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Self indulgent tripe of the worst sort!

posted 15 years ago by rock_slabfist
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I've seen this sort of fecal explosion countless times working at the Sundance Film Festival.

Spoiled rich kids who are indulged as filmmakers. Lots of "artisticism" but these people don't have a clue about story structure or how actual humans interact or their motivations. No one tells them that their movie is *beep* until they release it and it gets savaged by real people.

Here's a linear breakdown...

Apparently when people died in this movie, they simply decompose on nice clean bed sheets with no dust accumulated over the 10 years.

How convenient that a guy with practical knowledge about just about everything (Adam from Mythbusters) is still alive (and hasn't aged a BIT in 10 years!).

Considering that BILLIONS of people died, none of the survivors seem to have even the slightest psychic damage from it except for one, who is a target for murder by the others.

Cigarettes last 10 years.
Liquor is in short supply, but Adam apparently can't build a still.

You don't live in a mansion or nice place when you can choose anywhere you want to live, you live in a warehouse or *beep* house a student would live in instead.

Apparently the only crop people can grow was pot.

The only thing that would save people in a plague such as this, is most likely some genetic particularity. Yet the survivors are all ethnically diverse hippies/artists.

It's better to repair broken bike parts than to simply go out and scrounge another whole bike.

When the end came, apparently, people emptied the stores and horded the stuff in houses. NOTHING remained in warehouses.

You don't have to work to stay alive. All you have to do is go mountain biking and smoke pot and not worry about wildlife.

No one has pets anymore.

Apparently bic lighters are in abundant supply.

Museusms, wood carving and documentaries are worthwhile efforts in a post-apocalyptic world.

No one uses cars to get around or even TRIES to communicate with anyone else in the wider world.

No one works cooperatively to advance civilization. Everyone just does their art, man!

Most of survivors are in their mid 20's.

No one is working on improving their collective lot in life or even organizing society in any coherent way. There's no domestication of livestock or farming.

Sleeping in trees and bowhunting is preferable to getting in a car and hunting with a gun when hunting for subsistence.

No one is capable of learning first aid or takes a first aid kit on a multi day hiking trip.

When someone tells them to turn the camera off, it means that they're "emotionally vulnerable" and "deep".

Youths know how to survive better than older people.

Showing yourself edit the film and the premiere as PART of the film ISN'T self indulgent at all.

My only hope is that the people who made and acted in this movie have to go out and find real jobs, serving me coffee.

[–] SherlockVonEinstein 13 years ago

this is exactly how i felt. the whole time i was watching this with a couple of my friends, we kept laughing at the fact that the only people who survived were all artists, poets, history professors, etc... seriously, civilization needs to be rebuilt and you're gathering all the youth to teach them foreign languages? how about plumbing, electrical work, agriculture, engineering or something that takes care of the community's immediate needs?

[–] kurtmj76 13 years ago

I agree. This movie is a fantasy for hippies living in San Francisco- the entire cast seems to live in the shadow of 3000 years of combined knowledge and technology but don't seem to realize it. The characters resemble trustfund kids in that they live in this shadow and don't seem to know it.

[–] theunholy-1 13 years ago

I fully agree to most of your points, we were annoyed for about the same reasons, but I think a few things can be said:

How convenient that a guy with practical knowledge about just about everything (Adam from Mythbusters) is still alive (and hasn't aged a BIT in 10 years!).

I think we all know at least one guy like him. If 186 people survived in this area it's actually surprising that there's only ONE around, three or four at least would have been more realistic.

What annoyed me is that since he's obviously the only one with his skills, if he dies the community goes back to the middle-age in no time. Considering this, he should be teaching his knowledge but doesn't.

Considering that BILLIONS of people died, none of the survivors seem to have even the slightest psychic damage from it except for one, who is a target for murder by the others.

It was ten years ago so it might not be so stupid to think that most people had enough time to digest the disaster, madness and riots were a few years before. There's also a question of survival instinct, at some point having to survive keeps you focused.

The only thing that would save people in a plague such as this, is most likely some genetic particularity. Yet the survivors are all ethnically diverse hippies/artists.

I think we don't have enough informations on that plague to say anything and honestly that kind of movie is not really meant to be scientifically relevant.

It's better to repair broken bike parts than to simply go out and scrounge another whole bike.

Maybe there were already been taken in that area and searching for one could last days, so it's easier and faster to repair.

When the end came, apparently, people emptied the stores and horded the stuff in houses. NOTHING remained in warehouses.

I guess there were emptied by employees and militaries during the plague. That makes sense to me.

Museusms, wood carving and documentaries are worthwhile efforts in a post-apocalyptic world.

True, but I actually found it quite clever from the writers. It's people's way to mourn and to let go, which is a necessary step. Keep in mind it's only been ten years, memories and pain are still alive.

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One thing you didn't mention is the procreation scene in the strange community farm with that freaky old leader, when the woman says to the hunter she wants a child and she thinks he could be the father. The way she's saying that basically she'll be the boss and he'll have no rights at all was pretty scary, also an obvious big TURN OFF for the guy. When he asks if this could be the occasion to get a threesome with his girlfriend, so he can at least have a little fun in that nightmare, she's refusing it. It's clear he'll say no and won't even want to do it just to bang her.

Procreation doesn't seem to be their concern when this should be a priority. They don't have many young women available and they won't stay young forever so there's no time to waste.