I didn’t know about the movie till I saw the copy-paste review bombing stuff.

The cast looks excellent. Since I can’t use the reviews, have you seen it and did you enjoy it?

edit: I enjoyed it, it was worth a watch

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    11 months ago

    I love apocalyptic/disaster movies. This has all the feels of one. The movie itself is good as it keeps you guessing throughout. With about 15 min left in the movie, I realized I still had no idea what was going on, and then it ended. For real. If you want about 2 hrs of disconnected, but interesting scenes, with zero resolution, you’ll like it.

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      At 15 mins left I was left thinking there was a few possible options on how it was going to go, then it ended as you said. It has potential and kinda pissed it away to give the daughter her milquetoast climactic ending and no one else a conclusion.

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      I’m good with that lol. I’ll probably watch it half in the background

      Thanks :)

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      11 months ago

      Great description. This is one of those “I’m gonna need to read about this afterwards” kind of movies. Frustratingly, that didn’t really help with my unanswered questions.

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    Watched it two nights ago. It has a good premise, and the actors and the concept of the movie had me expecting great things. However, I found it mostly bland. The acting wasn’t even that good, and the ending just trailed off. Personally, I’d give it a hard pass, but I may be an outlier here.

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    I had the benefit of seeing it without knowing anything about it, so enjoyed watching it trying to figure out what kind of movie it was going to be.

    I can see why people have responded negatively to it, but I think I’ll always like Sam Esmail’s technically accomplished direction of his projects (i.e. Mr. Robot, Homecoming, and now this film)

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    1. Great photography
    2. Great performances from Roberts and Ali
    3. Great aesthetics
    4. Okay story. Which tracks with the book
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    I liked it. I went in totally blind. I feel like it was consistent all the way to the end. It knows what it wants to show and what not to show.

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    It’s outstanding, but it’s not your typical movie in the sense of what it’s designed to convey. Take it as a portrayal of how people might respond to the events in the movie, rather than being about the characters in the movie, and the ending should not be that disappointing.

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    It gave me Cloverfield vibes a bit. Could’ve been shorter, but in general worth a watch as one of those “what if this actually happened” movies.