I will not give a synopsis, as that is easily found in various online places.
The worst moments for me were the absolutely illogical behaviours of the boy. When someone hasn't moved in over 9 years, and has already had no water whatsoever (after the failure of the pod) they will never be able to go the ways he did.
There are animals outside - and he never wondered how they survived the apocalypse? How they breath?
His Mom isn't answering for years on end - logically that should mean death. Yes, admittingly, he was a wee boy when he was thrown in the pod, but even 9 years later a small boys brain must have given up - especially when taking into consideration that he forogt so much about his former life. That he can't speak is illogical. Or that he doesn't know how to wear underpants. He must have been some 6 or 7 when he got in the pod. So his mom never taught him what underwear is? But those are just the small details, which sum up in the most illogical way ever:
A boy, abandoned by his mother, and a teenager, threatened by the outside world, finds his mother and is kind to her? Doesn't throw a fit, doesn't get emotional, doesn't have any reaction? Doesn't ask anything? Why did you do that? How could you? .....
And she still has her weird vape? Where does she get the supplies from?
Whilst the boy and the settlers had "immaculate " clothing, shaven armpits, hairdresser hair, nice teeth etc (OMG, SOOO illogical!!), oh, and wore lycra pants and tops, the mother looked indeed as if she was in a pod without anything. Except her vape.
Most illogical: An ex-society advanced enough to build the pots, would have been advanced enough to implement sport, diet pills, and astronaut food, along with the possibility of family pods so at least two people could live together.
Nothing of that happened. Jeez, more than half of the civilised world today already gobbles up tons of food supplements each day, has something like the Ringfit at home and dried food like beef jerk! (Which we know since the dawn of the human, actually)
I have done nearly a decade of medieval reenactment, as authentic as possible in Germany, and clothing that has been handsown, never looks like that when you don't have the supply of elastic fabrics, cotton and other industrialised materials anymore, not to mention needles and thread, or power for a sowing machine. And I very, very much doubt that they got their hands on a manual machine.
And the solar panels! They have solar panels on the roof but are afraid of being discovered. Erm, solar panels always produce a glare, depending on the angle a drone flies over? It is an intelligent solution, however, not when one is afraid to be discovered by the drones.
Although I love deep male voices, the narrator was completely out of place.
It could have been a calm storytelling movie, with just more thought and more realistic analysis of the human behaviour, and research on tiny home, outdoor and survival living, and it gets two stars only because for once I didn't have to see endless violence, sex and slaughter (and it seems that is all our nowadays society can film anymore)
I am an avid Scifi geek along with everything dystopian for over 40 years now, and I am starting to loose hope if I will ever see something great again.
The worst moments for me were the absolutely illogical behaviours of the boy. When someone hasn't moved in over 9 years, and has already had no water whatsoever (after the failure of the pod) they will never be able to go the ways he did.
There are animals outside - and he never wondered how they survived the apocalypse? How they breath?
His Mom isn't answering for years on end - logically that should mean death. Yes, admittingly, he was a wee boy when he was thrown in the pod, but even 9 years later a small boys brain must have given up - especially when taking into consideration that he forogt so much about his former life. That he can't speak is illogical. Or that he doesn't know how to wear underpants. He must have been some 6 or 7 when he got in the pod. So his mom never taught him what underwear is? But those are just the small details, which sum up in the most illogical way ever:
A boy, abandoned by his mother, and a teenager, threatened by the outside world, finds his mother and is kind to her? Doesn't throw a fit, doesn't get emotional, doesn't have any reaction? Doesn't ask anything? Why did you do that? How could you? .....
And she still has her weird vape? Where does she get the supplies from?
Whilst the boy and the settlers had "immaculate " clothing, shaven armpits, hairdresser hair, nice teeth etc (OMG, SOOO illogical!!), oh, and wore lycra pants and tops, the mother looked indeed as if she was in a pod without anything. Except her vape.
Most illogical: An ex-society advanced enough to build the pots, would have been advanced enough to implement sport, diet pills, and astronaut food, along with the possibility of family pods so at least two people could live together.
Nothing of that happened. Jeez, more than half of the civilised world today already gobbles up tons of food supplements each day, has something like the Ringfit at home and dried food like beef jerk! (Which we know since the dawn of the human, actually)
I have done nearly a decade of medieval reenactment, as authentic as possible in Germany, and clothing that has been handsown, never looks like that when you don't have the supply of elastic fabrics, cotton and other industrialised materials anymore, not to mention needles and thread, or power for a sowing machine. And I very, very much doubt that they got their hands on a manual machine.
And the solar panels! They have solar panels on the roof but are afraid of being discovered. Erm, solar panels always produce a glare, depending on the angle a drone flies over? It is an intelligent solution, however, not when one is afraid to be discovered by the drones.
Although I love deep male voices, the narrator was completely out of place.
It could have been a calm storytelling movie, with just more thought and more realistic analysis of the human behaviour, and research on tiny home, outdoor and survival living, and it gets two stars only because for once I didn't have to see endless violence, sex and slaughter (and it seems that is all our nowadays society can film anymore)
I am an avid Scifi geek along with everything dystopian for over 40 years now, and I am starting to loose hope if I will ever see something great again.