The Last Cruise

The passengers they interviewed were really annoying to listen to. I mean they need video and the only people that had footage were daily vloggers so that might be the reason. Good documentary but I now understand what Bill Burr was talking about.

This documentary totally missed the mark. It had a real opportunity to show the early days of COVID from the perspective of people truly affected by illness and fear... and while some of the disparity of the haves vs have-nots was on display, it was done in such a way that I think the filmmakers wanted us to feel sorry for the passengers. Granted, I may have done, had they not showcased mostly ignorant, rude, self-absorbed westerners who we know proved during 2020 that they don't care about anyone but themselves. "Who cares if my stylist dies from a virus, I want a haircut!" (You know, THOSE people.)

Also, as an aside - if you suffer from motion sickness, the first first cell phone footage in this documentary may trigger you.

I debated on whether or not I even wanted to watch this. People who take cruise ships are usually either elderly and out of touch or upper middle class to wealthy and entitled, while all of the above utterly ignore the grave impact cruise ships have on carbon emissions and the state of our world's precious oceans. I totally expected the self-absorption that some other reviewers are complaining about. BUT I remember being obsessed with the horror of this particular cruise ship in 2020 so I thought well if I hate it I can just turn it off.

The experience of the poor crew is the core reason you should watch this documentary. To contrast the experience of the travelers to the workers is eye-opening. I can only imagine the sadness and barely controlled rage of these individuals who were put at risk, and I was glad to hear their stories and appalled to see just how many were non-English speaking and non-Western and brown skinned....of course a corporation was treating these human beings as second class citizens, it's always an important reminder to see it full color though.

I think there should have been more coverage on the people who died on this ship, there were 14 victims. Perhaps the director felt it was exploitative but really that should have been shown more attention.

When I started this I was definitely very interested in the topic and the situation. It just seemed like a doc of halfway developed arcs and never told a full story. I feel like there were so many missed opportunities to learn more about the backstory of the guests that were featured, the crewmembers, the families at home, comparing what was going on on the ship to what was going on in other places, etc. And also - my goodness - what happened to these people? What was it like when they got home? Who are the people that died? Who got sick after the flight? There was so much either left on the table or on the cutting floor. I think this documentary could've been so great and just wasn't developed enough.

I am a crew member who got stuck on a cruise ship during the big pause. I can write a book how hard was it for everyone. Me personally had friends on Diamond,crew, who were texting in a group chat that they had very very less to eat, and they were allowed to eat only 3 times per day in a certain time. So forgot about snacks, coffee etc. And they were given one bottle of water for three days per person!!!!!! They were guarding the guests in 3 shifts bc plenty of them tried to escape from the cabines claiming Corona does not exist. They were stressed because they were in cabin with roomates and every crew member was in touch with a guest at a certain point and back then no one really knew anything specific about Covid. Most of the time they were without Internet so could not talk to their families. They were crying every day and I cried watching this because it says only terrible things about the crew. And when they were sent home their country did not want them saying they bring the virus. So none of this is mentioned in the documentary. Thats why I gave it a 5.