What angers me the most is that the book is actually a really unique take on the genre. It's not about some doctor running from zombies and explosions, or another group of survivors holed up surviving. The book is actually just a series of interviews with people who survived, from all walks of life. It's treated like the notes of a historian just a few years after the event has passed, and it focuses on all the aspects of a world under zombie attack, the politics, the strategies, the changes made to everyday life. The book doesn't end with them curing the infection, it ends with people learning how to live comfortably with the fact that there are walking corpses that will try to kill you out there. The book shows how human beings are able to adapt to nearly any situation, but also shows that such adaptation takes time. That is far more interesting than, Zombies!, Running!, Explosions!

Nowadays is it really relatable to have a main character who is a family man? To be truly relatable he should probably be lonely, out of work, and knee deep in debt.

14:59 Been rereading the book and just realized they 100% changed the place where the virus started from China (in the book) to South Korea to be more approachable for that sweet Chinese box office. Thank goodness no virus has ever originated in China

I distinctly remember laughing in the theater when the scientist accidentally shot himself.

I enjoyed the "here at Hollywood studios" portion very much.

Why was that kid screaming about wanting her blanket during all that conflict? If I was her age in that situation, I'd probably be screaming, "MOMMY, DADDY, HELP ME!!" or something along those lines. You know, something that a kid would naturally say when they're afraid. That kid didn't seem afraid, just agitated and brattish.

This would have been a great Netflix Show.... Since the book is basically episodes not one continuous story.... It would have made sense but ya know.

Imagine if Adam actually pulled his teeth out while trying to prove it wasn't possible.

I remember reading the book in early high school, and I remember watching the movie like, ”wait, what does this have to do with World War Z?”

The reason this movie is so enraging for me is that it could have been _so cool_. The book version was written like non-fiction. If they had kept that idea and made the movie like it was a documentary it could have been incredibly unique and awesome. Instead we got a bland paint-by-numbers zombie movie. Goddammit.

Train to busan, a zombie movie with a kid that can act

They are literally making a cut-a-second. Holy crap.

*Trailer Voice Guy:* HEAR WHAT AUDIENCES ARE SAYING ABOUT WORLD WAR Z!!!!!!! " I watched it because Brad Pitt was in it." " It was a movie. " " It wasn't bad." AUDIENCES ARE PROCLAIMING: " I remember I stayed awake for it."

1:16 I'll admit, as many times as it's been done, the fake newscasts are probably my favorite part of any zombie or disaster flick. Hell, I'd watch a whole movie that was just fake news reports of a zombie outbreak as it happened. It would probably be more interesting than another found footage movie.

I actually got to meet the author of the book and went to his NYCC panel. He didn't speak about the movie (because it was out for about a year already) but he's a super nice dude! And the book is good too! I was hoping that it would be a documentary style movie, including maybe "found footage" of the attacks.

The novelist seems like a pretty cool guy.

That new York zombie scene could have been a huge advertisement for Volvo. *"Oh wow look how fast the wagon is! look at its handling, the amount of space the wagon has too, woah! Volvo is so cool!"* then *crash*. airbags go off, wow everyone is safe! Volvo everyone.

"Why is there a helicopter flying around? Why is the police officer so rude? Why is there an explosion?" Well, I mean, they are in Newark. Is any of that really out of the ordinary?

I deadass thought Brad Pitt looked ready to kill someone while he made breakfast because of his “military past” or something

They also went to shoot somewhere in eastern europe, and during custom-checks it was discovered that a large part of the blank-fire prop-guns were actually fully functional live fire. Whoops.

It's made even worse when you know about the book, which is a pretty interesting take on zombie stories.

Just once i want a zombie movie with a really dysfunctional family.

Everytime Brad Pit presents the movie and talks about how great it is - it sounds like he's trying to convince himself that the film isn't hot garbage.

“If we just add 50 consecutive cuts people will think it’s action”

Most underrated movie critic channel on the web.

I completely agree; a child actor can DESTROY a movie.

This is why everybody watches Train to Busan instead.

“Adam’s Room, Canada ”was the best part of this.

In this movie Brad Pitt suffers from 'my only personality trait is I have a family to return to' syndrome. The main character in Godzilla was also afflicted by it. Side effects include being bland and boring.

The scene of everyone freaking out in the streets at the beginning reminds me of a really bad version of the Spielberg War of the Worlds scene where the exact same thing happens, just substitute Tom Cruise for Brad Pitt, and replace child's dialogue "Is it the terrorists?!" with "I want my blanket!", which is an incredibly cliche thing for a kid to say.

WWZ (book form) would be a great HBO show over maybe 2 or 3 seasons. *Book Spoilers Ahead* The blind warrior in the woods fighting zombies, the cannibal camp, the great war... One can dream.

DUDE I totally thought the same thing about the breakfast scene. Something felt off with his acting, now it makes so much sense.

The kid in this movie is like.. Some sort of ailen shapeshifter , right? Because honestly, no human being is that stupid. That "I want my blanket" line is the most bratty, infuriating thing I have ever heard.

Each YMS only gets better and better. Can't wait for part 2.

"Some even started asking questions about the rock, but we didn't want that." I'm ashamed to admit that at first I didn't know this was a bit. I thought it was footage from a legitimate "Making of" bit. Poe's Law has reached critical mass.

You hate child actors because you love them and want them to do better That's actually pretty heartwarming

"Children are stupid" (Cut to Harambe) YMS knew

The rock part was hilarious

"I want my blanket!" "Soon, little lady, I´ll wrap your body in it if you don´t shut up."

"please don't kill him! He's got a family!" "And then we smashed it" :D

World war z the book: the story of the geo-political, religious, environmental and social changes that result of the zombie war. And from a variety of countries and perspectives. World war Z the movie: Brad Pitt running from explosions and "zombies". Literally nothing from the book is in the movie.

"Adam's Room, Canada. In case you confused it with Adam's Room, Mexico" -CinemaSins

"I'm scared" "You SAY that." I snorted

Somehow it's always conveniently cold and dark in these movies. There needs to be more zombie films with blue sky, chirping birds, and flowering trees. It would be an amusingly ironic backdrop to people getting slaughtered by the undead.

"And then we smashed it" *dramatic pause* XD I died.

"JUST SAIYAN" 5:06 I'm dead.

late to the party but i feel sad when actors have to be interviewed about a movies problems during its release or leading up to it because its against their self interest to describe its problems so they end up looking like idiots during interviews

What amazes me is that since the very beginnings of Hollywood, studios have been making these stupid mistakes, and they keep making them. It's really astonishing.

"After many decades of research, we've realized that part of the process of making a successful film is having a good story" Too bad this film forgot that.

"You just showed me 3 minutes of nothing!" 2001: A Space Odyssey Disclaimer: I love 2001: A Space Odyssey

15:50 I just love how back then you were so consistent with the AMAZING Death Note OST

every time i hear a BOOOAAAAMM sound i get flashbacks to the Reapers in Mass Effect. thank god that trend is over (edit) i paused the video to write this comment and when i unpaused the reaper from ME showed up and i can't stop laughing

I love that you use your mom's opinion as the baseline for general audiences. I do the exact same thing and, in that one regard, her "tastes" are actually a pretty vital reference.

Why are the zombies all running? The Zombie Survival Guide - also written by Max Brooks - states very clearly that the shortest time it would take a zombie to take one step is 1.5 seconds, which is well below a typical walking speed. And yet all the zombies in this movie are fucking sprinting around at top speed. Couldn't they have just picked any other title for this movie?

I'm sure you've heard this before, but you remind me of Spencer Chamberlain from Underoath

The Mass Effect 3 Reapers sound is actually the sound they make tho isnt it? Its not just some scary effect sound.

I had to watch this movie in film class and everyone was praising it... and I was like -______-

9:22 Holy shit some of those zombies were Naruto-running.

Initially, I was going to say "wait a second, but I liked that movie!" and then I realized that, since it came out, I haven't watched it a second time. That's my real test for if a movie is good, if I want to watch it more than once. Thinking about it, this one failed that test.

The best zombie movie ever is... Shaun of the dead

The bit where the "valuable asset" guy slipped and shot himself was my favorite part of the entire movie. Stuff like that doesn't happen in movies, but a person panicking, slipping, and shooting their gun by accident is definitely something that would happen in real life. It was also hilarious, so points for comedy

"why is the police officer so rude" They're in Philadelphia,Zombie apocalypse or not all officers there are mean.

I love hearing obscure Vulfpeck songs in these kinds of videos. "Skymall" is perfectly applicable to this one :)

Zombies stopped being scary an extremely long time ago, which is rather unfortunate.

Does every second person in US have asthma? It just seems like a really overrepresented thing in movies.

glad some directors figured out you get your child actors from on-Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway instead of model agencies...

"Get your seatbelt on or else I'll stop paying attention to the road." Farewell sides.

The Guy doesn’t steal the RV is because he realizes it’s a Chevy

"After many decades of research, we've realized that part of the process of being a successful film, is having a good story." No shit, Sherlock.

For whatever reason, watching you try and pull your own teeth out was the funniest thing for me.

Who else spend 30 seconds confirming that Adam was right about it being impossible to pull out your own teeth?

I've been watching this over and over since it came out, and I just want to say that the sheer emotion in "it was fantastic" (12:35) haunts me to this day.

You know, Mark's American accent was pretty decent before he slipped a small 'aboot' in there.

I love how you focused on the kid's performances (which I understand *completely*) but glossed over the mother's. Which, I have to say, is *atrocious* She was absolutely awful in it. Not only was she boring, but she was more useless than the kids combined. Every scene she is in is her just staring blankly at her husband, screaming for her husband to help her, and think about him almost daily and his safety (which is not a bad thing to worry about your spouse but for fuck sake, don't make it your hobby. FOCUS ON YOUR KIDS) The scene in the grocery store for an example. She gets targeted by the muggers and all she does is flop around on the ground and scream for her husband to come save her. I know she's suppose to be your stereotypical suburbian mom, but it's not hard to aim your foot to his crotch or punch him in the face. Or since he has a gun, just quietly hand him your purse so he won't *goddamn shoot your husband when he comes running to save you* She was the most dull, uncharacteristically inspired, frantic piece of wonder bread I ever seen and every time she came onto screen and delivered her stale performance, all I can think of is "what prompted him to marry her?"

For some reason, since I read the book and survival guide, how fast the people changed to zombies really bugged me

When I bought the book for my English class, I kept reminding myself that I've already watched the movie and that the book was going to be just as boring. The book is awesome! The movie was just underwhelming.

I agree with you on kids in movies. Every part 2 to a successful movie has an annoying kid who has to be saved. Hollywood does not even try to make decent movies. I usually just watch KZfaq channels that explain a movie.

Heeey. Wasn't District 9 the first film that used that horn?

0:54 this in general is good advice. Over the last 6 or so years this has saved me from countless arguments

enjoying "skymall" from vulfpack as the background music

Guaranteed everyone watching this video tried pulling out their own teeth

love the cliché action font appearance in your bedroom tooth pulling scene, hilarious touch

14:15 the zombie all the way to the left just literally dives off the building

I watch this video once a year. One of my comfort videos.

2:26 He has a good point, because it's nothing like his book he doesn't feel like ''They fucked it up'' just ''They stole the title from my book'' and then watch the movie without comparisons.

If I remember the book was actually an interesting, intelligent look into the zombie outbreak trope that focused on interviews and differing people's opinions/experiences. The movie is...boring.

Adam:"kids never cry in films" godzilla(1954):"am i a joke to you"

Just ran across this today, awsome review. Something I noticed, when Brad was in the RV driving the little wing window was shattered, did that happen in the movie, or was that suppose to be how the gunshot from the. Car killed the driver if the RV?

10:24 When I was younger, about 6 years old, I went to an audition for child actors were a camera guy stood there and just took pictures of all the children. Either he´s a pedophile and there were no actual movie, or they just stopped giving a shit about good performances for child actors, so they can blaim it on the kids (because they are kids). Probably both. xD

That story with the rock reminded me of poor Weighted Companion Cube

When I watched the film I laughed so hard, when the guy accidentally shot himself, that I started coughing and crying.

14:11 - Replayed it about five times. Movie highlight.

I still don't understand how people thought this movie was better than it actually was. It's a 6/10 at the most

What the fuck? The first outbreak in south korea? Couldn't they keep that one fucking fact that patient zero was in rural china? God why even keep the title. I'd prefer this film much more if it didn't completely rule out the possibility of a good World War Z movie.

17:13 fun fact- my friend had a toothache, so instead of going to the dentist he actually pulled his tooth out bare handed. I don’t know how but he used both hands

WWZ is the most tragic tale of a book to movie adaptation It could have been an anthology of key moments, patient X, the organ trade spread, the fake vaccine, the great panic, battle of Yonkers (of course) the rebuild, and a conclusion that is satisfying.

I love the braaaaaaaaaammm sound.

Honestly i think the Policeman getting hit by the truck wasn't supposed to be taken seriously at all. I legit heard roars of laughter in the theatre when that happened

"After decades of research we discovered that a key component of successful movies is a good story"....

The first time I saw the zombies ignore that guy I jokingly whispered to my friend "haha, the zombies just don't want to get cancer." And then, *two hours later* , the characters figured out that the zombies actually just didn't want to get cancer. I was laughing so uncontrollably that I had to leave the theater to avoid getting kicked out.