We always get the poor peoples version of the apocalypse and this isn’t an apocalypse movie it’s not world ending it’s more about the US and how divided it is and how quickly we’d descend into chaos if attacked. And it perfectly shows the levels there is to wealth although they had money there were still people with more who were better prepared.
@@OpeNorthBud one of the messages is literally that your money can’t buy you a way out. If the country falls money means nothing when you’re stuck with people who will do whatever to survive. That’s why he pointed out that his client, a rich elite, was only able to “buy” himself a warning not a complete escape.
@@allegraanegra455 ahhh I didn’t think too deeply into it. I see what they’re trying to do… “hey don’t look at the rich elites building bunkers, it doesn’t matter.”
Don’t even know what you’re referring to because I haven’t watched this yet but…I laughed because I can already see exactly what you mean with these dumb movies and because Jaime has a tendency to pick movies w “interesting” cast members. (I’m looking at you Corey Feldman and Gary freaking OLDMAN in that movie about “midgets”..omg what are you DOING, sirs?) I suspect a bad movie w recognizable actors?
The dance party singing had me in stitches. People are dying, it’s the end of the world, so let’s dance to late 90s R&B and try not to cheat on our spouses!
I was crying so hard once they finally hug. All the repressed sexual feelings, the longing for their partners, for some semblance of normalcy-- but then it ends, they have to face their new normal. I mean, bravo, I laughed, I cried, and looked up other opinnies so Netflix won again haha
This movie makes more sense if you realize it's just a story about Rosie trying to watch the last episode of Friends. The apocalypse and everything else that happens is just secondary background stuff.
I’ve said the same about the walking dead. Like it’s just people living trying to their lives. All the zombies and end of the world as we know it is just white noise
Ummmm no. It’s a lot of Easter eggs. The last episode of friends what happens? Rachel gets off the plane like the mother probably did. She’s the last one & it’s over. “Nostalgia for a time that never really existed” the country that never was a first world top tier country and the charade is over
I have over 1000 DVDs and Blu-ray’s because a few times I’ve bought movies on Apple or Amazon and then lost them because the platform lost the rights to it 🙄 so I only purchase hard copies.
Do we all have the same dad? Except my dad uses random Spanglish at random times including restaurants but not necessarily Mexican restaurants. I think it's from being in So Cal for 50 years, lol. 😅
Jamie I'm SO glad that you pointed out that the ship would've stopped before hitting the beach! I was in navigation while serving in the Navy & an especially large tanker would've ran aground way before getting to land
@@Edaloy27 I guess I generally think most things like that in scary movies are just ridiculous. One unrealistic bc of the boat being to far up on the beach and secondly even if I was in that situation and the boat did come up farther than should have I’d have started to move my ass way before they did. Movies do this so often it’s not even realistic and therefore not scary or climatic anymore
I know it doesn't seem like it, but deer, both Doe and Bucks can be DEADLY dangerous. One kick can break bones, give concussion, or even crack your skull open. I knew a lady that tried to get a young Doe untangled from her fence and it kicked her SO hard it partially collapsed her lungs and cracked multiple ribs! Also when I was middle school age, I remember riding in car with my mom and a deer ran out on front of us. She stopped easily in time. But then about 6 more deer followed behind and one ran full force into the driver side rear door so hard that it cracked the window and warped the door so badly that it was jammed closed. They are NOTHING compared to a freaking Canadian moose but deer are solid muscle and have that unpredictable twitchy demeanor 😂
As soon as she said “they’re just deer” I was thinking “I would be terrified if that many deer surrounded me. They are incredibly dangerous!” I lived in the CO Rocky Mountains and our deer are larger than plains deer. We were sitting out back with our cats and one bold deer came and checked out our unamused Tom and then walk up and sniff my shoulder. I didn’t move a muscle. I know some would try to pet it, but they can get easily spooked and I wasn’t taking any chances. It was a very tense few minutes.
I'd go out screaming too, but what if it was rabies? They'd be so screwed and didn't even grab weapons, like, gurl, they're acting weird and are solid muscle that you lowkey wanna eat and store for an apocalypse hello???? I'm way too practical to watch post apocalyptic films as pure entertainment 😭
@@katelynnehansen8115 I'm in WV and the ones here are losing their fear of ppl and love to get close to me if in outside at night! I've been jumpscared by that loud "snort" they do so many times haha
@@nailinthefashion I figure they were probably rabies-free at least -- they wouldn't all have the same stage of the disease and would've already been avoiding a herd member who was acting particularly strangely.
@@MM-jf1me right? But since the movie didn't make sense, I was like, please just let it be SOMETHING other than "look how scared they are! Just like humans acting weird too!!!!!! ARENT WE GOOD WRITERS NOW HAHA"
I thought the blackout was in the city? or that they had made that up as an excuse to not tell the truth about why they left the city? i just watched the movie the one time tho so idk
@@fungi5350 There are actually generators that automatically kick in if you lose power. Given how fancy that house is, I imagine the owners would have had one of those kinds of generators put it.
Okay, despite a lot of nothing happening, I do feel whoever composed the instrumental part of the soundtrack deserves an award. My husband and I were STRESSED while nothing happened. 😂
@richcampbell6808 there's not exactly a lot of action in the film. But I hope this snarky remark made you feel good about yourself internet stranger. 👋🏽
@@richcampbell6808 For me it is a symbolic statement about what's happening in the world, and how mankind will suffer because of their own destruction. I think the deer symbolize how many has ruined the earth. They're looking at them like, "Now your home is ruined."
@@DescmondBellit’s clear that a lot of people didn’t get it which is why I like watching the ending explained videos everyone has such an interesting perspective of what happened after it ends or why things played out the way they did
@@allegraanegra455it's pretty clear a lot of people talking about this movie have next to no knowledge of international security or cybersecurity. it's painful to see them saying "i was waiting for something to happen" when one of the worst things that could ever occur in a modern first world nation does. you're just viewing it from the perspective of people who are only surviving because they happened to take a vacation at the right time. the rest of the country was apocalyptic. anyone who didn't understand that would be like the dad in the movie, trusting everything back home was as usual.
The scariest part of the movie for me is when they find a body impression in the leaves in the shed- and yet they never say why it was there. So many loose ends.
@@jill-zee7720the point of them mystifying it, making it fairy tale like, is to mirror Shyamalan's style, who prefers loose ends, to each their own... I had fun wondering, but some people prefer full sentences and concepts with clean edges. I do too just not all the time. Old is a great movie, to me, for example
I heard some theories that this entire film was one bad dream... With the changing art, the teeth falling out, some of the camera angles, the random screeching noises, the odd music choices and the oddly pleasant yet unnerving start... It really does feel like a nightmare.
Personally, i thought the Starbucks part was quite brilliant. What i took from it is that even though these people just went through something so unusual and terrifying, a familiar yet essentially useless logo like Starbucks is all that it takes to make them momentarily forget. Maybe its supposed to symbolize how desensitized we're becoming to traumatic events happening around us that we just go about our day ike nothing.
They honestly did a good job communicating this theme in the movie. It’s like the difference between society’s reaction to Columbine in 1999 vs our reaction to school shootings today. When the kids were playing in the pool after like nothing happened I got that’s what they were going for. But it also did feel like weird product placement. But also…it was real lol. I could see myself seeing a Starbucks and doing the same.
The Happening is hilarious... idk why you guys are taking life and cinema this seriously lmao. These comments are wild, pretentious af, like ... y'all this is high quality camp. Sorry you're missing out babes
I'm totally here for the fart sound effects. Btw your memory for random quotes from shows to movies to internet shenanigans is quite impressive, madam! 😂❤💨
The fart sound effects in this, kind of pandering I think. She should try to be a little more creative then do that lowbrow shit. Millennials find alot of dumb shit funny I notice. Just like the remixing of the dialogue or whatever she thinks is cute so the characters sound like one of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
The part that had me yelling at the screen was when they were dodging Teslas on the way back to the house there was a ton of space on the side of the road they could have used because the Teslas were using their GPS to stay on the road. None of them were on the side of the road, which was flat, bare, and had hardly any shrubs.
Jennifer Coolidge would have really made this film a lot more enjoyable. Everyone else having a breakdown and she’s just like “This is making me want a hot dog REAL BAD, right now”
Dude, I was SO excited when I saw your thumbnail pop up! This movie was so freaking weird. I was so mad that I’d wasted two hours when it suddenly ended. Just ended. Like the writer had an aneurysm while finishing the story. I will say, I went to film school. I generally enjoy most movies. This movie felt like the pretentious film school kid who tries too hard to make everything artsy and deep but just ends up annoying everyone. 😂
The watch scene was so illogical, the drone scene was so stupid I watched it three times just to make sure my brain wasn't malfunctioning and the whole deer subplot was a chef's kiss of film student wankerey.
@@mrdozey7361the drone scene was the most inspired piece to me. At first we assume it's blood maybe, a pesticide? But it's on the road. And then the flyers... the only part of it I hated was that they littered in the middle of nowhere lmao. At least do it over the set house, that's way more dynamic and interesting since it would imply being watched, paranoia. But when the deer didn't connect to anything, and they didn't do anything with the infidelity I knew this wasn't on par with Shyamalan's work and just a nod to it. The long shots, the close ups, the supernatural vibes are all signatures of his, but his films make you think a lot more while having more self awareness. They taunt you into laughing with it instead of at it
My husband and I turned off the movie during the dance scene... our curiosity had officially expired. But listening to this review was much better than finishing the movie haha.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who felt like this was an M. Knight film. Because just like every M. Knight movie, it really had potential and just never quite got there…. And yet i still watched it as soon as it came out😂
I honestly thought it would end with it being that Julia’s character was dreaming the whole time, then woke up from the dream and decided to love people. I almost wish that WAS the ending. LOL
That's just it, though. You don't know that that isn't what was actually happening. The writers literally said they wanted us to determine what we think was going on and think for ourselves... unlike what the majority of these other commentors are doing... you're so close...
Most of these characters were insufferable... especially Amanda and the homeowner's daughter. Actually wish I had never even hit "watch" 😂 another L for Netflix
one symbolism is the daughter wanting to see the show friends means that she overly realizes on technology and that she actually wants friends, real friends
I do that, too! I never use "lol" and only use "llol" because I have a hatred of how often people use "lol" in situations that aren't funny. Like, "I broke my arm. Lol" Were you actually laughing out loud that you broke your arm? Most likely not. I llol'd at your comment. 😊
You could see how much Rose was struggling with her loneliness when she kept reaching out to her brother only for her feelings to be brushed aside. I think her telling her mom the story about the flood and her saying she wasn’t going to wait anymore was her refusing to give into all the outside forces that were taking everything away from her. She was going to go out and “ do something” for herself, by herself. Although she could not have known she would find her “friends” again, the fact that her self powered journey took her right back to them gives us hope! Would have been a relief to see the family reunions, but this might have interrupted Rose’s own brief reunion with her comfortable, young life. We pretty much know everyone else would be at the bunker soon. Let her have her moment!
It wasn’t a “self powered journey” She was a self centered greedy pig. The scene at the end where she gorges on all of the sugar and plops down to watch tv instead of letting her family know she found supplies. Self indulgent, not caring about anyone but herself and her own needs. The only message In This movie is that the youngest generation only cares about their own pleasure
I'm so glad you reviewed this! The trailer looked SOOO GOOD, and now it looks so incredibly pointless and boring. I'll be leaving Leave the World Behind behind 😂
The Central Perk Café is actually "The Little Owl"-Café in 90 Bedford Street, New York. You caaaaan visit it 🤣 but the inside was a studio of course. The outside has also changed over the....decades.
you can also go to central perk at the friends experience and get to experience it that way, its around grammarcy park I think, I went 2 years ago it was cool.
Little Owl is a restaurant and is at the base of their apartment building. It's just iconic cause it's in a lot of the b-roll, but it's not supposed to be Central Perk. But it's still cute and worth visiting!
it would have been a great first 2 episodes of netflix series, because the setup was all there but there was no actual ending, it almost felt like it was just about to begin right when it ended. Love your videos!
I felt like Rosie’s character symbolized nostalgia for simpler times when people were predominantly happier and actually connected to each other. Rosie is the only one who really “left the world behind” because she’s over the bullshit of modern times. She was also the only observant character who recognized major red flags like the ship coming straight at that them and nature acting weird. Everyone else was too caught up in their own worlds.
That's kind of what I got from the Starbucks thing too. Like this family had just experienced a tanker almost running them over and the family was trying to create some normalcy and ignore the weird shit they experienced. Lol 😆
Def excited to hear your take !! After watching it my husband and i both agreed "Huh. So it's an apocalypse movie that ends right when a normal apocalypse movie would start..."
Middle School teacher here...this movie was very true to how kids and parents are. Horrible Mom and kids really be wanting screen time over anything. That part felt real.
In the UK, the kids are being taught through Google classroom which is pretty much screen time whilst at school and by the time they arrive home they are zombies. They don't want to learn anything, talk to parents, doing anything fun apart talking to their friends on-line even though they are two mins away. It's not the parents wanting screen time, its the parents worried about this generation! There will be no dentist, doctors, skilled workers etc cos this generation are wanting to the tic tockers, you tubers, etc.
While I agree that the ending was non-existant and weird, this would be a very realistic experience of an apocalypse, no one knows what's going on if there was no way to get news. All they would know is that weird sh*t is happening and that they can't eacape the area.
The ending was actually perfect and far from non-existent. It showedThe family will be in that bombshelter until whatever's going on has blown over it's much better than a cheesy ending. It makes you actually use your brain
@@trailertrish Of course not, the girls know about it cause it's the only place where the little girl could have gone to and Kevin Bacon told about the bunker, so they all know where to go, the kid just got there first.
I feel like the daughter finding the bunker /house is symbolism for true innocence finding abundance. She trusted herself and got everything she needed. The deer are innocent too and are calling to the people to do the same, but the people wildly misunderstand that they're warning them and overreact because they are not in tune with themselves or their environment...or whatever 😂
She found a bunker where her whole entire family would be safe . Instead of getting them she sat down and watched a TV show instead of helping her loved ones.
@@PennelopeWhitmoremy wife and I literally said the same dam thing! Like why the heck she didn't go get her family? But then I remember she did not like them that much since I guess they ignore her a lot and now she is like nah I want to be alone and do what I love. Watching the end of Friends!
@@PennelopeWhitmore oh it is horrible for what she did. I am with you they are your family and she definitely should have went to bring them back. That bunker was huge and definitely had all the supplies. But she was selfish and decided Friends were her new family.
I love that I don’t have to watch bad movies anymore. I just watch reviews lol And for the record I hate fart noises but I like Jamie so much I grit through them 😊
The thing I hate about Jaime's videos is that there arent more of them. 😩 Please give us another Flavor of Love or more reality shows, idk how many times I watched the same one. 🥺
I hope you know that i got a cackle out of EVERY time you said "hackers be like i'm in" so if ppl tell u to not use the same joke a million times pls ignore and continue doing it because it gets me every time
@@lynnette9046its a great book. Its way more subtle, nuanced, and thematically complex then the movie. There was just so many scenes that were beautifully written and executed in the book that just came across as goofy in the movie. And then theres a bunch of scenes written just for the movie that were just weird and cringey and ugh… yeah i dont like this movie lol
Yeah like the movie you build in your own head while reading a book will never compare to an on-screen movie. Also the subtext and character development are harder to show in film...our imaginations are the best!
I literally questioned half way through if it was a M. Night Shyamalan movie too 😂I almost hoped so might’ve had a cool end twist instead of the one this one actually had 😂
Yeah, once I realized it was only admiring his work I took my expectations down a peg. Y'all can hate on the way he directs the acting all ye wanna but those films don't just snatch my wig but buy me a new one that I didn't know would be flattering
Just got home from a work Christmas party that my neither my husband nor I wanted to go to, and Jaime comes in clutch with a movie review vid! Jaime, you're better than Zoloft. ❤
The use of the color blue was to symbolize the coldness in people and how we treat each other. You will notice that there isn't a lot of love and warmth between Julia, Ethan and their kids. The dance scene was the "warmest" scene.
@@TryMyMartiniyes but this variant wouldn't question it imo. She wouldn't even talk about it except maybe ask if she ever acted lol. Idk why writers feel the need to make most kids seem so aloof but after working over a decade with em I met hundreds who were a lot more intelligent than me even if they weren't as knowledgeable
I just hated they used friends as an example. It was so before her time I’m having a hard time believing she would have the capacity to watch and be entertained
Quick PSA: deer ain’t harmless! Their hooves are very sharp and if they kick you it can cause deep lacerations. Once someone in my state sent their kid near a deer with food to get a picture and the deer kicked out and ended up killing the child. Less harmful than predators, but still worth keeping your distance
I actually liked the Starbucks scene, as well as the Friends ending. I think it shows that our society values familiarity/comfort/routine/convenience so much, that not even a ship crashing ashore is enough to shake us from our comforts.
I can appreciate your elevated perspective, but you're out of your mind if you think that's the symbolism the writers and director were going for. Did we watch the same movie, dude? 😂
i don't know how people didnt get that, plus that west wing story shows she was kinda the only one(besides ali maybe) noticing the signs and willing to listen to nature ,and that led her to right where she wanted(the friends finale) (wich is not great cuz of what u said) and the bunker.
Oh gawds that ending! I didn't even see the rest of it--just caught the ending at my mother-in-law's when I was dating my husband. I'm forever scarred and get SO upset! 😢
I deeply appreciate the static screen breaks, it's super satisfying nostalgia. I have had TH-cam premium since it was TH-cam Red, and I found your content on Facebook initially so it took me ages to put two and two together that those were ad breaks 😂 I was just like "Oh fun! Little TV static like a VHS tape, just for me the viewer!" Lol
I felt like the entire thing was made to provoke conversation with whoever you watch it with - my husband and I had to pause it multiple times to discuss what was going on and we loved that aspect of it. I do agree that some of the song choices were so out of place that it took you out of whatever scene they were trying to build & that ending is epically annoying and made you hate the daughters character instantly, but I still found it to be a great watch for the intensity and mystery but also did make you wonder if that type of attack would be possible because yikes 😳. I joked that the movie would be over instantly if it was me because I never answer the door for strangers ESPECIALLY if I’m on vacation and idc what you look like, if idk you and you just walked up off the street, we are not having a sleep over bruh - gtfoh lol but yeah I still thought it was worth watching for the discussion points and crazy action scenes. But do hope for a part 2 maybe even from another groups vantage point that helps clear up some of the plot holes. I also thought this would have made a great limited series where they do 3 separate stories that connect at the end somehow 🤷🏻♀️
The best part of this movie was Rose’s obsession with Friends when Julia Roberts was literally in the show. Low key wanted them to do something with that
It shouldn't have been about her wanting to see the series finale, but tracking down the last episodes she hasn't seen. Over the course of the film she could pop in and out of the lair, keeping it a secret til the end where she pauses it on her mom and runs out. That would be a good black mirror episode but not what this was tryna do... I was hoping for that extra layer of scifi though
I suffered this same nightmare for years!! Brutal. Various sources tell me it means fear of change (when in truth, i fear stagnation & *thrive* on constant change! 🤷🏻♀️).
I’ve sporadically had the same nightmare since i was a kid, still have it occasionally at 33. It always feels so real, and i actually wake up in a panic thinking my teeth fell out. Haha, i won’t even bite into a f*cking whole apple because of that dream. Haha
Jaime, I love how much you put in your own insights into these while still respecting the art form and those involved! (While still poking gentle fun at them, lol). It's a fine line to walk and you OWN it! ❤
It's Blue, because it was produced by people from the blue party. Watch the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" 2011, there's a lovely scene when Matt Damon is asked to think of a color & a number & the other person said the exact combo & then explained how he did it further in the movie. The whole movie is an eye-opener if you're willing to open your eyes.
Thank you!! blue is blue party and red is red party. The Obama's are part of the blue party so of course their blue is going to represent the better things.
I don't get the animals, but i think it was made as a character study. Rosie was representative of binge culture and our need for the dopamine rush of satisfaction when we finish something.
I took it that way too. Granted, I haven't seen the movie, but from Jaime's review, I interpreted the lack of resolution to everything else as pretty much where we're actually at now. We know that a lot of the politics and capitalist institutions we have in place aren't working, and we have the power to hold them all to account, initiate real and lasting change, and solve a lot of the world's problems - but first, Netflix and DoorDash.
If you've ever watched horror movies or any other certain type of movie when there is disasters or anything the animals that feel safe in the forest will leave the forest. Falling trees.
I liked it but there was a feeling like I was holding in a sneeze with no payoff. Then I finished it and I felt...this is a jip. I got bamboozled into liking this. Almost as if an AI wrote this.
People are comparing this to the Happening, but, with Shyamalan films I feel like he doesn't make you sneeze, but he'll still pick your nose for you. It's still satisfying in a more visceral way than if we really explored more of the concept. At least to me, the Village is the weakest of his projects so far because of how simple the twist is. When it's more supernatural, it doesn't feel so flat. Old is my favourite so far, I've watched it like 4 or 5 times because I think it's absolutely hilarious. Lady in the Water confused me since it went so far in the other direction. Old has that balanced I craved. This felt like Welch's grape juice, not wine. Something you'd drink once or out of desperation, could be good if your taste is kinda juvenile. But a fine moscato with some substance is way more appealing imo
You've made a great point about it feeling like the story was generated by an AI: it almost works so many times, but is consistently missing the mark. Very weird film.
@@MM-jf1me the book its based on does not lend itself well to adaptation, and then sam esmail made some baffling choices that just further dragged the movie down. I mean the book is definitely a very strange story, but it feels more intentionally strange whereas the movie feels like it wanted to badly to be deep thrilling and thought provoking but ended up being pretty dull and goofy.
I have a little girl in my class named Julia and I can’t help but call her Julia Guglia. My co workers are way younger than me and have no idea what I’m talking about, so it made me laugh so much to hear you call Julia Roberts “Julia Guglia”
I. WAS. JUST. GONNA. SAY. That's why I thoroughly enjoyed the film. It is mysterious, moody, and beautifully shot. It's hard to go wrong when you hit those three.
I feel personally attacked by the Friends ending. Lol. I’ve been grieving, and my coping strategies primarily involve watching comfort shows like New Girl and Friends, and playing Animal Crossing. My husband and I have had multiple conversations about how I need to stay informed about important world events, and I can’t always shut the world out, and just watch Friends. I haven’t watched the whole movie, just this review, but I feel like the ending could be a metaphor for that. I’m sure I’m not the only one who does this sometimes.
I definitely don't think we need to stay informed about "important world events" we're not in control and the ones that are will do whatever they want no matter informed we are, all it does is make us worry about something we'll never get to decide over, unfortunately. I also watch Friends for comfort, and I'm sorry to hear you're grieving right now. I've had a horrible 1,5 years (no more money, a surgery that did more hurt than harm and two deaths) and now my dad is in the hospital and if anyone tried to tell me to keep up to date with the news now I'd might just hit them lol. Stress is extremely bad for our health, so if the news stress you out, I say avoid them. Nothing huge will happen without someone telling you anyway...
*Jaime I HAVE to say this to you,* although I haven't known of your videos a long time I can't express how much you put a smile on my face when I REALLY need it *=)* Thru depression and death's of loved ones, you ALWAYS cheer me up, you AND the movie Hot Rod 😂 Seriously, in a world full of phonies you are unique, genuine and sweet..NEVER listen to hater's! ALWAYS listen to those that LuV ya 💜 I hope you and Nick (yes I became familiar with him while watching his childhood "gang" movie) have an AWESOME Christmas 💜🤗💜
I’ve thought desperately about watching this but couldn’t bring myself to so I’m happy you did this and saved me the heartache of another terrible movie wasting my time
I think the reason we don’t find out why or who is doing the terrorist attack is all happening is because that’s how it would actually be in real life. If there was no way to communicate and major cities are a mess (like you see with New York) there wouldn’t be a way for the government to tell the public what’s happening
Im with jamie on the part of being extremely uncomfortable with them staying there. U randomly show up without notice to stay n say tht ur the owners?! Hellll nahhh. U dont c bnb owners randomly show up n invade the privacy tht u paid for in the house they rented to u. They should've just gotten a hotel. Y was tht not their 1st thought? Obviously, they r well off enough to spend some time in a hotel.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who picked up on the M. Knight feeling of this movie. The movie felt like it was eps 1 of a series, not like a full movie.
Jaime!!!! Speaking of Teslas... this is EXACTLY what happened in VT during solar eclipse on April 8 2024. A whole bunch of uncharted stopped Teslas piled up on the road.
Loved the movie especially after a second watch after reading some comments by others who said absolutely that chaos and misinformation happened in a war situation they were really in in another country. In such situation, nobody knows what is going on and are fearful of everything. They didn’t know who or what to trust or believe.
I work as an online order shopper for a grocery store chain and I can thank my regular customers and their gifts for keeping me from getting to thAt point 😂
I have to say, I thought this movie was a total mess and I hated it as film. I thought the storytelling was horrible, very uneven. And, if it is the point to be kind of random and then not my thing at any rate. But, reading this thread I can see that individual moments as commentary are quite brilliant. You all shifted my perspective!
If you hate people that's definitely a you problem. I work in customer service and treat everyone really nicely, and about 99.9999% of the time I get nothing but niceness back.
Found online what the Spanish speaking lady was saying : "Thank God I found someone! I’m trying to get back to my home! I’m lost! I’ve been walking for a while! I need to use your phone! You’re the first person I’ve seen all day! We have to get out of here! I just saw a plane that was spraying red gas in the vicinity. I saw some deer, more than 50. They were coming out of the woods. Please! I need to go home, sir. A military plane appeared and fled. There’s no one around! Is it a chemical attack?"
netflix just took the run off sewerage of modern culture and bottled it and sold it to their subscribers. the fact that they reference friends as a major plot point and give themselves ad placement in the last couple mins is literally so gross. movies like this is why i am glad i don’t watch movies. but also makes me glad jamie does cause i’d watch her and actually enjoy it. but wow, this review just makes me mad how low effort movies are these days. feels like it’s just nepo industry kids trying to act like they know what good entertainment is. thanks for the fun review jamie! edit: i’m convinced the deer screaming was the climax and will be known as julia roberts’ best acting at the end of her famed career when every one with good taste and knows what a good movie is decide to “Leave the world behind” );
I have TH-cam premium and never understood why your videos had random breaks and static...thank you for finally explaining this for me Jaime. Actual Ads. Not just pretending. Got it.
The movie not having a climax is because the climax is yet to come. The idea is what was meant to scare, and how easy it was. When you know there is an enemy, but don't know who the enemy is, then everyone becomes your enemy, even your closest friend. That is where, "Friends," come in. Also, simple comforts will get you through an emotional time. We have created a world that can not survive without satelite or internet signal. We have losed the ability to survive without it. There is a scene where he gets lost while driving, and the foreign speaking woman was to represent that. Without gps, suddenly everything, and all roads, seem foreign, and unknown. You feel helpless, when you aren't.
Just finished this movie about 30 min ago & could not resist when i saw your video! Your dance was sooo much better than julia's 😂 I cant believe a friend recommended this movie!!!
According to Reddit, "The recurring color blue exists as it represents the blue pill intue Matrix. It implies that people remain in the blissful ignorance of illusion. "
18:11 "I've gotten off course (I'm lost), and I've been walking for a while now..." is what the poor lady said to Ethan Hawke. I cracked up laughing at your comment "You guys ready to vámonos?" 😂😂😂 because it translates 'You guys ready to let's go?' (which you probably knew!) 😅 and the sombrero was a great touch
You can’t have Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon in a movie together or I’ll get confused
That's what my husband said 😂
🤣 couple a lookers
I said that too. lol
DUDE i thought the same thing! 😂
That’s hilarious but I totally agree!
I wonder if Rosie freaked out when she saw her own mother in an episode of Friends.
lol, right?! like "Suzie?! MOM?!"
haha totally forgot she was in an episode lol
Susie Underpants! 😂
@@pinkpearl4063 lmao yes
I don't know why, but I keep confusing Julia Roberts and Toni Colette as if they were the same actress.
This movie was such a rich person’s perspective of the apocalypse.
We always get the poor peoples version of the apocalypse and this isn’t an apocalypse movie it’s not world ending it’s more about the US and how divided it is and how quickly we’d descend into chaos if attacked. And it perfectly shows the levels there is to wealth although they had money there were still people with more who were better prepared.
That is the best way I’ve heard it explained..
@@OpeNorthBud one of the messages is literally that your money can’t buy you a way out. If the country falls money means nothing when you’re stuck with people who will do whatever to survive. That’s why he pointed out that his client, a rich elite, was only able to “buy” himself a warning not a complete escape.
@@allegraanegra455 ahhh I didn’t think too deeply into it.
I see what they’re trying to do… “hey don’t look at the rich elites building bunkers, it doesn’t matter.”
NOTHING like what the REAL Revelation Tribulation is going to be : )
I saw the cast for this and I was like “oh!” Then I started watching it and I was like “….oh”
Me, too! I just watched it a few days ago and was just Waiting for Jaime's take 😂
@@MizJaniceResinArtI couldn’t make it past the bad cgi deer e
Ikr? I hate it when they have well known/top actors in shitty movies, and not even a good shitty movie lol
Don’t even know what you’re referring to because I haven’t watched this yet but…I laughed because I can already see exactly what you mean with these dumb movies and because Jaime has a tendency to pick movies w “interesting” cast members. (I’m looking at you Corey Feldman and Gary freaking OLDMAN in that movie about “midgets”..omg what are you DOING, sirs?) I suspect a bad movie w recognizable actors?
My exact reaction lol
The dance party singing had me in stitches. People are dying, it’s the end of the world, so let’s dance to late 90s R&B and try not to cheat on our spouses!
I was crying so hard once they finally hug. All the repressed sexual feelings, the longing for their partners, for some semblance of normalcy-- but then it ends, they have to face their new normal. I mean, bravo, I laughed, I cried, and looked up other opinnies so Netflix won again haha
And they had no chemistry AT ALL. The whole scene was terrible 😂
When I tell you, my fiancé was CACKLING during that part 😂
So cringe
Was it supposed to be cringey dancing orrrr
This movie makes more sense if you realize it's just a story about Rosie trying to watch the last episode of Friends. The apocalypse and everything else that happens is just secondary background stuff.
Sounds like this movie would have been so much better if that actually was the premise 😆
That’s brilliant
I’ve said the same about the walking dead. Like it’s just people living trying to their lives. All the zombies and end of the world as we know it is just white noise
Okay but why Friends?? Kids don't watch Friends, was this supposed to take place now??
Ummmm no. It’s a lot of Easter eggs. The last episode of friends what happens? Rachel gets off the plane like the mother probably did. She’s the last one & it’s over. “Nostalgia for a time that never really existed” the country that never was a first world top tier country and the charade is over
My biggest take home from this movie was to not throw away my dvds or dvd player 😂
😂 so true
Same! 😆
My husband has bought 127 DVDs lmao.
I have over 1000 DVDs and Blu-ray’s because a few times I’ve bought movies on Apple or Amazon and then lost them because the platform lost the rights to it 🙄 so I only purchase hard copies.
Same
The dad saying, "you guys ready to vamonos?" at a Mexican restaurant had me ROLLING! Please don't come for my dad like that.
Mexican here, my dad's use of his limited English is very similar. Dads will be dads
LMAO she had me dying laughing when she edited the Mexican restaurant 😂😂😂 I always love her non-biased takes.
I’m Mexican. My dad would say it- so funny!
Do we all have the same dad? Except my dad uses random Spanglish at random times including restaurants but not necessarily Mexican restaurants. I think it's from being in So Cal for 50 years, lol. 😅
Jamie I'm SO glad that you pointed out that the ship would've stopped before hitting the beach! I was in navigation while serving in the Navy & an especially large tanker would've ran aground way before getting to land
That’s what I said and I don’t know much about ships/boats.
I think everyone was thinking the same thing, but that’s Hollywood. Would have been anticlimactic had the ship stopped 1/4 mile offshore 😊
@@Edaloy27 I guess I generally think most things like that in scary movies are just ridiculous. One unrealistic bc of the boat being to far up on the beach and secondly even if I was in that situation and the boat did come up farther than should have I’d have started to move my ass way before they did. Movies do this so often it’s not even realistic and therefore not scary or climatic anymore
@@Edaloy27 yeah I had to write it off as Hollywood bcuz it also would've tipped onto one side as well
The scene sucked as a concept, maybe instead it runs aground and tips over on its side about a half mile out, and it causes a tidal wave on the beach.
I know it doesn't seem like it, but deer, both Doe and Bucks can be DEADLY dangerous. One kick can break bones, give concussion, or even crack your skull open. I knew a lady that tried to get a young Doe untangled from her fence and it kicked her SO hard it partially collapsed her lungs and cracked multiple ribs! Also when I was middle school age, I remember riding in car with my mom and a deer ran out on front of us. She stopped easily in time. But then about 6 more deer followed behind and one ran full force into the driver side rear door so hard that it cracked the window and warped the door so badly that it was jammed closed. They are NOTHING compared to a freaking Canadian moose but deer are solid muscle and have that unpredictable twitchy demeanor 😂
As soon as she said “they’re just deer” I was thinking “I would be terrified if that many deer surrounded me. They are incredibly dangerous!”
I lived in the CO Rocky Mountains and our deer are larger than plains deer. We were sitting out back with our cats and one bold deer came and checked out our unamused Tom and then walk up and sniff my shoulder. I didn’t move a muscle. I know some would try to pet it, but they can get easily spooked and I wasn’t taking any chances. It was a very tense few minutes.
I'd go out screaming too, but what if it was rabies? They'd be so screwed and didn't even grab weapons, like, gurl, they're acting weird and are solid muscle that you lowkey wanna eat and store for an apocalypse hello????
I'm way too practical to watch post apocalyptic films as pure entertainment 😭
@@katelynnehansen8115 I'm in WV and the ones here are losing their fear of ppl and love to get close to me if in outside at night! I've been jumpscared by that loud "snort" they do so many times haha
@@nailinthefashion
I figure they were probably rabies-free at least -- they wouldn't all have the same stage of the disease and would've already been avoiding a herd member who was acting particularly strangely.
@@MM-jf1me right? But since the movie didn't make sense, I was like, please just let it be SOMETHING other than "look how scared they are! Just like humans acting weird too!!!!!! ARENT WE GOOD WRITERS NOW HAHA"
The big thing of the movie was the blackout, so the appliances work and the mood lighting is still on… A very convenient blackout.
I thought the blackout was in the city? or that they had made that up as an excuse to not tell the truth about why they left the city? i just watched the movie the one time tho so idk
Homeowners Emergency Generator
@@pedrotrejo8118yeah definitely what was happening, but they def could’ve added a scene trying to crank it up
@@fungi5350 There are actually generators that automatically kick in if you lose power. Given how fancy that house is, I imagine the owners would have had one of those kinds of generators put it.
The power was out in the city, they explained that several times.
Okay, despite a lot of nothing happening, I do feel whoever composed the instrumental part of the soundtrack deserves an award. My husband and I were STRESSED while nothing happened. 😂
A ton was happening. Obviously it went way over your head.
@richcampbell6808 there's not exactly a lot of action in the film. But I hope this snarky remark made you feel good about yourself internet stranger. 👋🏽
@@richcampbell6808 For me it is a symbolic statement about what's happening in the world, and how mankind will suffer because of their own destruction. I think the deer symbolize how many has ruined the earth. They're looking at them like, "Now your home is ruined."
@@DawnKellyMedia Definitely agree about the deer. Great 👍
@@kikimo3900 Alot of action. You're part of the short attention span generation.
This movie is the equivalent of holding in a sneeze
I waited for the whole movie for something to actually happen then literally got angry at the ending. I was like, seriously that’s it😢
You didn't get it!
@@DescmondBellit’s clear that a lot of people didn’t get it which is why I like watching the ending explained videos everyone has such an interesting perspective of what happened after it ends or why things played out the way they did
@@allegraanegra455it's pretty clear a lot of people talking about this movie have next to no knowledge of international security or cybersecurity. it's painful to see them saying "i was waiting for something to happen" when one of the worst things that could ever occur in a modern first world nation does. you're just viewing it from the perspective of people who are only surviving because they happened to take a vacation at the right time. the rest of the country was apocalyptic. anyone who didn't understand that would be like the dad in the movie, trusting everything back home was as usual.
I was so angry 😂😂
I think sam esmail did an amazing job with carrying this exact feeling. Because that is what it is about, innit?
The scariest part of the movie for me is when they find a body impression in the leaves in the shed- and yet they never say why it was there. So many loose ends.
Sounds like a plot just full of holes. The worst kind of movie.
Omg! Right?!?!
Yes!!!!
@@jill-zee7720the point of them mystifying it, making it fairy tale like, is to mirror Shyamalan's style, who prefers loose ends, to each their own... I had fun wondering, but some people prefer full sentences and concepts with clean edges. I do too just not all the time. Old is a great movie, to me, for example
At first I thought it was Kevin bacon, but nope he had a house
I heard some theories that this entire film was one bad dream... With the changing art, the teeth falling out, some of the camera angles, the random screeching noises, the odd music choices and the oddly pleasant yet unnerving start... It really does feel like a nightmare.
A more satisfying ending. Nice idea.
I think they were going for that. Horrible direction on this one.
Personally, i thought the Starbucks part was quite brilliant. What i took from it is that even though these people just went through something so unusual and terrifying, a familiar yet essentially useless logo like Starbucks is all that it takes to make them momentarily forget. Maybe its supposed to symbolize how desensitized we're becoming to traumatic events happening around us that we just go about our day ike nothing.
I agree. We saw this during the pandemic here, familiar temporary distractions.
I just saw it as an ad, starbucks isnt doing too hot atm.
Exactly! I just wrote the same thing and just now saw your comment. Hahaha
Blue-Dew
Black and white checkered patterns-symbols-illuminate
Starbucks- a part of their plan
They honestly did a good job communicating this theme in the movie. It’s like the difference between society’s reaction to Columbine in 1999 vs our reaction to school shootings today. When the kids were playing in the pool after like nothing happened I got that’s what they were going for.
But it also did feel like weird product placement. But also…it was real lol. I could see myself seeing a Starbucks and doing the same.
The trailer was giving huge “The Happening” vibes so I didn’t want to watch despite being so curious…you’re doing gods work Jamie
The trailer was the best part, unfortunately
This is not Gods work lol
The Happening was so bad and I was so mad at it at the end 😭😂
The Happening is hilarious... idk why you guys are taking life and cinema this seriously lmao. These comments are wild, pretentious af, like ... y'all this is high quality camp. Sorry you're missing out babes
@@nailinthefashion It's just not everyone's cup of tea. I enjoyed it even though it's not really a "good" movie haha :)
I'm totally here for the fart sound effects. Btw your memory for random quotes from shows to movies to internet shenanigans is quite impressive, madam! 😂❤💨
Saaaaame. And I remember when I actually listened to “Too Close” I said the same thing!!!!
The fart sound effects in this, kind of pandering I think. She should try to be a little more creative then do that lowbrow shit. Millennials find alot of dumb shit funny I notice. Just like the remixing of the dialogue or whatever she thinks is cute so the characters sound like one of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
The part that had me yelling at the screen was when they were dodging Teslas on the way back to the house there was a ton of space on the side of the road they could have used because the Teslas were using their GPS to stay on the road. None of them were on the side of the road, which was flat, bare, and had hardly any shrubs.
Yep
Well, where is the fake drama in that? 😂
Jennifer Coolidge would have really made this film a lot more enjoyable.
Everyone else having a breakdown and she’s just like “This is making me want a hot dog REAL BAD, right now”
I just paused the video to read this out loud in my best Jennifer Coolidge voice 😂
😂😂 I almost died when I read your comment!
Hahaha
Best comment ever!
OMG - the sound effects while Hawke is driving aimlessly and the one with the lady waving her arms had my dying!
Oh my word, yes! 😆😆😆
Reminds me of my last Tinder date...
Also the sound effects when they were dancing 😭💀
Dude, I was SO excited when I saw your thumbnail pop up! This movie was so freaking weird. I was so mad that I’d wasted two hours when it suddenly ended. Just ended. Like the writer had an aneurysm while finishing the story.
I will say, I went to film school. I generally enjoy most movies. This movie felt like the pretentious film school kid who tries too hard to make everything artsy and deep but just ends up annoying everyone. 😂
Right!!
The watch scene was so illogical, the drone scene was so stupid I watched it three times just to make sure my brain wasn't malfunctioning and the whole deer subplot was a chef's kiss of film student wankerey.
LMFAAAOOOOOOO so basically all people who like Shyamalan more than me..... yeah you're a little sniper..
@@mrdozey7361the drone scene was the most inspired piece to me. At first we assume it's blood maybe, a pesticide? But it's on the road. And then the flyers... the only part of it I hated was that they littered in the middle of nowhere lmao. At least do it over the set house, that's way more dynamic and interesting since it would imply being watched, paranoia.
But when the deer didn't connect to anything, and they didn't do anything with the infidelity I knew this wasn't on par with Shyamalan's work and just a nod to it.
The long shots, the close ups, the supernatural vibes are all signatures of his, but his films make you think a lot more while having more self awareness. They taunt you into laughing with it instead of at it
@@nailinthefashion I think that’s what was most disappointing. I really like Shyamalan and this felt like a hollow copy of one of his films.
My husband and I turned off the movie during the dance scene... our curiosity had officially expired. But listening to this review was much better than finishing the movie haha.
Me too! What a yawn fest!
I hit the FF.
Jamie's reviews are always better than watching the movies.
This movie has no business being 2hs 20min long 😭
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who felt like this was an M. Knight film. Because just like every M. Knight movie, it really had potential and just never quite got there…. And yet i still watched it as soon as it came out😂
More silly thrillers!
It was an OBAMA film.
I honestly thought it would end with it being that Julia’s character was dreaming the whole time, then woke up from the dream and decided to love people. I almost wish that WAS the ending. LOL
That's just it, though. You don't know that that isn't what was actually happening. The writers literally said they wanted us to determine what we think was going on and think for ourselves... unlike what the majority of these other commentors are doing... you're so close...
@@muteninjaturtle Sometimes I get that as an artistic choice, but normally it feels like a cop out.
@@muteninjaturtle............so condescending
@@muteninjaturtlethey wanted US to finish the movie for them lmaooo what a joke
Most of these characters were insufferable... especially Amanda and the homeowner's daughter. Actually wish I had never even hit "watch" 😂 another L for Netflix
one symbolism is the daughter wanting to see the show friends means that she overly realizes on technology and that she actually wants friends, real friends
Its more that nostalgia for previous mass media is a symptom of cultural decay
The whole "Hackers be like, 'I'm in'" thing always makes me LOL.
“He’s a Dad he knows the word vámanos“ has me LLOL (literally laughing out loud) 😂
I do that, too! I never use "lol" and only use "llol" because I have a hatred of how often people use "lol" in situations that aren't funny. Like, "I broke my arm. Lol" Were you actually laughing out loud that you broke your arm? Most likely not. I llol'd at your comment. 😊
Yeah the word 'literaly' has lost its meaning.
I hear many use it for too many reasons.
In this instqnce it is correct.
“People who come here come here for the fart sound effects.” 😂😂🤣🤣
Laughed so hard out loud.
You know your audience. We’re family lol ❤
😂😂😂😂😂
So true 😂😂😂
Exactly what I came here to say 😂😂❤❤ Here for the fart sounds!! 🤣🤣
Yep :P
You could see how much Rose was struggling with her loneliness when she kept reaching out to her brother only for her feelings to be brushed aside. I think her telling her mom the story about the flood and her saying she wasn’t going to wait anymore was her refusing to give into all the outside forces that were taking everything away from her. She was going to go out and “ do something” for herself, by herself. Although she could not have known she would find her “friends” again, the fact that her self powered journey took her right back to them gives us hope! Would have been a relief to see the family reunions, but this might have interrupted Rose’s own brief reunion with her comfortable, young life. We pretty much know everyone else would be at the bunker soon. Let her have her moment!
I love your take on this aspect of the film!
It wasn’t a “self powered journey”
She was a self centered greedy pig. The scene at the end where she gorges on all of the sugar and plops down to watch tv instead of letting her family know she found supplies. Self indulgent, not caring about anyone but herself and her own needs. The only message In This movie is that the youngest generation only cares about their own pleasure
Why doesn't this have more likes? This is the beginning of an analytical essay for English class
I'm so glad you reviewed this! The trailer looked SOOO GOOD, and now it looks so incredibly pointless and boring. I'll be leaving Leave the World Behind behind 😂
Lol after watching this... I'm SOO glad I tapped out 20 min in 😂😂 saved myself the remainder of the 2+ hours.
If you wrote a movie previews column, I would read it. Your last line is *excellent* .
No, not at all. This review is awful. This lady is very dumb and doesn't really understand movies, or something... It's a damn good movie.
@@Em22-wtf The movie is so much better than this terrible review.
I'd say give it a chance. Jamie even said that it's a divisive film - decide for yourself!
The Central Perk Café is actually "The Little Owl"-Café in 90 Bedford Street, New York. You caaaaan visit it 🤣 but the inside was a studio of course. The outside has also changed over the....decades.
you can also go to central perk at the friends experience and get to experience it that way, its around grammarcy park I think, I went 2 years ago it was cool.
But the outside of Central Perk was ALSO a set.
@@FrenkTheJoy i think they mean the b roll before the scene would start that's where the cafe would be.
Little Owl is a restaurant and is at the base of their apartment building. It's just iconic cause it's in a lot of the b-roll, but it's not supposed to be Central Perk. But it's still cute and worth visiting!
I clicked so fast
Omg same...this movie + Jaime French 😁
Same 😄 My comfort TH-camr ✨
Saaaaame
Nah frfr 😂😂😂
Hhhaha me toooo
it would have been a great first 2 episodes of netflix series, because the setup was all there but there was no actual ending, it almost felt like it was just about to begin right when it ended. Love your videos!
I felt like Rosie’s character symbolized nostalgia for simpler times when people were predominantly happier and actually connected to each other. Rosie is the only one who really “left the world behind” because she’s over the bullshit of modern times. She was also the only observant character who recognized major red flags like the ship coming straight at that them and nature acting weird. Everyone else was too caught up in their own worlds.
She's over the bullshit of modern times... As she goes to someone's house to eat junk food and binge watch a 90s show on a huge screen... lol
So a movie about what I witness daily at work.
That's kind of what I got from the Starbucks thing too. Like this family had just experienced a tanker almost running them over and the family was trying to create some normalcy and ignore the weird shit they experienced. Lol 😆
@@specialagentweener1073 tbh I think that was just bad placement
@Sophie_Pea yeah I can see why people who don't see the bigger picture think that.
Def excited to hear your take !! After watching it my husband and i both agreed "Huh. So it's an apocalypse movie that ends right when a normal apocalypse movie would start..."
Middle School teacher here...this movie was very true to how kids and parents are. Horrible Mom and kids really be wanting screen time over anything. That part felt real.
That makes me so sad 😢 the kids in this movie had such a bad relationship with their parents. I wish that was way more uncommon
In the UK, the kids are being taught through Google classroom which is pretty much screen time whilst at school and by the time they arrive home they are zombies. They don't want to learn anything, talk to parents, doing anything fun apart talking to their friends on-line even though they are two mins away. It's not the parents wanting screen time, its the parents worried about this generation! There will be no dentist, doctors, skilled workers etc cos this generation are wanting to the tic tockers, you tubers, etc.
It would've been nice if they had used the 2.5 hours to develop the characters and make us care lol
Yesssss! 💯
You’re a teacher but you can’t use proper grammar? Sad.
Jaime, you underestimate yourself. You're a comedic genius with or without the toots 💕
As a black woman, when Julia Robert replied, "Because of your hair?" I literally cackled.
As a 44-year old bald white man, I did, too. I laughed because of the unnecessary tension surrounding the subject.
Me to 😂
Yes, the manufactured racism had me rolling… that wacky Obama, still pushing the narrative
As a white lady with curly hair, so did I because I knew people would assume it was about race lmao 😂
@@rs-mt6kl I knew it would be slightly about race the moment Julia opened that front door 😂. I was like, "Damn. I just want to watch a movie!"
While I agree that the ending was non-existant and weird, this would be a very realistic experience of an apocalypse, no one knows what's going on if there was no way to get news. All they would know is that weird sh*t is happening and that they can't eacape the area.
The ending was actually perfect and far from non-existent. It showedThe family will be in that bombshelter until whatever's going on has blown over it's much better than a cheesy ending. It makes you actually use your brain
@@richcampbell6808if the family finds it lol. i think the girl is the only one thatll survive.
@@trailertrish Of course not, the girls know about it cause it's the only place where the little girl could have gone to and Kevin Bacon told about the bunker, so they all know where to go, the kid just got there first.
I feel like the daughter finding the bunker /house is symbolism for true innocence finding abundance. She trusted herself and got everything she needed. The deer are innocent too and are calling to the people to do the same, but the people wildly misunderstand that they're warning them and overreact because they are not in tune with themselves or their environment...or whatever 😂
She found a bunker where her whole entire family would be safe . Instead of getting them she sat down and watched a TV show instead of helping her loved ones.
@@PennelopeWhitmoremy wife and I literally said the same dam thing! Like why the heck she didn't go get her family? But then I remember she did not like them that much since I guess they ignore her a lot and now she is like nah I want to be alone and do what I love. Watching the end of Friends!
@@drock9009 well they did ignore her and they were jerks but that's family. They are all she's got and she cared more about a TV show . Creepy AF.
@@PennelopeWhitmore oh it is horrible for what she did. I am with you they are your family and she definitely should have went to bring them back. That bunker was huge and definitely had all the supplies. But she was selfish and decided Friends were her new family.
The MOVIE is selfish. The WRITERS wrote this. The question is why?
I love that I don’t have to watch bad movies anymore. I just watch reviews lol
And for the record I hate fart noises but I like Jamie so much I grit through them 😊
Same here lmbo
Me too
Same.
Fart noises make me laugh every time. And I'm a 39 yo woman.
The thing I hate about Jaime's videos is that there arent more of them. 😩 Please give us another Flavor of Love or more reality shows, idk how many times I watched the same one. 🥺
I hope you know that i got a cackle out of EVERY time you said "hackers be like i'm in" so if ppl tell u to not use the same joke a million times pls ignore and continue doing it because it gets me every time
The “I can’t say hola” caption and the actor’s face driving away had me freakin cackling 😂😂😂
🎉congrats on another hilarious review, girl!
Girl your Too Close rendition is just too good! The dance moves are also less awkward than Hollywood superstars. So two thumbs up! lol
Agreed
I feel like this script was a much better read than film -- no fault of the actors, who gave their all with what they had...
If good actors can’t make a bad movie good… we’re doomed.
That's a great point, it was a book.
@@lynnette9046its a great book. Its way more subtle, nuanced, and thematically complex then the movie. There was just so many scenes that were beautifully written and executed in the book that just came across as goofy in the movie. And then theres a bunch of scenes written just for the movie that were just weird and cringey and ugh… yeah i dont like this movie lol
It happens all the time, like constantly in hollywood. We've been doomed since the dawn of film, and before. @@ellceez
Yeah like the movie you build in your own head while reading a book will never compare to an on-screen movie. Also the subtext and character development are harder to show in film...our imaginations are the best!
I literally questioned half way through if it was a M. Night Shyamalan movie too 😂I almost hoped so might’ve had a cool end twist instead of the one this one actually had 😂
Yeah, once I realized it was only admiring his work I took my expectations down a peg. Y'all can hate on the way he directs the acting all ye wanna but those films don't just snatch my wig but buy me a new one that I didn't know would be flattering
It felt like me like it was trying too hard to be an M Night Shyamalan movie. Like a poor poor poor imitation!!!
Me too!
There was no twist! The most interesting thing was the art changing and them not realizing tbh lol
Just got home from a work Christmas party that my neither my husband nor I wanted to go to, and Jaime comes in clutch with a movie review vid! Jaime, you're better than Zoloft. ❤
How does Jaime not have millions of followers!?! She’s freaking hilarious
The use of the color blue was to symbolize the coldness in people and how we treat each other. You will notice that there isn't a lot of love and warmth between Julia, Ethan and their kids. The dance scene was the "warmest" scene.
Others might say that “blue is the warmest color”…ok I’ll see myself out now
@@lauracoleman8796 LOL! you may be right. I just repeated what the director said in an article I read. 🥶
Ok thank you I didn't want to look it up
It could be political 🤔
@@thedesertapple9734it symbolizes a certain political party that Obama (the producer) belongs to.
I think Rosie being so focused on friends shows how kids can’t grasp the true gravity of this type of situation, and are so focused on themselves
Do you think she would have noticed that her mother was in an episode?
I thought that’s as why the Starbucks scene was there. Like something crazy just happened…anyways let’s get Starbucks
@@TryMyMartiniyes but this variant wouldn't question it imo. She wouldn't even talk about it except maybe ask if she ever acted lol. Idk why writers feel the need to make most kids seem so aloof but after working over a decade with em I met hundreds who were a lot more intelligent than me even if they weren't as knowledgeable
I think Rosie was supposed to represent people in general lol
I just hated they used friends as an example. It was so before her time I’m having a hard time believing she would have the capacity to watch and be entertained
Jaime, this is what you do BEST. Your breakdowns of bad movies is Oscar winning 😂❤
Quick PSA: deer ain’t harmless! Their hooves are very sharp and if they kick you it can cause deep lacerations. Once someone in my state sent their kid near a deer with food to get a picture and the deer kicked out and ended up killing the child.
Less harmful than predators, but still worth keeping your distance
I actually liked the Starbucks scene, as well as the Friends ending. I think it shows that our society values familiarity/comfort/routine/convenience so much, that not even a ship crashing ashore is enough to shake us from our comforts.
Really?? And for those of us who didn't watch friends and don't go to Starbucks...
I can appreciate your elevated perspective, but you're out of your mind if you think that's the symbolism the writers and director were going for. Did we watch the same movie, dude? 😂
@saulspeaks2557 well what's your take on it?
i don't know how people didnt get that, plus that west wing story shows she was kinda the only one(besides ali maybe) noticing the signs and willing to listen to nature ,and that led her to right where she wanted(the friends finale) (wich is not great cuz of what u said)
and the bunker.
Agree!
I was so mad at the ending but I’m glad she got to see friends.
You should do The Mist. Boy does that have a terrible ending.
I loved the ending to The Mist. So tragic.
I love the ending too. It's my favorite movie
OMG that ending was traumatizing.
That’s one of my favorite movies. Brilliant ending.
Oh gawds that ending! I didn't even see the rest of it--just caught the ending at my mother-in-law's when I was dating my husband. I'm forever scarred and get SO upset! 😢
Smart houses have been hacked. Why not Teslas?
I deeply appreciate the static screen breaks, it's super satisfying nostalgia. I have had TH-cam premium since it was TH-cam Red, and I found your content on Facebook initially so it took me ages to put two and two together that those were ad breaks 😂 I was just like "Oh fun! Little TV static like a VHS tape, just for me the viewer!" Lol
I'm surprised you didn't mention that the little girl watched the ship for like 5 hours before it came up to the beach lol
Brb tattooing “It’s Armageddon/ hackers be like I’m in” on my lower back
I felt like the entire thing was made to provoke conversation with whoever you watch it with - my husband and I had to pause it multiple times to discuss what was going on and we loved that aspect of it. I do agree that some of the song choices were so out of place that it took you out of whatever scene they were trying to build & that ending is epically annoying and made you hate the daughters character instantly, but I still found it to be a great watch for the intensity and mystery but also did make you wonder if that type of attack would be possible because yikes 😳. I joked that the movie would be over instantly if it was me because I never answer the door for strangers ESPECIALLY if I’m on vacation and idc what you look like, if idk you and you just walked up off the street, we are not having a sleep over bruh - gtfoh lol but yeah I still thought it was worth watching for the discussion points and crazy action scenes. But do hope for a part 2 maybe even from another groups vantage point that helps clear up some of the plot holes. I also thought this would have made a great limited series where they do 3 separate stories that connect at the end somehow 🤷🏻♀️
The best part of this movie was Rose’s obsession with Friends when Julia Roberts was literally in the show. Low key wanted them to do something with that
It shouldn't have been about her wanting to see the series finale, but tracking down the last episodes she hasn't seen.
Over the course of the film she could pop in and out of the lair, keeping it a secret til the end where she pauses it on her mom and runs out.
That would be a good black mirror episode but not what this was tryna do... I was hoping for that extra layer of scifi though
@nailinthefashion we live in a real life black mirror
They already did the whole “Doesn’t she look exactly like Julia Roberts?” joke in one of the Oceans movies.
The tooth falling out is a reoccurring nightmare I have. That's the scariest part of the movie for me. Lol. 😅
I suffered this same nightmare for years!! Brutal. Various sources tell me it means fear of change (when in truth, i fear stagnation & *thrive* on constant change! 🤷🏻♀️).
@andalistark5416 I get nightmares about my teeth falling out whenever I'm highly stressed
I’ve sporadically had the same nightmare since i was a kid, still have it occasionally at 33. It always feels so real, and i actually wake up in a panic thinking my teeth fell out. Haha, i won’t even bite into a f*cking whole apple because of that dream. Haha
I'm glad I'm not alone on this! Lol.
Jaime, I love how much you put in your own insights into these while still respecting the art form and those involved! (While still poking gentle fun at them, lol). It's a fine line to walk and you OWN it! ❤
It's Blue, because it was produced by people from the blue party. Watch the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" 2011, there's a lovely scene when Matt Damon is asked to think of a color & a number & the other person said the exact combo & then explained how he did it further in the movie. The whole movie is an eye-opener if you're willing to open your eyes.
Thank you!! blue is blue party and red is red party. The Obama's are part of the blue party so of course their blue is going to represent the better things.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This movie is like a scenario you would make your Sims go through for drama
Chunt needs to be a thing. Also, yes. Anything that runs on wifi or any sort of radio frequency can be hacked. Any car with a fob can be hacked.
This movie is like when you're roleplaying with someone and you're really invested in what you're doing and then they ghost you
Jamie's hair is looking exceptionally lovely these days maybe you should do a hair tutorial? It looks especially silky, shiny and thick
Literally the only question the movie answered was whether Rosie got to finish friends or not.
I don't get the animals, but i think it was made as a character study. Rosie was representative of binge culture and our need for the dopamine rush of satisfaction when we finish something.
I took it that way too. Granted, I haven't seen the movie, but from Jaime's review, I interpreted the lack of resolution to everything else as pretty much where we're actually at now. We know that a lot of the politics and capitalist institutions we have in place aren't working, and we have the power to hold them all to account, initiate real and lasting change, and solve a lot of the world's problems - but first, Netflix and DoorDash.
If you've ever watched horror movies or any other certain type of movie when there is disasters or anything the animals that feel safe in the forest will leave the forest. Falling trees.
I liked it but there was a feeling like I was holding in a sneeze with no payoff. Then I finished it and I felt...this is a jip. I got bamboozled into liking this. Almost as if an AI wrote this.
People are comparing this to the Happening, but, with Shyamalan films I feel like he doesn't make you sneeze, but he'll still pick your nose for you. It's still satisfying in a more visceral way than if we really explored more of the concept.
At least to me, the Village is the weakest of his projects so far because of how simple the twist is. When it's more supernatural, it doesn't feel so flat.
Old is my favourite so far, I've watched it like 4 or 5 times because I think it's absolutely hilarious.
Lady in the Water confused me since it went so far in the other direction. Old has that balanced I craved.
This felt like Welch's grape juice, not wine. Something you'd drink once or out of desperation, could be good if your taste is kinda juvenile. But a fine moscato with some substance is way more appealing imo
You've made a great point about it feeling like the story was generated by an AI: it almost works so many times, but is consistently missing the mark. Very weird film.
@@MM-jf1me the book its based on does not lend itself well to adaptation, and then sam esmail made some baffling choices that just further dragged the movie down. I mean the book is definitely a very strange story, but it feels more intentionally strange whereas the movie feels like it wanted to badly to be deep thrilling and thought provoking but ended up being pretty dull and goofy.
yes it was so weird....
Since you speak Spanish, WHAT WAS THE HISPANIC WOMAN ON THE ROAD SCREAMING AT CLAY?
I have a little girl in my class named Julia and I can’t help but call her Julia Guglia. My co workers are way younger than me and have no idea what I’m talking about, so it made me laugh so much to hear you call Julia Roberts “Julia Guglia”
I say Julia Guglia all the time and I never really cared to think if anyone got the reference 🤷
@@threearrows2248this is such a weird response lmao
Ok but objectively the cinematography and coloring was STUNNING
I. WAS. JUST. GONNA. SAY. That's why I thoroughly enjoyed the film. It is mysterious, moody, and beautifully shot. It's hard to go wrong when you hit those three.
100%.
This movie had me feeling uneasy and going down a google rabbit hole for cyber attacks.Thank you for ripping it apart and making me feel better. ❤
Funny that US had severe cyber attacks literally a week later
I feel personally attacked by the Friends ending. Lol. I’ve been grieving, and my coping strategies primarily involve watching comfort shows like New Girl and Friends, and playing Animal Crossing. My husband and I have had multiple conversations about how I need to stay informed about important world events, and I can’t always shut the world out, and just watch Friends.
I haven’t watched the whole movie, just this review, but I feel like the ending could be a metaphor for that. I’m sure I’m not the only one who does this sometimes.
I definitely don't think we need to stay informed about "important world events" we're not in control and the ones that are will do whatever they want no matter informed we are, all it does is make us worry about something we'll never get to decide over, unfortunately. I also watch Friends for comfort, and I'm sorry to hear you're grieving right now. I've had a horrible 1,5 years (no more money, a surgery that did more hurt than harm and two deaths) and now my dad is in the hospital and if anyone tried to tell me to keep up to date with the news now I'd might just hit them lol. Stress is extremely bad for our health, so if the news stress you out, I say avoid them. Nothing huge will happen without someone telling you anyway...
*Jaime I HAVE to say this to you,* although I haven't known of your videos a long time I can't express how much you put a smile on my face when I REALLY need it *=)* Thru depression and death's of loved ones, you ALWAYS cheer me up, you AND the movie Hot Rod 😂 Seriously, in a world full of phonies you are unique, genuine and sweet..NEVER listen to hater's! ALWAYS listen to those that LuV ya 💜 I hope you and Nick (yes I became familiar with him while watching his childhood "gang" movie) have an AWESOME Christmas 💜🤗💜
omg thank you so much friend 🥰🥹 means a lot to me! I love Hot Rod Too! Only I party!
@@jaimefrenchofficial 🤣🤣🤣
Hot Rod is criminally underrated.
Merry Christmas beautiful people
@@jolynn89 I've even watched the movie commentary...twice 😂 It's incredibly funny so I'd recommend it to ANYONE who's a fan of that movie!
I’ve thought desperately about watching this but couldn’t bring myself to so I’m happy you did this and saved me the heartache of another terrible movie wasting my time
Except, it is being talked about. That's the only reason I'm glad I watched it.
You need to, it’s bad but you need to watch it
Personally I really liked it, like a lot, but if you don’t like open ambiguous endings then I’d avoid it
I think the reason we don’t find out why or who is doing the terrorist attack is all happening is because that’s how it would actually be in real life. If there was no way to communicate and major cities are a mess (like you see with New York) there wouldn’t be a way for the government to tell the public what’s happening
They’d lie anyway so it doesn’t matter
Im with jamie on the part of being extremely uncomfortable with them staying there. U randomly show up without notice to stay n say tht ur the owners?! Hellll nahhh. U dont c bnb owners randomly show up n invade the privacy tht u paid for in the house they rented to u. They should've just gotten a hotel. Y was tht not their 1st thought? Obviously, they r well off enough to spend some time in a hotel.
I couldn’t stop laughing when they was running in front of the ship 🚢 instead of running the opposite way 😂😂😂
Yes, I was like why everybody run in front of the ship on the beach,
I had negative zero desire to see this so I’m glad you’re roasting it 😂
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who picked up on the M. Knight feeling of this movie. The movie felt like it was eps 1 of a series, not like a full movie.
Well it is going to be a series of movies, or at least has a sequel planned
@@aquababy5 Where did you hear that? Or are you referring to the books? Netflix hasn't announced a sequel yet.
Jaime!!!! Speaking of Teslas... this is EXACTLY what happened in VT during solar eclipse on April 8 2024. A whole bunch of uncharted stopped Teslas piled up on the road.
Loved the movie especially after a second watch after reading some comments by others who said absolutely that chaos and misinformation happened in a war situation they were really in in another country. In such situation, nobody knows what is going on and are fearful of everything.
They didn’t know who or what to trust or believe.
It's poorly made leftist propaganda and nothing more.
I just feel that they could have written it 100% better because that premise is great and scary but they missed the mark
Anyone working retail like me, hates people right now too 😂😂 When they zoomed in on her face and she said that, I laughed hysterically 😅
Former bartender of 12 years. The moment of the movie I most related to.
I work as an online order shopper for a grocery store chain and I can thank my regular customers and their gifts for keeping me from getting to thAt point 😂
I have to say, I thought this movie was a total mess and I hated it as film. I thought the storytelling was horrible, very uneven. And, if it is the point to be kind of random and then not my thing at any rate. But, reading this thread I can see that individual moments as commentary are quite brilliant. You all shifted my perspective!
If you hate people that's definitely a you problem. I work in customer service and treat everyone really nicely, and about 99.9999% of the time I get nothing but niceness back.
Found online what the Spanish speaking lady was saying :
"Thank God I found someone! I’m trying to get back to my home! I’m lost! I’ve been walking for a while! I need to use your phone! You’re the first person I’ve seen all day! We have to get out of here! I just saw a plane that was spraying red gas in the vicinity. I saw some deer, more than 50. They were coming out of the woods. Please! I need to go home, sir. A military plane appeared and fled. There’s no one around! Is it a chemical attack?"
Thank you
I hated that he left her
@@hotinjectionjewelry yeah I had the same feeling .. I wonder if he would've acted differently if he understood Spanish.
netflix just took the run off sewerage of modern culture and bottled it and sold it to their subscribers. the fact that they reference friends as a major plot point and give themselves ad placement in the last couple mins is literally so gross. movies like this is why i am glad i don’t watch movies. but also makes me glad jamie does cause i’d watch her and actually enjoy it. but wow, this review just makes me mad how low effort movies are these days. feels like it’s just nepo industry kids trying to act like they know what good entertainment is. thanks for the fun review jamie!
edit: i’m convinced the deer screaming was the climax and will be known as julia roberts’ best acting at the end of her famed career when every one with good taste and knows what a good movie is decide to “Leave the world behind” );
I have TH-cam premium and never understood why your videos had random breaks and static...thank you for finally explaining this for me Jaime. Actual Ads. Not just pretending. Got it.
I don’t have TH-cam premium, and yet for whatever reason it didn’t break to ads 🤷🏻♀️
@@lauracoleman8796 Same!
same, except I have an adblocker
Same.
It's called The Flood, because Rosie tells the story from The West Wing about the man who was trapped in a flood as a parallel for their situation.
Blue- for democrat. Not very subtle at all. Thank you for enduring so we dont have to
The movie not having a climax is because the climax is yet to come. The idea is what was meant to scare, and how easy it was. When you know there is an enemy, but don't know who the enemy is, then everyone becomes your enemy, even your closest friend. That is where, "Friends," come in. Also, simple comforts will get you through an emotional time. We have created a world that can not survive without satelite or internet signal. We have losed the ability to survive without it. There is a scene where he gets lost while driving, and the foreign speaking woman was to represent that. Without gps, suddenly everything, and all roads, seem foreign, and unknown. You feel helpless, when you aren't.
It's lame. Sorry 🙄
Just finished this movie about 30 min ago & could not resist when i saw your video! Your dance was sooo much better than julia's 😂 I cant believe a friend recommended this movie!!!
Yes!!! I hated this and i cant wait to hear Jamie rip it apart!!
According to Reddit, "The recurring color blue exists as it represents the blue pill intue Matrix. It implies that people remain in the blissful ignorance of illusion. "
*in the Matrix (typo) 😮
Woke bs movie. As a Hispanic the racial annoying complaining remarks of the girl was just. Same old bs. Next.
18:11 "I've gotten off course (I'm lost), and I've been walking for a while now..." is what the poor lady said to Ethan Hawke. I cracked up laughing at your comment "You guys ready to vámonos?" 😂😂😂 because it translates 'You guys ready to let's go?' (which you probably knew!) 😅 and the sombrero was a great touch
I speak conversational Spanish but you will still catch me saying "Vámanos" because ir is literal my worst enemy