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Light of 2019

posted 5 years ago by Nostromo (242)
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This came out of nowhere and was right up my street. Affleck wrote, directed and starred in it.....and he's great. It's set in a dystopian world where a disease has wiped most of the females on earth out. So the father daughter bond is the main theme but also has ties to femininity and parenting struggles. And while Affleck's past will no doubt be mentioned given the subject matter, he does a really good job of putting us in the moment. Anna Pniowsky is fabulous as the 12 year old daughter 'Rag' - whose appearance was very 400 Blows like.

There are a few moments which perhaps were a bit unnecessary, and I'm not sure what Elisabeth Moss really brought to the table. But overall it is one of the best of 2019 so far.

[–] NoEasyBuckets (352) 5 years ago

I thought it was pretty good. I think what it has going against it is that it's so similar to a lot of movies from the past decade. Also the first 10 minutes were really hard to sit through.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

This.

It arrived on the tail on so many similar movies that most of it felt rehashed or borrowed.

I fast forwarded the first 10 minutes. I couldn't take it anymore after just 1.

[–] olioz (3759) 5 years ago

I was blown away by how good this movie was. I agree that it's one of the best movies this year, loved it.

It is similar to The Road (which was excellent too) but still it's own thing. Affleck and the kid were terriffic in their roles. My hat's off to Affleck for making this, well done. Highly recommended. 8.5/10

[–] Daisy (3024) 5 years ago

I agree it totally reminded me of The Road.

[–] brux (14757) 5 years ago

I thought this movie was much more believable than the Road, more real and more human. The road was basically a crappy monster movie. I really hated The Road.

[–] olioz (3759) 5 years ago

A crappy monster movie? I don't get that, because there were cannibals?

I loved it, I think this and The Road are propably the most realistic and believable post-apocalyptic movies

[–] brux (14757) 5 years ago

I thought the Road sucked badly, I would give it a 2/10 in that it was barely watchable. I'd give "Light Of My Life" a 5/10, maybe a 6 for the humanity of the opening scenes and the lack of zombies, cannibals and other BS.

[–] Daisy (3024) 5 years ago

It was really well done and showed the love that they had for one another. I really liked the last line.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yeah, it was kind of a surprise for me too, and I ended up really liking it. Casey Affleck has been killing it for awhile though.