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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 15, 2023 5:19:41 GMT
On Netflix. I just watched it, and even though it’s a little far fetched, it sure does give you some things to think about. How dependent we are on our phones and the internet. Are we prepared for another attack against our country? Who can you believe today? How long could we exist without things we take for granted - medical care, food in stores, entertainment that gets us hooked on lives that aren’t our own?
What did you think about the movie? The ending left us hanging. I didn’t think it had closure.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Dec 15, 2023 6:39:29 GMT
I watched it. I was disappointed in the ending. Frankly, I felt like it was a cop out ending.
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Post by Zee on Dec 15, 2023 7:28:47 GMT
A truly harrowing tale of being doomed to Friends reruns for the rest of eternity.
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Post by valincal on Dec 15, 2023 8:37:58 GMT
I liked it and thought the ending was perfect. Not everything was implicitly explained but I thought it addressed the current political climate. I thought it was apparent that all of the world’s superpowers joined together to take down the US. |
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Post by rodeomom on Dec 15, 2023 9:01:55 GMT
Hated it. And I love this type of movie. Was looking forward to it.
I thought the acting was bad. Didn't like any of the characters. It was slow. I didn't think it was realistic. What was up with the deer?
Nope
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Post by Lurkingpea on Dec 15, 2023 13:39:32 GMT
On Netflix. I just watched it, and even though it’s a little far fetched, it sure does give you some things to think about. How dependent we are on our phones and the internet. Are we prepared for another attack against our country? Who can you believe today? How long could we exist without things we take for granted - medical care, food in stores, entertainment that gets us hooked on lives that aren’t our own? What did you think about the movie? The ending left us hanging. I didn’t think it had closure. I have not seen it and after terrible reviews won't bother but you might want to put a spoiler warning in your title for others since the ending is spoiled by Zee. |
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Post by peppermintpatty on Dec 15, 2023 14:02:14 GMT
Hated the ending. It was like "oh we need to end this" so bam, that's it! The girl annoyed me.
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Post by heckofagal on Dec 15, 2023 14:17:57 GMT
Apparently the book ended abruptly so the movie was following the book.
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Post by Tearisci on Dec 15, 2023 15:12:28 GMT
I watched it. I was disappointed in the ending. Frankly, I felt like it was a cop out ending. Same. I hated the ending. |
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Post by oh yvonne on Dec 15, 2023 15:29:17 GMT
I saw a review that warned it was strange and slow and that the end was very abrupt and unsatisfying so I suppose I watched it with different eyes. I kept expecting it to be far worse than it was and I actually winded up liking it.
I felt sad at the end, and I'm very disturbed that it will be *that easy* to take us down. And it feels prophetic.
The characters, especially Julia Roberts really annoyed me in the beginning but then I thought about it after and I felt like they played it right. People ARE annoying. And spoiled, and snotty and weird.
I think the ending was perfect too. We've seen enough Zombie apocalypse movies, we all know what's next. The distraction with the daughter finding her final episode to watch for a moment of peace, happiness was on the mark for me.
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Post by katiescarlett on Dec 15, 2023 15:45:25 GMT
I saw a review that warned it was strange and slow and that the end was very abrupt and unsatisfying so I suppose I watched it with different eyes. I kept expecting it to be far worse than it was and I actually winded up liking it. I felt sad at the end, and I'm very disturbed that it will be *that easy* to take us down. And it feels prophetic. The characters, especially Julia Roberts really annoyed me in the beginning but then I thought about it after and I felt like they played it right. People ARE annoying. And spoiled, and snotty and weird. I think the ending was perfect too. We've seen enough Zombie apocalypse movies, we all know what's next. The distraction with the daughter finding her final episode to watch for a moment of peace, happiness was on the mark for me. This sums is up perfectly for me! I love "end of the world" type movies and this one was so different and really creepy to me. At first I was disappointed at the ending but the more I've thought about it, the more I like it. |
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 15, 2023 16:14:06 GMT
I felt sad at the end, and I'm very disturbed that it will be *that easy* to take us down. And it feels prophetic. This!! It's hard to shake that feeling with all that's going on in the world today. Especially with the upcoming election. |
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Post by jill8909 on Dec 15, 2023 16:18:47 GMT
I stopped watching 3/4 of the way through although my husband finished it. I was bored.
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Dec 15, 2023 16:32:23 GMT
My Dh watched it; he really liked it. I just read the book and from talking to him and reading this thread, there are similarities, but also some pretty big differences. I liked the book but did not love it. It has an omniscient third-person narration that would not transfer to the screen, so I feel it would lose some to that fact. Two things with the book I did not like: The abrupt ending (which is a different ending than the movie) and the book had that weird male "sex" perspective that I find intrusive in some books. IDK---just seemed forced at times.
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Post by nine on Dec 15, 2023 16:53:32 GMT
Great potential. Great build up. Extremely poor resolution. Left me feeling pissed off that I watched it.
side note: I really don’t like Julia Roberts. That may have contributed to my distaste for this one
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Post by leeny on Dec 15, 2023 17:02:00 GMT
We watched it and my husband was annoyed when I kept pointing out things that didn't make sense or were missing some context. Such a disappointment!
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Post by oh yvonne on Dec 15, 2023 17:07:19 GMT
But what did you guys think about the *concept* of taking down our country. I get it was annoying but how did that part make you guys feel? Did it seem plausible?
And isn't it scary how vulnerable we really are if our internet/satellites are taken down?
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Post by Tearisci on Dec 15, 2023 17:10:03 GMT
Great potential. Great build up. Extremely poor resolution. Left me feeling pissed off that I watched it. side note: I really don’t like Julia Roberts. That may have contributed to my distaste for this one She was really dislikable in this role but I think that was intentional. Ethan Hawke seemed to be kowtowing to her a lot and it seemed like she held all of the power in the relationship. |
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 15, 2023 17:15:30 GMT
But what did you guys think about the *concept* of taking down our country. I get it was annoying but how did that part make you guys feel? Did it seem plausible? And isn't it scary how vulnerable we really are if our internet/satellites are taken down? My mind says it's not so easy to "take us down" as they portrayed in the movie. I would hope that our armed forces are prepared for something like this. But yes, it did seem possible. And many people would go off the deep end and not really THINK about what to do, they would react - possibly in the worse way. |
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Post by stingfan on Dec 15, 2023 17:59:15 GMT
I read this book and really didn't like it, so I'm not sure why I watched the movie.  I saw the previews and thought that maybe it would be better than the book - and I thought it was. In the book everything is ambiguous - not just the ending. At least the movie had some more concrete storylines. It was definitely too long though. |
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Post by scrappert on Dec 15, 2023 18:05:49 GMT
The ending left us hanging. I didn’t think it had closure. Agree with this! |
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Post by monicad on Dec 15, 2023 19:28:58 GMT
I’m terrified every time I see a white Tesla now (I live in the Bay Area so they’re pretty much every other car).
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Post by Zee on Dec 15, 2023 19:29:50 GMT
On Netflix. I just watched it, and even though it’s a little far fetched, it sure does give you some things to think about. How dependent we are on our phones and the internet. Are we prepared for another attack against our country? Who can you believe today? How long could we exist without things we take for granted - medical care, food in stores, entertainment that gets us hooked on lives that aren’t our own? What did you think about the movie? The ending left us hanging. I didn’t think it had closure. I have not seen it and after terrible reviews won't bother but you might want to put a spoiler warning in your title for others since the ending is spoiled by Zee. I didn't spoil the ending. You would have no idea unless you watched the whole thing to the end and that's really not a spoiler, now is it? |
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Post by catck on Dec 15, 2023 19:47:37 GMT
I found it thought provoking as it could be something we will have to endure in the not too distant future. Who knows what will happen, hence the ending......
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Post by Lurkingpea on Dec 15, 2023 20:08:26 GMT
I have not seen it and after terrible reviews won't bother but you might want to put a spoiler warning in your title for others since the ending is spoiled by Zee. I didn't spoil the ending. You would have no idea unless you watched the whole thing to the end and that's really not a spoiler, now is it? You told how it ends. How is that not a spoiler? I haven't seen the movie or read the book but I knew how it ended because you literally told it. Your comment makes no sense unless that is how it ends. |
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Post by Zee on Dec 15, 2023 20:49:40 GMT
I didn't spoil the ending. You would have no idea unless you watched the whole thing to the end and that's really not a spoiler, now is it? You told how it ends. How is that not a spoiler? I haven't seen the movie or read the book but I knew how it ended because you literally told it. Your comment makes no sense unless that is how it ends. Maybe go watch it and see if anything was spoiled for you before you handslap. |
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Post by Tearisci on Dec 15, 2023 21:36:34 GMT
I don't think @zee spoiled it with her comment. At least it wouldn't have for me. The thread title does also say spoilers in it.
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Post by myshelly on Dec 15, 2023 21:40:49 GMT
I have not seen it and after terrible reviews won't bother but you might want to put a spoiler warning in your title for others since the ending is spoiled by Zee. I didn't spoil the ending. You would have no idea unless you watched the whole thing to the end and that's really not a spoiler, now is it? I can’t comprehend how you don’t think that’s a spoiler. You literally posted the end of the movie…what can that be other than a spoiler? |
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Post by epeanymous on Dec 15, 2023 21:44:29 GMT
Apparently the book ended abruptly so the movie was following the book. I haven't watched the movie. I wouldn't describe the book as ending abruptly. I would describe it as ending where things are ambiguously falling apart. It doesn't "resolve" things but that is the point--the whole book is premised on people not being able to access full information. |
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Post by alsomsknit on Dec 15, 2023 21:49:08 GMT
I was not shocked at the end, until I realized it was the end. Then it was a “you have got to be kidding me.” Only to laugh a few minutes later.
Did some of the events, such as the weirdness with the animals, have an explanation in the book? They felt like lost-in-translation moments.
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I saw the previews and thought that maybe it would be better than the book - and I thought it was. In the book everything is ambiguous - not just the ending. At least the movie had some more concrete storylines. It was definitely too long though.
