Films

Still intrigued why you thought it was good? I love Zombie films, but haven't seen it because the trailer looked shit, and everyone I know who has seen it says it's shit. Unless you are trolling, in which case well played.

I like certain zombie movies, like the original Dawn of the Dead. But I think
for me the attraction was always the end of the world scenario and only
few people left on earth. So Dawn of the Dead has a similar attraction
as The Quiet Earth to me.

I did primarily like World War Z for the sheer intensity in the mass scenes,
the way the bodies move like brainless drones. Here the uncanny valley
effect of CGI works in favor of making them look undead. I didn't need
a lot of bloody gore, something in the motion itself I found horrifying.

Then there was a certain cold clinical feel to the characters that reminded
me of classic 70s cinema. The beginning of the WHO facility segment
reminded me a bit of Coma.

The movie avoided a lot of overused setups, like a "cross section of society"
get trapped somewhere and has to fight together to survive, with annoying
fights between each other etc.
Or the grumpy muscular outsider who saves everybody in the end.

The military guys in Korea were genuinely helpful.

The little boy didn't become an annoying sidekick. The family scenes were kept to a minimum.

I liked how a lot of characters turned out to have a different role than what
you might expect. The family, the boy, the scientist, the female soldier, the pilot etc.

Didn't care much for the lab scenes in the end or the cure solution. But
that's usually pointless in most movies like this.