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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I've never read the book but I've heard the movie was literally just a generic zombie movie that had nothing to do with the book.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't even that it was a generic zombie movie, it was a particularly shit zombie movie.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nah, it was fine for people that didn't read the book.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn't read the books and can't remember much of the movie but one thing.

The way the zombies moved as a fluid.

That was the best depiction of horde behavior I have seen. The thought that they climb over obstacles by climbing over each other was brilliant and scary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The zombie ant hills are burned into my mind as well. So fucked up and terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I only read the book afterwards. Leaving the theater I thought, “Wow, what a shit zombie movie, what's with the zombie tower. Anyways I want ice cream.”

After reading the book I thought, “Wow, this makes the movie seem even worse than I thought, adapting this would've been way better. They didn't even follow the same in-universe rules!”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was a fantastic zombie movie! I just need to make sure to not read the book now. lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Nah, the book is great, definitely one the best zombie fictions out there. It even spawned a pretty great fan fiction that addressed one of the hanging plot threads.

I didn't buy everything from it but it's best to just consider them as separate properties and judge them on their own merits.