Brad Pitt's zombie-apocalypse flick, World War Z, hit theaters over the weekend, giving antsy moviegoers around the country a first look at Hollywood's latest undead undertaking.
At time of writing, the film had raked in upward of $66 million domestically (roughly $110 million worldwide) and had notched a 67% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer. Per the review-aggregating site, 86% of audience members enjoyed the movie, landing it an average rating of 4.3/5. Of course, many critics — professional, armchair and otherwise — also turned to social media platforms to make their voices heard.
Twitter and Google+ were a mix of earnest reviews and 140-character jokes.
@TommyWee My review of World War Z: Brad Pitt does not allow any other good looking guy in a movie he produces
— DanielFoodDiary.com (@DanielFoodDiary) June 24, 2013
This is why I hate Hollywood - the original ending for WWZ was FAR SUPERIOR to the predictable crap they went with. http://t.co/eR1QTKx7GY
— Haley (@GrupGirl) June 24, 2013
Let's just count going to see World War Z & having no idea it's a zombie movie until 10mins in as one of the dumbest thing I've ever done
— Tara Lemmon (@TaraLemmon) June 24, 2013
#WorldWarZ Has Made Enough Money to Get Itself a Sequel. Please, God, No. http://t.co/78Sf9MWxuw
— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) June 24, 2013
Congrats to the WORLD WAR Z team!! What a huge weekend for movies!!!! Love when many movies do well in a weekend.
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) June 24, 2013
World War Z was a very thoughtful movie. More from intriguing the mind with possibilities than with the gore of Zombies. I recommend it!
— Doug Baldwin Jr (@DougBaldwinJr) June 24, 2013
World War Z good not great. Not very gory. If that's PG-13, The Walking Dead would be NC-17. Thanks for everyone's input.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 24, 2013
"I'm not gonna ask him to cut his hair! You ask him!" Overheard conversation btw director and producer during "World War Z" rehearsals.
— Michael Showalter (@mshowalter) June 24, 2013
Just saw World War Z. If zombies are attracted to loud noises, we should probably preemptively quarantine Stephen A. Smith.
— Jelisa Castrodale (@gordonshumway) June 24, 2013
WORLD WAR Z breaks out with $66M debut. Huge win for Paramount considering the year of bad press the film generated. Pitt's biggest debut.
— Grady Smith (@gradywsmith) June 23, 2013
World War Z is a movie about millions of children from Africa trying to get Brad Pitt to adopt them.
— PieGuy (@ilovepie84) June 23, 2013
World War Z was mind blowing and made me pee my pants twice!! Haha going to buy a gun tomorrow.. Can never be too careful! #crazy
— Vinnie Sunseri (@vsunseri3) June 23, 2013
my favorite part about the World War Z movie is that all the people who like World War Z are not around for a couple hours
— jon hendren (@fart) June 23, 2013
The biggest question about WORLD WAR Z is what the hell in the marketing convinced anybody to see it.
— Devin Faraci (@devincf) June 22, 2013
The zombies in World War Z were so good at tackling and pouncing that I actually screamed Touchdown in the theater.
— MANIPULATETHIS (@ManipulateThis) June 22, 2013
Upside of getting the World War Z virus: GREAT cardio workout.
— Aaron Fullerton (@AaronFullerton) June 22, 2013
World War Z! Thumbs way up! The audience clapped at the end...and I was in Jersey!!!
— Queen Latifah (@IAMQUEENLATIFAH) June 22, 2013
Went and saw "World War Z" tip-Don't drink 2 cups of coffee before. I almost backhanded the person next to me when a zombie jumped out lol
— Vita Chambers (@VitaChambers) June 22, 2013
Will I understand World War Z if I haven't seen World War A through Y?
— Cruz! (@nPhelendriqal) June 22, 2013
Damn world war Z was sick. Kinda reminded me of I am legend except with Brad Pitt and he had friends.
— Coreyyyy. (@YoungCorey) June 22, 2013
'World War Z' is the most pro-Israel movie ever made. Or at the very least the most pro-Israel zombie movie ever made.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) June 24, 2013
Thought process during World War Z: This is stressful. Ugh Brad Pitt's scarf. Is that Anne Hathaway in les miz? Damn it. Good movie.
— Hannah Marks (@hannahmarks) June 24, 2013
Saw World War Z. It is NOT about zebra fights.
— Jillian Bell (@jilliandeltoro) June 23, 2013
The look of fear on Brad Pitt's face in World War Z is from his growing realization that the entire narrative strategy of the film is flawed
— Mat Johnson (@mat_johnson) June 22, 2013
Facebook offered more detailed explanations — and, in some cases, rants.
Per usual, YouTube served as land of the parodies.
Have you seen World War Z? What did you think about Pitt, the zombies and the chaos? Let us know in the comments below.
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