Has anyone else seen this movie that premiered over the weekend? I thought it was a very poignant movie that reflects the times we live in and it underscores a lot of our modern habits, mannerisms, and beliefs that are leading to a very pathetic endpoint. I would love to know what others thought about the movie but only if you watched it.
@Lucifer As in Kubrick and Gilligan. Quality cinematography - really excellent, but with all the high def now maybe it's taken for granted. There was a bit of M. Night Shyamalan to it too. Really a lot of interesting beats and scenes, but ugh, really - ending as it did was syrupy and disconnected. No explanation ever tied into why somehow the grid remained powered but no comms worked. Or of why the little town became a ghost town. There were several lines in the script and scenes that definitely support your take on it, and it was a pathetic endpoint, both explicitly and symbolically. Regarding the propensity of so many folks continuing to support DFT, I think "Don't Look Up" nailed it much better.
Yes, I got your reference the first time, and even though I love Kubrick, he was known not to be an actor's director. Gilligan, definitely in so much as the development of the characters. The movie is a series of unexplained events in which the characters are as dumbfounded as the audience as to what is happening. What intrigued me was how these characters interact around the premise that none of them know anything with any degree of certainty for sure, but begin theorizing and assuming things will go back to normal. There's a lot of that around here. I'm perfectly content with the ending because it follows the entire theme of the weaponization of the abrupt disruption of everything that keeps civilization going. It definitely has a Shyamalan flavor to it, but I've been too disappointed by some of his movies to think that. I think director Sam Esmail did a great job on this. And yes, the cinematography was quite good. I don't want as yet to post something that might be a spoiler, so I will wait to see if others have any thoughts on the multiple themes in the movie.
