"Leave the World Behind" film

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Anonymous wrote:How is this movie THIS bad? (Leave the World Behind). I just about gave up in the opening scene when Julia Roberts is standing by a window, the camera zooms in on her aggressively to the point where you can see the pores on her nose, and she's like, "I hate this world" and I'm like WTF who made this s**t.

Which is too bad because apocalypse films are my favorite, because I do in fact hate everything about late stage capitalism.

Can someone watch the rest of this dumb movie and tell me if it's worth the rest of my Friday night.

It was HORRIBLE, bad, terrible, sad, depressing, cynical, had both overt and subtle American messages ("make as many enemies as we have" when referring to North Korea), boring, and overall leaves you with an ick feeling after... Oh and of course the requisite/elitist snobby vocabulary ALL of the characters used (vs just one character). (Oh and Netflix advertising Friends ad nauseam. "nostalgia for a time that never really existed")


Overall theme - humans are terrible, especially American humans.

THIS. Don’t forget: “Never trust white people.” 🤮

You must not have finished the movie. It is a natural suspicion on the home owners part but Julia Roberts' character ends up protecting the young girl in the end, the white neighbor barters, the homeowner lays it down for the renter's son to form an alliance. None of them should have been naturally trusting or trustworthy and their conflicts stemmed from those gut feelings. The beauty of the movie was the characters working through it internally and externally. They go from "people suck" to "we need people". It was a hopeful turn in the most bleak setting.
As far as the vocabulary of the characters, it was refreshing! Most people have much bigger vocabularies than the typical movie script.

Forgot to mention Ethan Hawk also steps into the line of fire to reach the settlement for meds. Just because you don't like their initial reactions to each other doesn't mean they were cast as stereotypes.

DP. I guess I'm wondering who it is you're responding to because none of the above posters have said anything about stereotypes.

The poster saying white people were not to be trusted as in that was a message from the movie. No, it was a sentiment of one character who clearly had her view disproven so painting the movie as discriminatory is incorrect.

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Anonymous wrote:How is this movie THIS bad? (Leave the World Behind). I just about gave up in the opening scene when Julia Roberts is standing by a window, the camera zooms in on her aggressively to the point where you can see the pores on her nose, and she's like, "I hate this world" and I'm like WTF who made this s**t.

Which is too bad because apocalypse films are my favorite, because I do in fact hate everything about late stage capitalism.

Can someone watch the rest of this dumb movie and tell me if it's worth the rest of my Friday night.

It was HORRIBLE, bad, terrible, sad, depressing, cynical, had both overt and subtle American messages ("make as many enemies as we have" when referring to North Korea), boring, and overall leaves you with an ick feeling after... Oh and of course the requisite/elitist snobby vocabulary ALL of the characters used (vs just one character). (Oh and Netflix advertising Friends ad nauseam. "nostalgia for a time that never really existed")


Overall theme - humans are terrible, especially American humans.

THIS. Don’t forget: “Never trust white people.” 🤮

You must not have finished the movie. It is a natural suspicion on the home owners part but Julia Roberts' character ends up protecting the young girl in the end, the white neighbor barters, the homeowner lays it down for the renter's son to form an alliance. None of them should have been naturally trusting or trustworthy and their conflicts stemmed from those gut feelings. The beauty of the movie was the characters working through it internally and externally. They go from "people suck" to "we need people". It was a hopeful turn in the most bleak setting.
As far as the vocabulary of the characters, it was refreshing! Most people have much bigger vocabularies than the typical movie script.

What? I watched the entire movie, and still think that line ("never trust white people") was garbage. The Amanda and Clay characters didn't trust George and his daughter at first, and for good reason - not because they were black, but because they were total strangers claiming they owned the house and needed to stay there with them. I honestly wouldn't have let anyone into the house who just showed up like that - regardless of what color they were. But clearly, the daughter thinks Amanda's rudeness is due to the fact that she and George are black.

Well I guess Ali's character could have forcibly removed the family from the house. It's not like they could call and complain now could they. Also, Ali was the only one with access to a firearm to make his point. It was abundantly clear he was the homeowner. He knew both Julia's first and last name, he had access to the liquor cabinet, and he knew the layout of the house. If it was me, once they left the house to go back to the city, Roberts' family would have been sleeping in the basement.

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I was putting myself in different characters shoes too. I would have been suspicious until he showed up with keys and the knowledge of her name and their emails. If I was him, I'd have been more forthcoming about why I returned but he actually did tell her what/why the next day. If I was the daughter I would have not trusted what Julia Roberts' character and her prickly personality was capable of and resentful she didn't leave and stay away (so nothing different). I would have been less hospitable on their return BUT look where that would have gotten them as Julia's character protected the girl and their little girl ended up finding the jackpot bunker. I don't know if in reality that it pays to trust/not trust others but my tendencies would have been either extreme of over protective Kevin Bacon or floundering Ethan Hawk.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is an interesting twitter thread on a bunch of hidden information people spotted in the movie, including a QR code on the CNN map.

https://x.com/redpilldrifter/status/1734681926227906790?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

I don't have a twitter account.

You don't need an account to see the video which I didn't finish because the guy's voice is aggravating. He's some conspiracy nut

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I'm surprised at the negative reviews. We kind of liked it.

I liked Ethan Hawke and Julia Roberts together. Mahershala Ali was great as usual.

It was a bit preachy in the end, but I liked how they unspooled the story so you didn't know right away what they were dealing with. I found it a somewhat realistic portrayal of near future dangers.

We liked the movie too. I'm also surprised at all these negative reviews.

I enjoyed it. It was " Brit Marling-esque" end of the world type movie. People here criticized the young mixed race daughter of M.Ali. I loved her in the Industry series based upon a London investment bank.

THats right! She always wants some scenes that show all her tattoos.
And her acting is just her real life snarky bad attitude tone.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact this movie has triggered such passionate reactions proves it was worth watching. We Americans always want the happy endings. Well, that’s not always realistic. It’s a movie about the end….the end of what exactly, we don’t know. It was thought-provoking and left us with a sense of unease. That was the whole point.

What passionate reactions?

Seems pretty lukewarm reactions positive and negative.

Ho hum.

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Anonymous wrote:I will watch anything Ali is in; he’s such a good actor. I’ve loved him since House of Cards.

I thought Ethan Hawke did a great job too. I wish there had been more Kevin Bacon. I liked the movie.

Kevin Bacon is such a good blue collar character.

When the $hit goes down, those are the kind of people who survive. Like Daryl Dixon. I was shocked he wasn’t at the neighbors already (where the daughter went).

PP here who pointed out that Ali’s wife, not daughter, was in the book. Kevin Bacon is the contractor, huh? Wasn’t he Latino in the book? Not that every character has to match. I’m open to white characters in books not being white in movies, so I need to think on whether going the other way is a big deal in this movie. In any case, they are interesting choices coming from the Obamas’ production company. (And I love the Obamas.)

Not that interesting since it was the typical liberal themes:
America has tons of (psycho, evil) enemies.
America has so many extremists it will cannibalize itself.

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Anonymous wrote:I will watch anything Ali is in; he’s such a good actor. I’ve loved him since House of Cards.

I thought Ethan Hawke did a great job too. I wish there had been more Kevin Bacon. I liked the movie.

Kevin Bacon is such a good blue collar character.

When the $hit goes down, those are the kind of people who survive. Like Daryl Dixon. I was shocked he wasn’t at the neighbors already (where the daughter went).

He had his own stock pile and shelter. He was a survivalist. He will pay them a visit if and when his stockpile runs out.

I actually enjoyed the movie although I found it unrealistic in parts. If that is my house, I am not sleeping in the basement with my teenage daughter. That part made no sense to me. Julia would be lucky I did not kick her and her family out. I did not understand Ali jumping in front of a possible bullet for someone he just met and leaving his teenage daughter behind in a world that he knew was upside down. I also do not comprehend why the son was the only one of all of them that was impacted by the radiation when they all received the same amount. Finally, I don't understand the deer and flamingos in Long Island. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. Bacon is an example of how people you thought were friendly will turn during a time of survival.

The flamingos were in Long Island because the migration patterns of animals had been disrupted which was reported on the radio when Ethan Hawke was out of his car. Something similar happened this fall when flamingos showed up in Michigan.

I think Ali being over the top accommodating to the white family has to be some play on/representation of how black people may feel the need to overcompensate and please white people. From the very beginning Ali is too nice, long winded in his explanation of why he is there. Oh I am so sorry to bother you blah blah blah when its seems like the normal thing to do is say: Hello, I am the actual owner of this house and we need to come in because we have an emergency. Instead he goes on some banter that takes way too long to get to the point. He also feels some sort of responsibility. And he lets the family back in after they leave. I did like the dig he made about where they lived in Brooklyn. It was well deserved.

We assumed it was to build suspense.

The audience didn’t know for sure if they were con men or the renters from last month or the owners who ramble.

Plus everyone was omitting information - the ship, the clients messaging.

And the daughter was constantly grating with her racial lens of everything. Conmen come in all colors baby. All over the planet.

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Anonymous wrote:I will watch anything Ali is in; he’s such a good actor. I’ve loved him since House of Cards.

I thought Ethan Hawke did a great job too. I wish there had been more Kevin Bacon. I liked the movie.

Kevin Bacon is such a good blue collar character.

When the $hit goes down, those are the kind of people who survive. Like Daryl Dixon. I was shocked he wasn’t at the neighbors already (where the daughter went).

He had his own stock pile and shelter. He was a survivalist. He will pay them a visit if and when his stockpile runs out.

I actually enjoyed the movie although I found it unrealistic in parts. If that is my house, I am not sleeping in the basement with my teenage daughter. That part made no sense to me. Julia would be lucky I did not kick her and her family out. I did not understand Ali jumping in front of a possible bullet for someone he just met and leaving his teenage daughter behind in a world that he knew was upside down. I also do not comprehend why the son was the only one of all of them that was impacted by the radiation when they all received the same amount. Finally, I don't understand the deer and flamingos in Long Island. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. Bacon is an example of how people you thought were friendly will turn during a time of survival.

The flamingos were in Long Island because the migration patterns of animals had been disrupted which was reported on the radio when Ethan Hawke was out of his car. Something similar happened this fall when flamingos showed up in Michigan.

I think Ali being over the top accommodating to the white family has to be some play on/representation of how black people may feel the need to overcompensate and please white people. From the very beginning Ali is too nice, long winded in his explanation of why he is there. Oh I am so sorry to bother you blah blah blah when its seems like the normal thing to do is say: Hello, I am the actual owner of this house and we need to come in because we have an emergency. Instead he goes on some banter that takes way too long to get to the point. He also feels some sort of responsibility. And he lets the family back in after they leave. I did like the dig he made about where they lived in Brooklyn. It was well deserved.

I read the book but have an awful memory, so I spent half the movie thinking “I swear he was with his wife in the book…?” So I went googling after. According to Sam Esmail, the reason they made the wife/daughter switch was to highlight the generational change in how two people might react to this same situation.

For people who did or didn’t like it, I’m curious whether you’ve seen other Sam Esmail projects and whether that makes a difference? I didn’t love it (though thought the ending was actually much closer to closure than the book!) but also thought it was more or less what I expected after Mr Robot and Homecoming.

For those of us who hadn’t read the new book only could have been a mistress.

No one made any effort to explain the ID situation or prove nuances of the property

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Anonymous wrote:Um best part might be that the movie triggered Elon Musk lol!! https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/elon-musk-leave-the-world-behind-netflix-b2463100.html

lol.

Gotta krap on Elon and Tesla every chance Obama has!

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Anonymous wrote:Here is an interesting twitter thread on a bunch of hidden information people spotted in the movie, including a QR code on the CNN map.

https://x.com/redpilldrifter/status/1734681926227906790?s=46&t=E8qDVnObwqD3VskYpcZ1Jg

I don't have a twitter account.

What’ Twitter? A new ADHD med? Is it in stock?

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Did Elon find this thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this movie THIS bad? (Leave the World Behind). I just about gave up in the opening scene when Julia Roberts is standing by a window, the camera zooms in on her aggressively to the point where you can see the pores on her nose, and she's like, "I hate this world" and I'm like WTF who made this s**t.

Which is too bad because apocalypse films are my favorite, because I do in fact hate everything about late stage capitalism.

Can someone watch the rest of this dumb movie and tell me if it's worth the rest of my Friday night.

I'm not understanding the negative reviews here. We watched it this week and liked it. Def an atypical dystopian angle. It was a little slow and too "artsy" at points. But we liked the plot and the acting. I actually loathe Julia Roberts and never understood her appeal much so she was perfect in the bit---y mom role. The other actors were fantastic, I thought. And the ending was abrupt but appropriate. The girl got what she wanted before the world "ended", so to speak. Hinting that what was coming was really, really bad and it was the kid's last happiness before that.

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Anonymous wrote:How is this movie THIS bad? (Leave the World Behind). I just about gave up in the opening scene when Julia Roberts is standing by a window, the camera zooms in on her aggressively to the point where you can see the pores on her nose, and she's like, "I hate this world" and I'm like WTF who made this s**t.

Which is too bad because apocalypse films are my favorite, because I do in fact hate everything about late stage capitalism.

Can someone watch the rest of this dumb movie and tell me if it's worth the rest of my Friday night.

I'm not understanding the negative reviews here. We watched it this week and liked it. Def an atypical dystopian angle. It was a little slow and too "artsy" at points. But we liked the plot and the acting. I actually loathe Julia Roberts and never understood her appeal much so she was perfect in the bit---y mom role. The other actors were fantastic, I thought. And the ending was abrupt but appropriate. The girl got what she wanted before the world "ended", so to speak. Hinting that what was coming was really, really bad and it was the kid's last happiness before that.

That's not how I interpreted that scene at all. Yes, she got closure with the last episode she had been obsessing about. But we know everyone will be fine - at least for a long while - when they all get to the bunker to ride things out.

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After these reviews I don’t want to watch it but can someone tell me what the Tesla scene was?

[Anonymous]

SPOILER……

Tesla scene is a bunch a self
Driving cars hijacked to crash into each other and block the roads.