Great movie

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2014)

I made the mistake of reading a few reviews here before watching this film. Or actually I don't know if it was a mistake, because I was positively surprised. There were lot's of bad reviews, from different aspects, and therefore I postponed watching this for quite long.
Glad I watched it tho. It's a very well made movie. Pretty much everything is good here, from acting to soundtrack to visuals. The script is maybe the weakest link. I haven't read the book, so I can't say how this compares, but there are few things that bothered me a bit. First, it's a bit of a mess, a lot of things happen, places change, people change. It does manage to stay quite consistent, but it at times feels like it's multiple episodes of a series edited together. Kind of James Bondy in a way, they don't stay in one place for too long.
The beginning is tense, it goes full throttle quite quickly, but then changes pace back to normal quite soon. Korea and Israel are parts of the story that feel a bit rushed, and there's a scene in Korea that goes a bit "Pulp Fiction" and doesn't exactly fit the atmosphere, a weird decision from the film makers if you ask me. The Israel episode is a bit ho-hum also, not bad, but .. I don't know.
The finale in Wales is very different again, that episode goes much deeper into characters and stealth action, very well made and enjoyable.
People have said it's not a proper zombie movie without blood and gore. It's true that there's very little of it. I don't mind, since I'm not into gore. Actually this was really good choice, since you don't need to look away from the screen all the time and wait what disgusting stuff they thought of this time. Only downside of this is that there are a few scenes, which actually look censored, you'll snap out of the movie and you get conscious of the camera. There is a scene which is quite long where Brad Pitt "takes care" of a zombie, but it's kind of like softcore porn where the camera man is bit too careful for the camera not to "below the waste" so to say. It's a bit obvious, which is not good, even tho idea and intention is good.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it, it's very well made in general.