The Arctic wasn't frigid
The ocean looked cold to me.
He wasn't living there
So where did he sleep? Where did he eat? Who was in charge of maintaining the storage facility, if not he?
As for the rest of your post, yes, I understood all of that from the film. But thank you for reminding me.
~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.
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melinda2001
9 years ago
The ocean looked cold to me.
It was sunny, with no ice, and lots of puffy white clouds.
So where did he sleep? Where did he eat?
He didn't eat or sleep. He was going off to die.
Who was in charge of maintaining the storage facility, if not he?
Nobody. Remember I said he was the last human.
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Degree7
9 years ago
It wasn't sunny, it was foggy, and there was snow/ice encrusted on those rocky outcrops of land. Even with rising sea levels the Arctic Ocean would be cold enough to be uncomfortable if you went for a morning swim.
As for going off to die, the ending is ambiguous. He could just as easily have been shutting down the auxiliary power for the night or something similar and going off to bed. Besides which, even if he was going off to die, he would have had to have been living there for the period of time before we see him in the movie. I highly doubt nobody was taking care of the facility that whole time.
~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.
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melinda2001
9 years ago
It's not ambiguous at all. He straight-up says
I just find it surprising that after so much effort, the
final act of our existence should be suicide.
As for the Arctic weather, I went back to check and you're right that there was fog and no direct sunlight. What you thought was ice, I assumed was bird guano. That much seems ambiguous.
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