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What puzzled me...

posted 8 years ago by a1ice_white
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Well, there was more than one thing.

*Spoilers******

First, the girls seemed to have this wonderful book that explained everything from plant identification to how to do an abortion. But they were still hunting and gathering instead of planting a garden? Did the book not include gardening advice? They should have been *thrilled* to find those pumpkin seeds instead of having another whiny moment over it. Also, a book that great might have described how to make or grow your own fuel, or how to make a primitive battery to play music?? Or how to fix a roof and clean up the mold instead of burning down the house? WTF??

Also, if you were living that isolated from other people, wouldn't you set up some form of communication via the boyfriend that went back into the world? Didn't they have any neighbors in the woods or in town that they had any connection with and could share supplies and information with, or go live with?

And one more damn thing, also: after a couple of encounters with men sending rape hints their way in the early days of the power collapse, and being two females living on their own, did they not think to set up an alarm system? I'd be digging a damn moat and setting up punji sticks to keep out the ferals, in between using drum signals to say hi to the non-feral neighbors and using that nice beautiful fertile forest soil to plant everything I could get my hands on. But these two were just so overwhelmingly PASSIVE!

Also, the rape scene was disgustingly graphic - most of it could have been omitted and we would have still gotten the idea. But thanks for providing a cheap thrill to the men with rapist tendencies watching the movie!

Oh, sorry. One more damn thing. If you are forced to eat the dog food, couldn't you at least try to cook it first or make it into little pills and swallow it? Gross. But maybe that wasn't in the book, either. :P

[–] brittannie19 8 years ago

Lol--the wonderful book was a set of encyclopedias--they were these amazing set of books that provided a wealth of knowledge before this thing called the internet. ;) I agree that planting a garden would have been a wise choice. Initially everyone thought the power would come back on so they probably didn't thing about it too much. They weren't thrilled by the pumpkin seeds because they were grieving and thought they had a letter from their dead father. Maybe they were hoping he would have mentioned a secret stash of supplies. Mostly they probably just wanted to feel a connection to him.

Isolated - a common theme in post-apocalyptic stories is using isolation or community to survive. Both have pros and cons. You have to really trust the people in a community and have less control. There was a reason the dad moved them out of the town into the forest--he must have not trusted some of the people there.

Alarm system - this would be complicated and take a lot of work. Obviously not a bad idea in the long run, but I can see where it would not be a first thought--especially with the neighbors because there was no indication they had a trusting relationship with their neighbors. Part of their protection was being so far out of town--I think that's part of the reason the dad moved them out there. Although I agree with you in the long run some more protection would have been vital.

Rape scene - I didn't think it was disturbingly graphic, but maybe I've been desensitized. To me it didn't seem like an effort to be a cheap thrill for men.

Dog food - it takes more effort and energy to utilize the methods you mentioned. Initially when their dad was still alive they could have done more to add flavor, but later they were just eating to survive and avoid starvation so they probably didn't care much about how the food tasted.

~The internet? Is that thing still around?~

[–] ElphieDefyingGravity 8 years ago

Dog food legally must be fit for human consumption. My dog is picky and has some protein allergies, so I cook his dinner every night...ground turkey, brown rice and a diced baked sweet potato (I know it sounds like I'm nuts, but after several vet visits for allergy induced ear infections at $1,000 a pop, you'd cook too). If I get the balance wrong he will turn up his nose at it (too much rice is BAD!). He is ridiculously picky.

YET...he will steal the cats dinner every single chance he gets, so it must taste okay!

Et lux perpetua luceat eis

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 4 years ago

Pets! LOL!

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[–] rps-2 8 years ago

I agree with just about everything here and in the reviews. Yet another example of our inability to make decent movies in Canada. But why would a modern, well built house start falling apart in the space of a year?

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 4 years ago

I agree, but I did enjoy the film.

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