Copeman
Footballguy
You don't think I (and many others) tried? Of course we did. The manager was suddenly unavailable after the movies let out. Go figure.
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World War Z (1 Viewer)
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Spanky267
Footballguy
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Footballguy
Heston's always cool...and the dragster that the vampires were driving around is awesome....but I don't know. I get that way....if I read something before the movie comes out.... I get picky. The movie 300 was like that. Before that I read this book called Gates of Fire....on the same subject. Needless to say, I was disappointed in 300.
The Quiet Earth (1985)
cosjobs
Footballguy
cosjobs
Footballguy
I have not read all 7 pages, so pardon me if this has been covered...
When Brad was looking for the virus vials in Unit 2 and they were watching him on the camera and he knew it, why didn't he hold up a vial and his pad with the words "If this is the right stuff, blink the lights?"
When Brad was looking for the virus vials in Unit 2 and they were watching him on the camera and he knew it, why didn't he hold up a vial and his pad with the words "If this is the right stuff, blink the lights?"
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Rick James
Footballguy
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
sbonomo
Footballguy
I would give this movie a 3/10. I thought the story line was ok but every point just drug on, the acting was ok (huge brad pitt fan) and i am over bodies piling up all over the place. My wife like it more than i did but i would suggest saving your $15 bucks and wait for redbox or hbo.
Charlie Frown
Footballguy
I liked it.
prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
There is no way I leave that theater with out free passes or my money back.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Huh, didn't Mireille Enos was married to Alan Ruck
Worm
slimy ninja
Neither 'ending' happens in the book. Literally the only thing the book has in common is the name, and a few obscure references.
Chaka
Footballguy
Yup. And I found that distracting while watching the film. I kept waiting for World War Z to show up and it never did. The storytelling also felt very rushed throughout the film.
Wyld Stallyns
Footballguy
In the book, do the Zombies militarize and fight back with tanks, guns and uniforms under the direction of their fearless leader Tombstonewall Jackson? Cuz that'd be awesome.
Zasada
Footballguy
Actually I would have preferred the original ending. The new ending was a bit to convenient/panacea-like for me.
Worm
slimy ninja
In the movie Gerry was a former United Nations employee. Not a soldier. Turning him into a russian army leading Rambo returning home to save his sexually-enslaved-by-Matthew-Fox wife is just... ugh. (imo)
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
I`ll never look at slow zombies as a real threat again
Run It Up
Footballguy
I think they are much more scary than fast zombies.
The only thing fast zombies have going for them is shock and violence.
Everything that surround slow zombies however is just perfect - its a marathon not a race. You either die on day 0, or you live long enough to see humanity turn into savages and everyone you've ever known die slow painful deaths.
bigbottom
Footballguy
It was entertaining enough as a popcorn flick, but I ultimately left the theater feeling disappointed. It was pure formula all the way through, with absolutely nothing new or original. Given the source material (yeah, yeah, let it go), the cast and the director, I was holding out hope for so much more than a mindless action flick.
I did like one part a lot though:
I did like one part a lot though:
The scientist biting it right off the bat. That was unexpected.
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GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Initially I felt the same way you did about that. And it still holds a bit because of the timing, but ultimately I realized that there was no way they were going to have anyone else be the hero other than Pitt and that by killing the scientist so early it meant that we all knew Pitt was the real only hope.
There were just way too many inconsistencies and things that didn't make sense for me. I mean, in one scene blood drips into a character's mouth and he doesn't turn. In another a scientist accidentally pricks himself with a needle and he does. Makes no sense. And the guy that pricks himself starts turning almost immediately but another character is saved by having their hand chopped off about 5 seconds after being bitten? I try not to overthink movies like this, but there were just way too many ridiculous things that stuck out.
There were just way too many inconsistencies and things that didn't make sense for me. I mean, in one scene blood drips into a character's mouth and he doesn't turn. In another a scientist accidentally pricks himself with a needle and he does. Makes no sense. And the guy that pricks himself starts turning almost immediately but another character is saved by having their hand chopped off about 5 seconds after being bitten? I try not to overthink movies like this, but there were just way too many ridiculous things that stuck out.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Got to see this over the weekend and I can not think of a movie that had less in common with the book it was based on. The wife kept asking what the differences were afterwards and basically my answer was... everything.
Chaka
Footballguy
Initially I felt the same way you did about that. And it still holds a bit because of the timing, but ultimately I realized that there was no way they were going to have anyone else be the hero other than Pitt and that by killing the scientist so early it meant that we all knew Pitt was the real only hope.
There were just way too many inconsistencies and things that didn't make sense for me. I mean, in one scene blood drips into a character's mouth and he doesn't turn. In another a scientist accidentally pricks himself with a needle and he does. Makes no sense. And the guy that pricks himself starts turning almost immediately but another character is saved by having their hand chopped off about 5 seconds after being bitten? I try not to overthink movies like this, but there were just way too many ridiculous things that stuck out.
There were just way too many inconsistencies and things that didn't make sense for me. I mean, in one scene blood drips into a character's mouth and he doesn't turn. In another a scientist accidentally pricks himself with a needle and he does. Makes no sense. And the guy that pricks himself starts turning almost immediately but another character is saved by having their hand chopped off about 5 seconds after being bitten? I try not to overthink movies like this, but there were just way too many ridiculous things that stuck out.
Blood in the mouth does not necessarily enter the bloodstream while having your skin punctured by a contaminated needle will allow a virus to enter the bloodstream. It makes perfect sense. I know they emphasized Pitt's "12 second" theory but they also mentioned that some people took significantly longer to turn than others.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Initially I felt the same way you did about that. And it still holds a bit because of the timing, but ultimately I realized that there was no way they were going to have anyone else be the hero other than Pitt and that by killing the scientist so early it meant that we all knew Pitt was the real only hope.
There were just way too many inconsistencies and things that didn't make sense for me. I mean, in one scene blood drips into a character's mouth and he doesn't turn. In another a scientist accidentally pricks himself with a needle and he does. Makes no sense. And the guy that pricks himself starts turning almost immediately but another character is saved by having their hand chopped off about 5 seconds after being bitten? I try not to overthink movies like this, but there were just way too many ridiculous things that stuck out.
There were just way too many inconsistencies and things that didn't make sense for me. I mean, in one scene blood drips into a character's mouth and he doesn't turn. In another a scientist accidentally pricks himself with a needle and he does. Makes no sense. And the guy that pricks himself starts turning almost immediately but another character is saved by having their hand chopped off about 5 seconds after being bitten? I try not to overthink movies like this, but there were just way too many ridiculous things that stuck out.
Blood in the mouth does not necessarily enter the bloodstream while having your skin punctured by a contaminated needle will allow a virus to enter the bloodstream. It makes perfect sense. I know they emphasized Pitt's "12 second" theory but they also mentioned that some people took significantly longer to turn than others.
Actually, they specifically say at one point that you need to be bitten to be turned. That's the excuse they used for why Pitt wasn't turned. So it still makes no sense.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
Chaka
Footballguy
Blood in the mouth does not necessarily enter the bloodstream while having your skin punctured by a contaminated needle will allow a virus to enter the bloodstream. It makes perfect sense. I know they emphasized Pitt's "12 second" theory but they also mentioned that some people took significantly longer to turn than others.
Actually, they specifically say at one point that you need to be bitten to be turned. That's the excuse they used for why Pitt wasn't turned. So it still makes no sense.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
It's about breaking the skin allowing the virus to enter the blood. Needle stick = biting as a means of breaking the skin allowing transmission. Why doesn't that make sense? And unless you have open sores in your mouth or throat, or possibly your stomach, oral ingestion will not transmit a virus. You don't get the HIV from kissing.
The cutting off the hand thing was pretty weak but it isn't entirely outrageous if we are already going to accept a world where zombies exist.
The cutting off the hand thing was pretty weak but it isn't entirely outrageous if we are already going to accept a world where zombies exist.
Chaka
Footballguy
Agreed. I guess I shouldn't be arguing the plot holes as I thought it was a pretty meh film.
Hedgehog
Footballguy
exactly - just saw and it besides the title you would never equate this to WWZ - movie was ok but I am bummed cause a true WWZ movie/HBO series would be awesome....this was closer to Contagion than WWZ IMO.
Copeman
Footballguy
tdoss
Footballguy
I thought, write on the pad, "I'll hold up a vial for few seconds...if it's what I need...ring the phone"
I also thought...why didn't they set off a fire alarm or just call a phone or two in an area that would draw the zombies away...so they could get to the vault?
Charlie Frown
Footballguy
Blood in the mouth does not necessarily enter the bloodstream while having your skin punctured by a contaminated needle will allow a virus to enter the bloodstream. It makes perfect sense. I know they emphasized Pitt's "12 second" theory but they also mentioned that some people took significantly longer to turn than others.
Actually, they specifically say at one point that you need to be bitten to be turned. That's the excuse they used for why Pitt wasn't turned. So it still makes no sense.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
It's about breaking the skin allowing the virus to enter the blood. Needle stick = biting as a means of breaking the skin allowing transmission. Why doesn't that make sense? And unless you have open sores in your mouth or throat, or possibly your stomach, oral ingestion will not transmit a virus. You don't get the HIV from kissing.
The cutting off the hand thing was pretty weak but it isn't entirely outrageous if we are already going to accept a world where zombies exist.
The cutting off the hand thing was pretty weak but it isn't entirely outrageous if we are already going to accept a world where zombies exist.
Maybe the scientist was working with saliva and not blood since they knew the infection was transmitted via bites?
Chaka
Footballguy
Actually, they specifically say at one point that you need to be bitten to be turned. That's the excuse they used for why Pitt wasn't turned. So it still makes no sense.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
And the people that took longer to turn were the ones infected early on in the outbreak. As it spread it accelerated for everyone.
It's about breaking the skin allowing the virus to enter the blood. Needle stick = biting as a means of breaking the skin allowing transmission. Why doesn't that make sense? And unless you have open sores in your mouth or throat, or possibly your stomach, oral ingestion will not transmit a virus. You don't get the HIV from kissing.
The cutting off the hand thing was pretty weak but it isn't entirely outrageous if we are already going to accept a world where zombies exist.
The cutting off the hand thing was pretty weak but it isn't entirely outrageous if we are already going to accept a world where zombies exist.
Maybe the scientist was working with saliva and not blood since they knew the infection was transmitted via bites?
Don't see how it would matter if it was saliva or blood it's all about the viral load.
Don't Noonan
Footballguy
I read the book and finally saw the movie tonight, as others have said the movie is way different than the book. However, I hated the book and thought the movie was okay. The book was way too hard to follow as it jumped around everywhere. It was not well written IMO.
tommyboy
Footballguy
When a theater .malfunctions you're entitled to a free pass. They'll usually give you a free popcorn to keep you happy and from badmouthing the theater also. Id go in and ask for the mgr and tell them the movie, the date and time. If they push back ask for owners name and number and tell them you'll be writing the local paper. If you get nowhere pm me, I can help if needed
snogger
Footballguy
I thought parts of the book were very good.. The parachuting into the woods and trying to survive was a part that I recall as being a good part.But overall I found myself "fast forwarding" through the pages to get on with the story..
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
I liked it. More of a science thriller then a World War anything.
Haven't read the book yet.
Haven't read the book yet.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
No love for the Battle of Yonkers? The Sewers of Paris?
But overall I found myself "fast forwarding" through the pages to get on with the story..
snogger
Footballguy
As I said a couple of parts were good.. It's been about a year since I read it so I can't for sure say those "stories" were good ones or not, but will take your word that they wereNo love for the Battle of Yonkers? The Sewers of Paris?
But overall I found myself "fast forwarding" through the pages to get on with the story..
