Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 21:30     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Needed a happy ending.


Not every movie gets a happy ending, sweetie. What did you think? The internet would be restored magically, Rose could watch the last episode of Friends somewhere other than a bunker? The deer and flamingoes would become friends and live peacefully together ever after?

I am shocked by the negative reviews but as another PP said, this isn't a very "deep" group. In fact it's a rather dim group.

Hun, it’s not just DCUMs. Netflix viewers as a whole are trashing the movie.!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12847265/Netflix-fans-fume-apocalyptic-thriller-unsatisfying-cliffhanger-ending.html
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 20:54     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Needed a happy ending.


Not every movie gets a happy ending, sweetie. What did you think? The internet would be restored magically, Rose could watch the last episode of Friends somewhere other than a bunker? The deer and flamingoes would become friends and live peacefully together ever after?

I am shocked by the negative reviews but as another PP said, this isn't a very "deep" group. In fact it's a rather dim group.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 20:26     Subject: Re:"Leave the World Behind" film

“… 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
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 19:32     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.


Well my cousin has a 12 year old at 60.

Exactly. Also, Julia was playing early 50s.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 19:11     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.


Well my cousin has a 12 year old at 60.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 18:03     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.

That is a silly comment.
And the movie was awful.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 18:00     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Julia is 56…too old to play the mother of a 13 year old imho…very unlikely.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 17:42     Subject: Re:"Leave the World Behind" film
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.


I expected an unhappy ending. But not a stupid one which made no sense at all.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 15:37     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Glad I checked this thread. Will take it off my watch list.


I think it's worth a watch. Even if you end up hating it.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 14:59     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.)


In the book the contractor was white. He wasn't a survivalist though.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 14:10     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Glad I checked this thread. Will take it off my watch list.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 13:57     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Wait, the Obamas produced this movie?

God, what a grift.


The book was great. It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2020 and it was on Barak's summer reading list in 2021. I don't see this as a grift. The movie feels like a play to me. I liked it.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 12:38     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Anonymous wrote:Wait, the Obamas produced this movie?

God, what a grift.



How so? Be specific.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 12:34     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Grift-Tacular.

Welcome to the new Psychological Operation.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 12:19     Subject: "Leave the World Behind" film
Wait, the Obamas produced this movie?

God, what a grift.