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Not endearing, irritating

posted 16 years ago by roseyolo
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Firstly, this movie starts with that awful David Bowie song (not saying all his music is awful), and I felt like I was wading through the beginning for that to end.

Secondly, the characters are both completely foolish and the woman is obnoxious as well. How are you supposed to sympathize with a moronic woman who is constantly talking about how clean everything is? Both of these people are supposed to have been through WWII yet both of them are ignorant about radiation sickness and fallout.

I couldn't find myself empathizing with characters who only managed to get on my nerves.

[–] Gwasgray 8 years ago

The characters are pretty dim and ignorant (not in the bad sense, just they have no idea how powerful nuclear bombs are) but most people probably find them lovable and similar to a lot of old people in real life. The OP just didn't warm to them. To each his own. I don't think he "missed the point".

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