I
finally saw World War Z. The trailer was
more exciting.
It
pretty much suffered from what I call the John Cusack effect: Everywhere John Cusack went in the movie 2012, bad things happened. Ditto for Brad Pitt in World War Z. And he’s
adopted the Keanu Reeves method of acting, which involves changing expression
just enough so he can get paid. The
movie has its multi-million dollar special effects, but it’s just derivative of
other works in the zombie genre, whether Lifeforce,
The Walking Dead, REC3, or even anime about
zombies.
But
the breakout actress of the movie should be Daniella Kertesz. She plays the Israeli soldier tasked with
escorting Brad Pitt’s character, and she is a marvel at displaying raw
emotion. So that’s one gem in this chat
pile of zombies.
It’s
been a bad summer for movies with over-the-top special effects, but lousy
stories. I took the recent Star Trek
movie to task in my review. I didn’t
bother to watch the Superman movie because critics made it sound as disappointing as the Star
Trek movie. The Lone Ranger is said to be filled with perverse violence and
just a way of dumping on earlier versions of the legend. So far, the more modest Warm Bodies is the best movie I’ve seen this year (and yes, I
reviewed it here).
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