I saw The Road and It Comes At Night pretty quickly after each other. Both incredibly disturbing in how possible and real it all is. Any other films that portray the incoming environmental collapse and/or societal decay?

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    4 years ago

    V for Vendetta, kind of — the setting is very believable even if the comic book aspects are still quite comic book. The Wachowskis did a great job updating the graphic novel (from the 80s) for the trajectory we've been on post-9/11 so most of the specific political elements really hold up even though it's from 2007

    plus buzzcut natalie portman hot

      • the_river_cass [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        If I recall correctly the back story is that a pandemic accelerated internal divisions in the US causing a new civil war including mass use of chemical weapons

        oh damn, I forgot about that part.

    • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      V for vendetta has its moments and I was all about that movie in my twenties....but as I've gotten older and arguably wiser I agree with Alan Moore: The Wachowskies replaced his far more poigniant dichotomy of Fascism and Anarchism with Fascism and Liberal Democracy....which is a lot less interesting.

      I suppose in 2005 the world was not ready for such a discussion in the mainstream....but it makes the film feel more dated then ever in the Bush era whilst the graphic novel still offers insight LONG past the era of Thatcher.

    • threshold [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, it's terrific. Very on the nose, but in the age where huge loud blaring fascist runs America, I think some people need to be hit over the head.

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        Valerie's story makes it one of my favorite movies of all time. I have especially fond associations about that in particular cause my first time seeing it was because my older brother had me watch it with him shortly after I came out to him waaaay back in the day. So I've got that super nice memory on top of it already being a fantastic film :)

        Plus when the vague but definitely shitty future stresses me out too much, telling myself "For three years i had roses and apologised to no one" always centers me.