Review: World War Z 3D, or Five Elements of a Zombie Film
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World War Z… or as the Brits would say, World War Zed.
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| Or as some Filipinos would say, "World War Zey". |
My favorite film genres are the whodunit, the heist, the biopic, and the zombie film. "But wait," you say in your annoying film major voice, "zombie isn't a proper genre. It is simply a subspecies of the horror genre."
Let me first stop you right there and say that 1) you are wrong; and 2) I can prove that "zombie" is a proper film genre. Let me enumerate its elements.
A status quo (which changes)
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| That clean mug is the status quo of Brad Pitt's face. |
The status quo, in this case, is a zombie-free world. Sometimes, a film may show the status quo at the start, or sometimes a film already starts with zombies, implying the status quo through flashbacks. And the status quo is broken by…
An outbreak
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| Like ants. Or termites. |
In this film, Brad Pitt does some detective work to locate the very first zombie in order to find a cure. The outbreak, usually viral in nature, must result in…
Zombies
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Zombie hordes resemble Filipino commuters during rush hour. |
Without zombies, you have no zombie film. The film Contagion also had an outbreak, but it did not result in zombies, which is why Contagion isn't a zombie film. Because zombie films should also have…
A Quest
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| When does Brad Pitt ever look ugly? |
It's mostly a quest to find a cure, or a quest to get away from the zombies. World War Z shows both, with Brad Pitt off to find the cure, and his family off to get away from the zombies. And finally, zombie films usually have…
No Solid Narrative
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| Family drama does not equal narrative. |
It's usually just a fright-fest. Plus blood and gore. That's mostly it.
P.S. There will be no 3D review, as this is simply a mediocre converted 3D flick.
World War Z. USA. 2013.
Original rating: 6.6 / 10
Unrealistic CGI: - 0.1
James Badge Dale: + 0.05
Moritz Bleibtreu a.k.a. that guy from Lola Rennt: + 0.1
Elyes Gabel a.k.a. that guy from Game of Thrones: + 0.1
Elyes Gabel dying early: - 0.1
David Morse's teeth: + 0.05
Final rating: 6.7 / 10
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4 comments :
6.5: Entertaining but sabaw. Haha. There wasn't even enough blood and gore being a PG13 film, but it had more than enough annoying effin' croaking.
6.5: Entertaining but sabaw. Haha. There wasn't even enough blood and gore being a PG13 film, but it had more than enough annoying effin' croaking.
6.5: Entertaining but sabaw. Haha. There wasn't even enough blood and gore being a PG13 film, but it had more than enough annoying effin' croaking.
Whenever Brad is there we expect a good thriller and proved again.... good entertainment and thrill............
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