Leave the World Behind

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I understood the film - thought it really good.

What I didn’t understand was why the stockpiling neighbour would tell them about the bunker and why he wouldn’t just go there himself. He clearly had a family in that house with him and a gun was only going to protect them for so long.

Because ‘rednecks’ will never give up their own property?

Lack of trust in another’s? Conspiracy theory behaviour?

if he could take it will him maybe, but it’s fixed.

Didn’t enjoy the film much.

What didn’t you like?

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I found the ending really disappointing.

How so?

It just felt like it ended really abruptly. We watched to the end of the credits to see if there was anything else.

I think it got summed up well.

Them seeing the explosion and hearing the gunshots in the city confirmed the three stages of war was happening.

It didn't tell me anything I did not already know. We know the world is changing. We know there is a high probability of being at war again within 10 years. We know that democracy is currently being eroded. We also know a majority of the population have become too dependent on a virtual world and have very little life skills. It is a very fragile world out there, which we know.

If the film is the first of a series with some messages to sit up to, then it may deliver something to a few people. But otherwise, just a playout of events that are quite likely to happen now as we head towards another war. The film is about 2-3 years overdue.

What else did you want from it? 😐

I thought it was weird, then saw where it was going and thought it was actually very good.

Was a bit slow though, but perhaps that was part of it.
Reminded me of ‘Don’t look up’ because we are headed for disaster but nobody seems particularly bothered.

Ricky Gervais said ‘we’re using it all up’ and we are. Consuming faster than ever, animals, plastic, so much waste. To make a real difference would take too much and we aren’t willing to make that sacrifice.

I thought it was a great film. Very much shining a massive spotlight on what's around us (the book has some pretty graphic paragraphs of the impact of the actual city breaking down).

My friend says she was disappointed that there wasn't a 'Hollywood ending'. I was surprised she thought there might be one. It seemed clear to me that the movie was a warning, not a story.

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I thought it was great and loved the ending, because in a world of uncertainty the girl knowing the end of Friends was going to be the only definite.

Kevin Bacon was a doomsday prepper I’m sure he had a great basement set up himself plus he would know his own property well.

@Missingmyusername Thomas Malthus a philosopher warned of the population rising too fast and resources being scarce back in the 1780’s. It is no modern concept.