A good surprise!

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2013)

"World War Z" was a really good surprise for me as a moviegoer. As everyone else, I had heard about all the in-fighting, re- shoots and other problems that plagued the production.
All I have to say is that I am glad the movie was made. True, it has little semblance to Max Brook's novel other than the premise and some characters, but that might have been for the best. Also, finding out what the original "third act" and ending of the movie was going to be, I'm sure glad they changed it, it would have been horrible had they kept it!
After being bombarded with prequels and sequels all summer long, it was refreshing to see an original story being brought to the screen. Honestly I went in not knowing what to expect. The trailers had been pretty effective and I had some anticipation wanting to see the movie, but they were tempered by all the bad publicity this movie got before its release. I left after the screening having been pleasantly surprised. I liked it more than I thought I would, and in a year populated with so many mediocre and outright disappointing movies, "World War Z" was a most welcome change to that annoying pattern.
Now they have a good director to continue this budding franchise. If done properly, this should be a solid series of movies. Juan Antonio Bayona is a good director. I have seen "The Orphanage" and it is a good little movie, done for next to nothing in terms of budget, but very a very effective supernatural thriller. I have not seen "The Impossible", but the movie garnered positive reviews by enlarge and was fairly successful at the box office.
I am looking forward to the next instalment of "World War Z".