TheRetroCritic

In this seventh episode, fellow film buff Jamie and I discuss movie news, review a recent release ( World War Z , this time) and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics. Guess what song was being sung in the "I Shat Myself" segment and get a shout-out in the next episode! You can email your answer here: bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com Or simply comment below. @TheRetroCritic retrocriticblog.blogspot.com thebigrewind.blogspot.com

With Zombieland bringing back zombie movies in a big way and spawning not only a TV series but zombie comedies like Warm Bodies , it was only a matter of time before we got our next big, serious zombie epic. Based on a popular novel by Max Brooks, World War Z stars Brad Pitt and boasted an epic scale in its otherwise somewhat underwhelming trailers. As it turns out, the movie failed in a very different way than I thought it would. This is the kind of movie I honestly expect to look fun in the trailers but end up being a bore,  Battle L.A. and Total Recall being prime examples of that. There are many things wrong with this movie but I can't really say I was bored by it as it kept the action going throughout and rarely wasted too much time with unimportant filler. It does slow down quite a bit near the end, though, but even those parts had some form of suspense to them. The film's first half hour really is its biggest turn off. In 3D (avoid the 3D at all costs, by the way