Avoided at 1st after loving the novel but it's excellent

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2013)

After being an avid fan of the novel, I was skeptical and avoided going to the cinema to watch it. The novel is incredible, one of my all time favourites&I feared they couldn't translate it to film. I'd heard &read lots of negative reviews, situ many saying it was unrealistic one man could save the world and it was not true to the heart of the novel. I was especially disappointed to hear they were fast zombies!
However, a friend convinced me to watch it and I loved it. It was intense and made me jump on more than one occasion. The fast zombies actually worked for it, when they're streaming over the wall in Israel it's terrifying. What would you do? What could you do?
The Dr/expert who dies so suddenly came under a lot of criticism too but just because there is a zombie apocalypse it doesn't mean humans stop having accidents! You knew he would not last but was shocked at how fast it happened. I found Gerry to be convincing and he wasn'tjust a 1 dimensional character/hero. He was trying to save his family.
My advice is to watch with an open mind. I found it thrilling&a great zombie flick. Even though I love the novel.