Originally Posted by
Dolemite
It's a very good movie with some amazing performances...hell, it's the most alive I've seen Bruce Willis in years. I thought the farm sequence kinda slowed the pace down to a crawl for a bit, but overall, a very enjoyable, well-written and intelligent movie with some impressive action sequences.
Oh, and that young Seth/old Seth scene early on was fucking chilling. Ugh!
Agreed on both counts. That whole bit with Paul Dano was the cleverest and most terrifying use of time travel I've ever seen in a movie.
Although I disagree that the whole farm sequence slowed the pace down. I wonder where they found that kid? He was fucking amazing.
I really enjoyed the movie's conception of the future United States as being largely run-down and slum-ridden.
It's interesting to note that all of the cars are apparently running on electric power. In one of Bruce Willis's scenes, you notice rows of 20th century era cars retrofitted with solar plates. Emily Blunt's truck seems to be retrofitted the same way. The newer vehicles are all very small, like that truck Willis drives near the end of the movie. Contrast all of this with the scenes in Shanghai and the baller vehicles that Willis is driving.
It seems clear that by 2044, we've either hit peak oil production or China is taking all the oil. Maybe both.
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