Bored War Z

Rating: 3/10 (7 September 2013)

Ho hum Hollywood.
I am not sure what the problem is with writers these days but these screenplays with no characters and nothing of consequence happening are getting ridiculous.
It's especially ridiculous in the genre of zombie movies or even Apocalypse movies. You can't tell a story like this without characters people care about and people can't care about characters with no background with the viewer.
An example of a zombie/Apocalypse done better (of which there are many) would be Dawn of the Dead remake (2004). The movie starts with the main character as a normal person instantly surrounded by zombie horror, much like world War Z... except the main character suffers loss and the rest of the movie explores a core group of characters and how they relate to each other at the end of the world. It's interesting and involves CHARACTERS.
In World War Z Brad Pitt's family is continuously safe. Then they get sent out of safety... to safety... there's zero tension surrounding the main character other than what is happening directly to him. But it's predictable, boring and completely bereft of character.
Hell I don't even know what his name was! (?) And I don't care.
World War Z suffers what so many Hollywood 'blockbusters' suffer from these days: Lots of money spent on CGI, zero budget into writing.