world war z
Hollywood Executive 1: We have a book here called ‘World War Z’, it deals with the global impact of a zombie outbreak, features many different cultures and politics, explores the stories of many countries-
Hollywood Executive 2: Yes! I’m seeing, “White American Man Saves World From Zombies”
HE1: No, it’s not about-
HE2: Get me Brad Pitt on the phone!
HE: No, you’ve missed the point entirely-
HE2: There aren’t nearly enough movies about a man protecting his wife and kids from danger! We need to get Brad Pitt an adorable family! Is Angelina busy? Yes? Get me someone else!
HE1: But there’s a huge, diverse cast in this book-
HE2: WHITE AMERICAN MAN. PURE BOX OFFICE GOLD.
HE1: Look, can we at least get the actual zombies right-
HE2: PURE. GOLD.
November 10, 2012 @ 6:42 pm
This is why I don’t watch any American movies in the cinema anymore. It’s easier than you think if you live in Europe and have access to other countries’ films – and you don’t miss out on anything, considering that Hollywood films have become woefully unoriginal in the recent years.
November 11, 2012 @ 4:59 pm
Between this, and so many big releases not coming til the UK until next year, I have very much fallen out with Hollywood. :(
November 10, 2012 @ 7:14 pm
Yeah. It looks like a vaguely interesting post-apocalyptic movie now. Not what it could have been, had it actually, you know, cared about the actual stories in the book. And your points about White Manly Male Saves Everyone Yay Exceptionalism are sadly on point. Boo.
November 11, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
It makes me want to howl. :( Secretly I’m hoping it might just be the most misleading trailer of all time and they’ll actually do an OK job? But I probably hope in vain.
November 17, 2012 @ 6:14 pm
It could be a misleading trailer. That’s definitely not unheard of with movies where the marketing people are unsure of how well the true nature of a story will be received by the paying public. We can hope.