[YMS] World War Z was kind of a crappy movie. And I'm sure that not everybody agrees with
that statement, but there was a point in time when anybody who knew about the movie pretty
much expected it to be a piece of shit. It seems as though the overwhelming
production issues that this film suffered went unnoticed
by the average viewer. But to me they were pretty fucking apparent. I mean, sure, it's not the worst
movie of all time, but the fact that it's so bland and unspecial just
makes it that much more boring. It would be easier to sit
through if the whole movie was as bad as the
worst parts of this movie, because if you're not
scared by the zombies, this movie doesn't really
have that much to offer. Fear can be particularly
subjective in movies and some people get scared a lot
more easily than others. When your argument for what the movie did
well stops at, "it was scary", then you might want to change your wording from, "No, it was
actually good", to, "I really liked it." The biggest problem with this movie is that a
vast majority of it is so incredibly uninspired. I envy people that can get sucked
into a movie they've already seen a million times in different
forms, but that's just not me. I'm aware that there's quite a few people who
can watch this overdone and cliché news footage intro and get sucked into the movie, but to
me it's like I'm not even watching anything. It's been done so many
times that I might as well just be sitting at home
and imagining it instead. I don't understand how I'm supposed to be absorbing
information if none of it is new information. You just showed me three minutes of nothing. What's interesting to note about this movie,
is that the script had a fuckton of rewrites. Not only was it based off of a novel where Brad
Pitt's character doesn't even exist, but between 2008 and the movie's well delayed release,
it went through about five different people. And about a month before the film's
release the writer of the original book came out and said that the only thing
they wound up keeping was the title. After he actually watched to movie he found out that
they did keep one character, but that's about it. [YMS] So the reason why this film
went through so many rewrites is because the original ending
apparently kind of sucked. [Interviewer] World War Z is currently
going through reshoots at the moment. [Brad Pitt] Yeah, out here again. What's the nature of those? Well, it's just a big monster
of a film and umm, that one has *got* to work and there's certain,
umm, how do I describe it... It's just gotta work a certain way, and we
gotta, we gotta fix'em up and that's all. We get it right and it's gonna be great.
It's not... it's not unusual. [clip] In Moscow, Brad at the premiere of World War
Z - said to open tomorrow - tells "USA Today" that when he saw the first cut of the film he had his
doubts, saying he thought it was, quote: "atrocious". [YMS] Paramount was seriously considering
scrapping the project altogether, before last-minute investor David
Ellison threw more money at it. And then Brad Pitt was reportedly so pissed
that he stopped talking to the director. "Vulture" claims that several
production sources said that they were only communicating
through intermediaries. So, if the director had notes for a scene,
instead of talking to Brad Pitt directly, he talked to someone else and then that
person would tell him what he said. Brad Pitt and Marc Forster deny that this
happened, so believe whatever side you want. [Marc Forster] It was just
*fantastic* to work with him. He's one of the most
gifted, iconic actors. [YMS] But it would be hard to believe
that Brad Pitt wasn't at least a little pissed at Marc Forster
for how he handled this movie. [clip] Brad's huge zombie bet was
met with troubled production, budget overages and incomplete
and endless reshoots. [YMS] That, and there's an
obvious financial benefit in pretending there weren't
any production issues. I mean, by the time the movie was
released, Brad Pitt put in a lot of effort into making sure everybody
knew it had his seal of approval. [Brad Pitt] I've seen it 30-40 times
through the editing process and I *love* it man, I'm re-really thrilled
by it, people are having so much fun! It's the most intense thing you're
gonna see all summer, it's so fun. [YMS] When I first watched this movie I
didn't know about all the production drama. But as I was watching
Brad Pitt in this scene, I thought to myself that he
looks weirdly unhappy. Does nobody else think that he looks kind of
unintentionally pissed off in this scene? Is it a coincidence that this scene was part of the reshoots? Maybe it's all in my head
but I don't think I'm the only one that thinks he
looks off in this scene. Just saiyan. If there's one thing that really sticks out
about scripts that get rewritten over and over by different people, is that a lot of
time it really loses its sense of flow. Like, holy crap is this movie ever impatient. They literally spend two minutes
pretending to develop these characters before they're thrown
into the zombie outbreak scene. And that's perfectly OK if you want
to get straight into the action. But if you're going to have a character
development scene anyway, could you not try even a little bit to make it seem as though you're
not just checking off items on a list? Show that he has a wife and children,
and that he is happy with them so that the audience can relate to him
without him having any real character. Show foreboding zombie footage on the television. Mention this child's inhaler that
will be needed later in the movie. [clip] Did you pack your inhaler? [YMS] Force in a line that references his old job. [clip] Martial law is like house
rules, but for everybody. Were you ever in places like that with your old job? [YMS] Show the counting toy that will be used later. [cilp] -Look who I found!
-[Here comes the number 12 train.] [YMS] "OK we're good, next scene!" From the moment they show up
in the kitchen to the start of the zombie outbreak scene
is 77-fucking seconds. "No you don't get it, we don't have
to develop anything 'cause we've already shown that they're the
typical American family unit." "That's just the Hollywood secret!" They spent 20 million dollars for these rewrites, guys. Oh, hey! It's that really cool
font that I've never seen before that shows up one letter at a
time making this exact noise! [obscure computer sounds] So, now we're in bumper-to-bumper traffic
and weird things start happening. Why is the helicopter flying around? Why is the police officer so rude? Why is there an explosion? Everything is getting fucked up
and nobody knows what's going on. [clip] Get back in your car right now!
Remain with your ve... [BANG] [YMS] Excuse me? So, this is the
first piece of action that happens in this movie and already it's a
little difficult to take seriously. Apparently, the first six
collisions this dumb truck made before hitting this guy
were completely silent. [BANG] Unless it fit in between these vehicles? "I am scared!"
"I am also scared!" They decide they're going to
follow down the path it's created, but both of their lines
are very clearly overdubbed. [clip] -What are we doing?
-That's our way out of here. [YMS] I also like how the line,
"That's our way out of here", comes directly before several
"Capital One" product placements. They're driving around in the chaos and
this little girl just won't shut up. [clip] I want my blanket! Baby, it's packed right now.
Snuggle with Subway Sam, okay? My blanket! -Rach? -Rachel, baby, you've
got to get back in your seat. -Baby, we need you in your seat.
-Put you belt on! -Rachel, right now!
-Gerry? -Rach, get your belt back on! [YMS] "Yeah, get your seatbelt on or else
I'll stop paying attention to the road." So, Brad Pitt collects his children and
notices something about a motorhome. But for the life of me I cannot
tell what the fuck even happened. It's obvious this part only exists
so they can have a convenient escape from the danger, but I'm so fucking
confused as to what happened here. So, the RV just stops right here and the
driver gets out and leaves his keys. And then he just fucking disappears. For some
reason this guy was pointing his gun at him. And then they just drove
away for no fucking reason. Were you trying to steal his RV
and then you changed your mind? The best interpretation
I can come up with is that this guy died as he
was exiting his vehicle and somebody in the editing room forgot to
add a muzzle flash and gunshot sound effect. I mean, this extra acted as though there was a gunshot. But in the scene we don't see
or hear a gunshot at all, making it really fucking confusing
as to what just happened. I guess just either way it's just one big
convenient coincidence for our main character. So, this little girl drops her
stuffed animal, and Brad Pitt decides to pick it up and then
observe a zombie transformation. And it's from this that he learns how long
it takes for a person to turn into a zombie. [nine, ten] Like, how loud is that toy that you can hear
it through a crowd of screaming people? Seems like the type of thing
that would be pulled off the market for permanently damaging
little babies' eardrums. "Good thing we were the only people out of
dozens of witnesses that decided to take this RV. Quickly! Everybody run this way,
this looks like <i>our way out of here</i>." [clip] I use my Capital One
Venture Card with double miles you can actually use to
fly any airline, any time. [YMS] So, as if the score
for the film wasn't already recycled enough, they decide to
end the scene with this noise. [dramatic BRRAAA] [YMS] I guess that's just one
more to add to the pile. [BRRAAWWWMMM] [BRRAAAMMM] [BBBRRRRMMMM] [BRRWM] [BRRAAW] [BAAAM] [BBRRAAAWAWA] [BRRAAA] [YMS] "Oh no, the child's asthma that we
briefly mentioned less than ten minutes ago is causing her some troubles, I
guess we gotta go to the pharmacy now." Man, if there weren't any children
in this story then these instant conflict plot devices might have
required some writing effort. [clip] My blanket! [YMS] So he gets the meds
while his wife gets some food, I like how this guy hasn't clued
in that he should go home yet. It's a good thing she's a child or else
everybody would notice the horrible acting. "aaaahhh" Is it really too much to ask that children
get cast for their acting abilities? Do they even audition anymore or
do they just show their face? "Adam, that's unfair criticism, and your
standards for realism in film are unreasonable." "Children aren't supposed
to be in the movie to act, they're supposed to be in
the movie as a cheap way to influence plot devices, and
also to serve as props as a cheap way to make the
main character relatable." "That's just the Hollywood secret!" [clip] Here at Hollywood Studios we've
been conscious of what successful films have not only been made,
but have stood the test of time. After many decades of research,
we have realized that part of the process of making a successful
film is having a good story. After many more years of research, we've
discovered that audiences respond better to action sequences if the characters in peril
are ones we care about and want to survive. We then organized a series of
experiments with focus groups, and over the next few years we were presented
with some startling results. Each participant in the study was shown a
large rock to act as the main character. By the end of the test we
took a large sledgehammer and smashed the rock into many
pieces in front of them. The idea was to see if the reactions
were any different depending on what was done to the rock before we introduced
the expectation of death or loss. What we found is that people are
more responsive to the loss of the rocks if we had given
them stories, backgrounds, personality traits, you know -
anything we could attach onto them to make them seem more
human and less like a rock. Now, unfortunately, we ran
into a bit of a problem. See, the time it took to develop
and explain these traits to the test subjects proved to
be tiresome for both the creators of these traits, and
the participants involved. Some even started asking questions about
the rock, but we didn't want that. Fast forward two years later
and here at Hollywood Studios, we came up with
the perfect solution. We found that we were able to get
near identical results with our participants after presenting the
rock under special conditions. After that point, the backstory wasn't
even necessary in the slightest. Turns out all we had to do
was place a dainty, slimmer rock next to it with one or
two pebbles by its side. The result was outstanding. And let me tell you, I sat in for one
of these sessions and they brought the sledgehammer out after about, like,
30 seconds and they went hysterical. This one woman, she started crying, "Please
don't kill him, he's got a family!" And then we smashed it. [YMS] He saves his wife from
getting mugged/raped and they make it back to their... Oh, no they
don't have a vehicle anymore. They run to some apartment buildings
and just barely make it inside. "We're scared!" Alright, so let me get this straight.
When a child's stupidity conveniently initiates a plot device we're supposed to
accept it because children are stupid. But you know what the number one thing
is that children are constantly doing that almost never fucking shows
up in these types of lazy movies? They cry. All the goddamn time. And, for whatever reason,
people are able to watch movies wherein children are
going through any number of traumatizing events and no one
ever gets taken out of the movie by how held back a child's
horrible performance is? "No, you don't get it,
everybody deals with stress differently, it's just a
coincidence that every child character in Hollywood movies
never seems to deal with stress in a way that would
require acting talent." "If I've never seen a movie with decent
child performances in it, that means it's not possible and I should just
accept it as a standard for today." Oh hey, one of your idiot children disappeared
from you; I guess you gotta go find her. [clip] -Where's Connie?
-Connie? [YMS] It's a good thing she was randomly
screaming in front of this door and not the other ones, because these
people are going to let them in. Yaay! Also, good job on using the same take twice. [clip] -Let me in!
-Let me in! [YMS] I bet you're exhausted, here have a beer. He waits until later, when
he knows a helicopter will be waiting for him
because of his old job. He invites this family to come
with him, but they say, "No", and then they immediately
regret it after they leave. "Fuck!" "Let me open this door and
look around everywhere except directly in front of myself.
Oh, no!" This kid miraculously escaped,
I guess he can come too now. So, as you can tell, I'm not all that impressed
with the action scenes I'm presented with. If I found myself being
more easily scared by these zombies then it might
be a different story. Perhaps it's the annoying
children and their held back screams that take
me out of each scene. [clip] -I'm scared.
[YMS] -You say that. Well, either way, it's time
to break from the action and deliver an incredibly
boring story scene. These guys insist that Brad Pitt has to
help them look for a cure because of his history at the UN, and he has to do it or
else they kick his family off the boat. [clip] You want to help your family.
Let's figure out how we stop this. [YMS] "This mission depends
on you, Gerry, and we can't do it without you.
You being the man who looks everywhere but
in front of yourself when entering a room with
new potential threats." Well, I guess he doesn't have to be around
these annoying children anymore. They just witnessed hundreds of people being
murdered and they look incredibly bored. "My parents are dead but
I don't give a shit." So, now he's off to South Korea with this
guy who's supposed to be a valuable asset. Supposedly that's where the
first infection was. As soon as they land they have to
start fighting more zombies. And it's set up in such a way where
it's like, "Oh no, you can only see the zombies as soon as they're
super close because of the fog." This guy freaks out and starts running
back inside, fucking hilarious. He died fucking instantly. "Oh hey, look how far away I can
see the zombies all of a sudden." [clip] The guy just shot himself. [YMS] He shot himself? Oh my God
he actually did shoot himself. [clip] -He was supposed to be our best hope.
-Well, he's not our best hope anymore. [crickets chirping] [YMS] So, now he's here and it turns out he
doesn't really get the information he wanted. [clip] Now, our colonel said he was the first one. -This colonel, is he around?
-Oh, yeah. He's right here. [canned laughter, applause] [YMS] Fun fact about human biology: Your
fingers contain bone and tendon, not muscle. Clearly, burning them does not do that much
if their ashy remains can exert energy. They casually explain how
the zombies went after every single person in the
room except this guy. [clip] This prick stands right
in the mix, while seven or eight of them turn Zeke
all at the same time. But they got no time for
Ol' Dirty Bastard here. [YMS] And at no point does anyone think,
"Hmm, maybe we shouldn't treat this as an odd coincidence and we should figure
out why they attacked everybody but him." You flew all the way to South
Korea for the explicit purpose of gathering information
to try and find a cure. Is it not even worth looking into,
or even asking him about it? You don't want to, maybe, pull
out your phone and write a note? "Nah, that doesn't seem important so
I'll just ask him something else." [clip] The ones I saw bitten
turned in 12 seconds. Same here? -Five or 10 minutes. -Yeah, Davidson
went and he turned in 10 minutes. [YMS] Oh great! It's this scene. [screaming] [YMS] He figures that the best way
to stop the infection is that everybody pulls out their teeth so
that they can't bite other people. Alright, now I am completely baffled at
how someone can watch this scene and think, "Yeah, pulling out your teeth
with your fingers, that makes sense." Do people seriously have
to try it themselves to realize how impossible it
would be to get a grip? Check this shit out! Nope! I'm really trying to get
a grip, I'm seriously trying. Nope! Nope! Here, I actually
got one of these grips that you use for opening jars,
just to prove my point. Nothing. There's not a single fucking
tooth I can actually get a grip on. I'm trying seriously hard, it
doesn't fucking make any sense. Are we supposed to assume that he
smashed his face against the bars a few times before trying but
somehow didn't chip a single tooth? Are we supposed to assume that he was
just the one guy at Camp Humphreys who already had the dental hygiene
of a homeless man with no teeth? Like, come on, at least use your
shirt to grip it or something. I don't understand how I'm
supposed to take this seriously. Also if you watched this in theatres
instead of the unrated home video release, they just start the scene with his
remaining tooth digitally edited out. And then a tooth magically appears in his
hand in the middle of their conversation. Man, have you noticed how all
the best movies are made with financial gain taking precedence
over artistic integrity? I mean, what's the point of even
having a vision for the film if you're not supposed to dismantle
it to sell it to a younger crowd. [clip] And for those who
think the movie might not be right for kids: Brad is
letting parents decide. His kids saw the movie, and
his kids love zombies. You know, he's leaving the PG-13
rating up to parents. Subtitles by: Fresh D and Ron Zuckowski
It's a shame this book couldn't have been an HBO miniseries. There's so much good material to work with. Hell, I'd take an animated series of that nerdy samurai kid and that blind man's adventures in Japan.
EDIT: I fucking lost it at "Adam's Room, Canada"
45 minutes!? I was not ready for this.
Edit: who am I kidding, I was ready for this all along
After that teeth pulling scene, this was all I could think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4kpzqlaf9A
1 cut per second... lol its almost like shaky-cam but worse.
Oh my God, I never realized how impossible getting a grip on your teeth was.
Also, I'm really loving the amount of effort you're putting into the editing. Sometimes it takes a few viewings to get everything out of it. Great attention to detail.
Thank you for this Adam, I've waited weeks and I'm so happy you put this out. If you're ever in or near nanaimo BC, I will buy you many Blue Rays.
Adam, your blonde friend has an awesome beard.
I don't get the segment of the rock. Did you make it or was satire some one else made?
Geez, get a grip Adam.