What a Waste

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2013)

To option this book and then make a film costing almost $2M per minute of screen time is criminal by Hollywood standards. No mention of Yonkers or the LOBO. This movie is flawed. I only hope Max Brooks was not only paid well but also retained the rights to option his title for a TV series.
Imagine a multi-season cable-length arc. Each season covers one area from his fantastic book. Yonkers I. Traveling North & subsequent "clean-up". The Air Corps crash and subsequent evasion. Intercut with stories from India, Jerusalem & Cairo, Cuba, and political (dis)organization. Conclude with the March Across America.
The only hope we have is that Spielberg also watched and learned how to not mess up Robopocalypse.
1 star for actually being made, another for Pitt as an actor, with 2 more for some nice shots and effects. Watch once and move on to something better - maybe even something by The Asylum.