World War Z

The trailer for the Brad Pitt produced World War Z came out last week. I’ve watched it about four times, and I think it’s cool. The movie’s been plagued by production and script problems, even going so far to hire a new screenwriter halfway through production. This delayed the movie from being released in November 2012 to June 2013. That’s a big deal and a ton of money. I like the trailer, really like Mireille Enos and I think Brad Pitt is a cool guy. Here’s a link to the trailer, if you haven’t seen it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/

So what’s the big problem? Common opinion says it’s not accurately reflecting the book. I did a little research why there were production issues and here’s what I found on some blogs:

1. The script is not close to the novel:

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/world-war-z-trailer-illustrates-all-thats-wrong-in-hollywood-rfure.ph

2. The script is not close to the novel:

http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/11/10/why_world_war_z_scares_me_and_not_in_the_good_way

3.  And finally, the script is not close to the novel:

http://screenrant.com/world-war-z-movie-book-differences-discussion-kofi-127543/

All that being said, the book is told in retrospect from different points of view, somewhat similar to Robopocolypse. How do you film something like that and deliver any sense of story continuity in two hours? It’s more suited to a good HBO mini-series. Steven Spielberg is directing Robopocolypse. It will be really interesting to see how both films are handled.