New World War Z Poster Unveiled (And Why You Should Be Excited)

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A new poster for the upcoming World War Z has finally been revealed and, what else can I say, it looks pretty awesome if you ask me. Unlike a lot of the posters we've seen for the movie so far, this one features Brad Pitt front and centre, gazing upon a devastated landscape whilst a helicopter whizzes past... However, there is something that comes to my mind everytime I see news about the film: Why are there so many people angry about the film? Most of the complaints come from the fact that it only took the title of the novel and ignored everything else, since it doesn't have that feel of being a social commentary using zombies as a way to deliver it. However there's one thing that people usually forget when it comes to a movie like this. When doing the adaptation from a novel to a movie, some changes have to be made. First of all, if the content of the book is too violent, or it touches some themes that might be delicate, you need to make a watered down version of it if you want to release it to the public (An example of this is with American Psycho, which removed some of the most horrifying parts of the book, or Lolita, which changed the age of some characters in order to avoid controversy). Second, if the book has too much content, or if it has too many stories (precisely like World War Z) you really won't be able to put all of it in one movie, sure you can try, but it most likely won't work. But let's not forget one very important detail that a lot of people seem to forget about this particular novel: A movie version that is completely identical to the book won't work. Click "next" to continue...
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