousands of zombies. It was literally more than a million zombies. Almost the entire population of Manhattan was crossing into Yonkers as undead zombies.

  • @merphul
    @merphul Рік тому +110

    The book was so good. Max Brooks took the best received part of the pretty dry Zombie Survival Guide he wrote and made it a fascinating individual level story. No big hero, no crazy plot to save the world, just a gritty slog to fight through the undead apocalypse

  • @merciless972
    @merciless972 2 місяці тому +2

    I have no idea why the Bomberman soundtrack started playing around the 9 minute mark, but I love it!

  • @JRes_
    @JRes_ Рік тому +82

    9:11 this entire sentence is golden

    • @EdbertWeisly
      @EdbertWeisly Рік тому +11

      You don't survive by united under a common threat and reconciliating with former enemies. You survive by being the main character

  • @hugoguzman4985
    @hugoguzman4985 Рік тому +85

    The story with Angel is the saddest, most heartbreaking thing I've heard in a long time. It's honestly just pissing me off just thinking about it.

  • @chocodoeeyes
    @chocodoeeyes Рік тому +140

    I still kinda have a soft spot for Warm Bodies, not for the love story but how it depicted zombies in a more redeemable way. It was a nice little subversion to the bleak, hopeless world the Walking Dead show had. Maybe I’m just a pansy but it’s fun seeing the zombies still act like regular people to an extent

    • @ThEEPOPO9
      @ThEEPOPO9 Рік тому +33

      Idc what anyone else says, Warm Bodies is great. It's cute and dumb and also really compelling at times. It's weird in all the right ways.

    • @edisonlima4647
      @edisonlima4647 Рік тому +26

      Behaviour/metaphorically wise, the zombies in Warm Bodies are far closer to the Classic Romero zombies than the ones in The Walking Dead.

    • @iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437
      @iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437 Рік тому +9

      I remember being obsessed with that movie, as in morbidly (ha) interested and terrified or it when I first found out about it, probably through TV. never watched it though and I completely forgot about it until now.

    • @kindredbarkmaw2509
      @kindredbarkmaw2509 Рік тому +13

      Hilariously, the penultimate subversion of the zombie genre, Warm Bodies, was literally just telling a story about the OG Voodoo zombies. Same with that Frankenstein movie that came out around then. Adam (the monster) was supernaturally beautiful and only monstrous because people treated him like one.
      ...
      And in the same vein, sadly Twilight is a more accurate depiction of Vampires than any other media at that point. Dracula even sparkled like diamonds in the sunlight, and just didn't have his powers in direct sunlight. Also he had to get his blood INTO a victim to turn them into a Vampire. Even the werewolves being depicted as fighting vampires is accurate to old mythology where they were people who transformed into inhuman creatures of the night to defend humanity.
      So while Twilight is the worst love story this side of 50 shades, it's still more accurate to the sources than any Hollywood production after Eureka's final episode aired.

    • @randomintrovertedspider7510
      @randomintrovertedspider7510 Рік тому +5

      Honestly, yeah, Warm Bodies has a soft spot in my mind as well.

  • @TommasoFirmini
    @TommasoFirmini 2 місяці тому +1

    COD zombies, left 4 dead, dead rising 1&2, dead island, all great zombie games that i dumped countless hours into with the boys. Those are some core high school memories man, i wouldnt trade those times for anything.
    Most of my online buddies i played with lived 100s of km away in a different province that i moved from as a kid, so being able to jump on xbox and play and talk to them was pretty important to me

  • @sirshotty7689
    @sirshotty7689 Рік тому +186

    I would love a mockumentary mini series on wwz. I’d be cool to see it in the format of those war documentaries where each episode covers a significant even with multiple interviews, recreated footage, and real images and videos from the event mixed together.

    • @Paulo-sb4de
      @Paulo-sb4de Рік тому +2

      Me too

    • @L0zza
      @L0zza Рік тому +24

      You've confused "mockumentary" with "fictional documentary" - mockumentaries are specifically comedic.

    • @Vague05
      @Vague05 Рік тому

      ​@@L0zzano.

    • @L0zza
      @L0zza Рік тому +6

      @@Vague05 Yes, actually.

    • @indigenteinc1081
      @indigenteinc1081 Рік тому +1

      Mockumentary: The Office

  • @iamkeithheart
    @iamkeithheart Рік тому +57

    The one thing I can give this movie is that the visuals are pretty unique in a video game-y sort of way.

    • @kolonarulez5222
      @kolonarulez5222 Рік тому +5

      Yes no matter what I still remember the tower and tidal wave

  • @Shiestey
    @Shiestey Рік тому +142

    My friend and I were extremely stoned when we saw the scene where the doctor slipped and accidentally shot himself. Our exact reactions were shock followed by uncontrollable laughter for 5 straight minutes. Completely forget what happens after that scene because I couldn’t see I had tears in my eyes

  • @tow3842
    @tow3842 2 місяці тому +4

    holy moly the last minute with the minecraft max brooks book 💀

  • @theonlybilge
    @theonlybilge Рік тому +29

    19:20 That little line, "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR Z" actually made me giggle.
    Also why do books still say "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER" when fucking everyone has a New York Times best seller? *_I_* have a New York Times bestseller, and I've never even written a book.