invaderzim
Super Member
I just skim them for key phrases that appear in more than one review like "dumb or no ending"
That's the problem with this one the trailer grabbed me and the movie kept me paying attention waiting for some clues as to what was happening. Instead of building any story they just rode the tension that builds from not knowing and all the standard incidents along the way.
It had some recognizable actors in it and a decent budget.
I think the 'no ending' and/or mysterious happening can be pulled off if done correctly.
I've seen several movies that ended with it up to you to imagine how they made out and they worked. Sing Street for example did a great job with not wrapping it up in a bow. Even ones like Cloverfield worlked for me.
If they use it to leave something up to your imagination or even just give you a glimpse into part of an event it can work.
The problem I found with this one is they just used the lack of any explanation as to what was happening as an excuse to have anything and everything happen along the way. Why not have nothing be related if you don't have any intention of giving the viewer any information ever.
(spoiler alerts) Global positioning satellites failed, compasses spun randomly, temperatures soared, power went out across the entire country, no information from the west coast reached anyone on the east coast, planes fell out of the sky and trains derailed. The military sent tanks to the west coast (with cans full of gasoline next to their diesel humvees) and yet almost no traffic was encountered fleeing from the west coast. His girlfriend and neighbor were seemingly the only ones out of three quarters of a million people to escape Seattle into the hills. And nobody from the surrounding area was to be seen either. They just went in every direction with the mysterious happening like it was a combination terrorist attack, alien invasion, natural disaster, climate change, sharknado all at once.
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