The road. I watch the first few seconds and I knew it was a poor movie.

Submitted by dbot77 t3_yi1r0w in movies

Immediately, I knew there was no care taken to make this film in the very least palatable. As the main character fills his bathtub, flames are seen outside the windows, while his wife does not even know what is happening.

In every case that you would imagine the world engulfed by fire, it would only be due to a nuclear holocaust. In this movie, people can peacefully awake from their sleep to a world engulfed in fire, and then, only then think of filling the tub with water for drinking purposes.

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TheRealClose t1_iugth6j wrote

I read the first few words of this post and I knew it was a poor post.

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[deleted] t1_iuh3ucv wrote

Have you considered that maybe the problem isn’t in the film, but in you not paying attention or having such poor comprehension skills that even the basic storytelling goes over your head?

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LaevantineXIII t1_iugsnjc wrote

You didn't read the book and didn't understand the movie.

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mickeyflinn t1_iuhbmgd wrote

> In this movie, people can peacefully awake from their sleep to a world engulfed in fire, and then, only then think of filling the tub with water for drinking purposes.

The Man did that because he knew there was no where to go, so he did his best to provide resources for this wife and kid.

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Buhos_En_Pantelones t1_iujgjt2 wrote

Well, I don't want to come across as a dick, but it seems like if that's your main criticism, you might have missed the entire point of the film. I mean, they never even specify what exactly happened, because it didn't really matter for the story.

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dbot77 OP t1_iujhyxm wrote

I stopped watching after that scene because it was so bad

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GrandArchitect t1_iujyl60 wrote

That was the point.

There's a lot of comic book movies made every year, try one of those.

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Jerrymoviefan3 t1_iugx1qu wrote

It was rather disappointing compared to the book but it was pretty good.

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UntidyBargain t1_iuk3jue wrote

Yikes. “Where’s the forest?” would be this guy’s first question.

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dbot77 OP t1_iugv7dx wrote

But seriously my point is they weren’t awakened by any explosions whatsoever. They just seem to arise and notice that the world was on fire can someone explain it to me thank you.

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Redcandle_15 t1_iuh6gb0 wrote

There isn’t ever a concrete explanation given to what the big event is that ends the world. And also, the main character does see that something is happening hence running the bathS

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Alive_Ice7937 t1_iuhu5cn wrote

The book the film is based on doesn't give much detail on the calamity that has hit the world. Just that it's raining ash most of the time. Given the focus of the story we don't need to know that. (And many people find that more evocative and interesting)

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