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It was bittersweet funny. And a sadly accurate parody of current events. All the great actors in this movie didn't disappoint and helped make this satire watchable.
A couple of reviews were very negative of this movie - citing confusing twists or irrelevant topics - it was probably false expectations on the reviewers part.
In my opinion - they must have been expecting a realistic end of world drama. Me, I was expecting stupid satire on the level of Tropic Thunder or Hot Shots! Or worse, the three stooges. I almost didn't watch this. So the unexpected laughs for me were a bonus. I attribute that to the stellar acting.
A couple of reviews were very negative of this movie - citing confusing twists or irrelevant topics - it was probably false expectations on the reviewers part.
In my opinion - they must have been expecting a realistic end of world drama. Me, I was expecting stupid satire on the level of Tropic Thunder or Hot Shots! Or worse, the three stooges. I almost didn't watch this. So the unexpected laughs for me were a bonus. I attribute that to the stellar acting.
I'm reading some poor reviews in here. I'm disappointed. Not enough action for all of you nay-sayers.
This was a gritty movie. The story was really harsh. The character Ruth (Sandra Bullock) was given no second chances - no do overs. And Sandra Bullock played this character really way. Having seen her in so many happy, happy ending movies, always made up to perfection - she looked like a down and out character - not just physically but the way she carried herself. She was handed so many slaps in the face, yet she kept moving forward - only losing her temper when she tried to see her sister. You won't leave this movie with happy feel good but you will be satisfied. Nothing was over the top, the main character was wearing crapoy clothing, had a crappy place to live, and had no one on her side. Usually, I see designer clothing, high heels, perfectly coifed hair and an apartment big enough to house the 10 people confortably - as Hollywood is wont to do. In fact, even the pace seemed more like real life. IT WAS A REAL DRAMA AND AN INTERESTING STORY.
This was a gritty movie. The story was really harsh. The character Ruth (Sandra Bullock) was given no second chances - no do overs. And Sandra Bullock played this character really way. Having seen her in so many happy, happy ending movies, always made up to perfection - she looked like a down and out character - not just physically but the way she carried herself. She was handed so many slaps in the face, yet she kept moving forward - only losing her temper when she tried to see her sister. You won't leave this movie with happy feel good but you will be satisfied. Nothing was over the top, the main character was wearing crapoy clothing, had a crappy place to live, and had no one on her side. Usually, I see designer clothing, high heels, perfectly coifed hair and an apartment big enough to house the 10 people confortably - as Hollywood is wont to do. In fact, even the pace seemed more like real life. IT WAS A REAL DRAMA AND AN INTERESTING STORY.
I found myself liking the character of 355 (Romans) and not so much Hero and Yorick. I guess that is a testimony to how well they played their parts. Spoiled, self-centered grown children of apolitical important Senator Diane Lane. What took me by surprise was the violence and aggressiveness of the women. I'm sure if such a thing were to occur- there would be some women who start off with distrust and suspicion - but the actually violence seemed over the top.
A couple of reviews were annoyed that there were not enough women engineers to keep the infrastructure of the USA running. The insult is that women are too dumb to be in those positions. At least that is how the review seemed to take it. I wasn't insulted - if anything I thought it was an interesting point to make. Women are often held back or "run off" from traditional male jobs. I could believe this scenario easily - not because women are too dumb...no...because so many give up and go into teaching roles, or other more traditional roles. Many are encouraged to stay home (and ruin any chance) and raise the babies first before the career- and then find out the hard way - yeah...that baby raising stuff is held against women in a number of ways. Sometimes it's subtle but it's always there.
As for the story itself, trying to get the last man and male monkey to a lab to figure out what is what...well - that could have been interesting. I kept thinking about sperm banks but I suppose they would want to consider first what went wro/pregnancing before trying to bring men back in the world. I think at some point some women lost male babies.
A couple of reviews were annoyed that there were not enough women engineers to keep the infrastructure of the USA running. The insult is that women are too dumb to be in those positions. At least that is how the review seemed to take it. I wasn't insulted - if anything I thought it was an interesting point to make. Women are often held back or "run off" from traditional male jobs. I could believe this scenario easily - not because women are too dumb...no...because so many give up and go into teaching roles, or other more traditional roles. Many are encouraged to stay home (and ruin any chance) and raise the babies first before the career- and then find out the hard way - yeah...that baby raising stuff is held against women in a number of ways. Sometimes it's subtle but it's always there.
As for the story itself, trying to get the last man and male monkey to a lab to figure out what is what...well - that could have been interesting. I kept thinking about sperm banks but I suppose they would want to consider first what went wro/pregnancing before trying to bring men back in the world. I think at some point some women lost male babies.