Recommend me a good end-of-the-world apoc movie.

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KeithTalent

KeithTalent

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AnitaPeterson said:
I'm going to bump this thread with a recommendation for another movie: "Perfect Sense"... I just saw it recently, and it's probably one of the most tragic and well-done descriptions of doom I've seen since "Children of Men"... and it's still ten times better than that idiotic "Book of Eli", because it actually has a meaning...
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Is that the Ewan McGregor film? If so I've been looking forward to that one for a while. Glad to hear you liked it.

KT
 
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"Threads" is definitely the best apoc/post-apoc movie I've seen. Bleak and depressing as fuck.
 
zinfamous

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Exterous said:
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That one might be too painful to watch
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But you were able to Watch Equilibrium, somehow. Both are equally as bad. At least with Ultraviolet, you can tell it intends to be stupid.

Equilibrium was just worthless on every freaking level, but it doesn't think it is bad.
 
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zinfamous said:
Equilibrium was just worthless on every freaking level, but it doesn't think it is bad.
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Every level? That last fight scene was awesome!

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the fuck?

you think that was the problem with Ultraviolet?
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:hmm: Its been quite a few years since I've seen the movie but thats what stands out. I might have repressed more though as I remember being very dissapointed
 
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Exterous said:
:hmm: Its been quite a few years since I've seen the movie but thats what stands out. I might have repressed more though as I remember being very dissapointed
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The CGI wasn't even finished, at least it didn't look finished.

There was nothing about that movie worth remembering, but I agree the bad CGI did stand out.
 
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BladeVenom said:
Are you completely retarded? That was an awful movie.
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A stupid American only knows one way to watch a movie. The movie must follow the one underlying pattern he is familiar with or he won't be able to follow it. I'm not a stupid American and I'm not so limited.

There is no need to force understanding on Ultraviolet. The world of the movie is largely undefined, and it is okay to leave it undefined. There is no need to force linearity upon it and demand a limit to its scope. It does not need to be all tied up into a neat little package. What is on screen is all that matters, and what's on screen does work. Just as this works with no further explanation.
 
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The insults and name calling add nothing to the thread... but anyways I'm definitely going to check out Perfect Sense- it looks interesting. It's also one of the few non-american movies here- are there any good import movies on this subject?

Also, while these aren't particularly end of the world or apocalypse related, I've always liked movies where mankind has failed and is vanishing so I would recommend 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Daywalkers and Priest... I wouldn't call any of them great but worth watching.
 
lozina

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Ok, it's not a movie, its a TV show, but I have to mention Jericho. It's an excellent post apocalypse show.

Also since I mentioned shows, check out Falling Skies and the Walking Dead.

I enjoyed these shows far more than any of the movies mentioned here
 
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DominionSeraph said:
A stupid American only knows one way to watch a movie. The movie must follow the one underlying pattern he is familiar with or he won't be able to follow it. I'm not a stupid American and I'm not so limited.

There is no need to force understanding on Ultraviolet. The world of the movie is largely undefined, and it is okay to leave it undefined. There is no need to force linearity upon it and demand a limit to its scope. It does not need to be all tied up into a neat little package. What is on screen is all that matters, and what's on screen does work. Just as this works with no further explanation.
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Ultraviolet is a movie for retards. Full Stop.
 
lozina

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Oh there's another movie I would recommend, I consider it post "apocalyptic" but I am sure most would argue with such a definition - the movie is called Idiocracy ;)
 
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