"Leave the World Behind" film

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Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.

I agree with most criticisms of this movie, but I think this one is unfair. Many women manage to get pregnant in their 40s and I think our society is way more ageist with women than with men.

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Anonymous wrote:I read the book last year and really liked it. It was one of the best books I read all year, so I was both excited for and apprehensive of the movie. I read a bunch of negative reviews last Friday but then watched it myself on saturday and... I enjoyed it. I went in knowing that it was different from the book so that helped. yes, the acting was clunky. But I like any relatively decent portrayal of world-ending that seems realistic. I do think that when the $hit hits the fan, it will start small, like our cell phones not working, and we'll all think it's temporary. The great part of the book is that it goes much deeper into the characters' journeys of processing the fact that this is indeed a big bad deal. But yeah, I could've done with a different ending. Even just the music at the end was like WTF?

Were they all so hyper intellectual in the book?

I'm not the one you're asking, but...how dumb are you and your friends that these characters struck you as hyper-intellectual? Amanda was a little trite, and the homeowner's daughter was a know-it-all in an age-appropriate way, but everyone else seemed totally normal to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.

I agree with most criticisms of this movie, but I think this one is unfair. Many women manage to get pregnant in their 40s and I think our society is way more ageist with women than with men.

Completely agree

[Anonymous]

Didn’t need to get to the ending to know this movie was awful. Took about two minutes to realize the writing and acting were both terrible.

[Anonymous]

Here’s one take on the ending I thought was pretty interesting: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8mMXQm8/.

Cliffs Notes: How many of you feel about the ending is exactly what Rose was feeling the entire movie. She needed closure for those 6 characters. She found it and found comfort in it. We, the audience, will never know what happened to those 6 characters and it made us uncomfortable, mad, confused…all the things Rose was feeling.

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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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one take on the ending I thought was pretty interesting: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8mMXQm8/.

Cliffs Notes: How many of you feel about the ending is exactly what Rose was feeling the entire movie. She needed closure for those 6 characters. She found it and found comfort in it. We, the audience, will never know what happened to those 6 characters and it made us uncomfortable, mad, confused…all the things Rose was feeling.

This helps and makes sense, thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Needed a happy ending.

Why? There's no happy ending to a world in which you've been accustomed and the new world is full of chaos, war and survival.

[Anonymous]

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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.)

Maybe he is a white Latino

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad I checked this thread. Will take it off my watch list.

You should not. Make your own decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.

Do you live in NYC or DC. There are 56-year-old mothers of 13-year-olds. all over the DMV and NYC. NBD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read the book last year and really liked it. It was one of the best books I read all year, so I was both excited for and apprehensive of the movie. I read a bunch of negative reviews last Friday but then watched it myself on saturday and... I enjoyed it. I went in knowing that it was different from the book so that helped. yes, the acting was clunky. But I like any relatively decent portrayal of world-ending that seems realistic. I do think that when the $hit hits the fan, it will start small, like our cell phones not working, and we'll all think it's temporary. The great part of the book is that it goes much deeper into the characters' journeys of processing the fact that this is indeed a big bad deal. But yeah, I could've done with a different ending. Even just the music at the end was like WTF?

Were they all so hyper intellectual in the book?

I'm not the one you're asking, but...how dumb are you and your friends that these characters struck you as hyper-intellectual? Amanda was a little trite, and the homeowner's daughter was a know-it-all in an age-appropriate way, but everyone else seemed totally normal to me.

Their vocabulary seemed a bit pretentious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
“… Netflix fans fume over new apocalyptic thriller's 'unsatisfying' cliffhanger ending while others argue they missed the point: 'Where is the rest of the movie?!' …”

Read the article here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12847265/Netflix-fans-fume-apocalyptic-thriller-unsatisfying-cliffhanger-ending.html effort

People have no imagination. Can they not connect their own dots.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.

I agree with most criticisms of this movie, but I think this one is unfair. Many women manage to get pregnant in their 40s and I think our society is way more ageist with women than with men.

I think it’s distracting to see an over-exposed celeb like Julia who we all know is closer to 60 than 50 playing a mother to a 13 year old. Why not give her two older teens?

She’s entered the part of her career where she needs to play her age or older…not younger.

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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.