Filter to 1-star and note how many reviews are direct copies of each other - many referencing that the Obamas are executive producers.
Holy deranged
Don’t even consider watching this movie!!! Horrible movie. If I could leave zero stars I would. I would say the Obama’s should stick to politics but unfortunately I can’t say that either. Regardless, this review sums it up very well: Zero stars needs to be an option. One reviewer posted an excellent review of this movie, so I had to copy and paste. “If you care about using your time wisely, then avoid this film like the plague. But if you like watching terribly written media, then by all means grab a snack and relax. Because this film is the embodiment of utter garbage. The first, and to me, the greatest red flag is seeing the Obamas as executive producers. The movie just changed far too many times, giving you more questions than answers. Family on the beach, a supposed home invasion, planes crashing, a brat obsessed with Friends, hackers start the end of the world, animals migrate for no apparent reason, son is poisoned by radiation yet no one else is and not to mention the blatant racial themes etc. Just a heaping mess of a pile. None of the characters are developed and slowly turn against each other. Situations like these would bring you together, not force you apart. You’d come to hate a few others, such as the daughter who treats Friends like a god and the other daughter, Ruth, who not only has a spoiled attitude but she assumes things on everyone and also believes you should never trust white people. I wish I were joking. And I quote: “I’m asking for you to remember that if the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out easily to anyone, especially white people.” This had no relevance to the film at all! If this statement was flipped around, watch how things would go. I guess her name “Ruth” is short for ruthless. Because she did not act nice to anyone, not even her own father at times. If they removed her from the script, it would have made this film somewhat better. But not enough to save it. But the fact this made it through production baffles me. Then again, remind yourself of who the executive producers were. As for the “terrorist” act itself, it just isn’t clear which nation is the main driving force of it all. First some Arabic country to then either Korea or China. No idea because this is never answered. Nor were a lot of things. Where was the military? The actual forces of the nation. Apparently they do not exist, so everyone has to fend for themselves. Granted we do live in a technological world, but planes wouldn’t be crashing nor boats intentionally grounding themselves if everything was hacked. Analog exists. Pilots can still operate a plane without working apparatus etc. I’d go on but other reviews capture the level of frustration this “movie” brings the table. It’s bad. At least the daughter got to watch the last episode of Friends, after running off with neither brains nor brawn. Ate a large supply of food and somehow, found a VHS tape that oh so conveniently had Friends. Leaving her family to die. I wonder what she’ll think after the episode is over. Probably happiness, not a care for her family, as a show takes more priority than the end of the world.” If I could give this movie a rating less than one star I would!!!
oh wow that exact review is clearly being bot reposted
Maybe I should quit hanging around the internet now. I’d rather hang out with humans than bots.
God it even sounds like trump
Trump would never use a big word like “apparatus” when something more at a 4th grade reading level will do
‘Arrapatus!’
He has made this country stupider. It’s like a feedback loop of ignorance and stupidity.
It feels like somebody get a printout of the events of the story without any context or meaning. Like the last comment says the girl left her family to die. No. The entire family is meeting her at the bunker.
I guess that factual correctness is not the goal. If one reads a “review” and decides not to watch, they win; if one decides to watch, they lose. Doesn’t matter if the “review” contradicts the reality.
Well the same is accurate for many things said nowadays, unfortunately
Totally how normal people behave.
Wow that review is being copy/pasted everywhere and reposted to multiple review sites under many usernames. I thought the movie was pretty good and it’s based on a book that doesn’t answer the questions that the viewer is asking. That is part of the story l, not REALLY knowing what is going on. It’s like the whole theme, not to know for sure. It mentions the military in the final scenes so we have a guess on what they are up to.
This is a perfect simulation of unhinged 90s/00s chain emails your aunt would forward you. All it’s missing is a title like “FW: FW: FW: FW: OPEN, very important!!!” and instructions to forward it to more people.
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I don’t think Netflix cares if you’re watching it, as long as you pay your subscription they are happy, and if you don’t watch anything it’s even better!
views == royalties. Views actually cut into their bottom line.
I’m missing something here, if they produce it and stream it, who would pay those royalties?
They would pay the “royalties”. It’s actually residuals, and it’s usually paid to the actors and senior crew (director, producers, etc), from what i understand.
Royalties are paid to, potentially, a lot of people. Most a-list actors will get royalties with every dvd sold (and increasingly views on streaming services,) and such like.
ohhh okay, so it’s even better if nobody watches it?
for netflix, yes. I assume Obamas and others make more with every view. maybe a few cents…but still.
Thanks Obama
that’s all the maga and far right do… parrot each other ad infinitum
Correct, because they are incapable of actually thinking for themselves.
If they could, they wouldn’t be conservatives.
Nah just a bad movie.
It really could have benefited from a cohesive plot.
And less Ethan Hawke.
I actually liked it and was really surprised about it. It being a Netflix produced film and all that. It was definitely a vibes movie and it excelled at that. No dense plot needed here.
Here’s a great rundown / critique of that movie 😆
I wish that lady would stop the whispering ASMR voice. I find it so grating
Not even knowing that the Obamas had anything to do with it (like it matters at all?), I thought I was a refreshingly well-done movie in a genre I enjoy. Haters gonna hate.
End was frustrating just because I wanted more. But it was a fun ride.
That was the point. That’s what the whole daughter’s plot is about.
I’d give it a 7/10. Didn’t blow my mind but it was entertaining.
Obama’s a terrible person who killed tens of thousands of civilians, we should be boycotting any new project he’s involved with. The man ought to be tried for war crimes.
While I don’t agree with a lot of Obamas policies, I do respect him as a person.
Can’t understand why. He’s a terrible person. He’s just Bush’s bloodlust dressed up in a more charismatic package.
Perhaps you should default to love instead of hate. It sounds like your just mad at everyone.
I think it’s ok to dislike people who murder thousands of civilians.
I think it’s rad to kill thousands of people you cunt
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Your FSB handler must be the type to reward activity instead of efficacy. Hope that Kremlin monopoly money is worth it.
Name a president who didn’t kill people
You really running defense for empire?
“Name a president who didn’t kill people” isnt the dunk you think it is. Quite the opposite, it just makes the point that the US government is a murder cult and that regardless of who you vote for, you’re still supporting war, murder, and imperialism.
Correct
And that excuses him bombing a doctor’s without borders hospital?
No but are you boycotting everything ever and living in the arctic?
That’s a pretty huge leap from “Obama is a garbage human being and doesn’t deserve our support”
No it’s not. You’re boycotting anyone who killed people right? Why don’t you research some of the companies whose products you consume
He gonna be big mad when Monsanto enters the chat
You’re really going hard on the whataboutism, huh?
You’re really going hard on “Obama bad” eh? I’m just wondering where you draw the line. It’s impossible now so why choose this?
Sure have more, what about nestle? You eat chocolate these days?
Have you ever bought a movie ticket, DVD or streaming service with the sole intent to support a movie producer?
Do you still buy lostprophets albums?
Who?
“That guy is a murderer” “Have you considered that other people are also murderers” what’s your point.
Solid movie. Watched it a week ago. Had no idea who was behind it.
Okay but it is definitely a garbage movie. The plot is terrible. Come on, guys.
I liked it, but I didn’t know it was produced by Obama when I watched it, so didn’t have any preconceptions.
It was alright, suspenseful but I didn’t get the deer part
I have read that it somehow symbolizes nature trying to warn us about climate change or something but that doesn’t make sense to me.
Maybe if we act like little bitches and complain enough we’ll get a Snyder cut.
Eh, it wasn’t great, but far from “garbage”. There’s more than 2 scores.
Makes me want to go watch it. Racist idiots gonna be racist idiots.
You go girl!
It’s worth a watch. Don’t read anything else about it before watching.
I enjoyed, it’s not the best movie but if you already pay for Netflix it’s worth a watch
It’s not great. Definitely more than 1 star but I watched it the other day and couldn’t remember a thing about it until looking up the plot summary just now. It’s one of those movies that could be amazing if it stuck the landing but I personally don’t feel like it did. I voted for Obama twice so my opinion is not politically motivated.
It seems extremely trivial for Google to automatically delete all those identical reviews. Why they aren’t doing this? On play store many times they delete my reviews because they think it’s irrelevant to the product, here where they’re all identical?
Name a product Google has that isn’t half assed? They were letting YouTube accounts impersonate account owners in comments at least as recently as last summer.
Excellent movie. I only watched it because a friend referred to it as “that Obama movie that says don’t trust whitey” I figured that’s gotta be a must watch lol
I never heard about this movie before. Now I know it’s a post-apocalyptic movie (love those) made by Sam Esmail (he did Mr. Robot, which was terrific). I guess it also happened to be produced by the Obamas.
So congratulations, reviewers. You got me interested in seeing a movie I didn’t even know existed.
Anything post apocalypse is on my list. Idk what it is, I just love the setting.
I usually enjoy them. I’ve been watching them since all the way back to my childhood in the 80s when I spent my life terrified of nuclear war and yet still fascinated by the post-apocalyptic.
I actually liked it. it’s a really cool / scary atmosphere. I was surprised by how much i liked it as it’s been ages since i even dared to watch a Netflix-produced movie.
i don’t like that a former president is producing a postapoc movie with the way the world is going right now. does he know something we don’t.
Yes. He knows how to make money as a movie producer. Presumably, you don’t.
it’s a joke lighten up
I saw it, didn’t know who produced or directed it
Don’t watch it, It had potential, I loved the main actors, but it sucked badly. Fair warning: possible spoilers below.
The music score is way too loud, and annoyingly weird. For example, rap music in a supposed suspense thriller movie at points that made no sense, then some romantic “there’s about to be sweet sex” music while somebody walks through a house, exploring it. It was annoying when I watched it, we then had it on as background noise to hide sex sounds and had to turn it off because it was so damned annoying.
The story literally goes nowhere, yet is all over the place. The ending leaves loads of opened threads unfinished, and it’s quite obvious that the writer(s) heard “cool” things yet failed to grasp the basics.
The microwave emitters they were talking about have ranges up to hundreds of meters, not the hundreds of square kilometers required to reach them in the middle of nowhere.
The airplane crashing was supposed to be cool but one had already crashed many hours before, why was this one still in the air? Also, you can’t really “hack” airplanes to go down, pilots can easily take over.
The Tesla’s famously can’t drive themselves like they do in the movie
The kid would get acute radiation sickness from those microwave attacks? Oh come on. And then the rest of them are unaffected, somehow? And then they go get medicine? What medicine? The kid as shown is dying an agonizing death within two weeks, you can get him painkillers, perhaps.
What the fuck was up with the deer? What was that supposed to do? You could cut all the scenes and nothing would change.
What’s up with the girls addiction to friends? It literally ends the movie somewhere in the middle or something because so many questions are left, so many threads opened that aren’t brought to a satisfying conclusion.
The writers had a cool idea yet had no idea what to do with it. 1.5 stars out of 5, it was a waste of my time
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Yeah keep an open mind but not so open that your brain falls out.
I have no issues with suspension of disbelief, I watch star trek (only the non trash classic ones from 20-30 years ago) and it sets up it’s rules within that universe and tries following them. This movie just went all over the place without any rules, it made no sense and then at one point you simply can’t suspend disbelief anymore.
What the hell was it with the deer?
The ending was shit, whatever you want to call it. Half the plot threads were still open, but now the girl finally gets to watch her friends episode which she wanted and that somehow is an ending? Wtf?
What was with the different flyers being thrown around? Like they opened threads left and right and then… Did nothing with it.
All that together still would have made a mediocre movie that had so much more potential, but the music, dear god, it was invasive and intrusive and even an annoyance when it was on in the background.
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Fair warning: possible spoilers below.
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The movie is pretty bad tbh.
