World War Z
Only I don't think they will do it very well, I would like them to film it as a serious documentary. In fact, it would make a better TV film as a two part documentary, about four hours in total, otherwise they won't be able to get all the good bits in.

The trouble with turning books into films is that books can contain so much information that a film simply cannot convey, descriptions of actions and emotions just can't be recreated on films and films take a long time to cover small bits of a book so you have to edit any normal sized book extremely heavily to make it viable for a two hour film, and that almost always means removing a lot of the bits people actually want to see.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Dec 2010, 15:51, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

completely agree
but when I get attached to a story I just want as much of it as possible in any form so movies are always a nice addition. And if it introduces someone else to the book then bonus.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 3 Dec 2010, 15:53, Reply)

They should do World War Z
But not solely in the way of interviewing the survivors, but include lots of 'surviving footage recorded at the time of the incidents'.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 3 Dec 2010, 15:55, Reply)

Yeah, that's what I had in mind
especially the first battle at Yonkers, where they can show all the camera shots of the soldiers battle helmets. And satellite images of the nuclear exchange.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Dec 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Definitely Yonkers
Some of the other scenes I don't think would film well as a documentary, like the pilot on the run after bailing out the plane.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 3 Dec 2010, 16:02, Reply)

Yeah, but they could maybe put in a "Dramatic reconstruction" or something
or just leave it out, It's a part that is clearly designed to be played by michelle rodriguez and she's a shit actress.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Dec 2010, 16:15, Reply)