The book is basically a bunch or recollections of people from different parts of the world talking about what they experienced. It is a ton of short stories, basically. You really couldn't make it into a workable movie. So yes, I think the movie will be totally different. Also, watching the previews, the zombies appear to be very fast and stack up on each other to scale walls. This doesn't happen anywhere in the book. Think they share the same title and that may be the extent. Regardless, i am a sucker for zombie movies/tv/books and want to see it
This is realistically the only way I could see a zombie outbreak possibly threatening human existence. Unless you are a cripple, or mentally challenged, anyone should be able to evade slow zombies.
One good thing about the book is it does describe how it could actually happen and it makes sense. Before I read it, I would totally agree with you.
So, is it really worth it to see this one in 3D? I'm trying to decide if I want to see this or This Is The End this Saturday. Might go with The End just for the smaller crowd.
I didn't see the need to devote anymore time to it. I didn't like the style at all. I thought I gave it a fair shot. I'm happy the movie seems to be good. A good zombie flick is always welcome.
It's a matter of volume. The zombies in the book overwhelmed. Even the army was overwhelmed when they threw grenades at them... and they kept coming, missing limbs and all.
I haven't read the book or seen the movie but it does seem like they are fighting the zombies the wrong way. Presuming zombies can survive puncture wounds like from bullets why not switch to things like napalm and just incinerate the massive pile of zombies as they pile up? For that matter why won't high explosive work? Even if they are singled mindedly determined to come and eat brains the zombies still have to follow the laws of physics and blowing off their legs or even just destroying ligaments should prevent the zombies from attacking.
In the book it was called the Battle of Yonkers where they found out conventional weapons were relatively ineffective. Here is Wikia explanation of it. http://zombie.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Yonkers Blowing off part of one leg would allow them to shamble. Blowing off both legs would allow them to pull themselves along on their arms. The book goes into the details of people walking through fields of high grass only to get grabbed and bitten by zombies who only had their upper torso. Using bombs that relied on sucking out all the oxygen out of the air was ineffective since zombies don't breathe. Bombs that burst the blood vessels in humans were likewise ineffective. Shrapnel would only slow them down.
I always thought the whole slow moving zombie thing was dumb -- why not have them fast moving when first infected then start shambling around after they've started rotting?
Maybe I am just overthinking this but even if zombie physiology and bio chemistry is different than human basic physics would still mean that without ligaments limbs wouldn't move. It just seems to me that incinerating them or even using explosive ammunition that blast zombies to bits would be the way to go.
That was how the zombies in I am Legend worked. They weren't living dead but were infected humans who operated at aggressive human speed. As the disease progressed they weakened and died.
Here is the chapter that talks about that battle. He explains it better than I did. Remember that this is an interview of a veteran of the battle. Long read but good explanation for what you were asking. Spoiler
Really enjoyed the movie, any word if there will be others? Since the book is a collection of stories, maybe do a similar thing with the movies?
