I know this movie comes highly recommended, but I just found it too unbelievable to fully enjoy it.
Nuclear fallout doesn't act at all as depicted in this film. There'd be no cloud of 'radiation' (as if it's a physical thing) slowly creeping over the globe and 'eating up' everything that lives. And even if there were, underground shelters should be able to keep at least some people alive, even if this 'cloud' sticks around for centuries (not likely).
However, much greater transgression than goofy science is characterization and behavior of everyone involved. Even if we imagine no one ever thought to stack up supplies or set up some hydroponics in the basement, the fact is that normal people wouldn't be as rational and accepting of their imminent death as characters in this film. Survival instinct is one of the strongest forces in any living thing, and yet it's the one thing everyone here appears to be devoid of. Maybe I'm just more cynical than the authors or a product of a different time, but it seems to me the last few months of human civilization would be a chaos of skyrocketing crime, drug-filled parties, crazy religious cults and death-seeking thrills, most likely resulting in a complete breakdown of society.
I see the author was aiming for a sentimental and yet uplifting message, but that's just not the way human mind works.
But hey, if you have abnormal faith in humanity or equally abnormal capacity to suspend belief, you'll probably like this more than I did.
Nuclear fallout doesn't act at all as depicted in this film. There'd be no cloud of 'radiation' (as if it's a physical thing) slowly creeping over the globe and 'eating up' everything that lives. And even if there were, underground shelters should be able to keep at least some people alive, even if this 'cloud' sticks around for centuries (not likely).
However, much greater transgression than goofy science is characterization and behavior of everyone involved. Even if we imagine no one ever thought to stack up supplies or set up some hydroponics in the basement, the fact is that normal people wouldn't be as rational and accepting of their imminent death as characters in this film. Survival instinct is one of the strongest forces in any living thing, and yet it's the one thing everyone here appears to be devoid of. Maybe I'm just more cynical than the authors or a product of a different time, but it seems to me the last few months of human civilization would be a chaos of skyrocketing crime, drug-filled parties, crazy religious cults and death-seeking thrills, most likely resulting in a complete breakdown of society.
I see the author was aiming for a sentimental and yet uplifting message, but that's just not the way human mind works.
But hey, if you have abnormal faith in humanity or equally abnormal capacity to suspend belief, you'll probably like this more than I did.