Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 09:49     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Wasn’t sure if I’d like it or be completely bored with it. It wasn’t great but it did hold my interest and I was getting involved with the storyline

Then came the end. I sat there kind of stunned, and next thought was that’s two hours wasted in my life I’ll never get back.

Whole thing was stupid.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 09:46     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
I can’t believe I watched the whole thing. What a waste of time. The ending was ridiculous.

Of all the things to watch, I watched that! Gah!
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 09:38     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
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.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 08:07     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
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.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 06:06     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
I thought it was a decent if not good movie. What is not to understand about the ending?
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 01:30     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
I was transfixed the whole time. Especially the Tesla scene, omg! I don't understand these negative posts. Then again, DCUM didn't like Oppenheimer either (boobies!), so maybe not the brightest.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 22:41     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:I wish they would have made the ending more happy by showing that the families meet at the bunker and wait it out and the son gets better.

The son will not get better. His teeth fell out! All at once! You wanted a happy ending for a movie about the end of the world as we know it?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 22:21     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
I wish they would have made the ending more happy by showing that the families meet at the bunker and wait it out and the son gets better.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 22:01     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The book made me say WTF. I can’t believe how long the movie was, and it was better than the book. It’s an eerie movie. The casting of the kids felt weird.


I looked up the girl because that had to be nepotism. Yep.

Julia Roberts sucks. She was just ok when younger in vapid movies. She has not grown into an actress. She’s just tired looking and ruined the movie.


What? I don't consider it nepotism if the parents are C or D list actors.


The grandfather was something in the business. She looked miscast. And zero chemistry between her character and her mother in the movie.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 21:56     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I read the book and didn’t mind it. Haven’t watched the movie yet, but I was annoyed to see that they made Mahershala Ali’s character come to the door with his daughter, not wife. In the book, both were in their 60s, if I remember. Ok, make them both Ali’s age, I guess that’s fine. Instead, they replace her with a 20 year old. Middle aged Julia Roberts gets to be in the film, but they needed to rewrite the older black lady. Got it.


Ooooh, that is irritating. And explains why that storyline was clunky.


+1 the character of the daughter was a waste of space and seems the son was cast for his looks not his acting chops.

Agree. The daughter of Mahershala Ali’s character was probably the worst actress of the bunch, or maybe she got the worst lines or worst direction. She sucked.

It would've been infinitely more interesting if that had been the wife instead. Did they switch to the daughter because they needed cheap sex appeal to sell the movie? Either way, a disappointing call.

That's probably it.

Middle-aged Black woman versus young, hot Black girl? That's literally the only reason to make a casting switch like that. And this is typical in the entertainment industry, sadly.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 19:37     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 19:05     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read the book but Julia Robert’s character is so unlikable it’s hard to watch.


She was meant to be unlikable


She's unlikeable in pretty much everything these days.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 19:04     Subject: Re:"Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Well, the book wasn’t that great either.


+1 I DNF and don’t have plans to watch the movie.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 19:02     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The book made me say WTF. I can’t believe how long the movie was, and it was better than the book. It’s an eerie movie. The casting of the kids felt weird.


I looked up the girl because that had to be nepotism. Yep.

Julia Roberts sucks. She was just ok when younger in vapid movies. She has not grown into an actress. She’s just tired looking and ruined the movie.


What? I don't consider it nepotism if the parents are C or D list actors.



And she and Ali are getting the best notices from critics.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 18:40     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The book made me say WTF. I can’t believe how long the movie was, and it was better than the book. It’s an eerie movie. The casting of the kids felt weird.


I looked up the girl because that had to be nepotism. Yep.

Julia Roberts sucks. She was just ok when younger in vapid movies. She has not grown into an actress. She’s just tired looking and ruined the movie.


What? I don't consider it nepotism if the parents are C or D list actors.