30. "a barely solid and extremely disjointed film (some spoilers)" In response to In response to 0
it felt like I was watching versions of each of the screenwriters who wrote a version of this film in the final product.
the movie didn't really seem to know WHAT it wanted to be: dude with a problem, disaster movie, zombie apocalypse movie, etc.
it was all over the map and didn't get close to touching any of those.
no character development, if i'm supposed to ride with Gerry, then he should have been developed enough that I wanted to. how was he qualified to be the expert on this? WHY is he an expert on this?
and, clearly this was most definitely due to everyone having their hands on this, but how does Gerry go from a man protecting his family to finding patient zero to being a zombie killer warrior in one movie?
like, none of that made sense.
there were some missed opportunities to make this a better movie....
the B story with the family and the mental illness type affects of the zombie apocalypse (that was in the book I believe) was intriguing as hell but it wasn't developed enough.
the family in general *SHOULD* have been the B story but clearly was on the cutting room floor.
wasted opportunities for such a solid cast...
Brad and everyone else deserved BETTER.
And damn, why is Marc Forster constantly getting directing jobs and this motherfucker can't direct and action sequence to save his life? I mean, Paramount and Brad didn't see Quantum of Solace? Like, AT ALL? y'all must have been caught up in Billy Bob Thornton digging out Halle Berry from the back part of his reel...smh
for all the drama surrounding this film, they could have come with a BETTER end product than THIS.