Brad Pitt stars in this summer blockbuster as a father and husband who is called back to the service to help defend against a whole new enemy-
Bieber fans.
With a deadly (in a sense) virus running as rampant as its victims, these zombies do anything and everything they can to take a bite of their prey. Like in the picture above, they pile atop each other to get over this protective wall. That's just one example, but in World War Z, directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Stranger than Fiction, Finding Neverland), these zombies are attracted to sound.
Yep, you read that right.
City buses, too. They can keep those.
From someone who read the book written by Max Brooks, I can say that for what it was, the movie was pretty well-done. I didn't even complain about the overuse of CGI because unless they could find hundreds of extras willing to trample each other, I can't think of any other way to recreate scenes like those above. I see what they were thinking in terms of the movie adaptation, though, since the book was based around accounts from different survivors of the war, while the movie was about the zombie attack itself. I found that a bit more exciting, but for both adaptations, I found them decent. Neither will really stand out to me, but the book was well-written and the movie was a fun time.
Regardless of any criticisms, I recommend seeing/reading World War Z. Just don't make any noise.
And don't be this stupid, or your peers will probably just sacrifice you.
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Comedy stars unite to fight off an apocalyptic disaster in This is the End, directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (Superbad, Pineapple Express, The Green Hornet).
That disaster being an angry Emma Watson.
With names such as Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, and Watson herself, to name a few, you know you're in for a good time. The movie starts with Baruchel and Rogen, old friends, reuniting for the first time in about a year. They head over to Franco's house for a housewarming party when everything goes awry...
Michael Cera shows his true colors as a coked-up ass-slapper...
And even our favorite Kardashian shows up!
This movie is full of laughs- seriously, it's hysterical. I don't think I've ever laughed this hard in the movies in a long time. It's a film that doesn't take itself too seriously; we know that from the start considering these actors all star as themselves and make fun of each other to no end. Jonah Hill stands out as the ridiculously friendly guy who just wants everyone to get along.
Scarface style.
Really though, go see this movie. Sex and shit jokes galore.
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Another comedy, but this time we see Melissa McCarthy the Great and Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock as the timeless stuck-up cop, clinically-insane cop duo who tackle dangerous drug dealers alone.
Mostly because no one else will work with them except for Marlon Wayans, probably because no one else will work with him either. I blame that 'A Haunted House' movie.
McCarthy and Bullock connect perfectly with their imperfections and different types of humor. McCarthy lets Bullock have it over her lonely, near-pathetic lifestyle apart from her job as a higher-up FBI agent, and Bullock retaliates with jabs at McCarthy's tendencies to be a fat slob.
And a crazy psycho.
But that's a compliment because she's one of my all-time favorite fat slob/crazy psychos ever.
The Heat is jam-packed with comedy and action, and this is Melissa McCarthy at her finest. I mean, Bullock is great too and she really has a great sense of humor of her own, but this is McCarthy's home turf. She thrives in this type of humor and it shows.
And she's a little violent, too.
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Honorable Mentions:
Books: World War Z, by Max Brooks (website linked above)
Odd Interlude, by Dean Koontz - Author Website
Throwback:
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, the fifth studio album by the band Seether - Band Website
