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why you didn't like the movie

posted 10 years ago by johnny-rose
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Of course people are not going to like this because instead of focusing on the pandemonium after the end of the world of people struggling to survive in the noise and chaos, the movie is painfully slow, making you think and feel and experience the totality of the acidic fear of extinction. It's purposefully slow so that you can feel its doom. The end of the world, is not a heroic battle to the last second, it's a heavy weight of all the stories and all the marks we've left on this earth, and all the buildings that one day we might leave empty.

It's scary and unpleasant because it is so close to reality. It doesn't matter how we don't want to think about it. It's true that any day a biological attack, or a nuclear attack, or even an apocalyptic climate event, could happen at any moment. We have the technology now to wipe the whole race out. And we can't do nothing about it.

[–] jboyer-3 10 years ago

Beautifully written!

[–] artistathome 10 years ago

I didn't hate it, in fact I think it was a realistic look at how biological weapons would wipe out most people.

It would be slow and scary and quiet. This bio weapon caused the lungs to shut down. Most bio weapons cause vomiting and diarrhea so this certainly a more peaceful death.

I would have liked to have seen more of how the towns and cities were dealing with it, rather than focusing on the past of these people.

[–] Helio_Centric 10 years ago

I didn't like it because it sucked.

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[–] greentrees3 10 years ago

I agree with you. To me it was a very probably scenario and made me think of what I would do, if anything. Going back and forth between the past and present was a waste.

[–] always_keep_fighting 10 years ago

I didn't hate it, either. The end could very well be just like this. A few dirty bombs in enough countries and we're done for.
I don't think that the poison affected their breathing; no one seemed to be struggling for air. Before Sarah died, she just looked kind of puzzled then dropped to the ground. I would think that what they meant was that the poison got into the lungs, then worked through the nervous system somehow.
Excellent EOD movie, I thought.

[–] JazukaiX 10 years ago

Your post convinced me to watch it, and I wasn't disappointed.

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[–] joorrdaan12 9 years ago

I think On the Beach (the book, didn't see the movie yet) was able to achieve what Parts per Billion didn't. There were some redeeming qualities of this movie that you mentioned. I especially enjoyed the human interactions between the couples and the "strangers" they met along the way. It certainly made me think maybe this is what we deserve and Rosario was right, its how we are made. A collection of decisions by regular people that added up to this unavoidable event. I had issues with how fast the agent spread and that it spread outward in all directions. I had issues with people screwing while sirens are blaring and people are dying in the street. With the internet, everyone would have advanced warning of what was happening. How long were these people ignoring reports of millions dying? Not one of these 30 somethings checked Facebook? Why did grandpa not tell his grandson what was going on and how to survive? Ignoring these inconsistent actions created a level of frustration I usually reserve for campy horror films.

[–] montoto1984 9 years ago

I agree with you, I liked the movie. Most people who didn't like it was expecting something more like an action movie or end of the world mockumentary. This is just the story of a 3 couples who face the "end of the world".

[–] davidsmith666999 8 years ago

If by painfully slow you mean boring as hell, pretentious, with flat one dimensional cardboard characters, then yes I completely agree.

I tried twice to get through this, and I can't.

If you want to see magnificent slow films check out John Cassavettes films. He knew how to make meaningful character studies. Parts Per Billion just sucked.