As I write this, "Leave The World Behind" sits at a 6.7, which is PERFECT because this one was 2/3rd of a very good movie.
Add all the star power Netlfix's data scientists and statisticians mix into movies like this won't save this one. I love slow burn movies like this generally, but this was not a good take. I don't need everything spelled out for me, but I think it's important for the creators to have it figured out themselves.
There's a reason Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin Bacon are still around. They and the younger actors in this movie 100% sell it and my suspension of disbelief is fully one. It was really good through and through.
That ending though. It was very cute, but it's basically a joke payoff, not a movie ending. I don't need everything answered, but holy hell, the "disaster/attack" evidence is all over the place and nothing makes any sense. You have two choices. You either need to explain a LITTLE bit, or at least show the people we've been following either coming together to build something (or not build something). What is effectively a comedy callback is NOT an ending. I went from laughing to being angry in the space of 10 seconds. Bathos does not an ending make.
Add all the star power Netlfix's data scientists and statisticians mix into movies like this won't save this one. I love slow burn movies like this generally, but this was not a good take. I don't need everything spelled out for me, but I think it's important for the creators to have it figured out themselves.
There's a reason Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin Bacon are still around. They and the younger actors in this movie 100% sell it and my suspension of disbelief is fully one. It was really good through and through.
That ending though. It was very cute, but it's basically a joke payoff, not a movie ending. I don't need everything answered, but holy hell, the "disaster/attack" evidence is all over the place and nothing makes any sense. You have two choices. You either need to explain a LITTLE bit, or at least show the people we've been following either coming together to build something (or not build something). What is effectively a comedy callback is NOT an ending. I went from laughing to being angry in the space of 10 seconds. Bathos does not an ending make.
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