The Last Of Us Movie: 9 Crucial Things They Need To Get Right

6. The Balance Between Narrative And Action

Although it'll be spectacular to recreate the likes of the Clickers (blind zombies who hobble about making noises like The Grudge girl) in a tension-filled scene where Joel and Ellie have to navigate a whole room full of them (somewhat like the nurses in Silent Hill), the action must be kept to an absolute minimum, only piping up every now and then to contrast the more meaningful downtime. The biggest fear with this adaptation is the potential for the studio to want to mass-market to the zombie-loving demographic; making the piece something more of a splatter-fest, occasionally delving down the morally-ambiguous route to hammer home just how desperate the survivors have become. The identity of the story is in the characters though, and whilst it is something of a standard trope in zombie-fiction to ask the question of whether or not the survivors have become less humane than those who are trying to gnaw their ankles off, the core story here is Joel's uncompromisingly relatable relationship with Ellie, and should be front and centre throughout.