I wasn’t impressed. It reminded me of the video of the truck that’s going to hit a concrete post but cuts to a different angle and replays right before it does.
right? or watching Rocky but he never actually fights anyone.
Thanks for the chuckle. My reaction as well.
As if Frodo lost the ring right before climbing Mount Doom, and he’s like “I swear it was in my pocket. Well I guess we go back home.”
I watched it Sunday because the premise sounded interesting.
I enjoyed the way it showed the difficulty of making massively consequencial decisions while simultaneously evacuating yourself, trying to listen to advisors over the chaos of themselves evacuating, thinking of your own loved ones, and staving off jingoist pressure. Had some great cast and good writing.
But I left feeling disappointed. The anthology format added absolutely nothing to the story, instead made me bored hearing identical lines over again for the 2nd or 3rd time. Then there were multiple completely superfluous characters and storylines. Maybe some lost original script gave them meaning?
It feels like Netflix hired a good cast and crew, had a good script. Then cut the budget by 2/3 when filming started. So they just asked AI cut to hack the story to a stub, and then edited their footage into 3 angles to triple the run time and call it a feature film.
As an aside, it fuels the liberal fantasy of a working federal government that hasn’t been looted by billionaires.
I’m really curious about the movie based on a trailer I saw yesterday (mainly because I really really like many of the lead actors). But… what I worry about is that the film is going to be laced with American patriot drivel.
I started reading the article, but it’s thoroughly spoiler laced. One comment I read also made me think I might be frustrated by the ending.
And so… now I wait. Maybe I will eventually watch it, based on what I hear people say.
But… I’m getting better at stopping media ingestion for things I don’t really like, so perhaps I will start it and stop if it doesn’t make the cut. (Yesterday I watched one episode of a popular show, didn’t like it, and took it off my watch list. Woo! I’m so proud of myself for not powering through something I didn’t really find interesting. pats own shoulder)
It’s a good study on power and how those that rule can be easily out of depth once things don’t go as planned.
It has a great first part, but the second and third parts are a let down.
I get what they wanted to do, but I think they didn’t get the right screenplay or edit.
Sounds then like something I might throw on as background movie while I’m working.
