Leave the World Behind -- My Honest Review
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You keep hoping the movie will get better. It never does.
Until the ending. The entire movie was terrible but the ending was great.
Little girl says “f-this” and watches her TV show.
I assume she ran upstairs, got her snacks, and then deadbolted herself inside the shelter
The principal idea of the movie is good: Deliberate collapse of civilsation, now do what?
But the execution was terrible. Endless talking and boring relation drama and Wokeism.
The only good scenes were the ship on the beach and the idea with the amok E-cars, although this could have been done better.
I felt like the kid finally getting to watch a terrible show's ending, was so ironic that it was the end to a terrible movie.
It felt like it could have been amazing, but they constantly fumbled the ball.
I don't think the ending explains what happened as much as it shows what people think happened. We are no wiser about the cause, but we see the actions of people who assume they 'know' the cause. Our distrust and inability to communicate will be our undoing, not a plot to undo us.
I guess so. I bet most will believe what that screen reports.
Juxtaposed to the movie's "what's going on?" question is the more immediate question of "can we strangers become friends/allies regardless of our differences?" This theme was more compelling to me because it is a question we face much more often than we face an apocalypse. It's real life. Its resolution was not tidy and perfect, but clearly suggested in Amanda and Ruth's little embrace after the deer herd encounter. Reminded me of Melanie squeezing the hand of Lydia in the car at the end of The Birds. And then there is Rose's smile as she finally gets to watch "Friends". As in The Birds, the horrors unfolding are just an enigmatic context in which the characters must set aside their differences and unite to get through this ordeal.
I would say that retreating into the bunker to watch "Friends" is a dig, not an encouragement. The daughter is stuck in the false virtual realm in the end, while the other two women are in the Real. It's there that they embrace, though not necessarily as friends but, at least at minimum, as fellow terrified creatures, perhaps as the deer were before the event.
The thing about this movie is that it has no postmodern realization that it itself is the 'Friends" episode in question. And it depends on *streaming*, the Internet, to even exist.
@@LearningaboutMovies Good points. I do like how it is Rose that seems to be the one that "saves" everyone by striking out on her own and finding the bunker (even though she found it by accident.)
I really liked this, it’s always gonna struggle being in the modern era where it’s harder to take things seriously because everything is almost a parody but I was really impressed by the suspense for such basic moments that don’t have a lot going on, they made smaller moments seem way more tense and that’s honestly a huge talent to have, great acting as well I thought, Ali guy has massive screen presence, easy to route for.
Mashershala Ali definitely definitely needs a award 💯
Instead of art galleries and rap music, people are rinsing money with the movies 😂😂😂😂
One thing i will say about this film. I thought it was about average at first, yet i can't stop thinking about it. It seems like the type of movie that will get better upon further rewatch and analysis. I literally can't stop thinking about it
I felt the same..didn't like it at first...the more I think about it, the more intriguing it seems. I think I will watch it again after reading and hearing the about all the allegorical stuff in it.
I thought it was a series dumb ending.
This is one of those M. Night Shayamalan Hitchcockian films that used music and mystery to create tension around this unimaginable event and the loss of all technology. As I watch more reviews about this film, it seems to me to be one of those polarizing films that you either like or you don't, that you either get or you don't!
However, the question I was asking was about why the hell was all this stuff happening to this island. The Ship that came ashore, why couldn't they blow the horn and where was the staff from the boat? Sure hackers can disable many things, but a runaway oil tanker that magically didn't spill any oil nor did we see anyone fall from the deck or at least people yelling or waving a flag or something?
Then the planes crashing at the same spot and what about that mysterious sound radiation weapon? What was the source of such weapon meaning speakers or tanks to project and amplify the sound? How did it reach that far inland from the beach, what kind of range is the radiation and why weren't the animals who possess much more sensitive hearing not affected?
Like when the deer stare at the lights, stand still, unbelieving what their eyes see.
Tim! Stop asking such relevant questions. Sam Esmail and the writing team may hear you lmao
What kind of camera do u have?
I feel like I am the only person who found this movie slow and ungodly boring. It has a handful of good scenes. Great premise with the slowest, clunkiest story execution of it possible.
I totally agree.
I agree with you, as I mentioned in my comment,the special effects outdid the script, which was so flawed and horribly conceived..
@@peggyrannick7812 Terrible script and dialogue. I felt sorry for all of the actors.
You are not alone, friend. This movie was so heavy handed with the message. Really poor writing.
Is a leftist deep state propaganda
Thr deer stuff was weird, but it was symbolic in that in a doomsday scenario happens, animals will come together and help each other while humans will tear each other apart
yes, I think its symbolism. But the movie doesn't signal it's unreal, dream-like quality well; so much of this movie is realistic and plausible that it would be easy to take the deer as that as well. Plus, the radio (I think) tells them about animal migration patterns changing. I took it therefore as part of the movie's attempt at plausibility, not as a dream/vision.
I agree about the animals. Made no real sense. Also how did the family not hear the plane crash that happened to Ali's character when it was supposedly the neighbor's house...? Not even a rumbling of noise in the house next door? Definitely some flaws, but interesting premise overall
The animals coming together in groups is supposed to send a message to stick together in a crisis when humans weren’t
You are confused by metaphors? It’s a fantastic movie.
Even a nod to Kubrick from space.
What?
I’m not sure that the director telling the audience what happened is a misstep. It may be important to know what happened in order to best convey whatever message is intended to be gleaned from the film.
Mahershala Ali played the over accommodating person that sacrificed the safety and well being of his only child for some else…yep his character was irritating too… he left his daughter behind… never leave your child…. Good movie great characters, great acting, great writing!
But the daughter was there with Amanda. She wasn’t left alone.
I wanted more info of what totally was going on. I was kind of confused. I like the 1st half. I understand learning to try and live off the grid. Anyways. They should have had more at the end. Is Rose the only surviver. Does the rest of her family die from radiation. I don't know.
All the build up for a disappointing let down ending smh. The only conclusion I came up with is everyone found the bunker. BTW I Wholeheartedly agree with you about the reasons for the attack in the first place so on that note the movie was stupid or should I be nice and just say LAME 😂
The only bit to that I thought clever was the story of the man waiting for God to save him spurring the young daughter's decision to seek out what she wanted rather than waiting for it. That was the only way they found the bunker.
I sure am glad to see someone admitting how bad it was instead of pretending this is a masterful tale for the ages. It was dumb. I am embarrassed for the producers. This could have been so much better if they'd just not relied on heavy-handed obvious metaphors and stereotypes.
Then again maybe what was obvious to me wasn't obvious to others. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe they really do think a little girl would leave after being so scared she was sleeping with her parents hours earlier, and they wouldn't notice her missing until midday the next day. Maybe they really think these parents are just that awful that they wouldn't be keeping an eye on their obviously autistic-coded daughter whose very special interest is old tv shows but who had no idea what a "rerun" was... but knew about old school roof antennas, but didnt know what rabbit ears were.
It was SO DUMB. UGGH. But maybe it was just right for some viewers. I hope they got something out of it. But in the end the only happy character is the distracted child.
@@kirkdarling4120 So you caught that joke too about the old man praying to God. She just didn't rely on prayers. She went out and found her own way and in doing so. She found the bunker and so we can probably imagine everyone else did too if you listen and follow the dialog in the last act.
@@cs5384 Having said that it was sorta lame. It still had some life lessons in it too. If you pay FULLY attention lol.
Enjoyed this one possibly because I didn't think about it as much as you did. Saw it on the big screen which I also think helped because I'd definitely have been tempted to multitask if I was watching at home.
Thank you Bob. Great comments all around the channel.
Another hit recommendation from you. Loved the movie. Thanks for being my personal movie curator. If you recommend - I watch 😅
no problem. Thanks! Glad you liked it.
The end made no sense. It looked like a giant lego that was not put together so well
Pinging back to comments I made (off of comments you made) about The Third Man - it's interesting after watching Reed's movie just a couple of days ago to watch someone else (Esmail) who tries his best to use obvious camerabatics to put us in the off-kilter world and mood of the story, each trying to underscore a sense of paranoia or perhaps just some unmoored feeling of being in a new and dangerous place, physically and psychologically. Both movies go further than is necessary (this one especially), but back-to-back it's an interesting diptych of visual ambition, if that's not putting it too loftily. Also, I agree with all of your dings, but am also a sucker for apocalyptic doom - probably residual stress from surviving the nuclear 80s and the very real fear of Y2K collapse. (This movie plays well into, or unifies, both fears.)
great comment, thanks.
I really didn’t care for Ruth at all. She was unfairly hostile towards the family that rightfully rented their home, and who were rightfully hesitant to just welcome “strangers” inside. Instead of being understanding and patient for the family, she turned it into a race issue, and held strong prejudices against white people for no reason, and even tried to make the father of the family to be some creep when she had no proof other than her intuition. Thankfully her father was a great character and didn’t buy into the things she spouted.
I saw the movie as critical of all four characters. They were all pretty flawed. Her prejudice is dealt with in the movie's ending, I think.
@@LearningaboutMovies Nah the Ali character was about as nice as somebody can get, he didn’t flip out once at anybody until the Kevin Bacon character. For good reason though obviously
This is an intriguing film, albeit a familiar post-apocalyptic set-up with the paranoia ramped up to 11. Strange things are going on and no one seems to know what is happening. This situation leads to plenty of suspense as to what is causing what seems to be a worldwide blackout (the pandemic anyone?).
It's a bit of a shaggy-dog story as the ending is either a miscalculated attempt at humour or an admittance by the creator that they didn't know how to resolve the consequences of a set-up which is ambitious and attempts to ask a lot of questions about the current state of humanity and the uncertainty of the future but, ultimately chickens out. But it's an intriguing rather than thrilling ride.
the scene where he drives away from the Spanish lady is similar to what's happening in modern society, a lot of people are ignoring the migrants/immigrants.
Well that scene blows the tension through the roof.
By her expression you know something really effed is going on but at same time you don’t wanna let her in the car.
I get being ambiguous but come on, I might as well just read a "choose your path" book. It had so much promise but they don't actually explain ANYTHING. what's the point, if there's 1,000 different ways to interpret. don't get me started on the deer (beyond stupid, apparently they don't get affected by radiation🤔) and fck friends!
I think animals would definitely act odd without cell towers and internet outages 1000%
just as they did when I was a kid when these didn't exist, right?
yes, most of the world doesn't like us
That was a scary eye opener to hear Ali's character to say " maybe they all teamed up against us" smh 😢
Ok,.. on the Teslas, that use the internet, gps, or satellite navigations to self drive around... The internet is supposedly down (as are the satellites) for America, if not the world.... EXCEPT for the teslas... mkay...
who knows? I don't know the tech specs on Starlink. But I imagine that scene is some kind of dream-joke, as an obvious warning about having a car that's not in your control.
People view it with too much politicism and biases. Its a suspenseful movie. Just enjoy the ride. Remember 2012 movie ? Yeah , nothing happened. Great movie btw
Three and a half stars? It was garbage. I was really looking forward to this. I knew the premise. I was pumped. But it was SO terrible and I cannot understand people gushing over it. It was like torture of a thousand slaps across the face. EVERYTHING was so obvious. I watched this with my adult and teen children. We were literally angry by the end because there was so much buildup for such a lackluster final 10 minutes. Every character was a stereotype. We were meant to not trust the black man and young tattooed bitter woman and obviously meant to feel ashamed like we judged them because they were black, but it wasn't that, it was how suspicious they were acting. HOw they couldn't get anything OUT, standing there at the door. Just say your name, explain you own the house. But the fiddling with the keys, the lack of an ID, it was so obvious we were supposed to see him as a villain. The part when they're downstairs, he and his daughter, and there's vague dialogue about making the people leave, we're MEANT to not trust them. We were being led to feel things the entire time.
But what bugged me the most was the scenes with Kevin Bacon, a MASTERFUL actor. The early exchange of looks between him and Roberts was meant to lead us. HER expression was supposed to make us think they knew each other. But that was nothing compared to the ridiculous exchange and his just so happening to have some magical tooth-saving happy blue pills for the right price. Those silly preppers will give up anything for the right price! It was more obvious than the "the deer were trying to tell us something!' crap scene. SO spectacularly obvious. My teen was rolling his eyes at how unnatural the children's behavior was. But we got it. Their behavior was a metaphor. It was a the most obvious metaphor based on the most obvious stereotypes. All to say our worst enemy is ourselves.
I did say "you can drop a star or two from my rating" for quite a few of you.
How could George not have seen the body on the sand when he went to pick up the watch? How could they have not heard the plane crash nearby in the first place? Why would a drone drop thousands of pamphlets in the middle of nowhere instead of a town or city? Why did all the characters act so dumb and be so unlikeable? So many other questions I can't be bothered typing.
@@PontificusPinion Let me add one. How the hell did Archie translate the arabic leaflet from all the way across the room, without even looking at it? Just appears out of nowhere standing 20 feet away and says "oh, I know what that says, I saw it in a video game"
This movie really just insults your intelligence.
👏🏾❣️… Julie Roberts played the perfect “Karen”… embodied that character to the point of nails on a chalk board irritating.
She comes around towards the end, but at the beginning yeah she was ridiculous 😂
Including Mahershala Ali, 2x Oscar winner :)
right 👍👍👍👍👍👍
this will happen in reality
i dont like the ending
You're being way too literal. It's entertainment. And this movies delivers that in bunches.
no idea what's "literal" about. It's part of the apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic genre to have some degree of plausibility, plus each movie signals to us how plausible it's supposed to be. This one vacillates a lot.
Nice review. Was a big Ethan Hawk fan 20 years ago. Might watch to see him, but otherwise not a lot of interest. Kind of tired of overly race conscious storytelling from Hollywood, even though it sounds like these characters do become friends. If so, that’s great.
yes, in typical fashion for this genre, they have to overcome differences in this apocalyptic (MAJOR CHANGE!) scenario. I like Hawke in this a lot -- he's in that older-man phase, like Jeff Bridges was a few years back.
Mahershala Ali character was the one that bridge 🌉 the gap with the trope
Im trying to understand the Obamas being the producers of this film. Are they dropping clues??
or they are just interested in the entertainment business and hanging out with celebrities.
@@LearningaboutMovies
Jesus speaking:
Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Strongs H1299 BARAQ = lightning
Strongs H1116 BAMAH = a high place
Hebrew connecting vowel = O
I beheld Satan as BARAQ O BAMAH
Did you see the 6 6 6 set around in the clocks when Ethan Hawke was in bed?
Near the beginning of the movie.
THE AntiChrist is Barack Hussein Obama. He is The Mahdi of Islam.
In 2007, prophetic utterance given to Jonathan Kleck, the angel of the Church of Philadelphia:
So thus saith the Lord of Hosts:
Behold the hand of the oppressor has been lifted against you.
And out of the sea shall come fire and smoke and a devouring wind,
Waters as high as the walls of Jerusalem shall cover the city by the sea.
And great shall be the destruction of that city.
And behold the great wall which holds back the abundance of the rivers
shall burst forth bringing the hand of the oppressor against you.
For I have seen it.
For mighty is your enemy that has risen from within your own borders.
Now, behold, the abomination of desolation; spoken of by Daniel the Prophet,
standing in the Holy Place where it should not be.
Here is the mystery made known to you: You are the Holy Place of which I speak.
And the abomination of desolation shall rise from within the walls of the Temple,
to destroy the Temple.
For have you not seen, and have you not heard, and has it not been made known to you ?
Have you not read the scriptures ?
For when the sons of God came into the daughters of men, they did bare children to them.
And the same became mighty men.
And has not the sea turned mighty ?
And the sea shall turn terrible before your very eyes.
And the TERRIBLE ONE shall be elevated within the sea.
And behold the man of peace shall come forth from the sea, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA,
And with words of peace he will bring chaos and destruction.
Behold the fig tree it puts forth its leaves and suddenly the time is upon you.
The travail begins.
And a Holy Nation is to be born.
And it will not stop until that nation is brought forth.
Watch/listen to the angel of the Church of Philadelphia: ruclips.net/video/wYYXgvBCiSY/видео.html
This is the Barack Obama movie, giving us a warning ⚠️ we aught to beware of
I did not like the very little with Rose. You could here her mom calling her and she does not go outside she just goes downstairs and ends up in the bunker.
2,5 hours I will never get back.
Yikes! Not a fan of Robert’s, and this movie proves her acting ability… the two younger children out preformed her, the exception being Mashersahla, who played his character well. The special effects outdid the script…..
Could totally happen. Just look around these days.
Open borders for terrorists to come in. Dependence on tech and electricity. General helplessness of modern people.
I’d be more afraid of packs of coyotes and coydogs on Long Island.
I’m from the East End- the rich are well prepared with bunkers, preps, even medical supplies. There is only a two lane road- easy to block with one tree down. Montauk is especially isolated. Easy to make it an island.
seems a bit too pop & topical for me, i'll pass, ty
People seem to forget that is just a suspenseful movie like 2012 was. As a suspenseful movie, it did its job. Don’t take it too seriously. Enjoy the ride and move on. 10/10 from me
Spoilers.... A film where people don't act like people, or talk like people, with no resolution. I have an easier time believing that there is an attack architected by mysterious forces (yet "no one is control" and conspiracies aren't real, as the film tells you) that makes deer get close to people instead of running away from them, Teslas go rogue and try to kill you despite there being no satellites, and a prepper in Long Island has magic pills that can reverse whatever causes teeth to fall out, than a white lady from Park Slope Brooklyn who's married to a liberal comms professor is somehow more racist than a granny from the 1950s. Until of course, she isn't because all she had to do was dance to realize the error of her ways. 10/10 movie made by geniuses, with its thumb on the pulse of present-day America. You know they're geniuses because they divide their film into "parts."
The movie is horrible. Makes no sense. So, technology fails, and the world falls apart in a couple of days? Might I remind whoever wrote this that there are some of us still alive when there were no cell phones, No GPS (I went to flight school in the 80s and the best we had were VOR stations). No G1000 displays, all steam gauges. Low end planes still do not have auto pilots. Cars had no fancy electronics; distributor cap no on-board computers. My Suzuki Samurai didn't come with a radio. I had to install one after market. I remember using something called a map and compass for land navigation in the military and my wife always had the map and was the navigator on our vacation trips. TV was analog with rabbit ears, no cable and we had NBC, CBS, ABC, WOR, WPIX and PBS (NYC). AM/FM analog radio of the air. No VHS, DVD. Everything was hard wired, no digital switching and nothing was connected to one another. TVs were Black and white and worked on tubes. Then U turned them on they took a little while to heat up and come on. In college I used a manual typewriter to do my papers. No word processors. Research was done by going to the library and checking out a thing called a book. My point is we lived in the 60s and 70s without the technology we have today and still went about our daily lives. It is so stupid to think that in a few decades we have become so dependent on technology that if it failed the world would instantly fall apart.
FYI, even on newer fancy airplanes with all the G1000 modern glass cockpits, U still have old traditional steam gauges as backup in a emergency. If my autopilot started to misbehave, I would simply pull the mechanical circuit breaker and shutdown the autopilot or any other computer system that acted up. If U want to see a perfect movie on what happens on an aircraft when the world goes to crap, I highly recommend Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks. A 100% better movie and a true story. Kevin Bacon is in that one also. Don't waste ur time with Leave the World Behind. A waste of some very talented actors. I am a fan of all of them. The only reason I tuned in.
The daughter walking around with no bra is the best part of the movie
Shite film
It's garbage in so many ways
Irritating film filled with irritating characters
The movie just keep putting out weird stuff to make it look mysterious but there’s really no explanation for any of it. Worst movie I have watched in a long time.