Not nearly as bad as most Zombie fans say

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2013)

I know a lot of people who watched this movie because they were fans of previous Zombie shows and games (The Walking Dead, Dead Rising, and more) and hated it. However, they all said pretty much the same things: "The Zombies weren't scary enough." or "It wasn't violent enough." They didn't say anything about acting, writing, music, direction, or anything else. I'd guess that most people you know who have watched this movie have said something like this as well.
First off, I have to praise the writing and story of this movie. I don't know how well it adapted from the novel, but it was amazing nonetheless. It was more about people working together to survive, as well as traveling across the globe to find a treatment, if one even exists. It is fairly predictable at times, but that doesn't really matter because the characters are so awesome and lovable. Gerry may have seemed like this fearless guy, but you could tell by his performance by Brad Pitt that the whole time, he was as scared as everyone else was.
In terms of violence, I'm glad that somebody finally decided that blood doesn't have to drown the screen to have a good story. Not only that, but it still have a good amount of violence in it, so stop complaining, Walking Dead fans. As for the scariness of the Zombies, I can't say that they were up to par with their most stereotypical image. That aside, they were still just as scary by their actions. The way they run and attack at high velocity when they are near prey is just as frightening as a "dead" corpse slowly walking toward you, giving one plenty of time to kill it off before it reaches them. The score was good and fit the tone of a war-apocalypse setting. The CGI was top-notch (though I don't really like the part where the Zombies pile up onto one another in particularly crucial scene)and overall, was an amazing movie worth your time, whether or not you're a Zombie fan.