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MANY things to be bugged about, but this one ...

posted 8 years ago by sage2112
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So they're making this big deal about making the decision to fly into the thing with the last nukes. There would be no decision here. It would be a no-brainer. Even if they had some chance to live back on Earth, they would still do the right thing and try to save lives with their sacrifice.

But they had ZERO chance back on Earth, anyway.

And they're gonna let someone get married so they can now bring someone else into the cave? That would've immediately upped the people trying to cram in there by like 50%. Stupid writing.

And that stupid Neal degrasse Tyson or whatever his name is likes this movie. Uggh. Dude, Carl Sagan you ain't.

[–] Dejay 7 years ago

What bugged me more was that the reporter gave up her seat and her father was happy about his daughter dying by his side. And that the teenage bride didn't want to leave her parents. And that the parents let their teenage hobbit, err, son leave safety.

I figure the script had to make concessions to the emotional hero aspect. The dickensian aspect I guess ;) But other then that, the science of the movie is relatively plausible.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

"What bugged me more was that the reporter gave up her seat and her father was happy about his daughter dying by his side."

I don't know if it's a matter of happy but maybe more a matter of acceptance. I think if you were within, let's say, a half hour of your death and that everyone physically around you was going to die too that you might just have the peace of understanding that ranting like a loon at the zero hour isn't a good way to go out. I'm sure he wasn't happy but he had no choice in the matter at that time either. Make the best of your last minutes on earth.

[–] Truthtalker (1866) 6 years ago

Bingo

[–] julesfmb 7 years ago

"I feel a need... a need to rationalize over every *beep* thing in this movie so that i cannot enjoy or be touched by it!"

Is that what you think every time you watch a movie?