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Post by Morgana on Dec 29, 2020 13:10:12 GMT
I didn't figure that out till near the end. You didn't figure what out until the end? That the girl wasn't there.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 13:14:26 GMT
You didn't figure what out until the end? That the girl wasn't there. I didn't figure that out until the end either. But I suspected it early on. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 29, 2020 13:59:44 GMT
Watched it a few days ago...its ok. Some cool visuals, particularly Juniters moon. I kind of wish it had one story rather than two. Like, either follow a terminally ill man alone on a scorched earth trying to survive his last dying days...or maybe getting a girl (real one) to one of the safety bunkers. Or the other story, which was a returning spacecraft coming back to a ruined earth struggling to avoid asteroids and deciding what to do, etc. The two stories felt too separated to really enjoy simultaneously. One of my issues with it was it doesn't really explore Augie as a character. Within the book we get alot if insight into basically how he's perpetually dissatisfied with life. Hes a perfectionist who keeps searching for that one big moment within his life which might help define him but never does. |
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Post by Vits on Dec 29, 2020 16:57:33 GMT
6/10 Nothing made sense in this movie. Did they describe what the catastrophe on Earth was? Did they say what happened to the two guys who went back to Earth? Did the describe what the plan was for the spaceship going back to the Saturn moon? Where were all the people who evacuated in the beginning of the movie? Listen, it's not wrong to nitpick a movie, as long as you don't make it the central point of your review. An analysis requires deeper observations. Also, these aren't non-sensical mistakes; they're questions the movie is purposefully keeping unanswered so the viewer can fill in the blanks. Now, it's OK to criticize ambiguity, but not by saying the plot doesn't make sense. Why was there so much confusion? Ummm... Because it's a catastrophic situation and people panic. there were user reviews praising those programs along with The Midnight Sky. It either shows how many people like ridiculousness for entertainment. Or I'm missing something. I'd love to make a joke ("Of course you missed something, since you don't know how to properly critique a movie and others do"), but user reviews aren't really reliable. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 29, 2020 17:26:18 GMT
It was a plot choice to leave many things as mysteries.
It's not something I'd want to see every day, but it was an interesting choice.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 18:29:20 GMT
6/10 Nothing made sense in this movie. Did they describe what the catastrophe on Earth was? Did they say what happened to the two guys who went back to Earth? Did the describe what the plan was for the spaceship going back to the Saturn moon? Where were all the people who evacuated in the beginning of the movie? Listen, it's not wrong to nitpick a movie, as long as you don't make it the central point of your review. An analysis requires deeper observations. Also, these aren't non-sensical mistakes; they're questions the movie is purposefully keeping unanswered so the viewer can fill in the blanks. Now, it's OK to criticize ambiguity, but not by saying the plot doesn't make sense. Why was there so much confusion? Ummm... Because it's a catastrophic situation and people panic. there were user reviews praising those programs along with The Midnight Sky. It either shows how many people like ridiculousness for entertainment. Or I'm missing something. I'd love to make a joke ("Of course you missed something, since you don't know how to properly critique a movie and others do"), but user reviews aren't really reliable. The part of the review you quoted, wasn't my review. It was just a review I agreed with. It was using those questions as examples of why he/she thought the movie was too vague. ########## This was my review; "This movie is two hours long. The first hour moves annoyingly slow. It picks up in the second.
The production values (cinematography, acting, sets, and dialogue) are good.
But this movie is depressing, fatalistic and hopeless for two hours straight, for apparently no reason, "Man destroys Earth and virtually mankind." Yeah, so what's the point?
I gave it a 10 for production value. And a 1 for lack of positivity and inspiration (unless you are inspired by depression, fatalism, and hopelessness). I think a 5 is a good rating."########### I still say the movie didn't make sense. And the second review I quoted says why ; "Clooney and Iris crush it. Pull at your heartstrings. However the plot made no sense.
The world is ending and they have time to evacuate people including the space station. However they don't seem to try and connect with or rendezvous with the one ship that has been to a possible habitable planet.
Set that aside, the crew of Aether find out they are likely humanities last hope. They are only 4 of them so genetically it will be tough but possible. Until two of them decide to effectively commit suicide dooming humanity. Unless somehow one guy and a girl can restart humanity by themselves. Like who is their daughter going to have kids with?"############ And I think user reviews are reliable to indicate audience satisfaction or disatisfaction. And what the audience likes or dislikes about a movie (or TV show). |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 18:54:46 GMT
It was a plot choice to leave many things as mysteries.
It's not something I'd want to see every day, but it was an interesting choice. I hate it. |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 19:11:45 GMT
It was a plot choice to leave many things as mysteries.
It's not something I'd want to see every day, but it was an interesting choice. It didn't make sense. The Clooney character was smart. He prided himself on knowing stuff. Why would he not know what was going on? Those astronauts in outer space require knowledge to do their jobs. Why would they not know what's going on? Dumbasses are stupid. I'm not a dumbass. I don't like being kept in the dark. And the characters in this movie were not dumbasses. It makes no sense they would be clueless --- or seemingly content with cluelessness. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 29, 2020 20:14:37 GMT
It was a plot choice to leave many things as mysteries.
It's not something I'd want to see every day, but it was an interesting choice. It didn't make sense. The Clooney character was smart. He prided himself on knowing stuff. Why would he not know what was going on? Those astronauts in outer space require knowledge to do their jobs. Why would they not know what's going on? Dumbasses are stupid. I'm not a dumbass. I don't like being kept in the dark. And the characters in this movie were not dumbasses. It makes no sense they would be clueless --- or seemingly content with cluelessness. In the movie, it sounded like Clooney might have known. 1. He told Sully on the communication with her that “they” said it started out as an accident. 2. He had imaging equipment of Earth that showed zones in red as if they were bomb zones. 3. He said people were living underground but it was temporary. Sounds like a nuclear war. Someone hit the button by accident and the world was lost. From space, they could see twirls of smoke. Big ones. The book didn’t give anywhere near this much. They just said that the Earth looked dark at night (when they could finally see it). |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 30, 2020 0:22:30 GMT
It didn't make sense. The Clooney character was smart. He prided himself on knowing stuff. Why would he not know what was going on? Those astronauts in outer space require knowledge to do their jobs. Why would they not know what's going on? Dumbasses are stupid. I'm not a dumbass. I don't like being kept in the dark. And the characters in this movie were not dumbasses. It makes no sense they would be clueless --- or seemingly content with cluelessness. In the movie, it sounded like Clooney might have known. 1. He told Sully on the communication with her that “they” said it started out as an accident. 2. He had imaging equipment of Earth that showed zones in red as if they were bomb zones. 3. He said people were living underground but it was temporary. Sounds like a nuclear war. Someone hit the button by accident and the world was lost. From space, they could see twirls of smoke. Big ones. The book didn’t give anywhere near this much. They just said that the Earth looked dark at night (when they could finally see it). Then you and I know how stupid that is. Nuclear missiles don't just shoot off because somebody accidentally hits a button. The president has to request the suitcase. The suitcase has to be delivered to him. He has to unlock the suitcase. And then push the button. That notifies the military. The miltary notifies the missile attendants who can call to double check. Once they get the confirmation, two attendants must work together to punch in the codes. That starts a countdown that can be aborted. Nobody just pushes a button. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 30, 2020 0:32:25 GMT
In the movie, it sounded like Clooney might have known. 1. He told Sully on the communication with her that “they” said it started out as an accident. 2. He had imaging equipment of Earth that showed zones in red as if they were bomb zones. 3. He said people were living underground but it was temporary. Sounds like a nuclear war. Someone hit the button by accident and the world was lost. From space, they could see twirls of smoke. Big ones. The book didn’t give anywhere near this much. They just said that the Earth looked dark at night (when they could finally see it). Then you and I know how stupid that is. Nuclear missiles don't just shoot off because somebody accidentally hits a button. The president has to request the suitcase. The suitcase has to be delivered to him. He has to unlock the suitcase. And then push the button. That notifies the military. The miltary notifies the missile attendants who can call to double check. Once they get the confirmation, two attendants must work together to punch in the codes. That starts a countdown that can be aborted. Nobody just pushes a button. Clooney didn’t say all that I wrote about pushing a button.  He said it all started by accident - something like that. So we still don’t really know.  |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 30, 2020 18:22:00 GMT
Here is another good review of The Midnight Sky;
"All the screenwriters in Hollywood died due to the Corona virus. They were quietly replaced by the receptionists who had watched a LOT of TV and film productions. This explains why all the new movies are a mish mash of previous movies.
The secretaries unfortunately didn't have any writing credentials so they simply inserted the dialogue, long pauses and meaningful looks from their favourite soapies.
And being young "woke" women, they decided the new movies must have young women as the heroes, with a 50/50 black white race quota.
The secretaries didn't much like science at school so they turned science fiction movies into soapies but in a space setting.
And that my friends is a true story."
The best thing about this movie is the critical reviews . . . ha ha ha . . .
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Post by hi224 on Dec 30, 2020 22:35:38 GMT
Here is another good review of The Midnight Sky; "All the screenwriters in Hollywood died due to the Corona virus. They were quietly replaced by the receptionists who had watched a LOT of TV and film productions. This explains why all the new movies are a mish mash of previous movies. The secretaries unfortunately didn't have any writing credentials so they simply inserted the dialogue, long pauses and meaningful looks from their favourite soapies. And being young woke women, they decided the new movies must have young women as the heroes, with a 50/50 black white race quota. The secretaries didn't much like science at school so they turned science fiction movies into soapies but in a space setting. And that my friends is a true story."The best thing about this movie is the critical reviews . . . ha ha ha . . . can you quit griefing please?.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 22:35:54 GMT
What’s going to happen to all of these shows and movies if/when Netflix goes under? Will they just vanish forever?
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Post by movieliker on Dec 31, 2020 22:43:44 GMT
What’s going to happen to all of these shows and movies if/when Netflix goes under? Will they just vanish forever? No. They'll be available in the ether. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 23:46:21 GMT
What’s going to happen to all of these shows and movies if/when Netflix goes under? Will they just vanish forever? No. They'll be available in the ether. Oh.
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Post by movieliker on Jan 1, 2021 0:06:03 GMT
No. They'll be available in the ether. Oh. I don't see Netflix going out of business anytime soon. They are making money now because of the pandemic. If they don't continue, they'll just change their business strategy. Their stock keeps going up. And so does the number of subscribers. They could always sell their content to another service. And many of their movies and TV shows are available elsewhere already. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2021 4:53:51 GMT
I don't see Netflix going out of business anytime soon. They are making money now because of the pandemic. If they don't continue, they'll just change their business strategy. Their stock keeps going up. And so does the number of subscribers. They could always sell their content to another service. And many of their movies and TV shows are available elsewhere already. They are in massive debt though. And their competitors are growing, while taking back all their own movies and tv shows. Spiderverse just left. The Office leaves tomorrow and goes to Peacock. Netflix will not last the decade. Guaranteed
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Post by movieliker on Jan 1, 2021 6:29:27 GMT
I don't see Netflix going out of business anytime soon. They are making money now because of the pandemic. If they don't continue, they'll just change their business strategy. Their stock keeps going up. And so does the number of subscribers. They could always sell their content to another service. And many of their movies and TV shows are available elsewhere already. They are in massive debt though. And their competitors are growing, while taking back all their own movies and tv shows. Spiderverse just left. The Office leaves tomorrow and goes to Peacock. Netflix will not last the decade. Guaranteed Must be bad management. Because they keep turning a profit. Their stock keeps going up. And so does the number of subscribers. If their competition is making money . . . I'm a Netflix subscriber. I don't have Amazon or Peacock. |
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Post by SciFive on Jan 1, 2021 18:07:35 GMT
Netflix killed Blockbuster so it would be ironic if other companies killed Netflix.
I think Netflix will survive.
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