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Rose tells her mother the parable of the drowning man who refused 2 boats and a helicopter. Rose was the only person who saw the oil tanker, heading straight for her. She saw the deer who everybody dismissed. She saw the Thorne household and decided she was not going to wait to be saved. God helps those who help themselves. Rose was the only survivor.

In my opinion, Clay intervening during the standoff was the ultimate point of the movie. The "useless" man manages to get them to step back from the brink of exactly what the attackers want people to do. He may be useless, but he was able to keep good people from going feral.

The best horrors are always the ones that play on real fears. No jumpscares, no make believe monsters, but a threat or a situation that could happen in reality. That’s the shit that keeps you awake at night. Edit: What the hell I wrote this comment as a compliment to the film and now there’s religious nutters and snobs in the replies. If you believe in Jesus, fine, but don’t expect anyone else to.

One thing I took from the ending is that we, as a society, rely so much on cloud-based storage that we put everything in it: movies, art, music, pictures, literature, medical documents, etc. I feel that once the internet goes down, like in this movie with the last episode of Friends, we lose it and have no power to access it anymore. Physical copies of these art forms, articles of information, and knowledge need to be kept in some sort of physical form.

The White Lion was also the name of the ship that brought the first Africans to America in 1619. They also landed at Point Comfort, which is where the movie took place. Also when they’re in the car, the frequency at which they received the emergency broadcast was 1619.

11:29 I believe that’s one of the most important messages of the movie that many people are missing. Those who are searching for an ending are acting like Rose , the little girl who was desperate to find out the ending of “Friends” even though her world was falling apart. Maybe the movie writers want us to not care so much about fiction and face our own reality instead. Like the boy said, why does it matter how a fictional movie ends? Your world is already falling apart, so worry about that instead.

The girl tried to give all of the signs to leave and no one listened to her, this was the same story she told her mother about God sending help and the man did not catch on, she was even led to the house that could save them but decided to hide still, the friends episode was called that because she at the end accepted her fate and decided to end it in her “happy place”. We have to listen to our kids they’re the future!

Love the supreme irony that loads of people are frustrated because there was no ending to the story. The writers have literally turned you into the Rose character. So clever 😂

People who are saying there needs to be a part 2 have completely missed the point of the movie… the ending is happening as we speak, and all we care about (like Rosie) is fantasy and how movies and shows end.

I just hated the ending. I get that not every ending has to be completely satisfying, but it did such a solid job at building up these characters all for it to end with basically nothing, no closure for any of the characters we got to know. Do they live? Do they die, it’s not clear and I’d like to at least kinda have an idea.

Excellent - I’m not big into conspiracy theories BUT I definitely think we are being warned.

I died when you put the key and peele “black people” clip 😂

The scary thing is…something like this is bound to happen. What Julia’s character said about us living in a mass delusion is 100% true.

We were supposed to think that it’s odd that Rose only cares what happens to the people on a show, despite all of the chaos going on around her. But, then this movie makes a lot of us care about what happens to the people at the end of the movie…”I was so close”…and leaves us with no conclusion or explanation. It puts the majority of the viewers in Rose’s shoes, while chaos is happening in our own world. So, now, we relate.

Julia Roberts's character is relatable af! Due to life experiences, I've chosen to isolate myself from the majority. I'm quite closed off and defensive, and have a very very small circle of people that I trust. In fact, I tell myself daily how much I hate people. But, at the same time, I yearn for social interaction... but only on my terms. I'm coming to the realization that I don't hate people, I'm just afraid of the pain/disappointment that may come with interacting/developing relationships with others. My own insecurities are tainting my willingness to open up and are my biggest roadblock.

The fact that this was executive produced by a former US president is a little unnerving.

The ending was showing that Rose followed the signs from the deer to go to a safer place. She intuitively knew things were worse than what everyone else thought and she found refuge. The rest of the family with George and Ruth would end up at the house later. They are all actually very lucky considering what everyone else in the city were facing.

this movie is scary. This actually can happen. I think practicing survivslism, navigating with no technology, reading books, news papers, growing food, learning basic medicine remedies is very much needed.

With the way this country/world is now, I have to say, this movie seemed very possible and for the first time I actually got a little scared because this could happen any day now…

I watched this movie today, and I can say it is so well made. A lot of symbols, references, and issues are mentioned. Along with future events that are coming to American land. I enjoyed watching it, especially from a cinematic point of view. Colors, art, locations, and characters. Doesn’t matter if it was done by “evil guys” who plan global problems or by those who want others to wake up. It is a really good movie to watch and reflect.

This is the first doomsday movie that actually scared me..all of it seemed like it could actually happen and a lot of hidden messages

Also interesting to note the wall art on the wall changes from scene to scene - there is a black and white modern art painting that grows more chaotic over time, while the ocean background on the wall goes from tranquil to stormy over time.

Great movie! Thanks for the explanations and signs in the movie. I know I'm going to rewatch this movie several times.

THANK YOU! This was so well done. I like the fact that I don't need to see the movie now, nor hear the musical sound track (a real blessing). Also, your attention to detail is profound and captured and highlighted critical nuance I'd have surely missed -- hence, this recap is potentially better than the cinema (for me).

The cinematography and camera angles in this movie were INCREDIBLE

One of the lessons to be learned is to stop fighting over petty shit and realize we, regardless of race, color, origin, can choose to work towards the same goal.

That jazz-dance scene in THE FLOOD was a stand-out favorite of mine. Not _just_ due to the excellent choice in music, but also how much of a breath o’ fresh air it was! Now, typically in horror movies… A scene where ”the married woman of our main family drinks with another man” often becomes a bad omen for when good ol’ infidelity begins to rear it’s ugly head. Often resulting with the rest of the film being entirely dedicated to the immense amounts of family drama around the incident and ultimately making the dynamic of our cast spiral into darkness. I was expecting this as well with this scene (and in general, most of the things that happened in THE FLOOD) (Especially all of Maya’s remarks around Clay _”wanting to 🐬 her”_ 😬)… But the film never stooped that low. Instead, both H.G & Amanda realised how drunk they were and how both of them were married, ending in ”Scott” admitting how much he misses his wife and the two of them connecting in a platonic & genuinely healthy way! 🎉 Man… Scenes like these really drive home the under-lying theme of us having to trust eachother more. 😌

Thanks for the breakdown. Much appreciated. 👍.

The best line in the entire movie was , ‘ If you’re not paranoid by, it’s probably too late ‘. Agreed.

You heard the family calling for Rose at the end as they were looking for her. Roses bicycle was in front of the house and it was only a matter of time that they would find Rose. So I believe they survive.

Well done man, great review

The dude talking about how a defense contractor withdrawing all it's money then the world ends and there is nowhere to spend it anyway. Also every episode of friends is named "The one where....." the final episode is called "The one where they say goodbye".

It ends the way it ends so you can feel how the little girl felt about not being able to finish friends 😂

Don’t get why people are bothered by the ending? It was clearly set up for those two families to be together and prepare for anarchy and chaos. Based on the bike tracks, they will find Rose, the bunker, and take it from there. Bacon gave them a heads up. I enjoy movies more than anything entertainment has to offer. For me it’s the dialogue, the acting, what happens during the movie, and the build-up that gets me. I haven’t watched a solid movie in a long time and this one was very refreshing and unique. The actors are all A-list quality! Sick and tired of this superhero marvel bullshit cartoon era we’ve been having for the last thirteen years. I need actual plots that are based on reality.

The message of the movie was very simple (especially for Americans) : We need to stop the infighting, get our sh*t together, unite and be wiser than starting a civil war.. otherwise we are DOOMED.

This is the only video I've seen that gives a solid analysis to and really explains the movie.

Can the world start talking more about Mahershala Ali? He is such an amazing and expressive actor. He deserves every accolade imaginable. I watched the movie initially because I love Ethan Hawke, but stayed for Ali. The ending was just so abrupt it reminded me of how much I hated how the original Blair Witch Project ended, but I totally understood that some questions aren't meant to be answered or that we should be left to interpret what might have happened on our own.

Another huge theme is that the characters were able to bury their animosity and suspicions and work together. Even Kevin Bacon’s character relented and agreed to lend a hand, after swearing he wouldn’t. So there’s an element of redemption at play. The male characters also mention going to the bunker, and the two women have Rose’s bicycle tracks to lead them right there. That is symbolic of Rose noticing things and being a guide of sorts throughout the story. So I think there is a pending reunion of the characters in the bunker.

I’m glad I watched it cause it is possible to happen to be aware is vital. People don’t like outside of their comfort zone. Be ready for everything

I think that the movie leave us the viewers to create the happy or sad ending. I do think that the other characters are finding their way to the house and eventually the bunker. I feel this way because Rose does . She always expects the best outcome ❤

the initial build-up sequence with the plane crashing, rose and her brother finding the shack and the dad running into the spanish lady was so well done. it felt like an orchestra building up for the grand finale. It kept getting more and more chaotic until the noise finally interrupted the chaos. I could really feel the panic and confusion. Really fantastic directing.

The ending made sense to me. The movie was essentially showing the initial collapse of civilization as we know it and the panic that follows. I dont think anyone is finding a happy ending in a story like this. Rose found peace and solace in a bunker because she not only recognized what was happening around her and accepted the danger they were in but she trusted her instincts (or the signs she was seeing)- which is why she said what she said in the bed with her mom (the whole family wouldve found the bunker earlier if her brother didnt stop her) everyone else let their cynicism, fear and denial run them in circles amongst the chaos above ground.

This was full of great insight. After watching this I feel like I need to watch the movie again

@1:52 The "White Lion" was an English privateer operating under a Dutch letter of marque which brought the first Africans to the English colony of Virginia in 1619, a year before the arrival of the Mayflower in New England

The ending meant that what happened next didn't matter. What really mattered was seeing how the characters reacted to what was happening around them. The movie was never about the catastrophies but about how the people reacted to them.

The ending isn’t bad at all. It’s actually very well written, and perfectly executed. The most important line in the entire film that literally everyone seems to have missed, is when Rose explains an episode she watched on The West Wing. The story about a man who lives by the river. The man hears on the radio that the river is going to flood the town, and that everyone should leave. The man doesn’t leave, because he prays everyday, and he knows that everything will probably be ok. The town floods, and the man is trapped. A guy in a rowboat comes by to save the man, but the man refuses the help and stays put. He’s going to pray and wait it out. Then a helicopter comes by and throws the man a ladder. The man refuses the help and stays put. He’s going to pray and wait it out. The man ends up drowning, and upon going to heaven, he asks god “why did you let me die? I prayed everyday that you would save me”. God’s response to the man is, “I sent you a message on the radio that your life was in danger. You did nothing. I sent you a man in a boat to save you, but you did nothing. I sent you a helicopter, and still, you did nothing. What more do you want?” After telling this story to her mom (who keeps insisting, along with everyone else around her, they just sit tight and wait it out. It will all be ok), Rose says that she’s done waiting, and disappears the next morning. The ending is simple. The ending is great! The entire movie was absolutely great! Rose understood one crucial element to the nightmare going on around her that nobody else did. If we don’t stop wishful thinking, and relying on prayers and high hopes to get us through this, we’re just as good as dead. So fuck this, I’m out. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Today the phone service went down AT&T this just the beginning

Excellent video!

It’s all symbolism to what’s to come. The entire movie was the ending, a huge wink to everyone.

Symbolism; The story takes place in a town called Port Comfort, the name of the ship that ran aground is the White Lion. In 1619 the ship that brought the first Black enslaved peoples, the "Twenty and odd Negroes" to the British Colony of America was named the White Lion and it landed in Old Port Comfort, now Virginia.

Brilliant review :)

I love the film's stylistic cinematography, but the way it portrayed how our facade of civility can breakdown so easily to pure prejudism in times of confusion was amazing. Still deciding whether the ending is evil genius or just mean.😅

The ending for me was so sudden and unexpected that for me it was quite irritating. But a couple days later I reflected on it and in the midst of everyone commenting on how much it was full symbolisms, I have come to this conclusion: ThE ending reads just like the beginning. This family was in search of getting away from the bind and grind of everyday life. In effect: Leave the World Behind. So they took a getaway vacation. A form of escapism. At the end- same thing. Their daughter, in her own way, was in search of the one thing that she said made her happy- and she found it- those episodes of Friends. A deep reflection of what is so typical of the modern day family- while the world around us is falling apart, well- we always have TV or some getaway source of recreation we can turn too for escapism. Too bad it doesn't solve the problems.

If two strangers come in the middle of the night telling me they are the owners I would suspect them and wouldn't drink anything they offer regardless of their skin tone, religion or anything. That is sus.

One note i like to add was the tesla crashing part, the continuos shot was clearly inspired by a similar scene from "Children of Men*

They didn't leave us on a cliffhanger.. They left us RIGHT where we are in the process

I found it a hard movie watch because it depicts where I imagine we are heading very rapidly. If this occurred tomorrow, it really wouldn't surprise see. During the Great Recession and the pandemic it didn't take long to see people turn on one another. It truly saddened me. I wonder what it was like for the cast and crew to make this film?

I thought that the tick bite caused the sickness in the teen boy, but Lyme disease happens in weeks not days

Did anyone pick up on the Obey T shirt next to the NASA Tee in the same frame? The OBEY brand is an hommage to the movie “They live” in where the protagonist wears special glasses to see who actually rules the world and what they use to control it. In leave the world behind GH also alludes to how there are no actual forces controlling the world while he jokes about the Cabala people in the same scene. Later they pan to an American flag on the moon which is believed by many to be propaganda that never actually happened.

Additional things that I noticed: The radio station was 1619, a reference to the year 1619 when enslaved Africans were brought to the US against their will. The most helpful or vulnerable people were of color - Ruth and George and the Latina that the husband abandoned. The exception is the young White daughter who said she cared about the Friends characters, yet didn't care to stay with her family. 3. Friends is a show that received a lot of flack for being lily White, with eventually 1 Black character, in NYC, a culturally diverse city. The White characters came off as not caring for humanity, until the end of the movie when they realized that we need to band together to survive. 4. George and Ruth stayed below the family which symbolizes Blacks treated below Whites historically in this country, even though George had a higher net worth and was much more educated than his White counterparts. 5. Danny mentioned that multiple countries banning together against America, possibly symbolic of White supremacy coming to an end. 6. Julia Robert's character loved Black music but had prejudices against Ruth and George. Many (not all) White people love Black culture but are racist as hell, including the liberal ones. Just my thoughts.

The composer, Mac Quayle, deserves the oscar for this. What an absolutely mastery of auditory tension. Cheers to the whole crew on this one though. Great film.

Good stuff!

Thanks for the save.

I felt like watching jordan peele mixed with M. Night Shamalayan movie. Pure genius with meta commentary it has made. Another thing the movie does best is not revealing the villain as in showcasing that the villain is ourselves.

I thought the little girl represented hope. Her mother hates people, but the daughter is so obsessed with Friends she says because she cares for them. With people turning on each other in the midst of fear and chaos, she shows that there are still people that can care for others.

I wasted over 2 hours of my life to find no ending.

What an incredible explanation ❤

I like what Barry did here, he made it seem like we should fear outside entities when what is really happening is we are being destroyed from within.

To me this movies was also about our pathetic dependency on technology, and how without it they were paralysed.

There is a lot of hidden stuff like on the artwork in the house. The waves keeping getting rougher on the wall behind the bed as the movie goes on. Along with the water level rises.

exceptional breakdown.

I think they give the answer. There really is nobody in complete control. That leaves an opening for chaos. With America as an example, some people are totally willing to hate their own because they heard bad things about the other political party on the Internet. They ignore the backroom war with the Soviets and eat up propaganda that turns them against their neighbors. This movie keeps focus on the ignored "warnings". The scary part is that we are living in a political climate that mirrors the movie. I am 53. I grew up with the cold war. It scares me that so many people would believe the propaganda that turns neighbors into enemies. There is nobody in charge.

I loved the ending of the movie. There is a line in the movie that says ‘Media serves as an escape and a reflection of life’. Rosie was present and aware way before her family. Hence, Friends was her escape and the first life of the theme song is. “So no one told you life was going to be this way” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 art imitating life, Rosie’s current life. 10/10 for me. I have loved Julia down since Pretty Woman and never wanted to punch her like I did in this movie, AN ACTOR you hear. Last note, listen to kids, there have more insight then we give them credit for.

I’d say another thing to mention about the food is how it’s all somewhat men made and not natural. Lately for my for you page I’ve been saying a lot about how the “scratch” food and ingredients that we buy are all just fake. Which goes back to what the mother was saying that we are all living in a delusion, in this instance, the delusion is that it’s real food. But then you go outside of the pantry and you see some of the plants, so I guess you have some delusion with some real

A lot of people didn't like the daughter, but honestly, I thought she was the most relatable. Her character arc is exactly the same as what most people are living through day to day. The world keeps falling apart around us, and no matter how much we and other people try to fix it, it just keeps finding new ways of breaking itself. We live in a hopeless time where a thousand different doomsday scenarios are hanging over our heads, and we're all powerless to do anything about it because the powers that be constantly subvert every effort we take to make the world a better place. So, when the world decides it just doesn't want to get better, what's the best course of action? Use media to escape reality. We all do this every day. And the more unfixable things get, the more tempting it is to just say "screw the world" and retreat into our own private bunkers and lose ourselves in stories and entertainment, because that's BETTER than dealing with the real world and all its unfixable problems. The girl's journey to watch the last episode of Friends is a direct parallel to the way we all choose to ignore the crumbling world around us, and you know what? I don't even think it's that bad of a strategy. It's definitely what I'd do. I think if most people could ensure that they themselves had food, shelter, water, and the other essentials to survive indefinitely, then each of us would prefer spending our lives engaging in entertainment than struggling through a harsh and pointless existence trying to fix a world that refuses to be fixed.

If you didn’t like this ending is because you are Rose. You want to know what happens but that’s the point, to be left with that feeling of unease. Even the characters don’t know exactly what is happening but at least some have an idea. If something like that happened that would be out hypothesis too. It’s slow because that’s what it would be like if the grid just collapsed. Rose watched Friends because that’s what a 13 year old is now, engrained in their reality. 13 year olds don’t know what is happening in the world but their own. This movie was excellent. A really good depiction of what it would feel like if the world we know suddenly just stopped. It saddens me people didn’t like it but in today’s TikTok world, I can understand why.

This movie is NOW, where we are at...a reminder that we are ALL in this together. And in the end, the incident itself won't matter, but rather how we react to it. If we work together as one, we can accomplish anything. What a great message to send to the world. Regarding the story about God sending messages to the guy, trying to save him, and the guy not listening...the signs are everywhere if you choose to read them. A warning to us all, about what is to come if we don't stop this insanity and start working together to make this world a better place. The truth is, we all share the same space, and we need to work together to save each other.

Isn’t it strange too that the last words spoken are also the phrase in the “FRIENDS” series intro song? Ha, I just thought of that! Whoa! 😊😮😂

Opening scene of the movie was the world upside-down. Second scene you see 666 in the back ground. 6 on mug, hands on mechanical clock are at 6 and the digital clock shows a 6. The painting in the living room goes from 4 white "pillars" on an all black canvas to it becoming predominantly white by the end of the film

Saw this comment on another video and it was about the girl telling the story of the guy asking God why he didn’t help and said he did! Sending a boat, a plane etc (both in the movie) but he ignored the signs of help. The most innocent, in touch with her feelings, girl saw the signs, seemingly ignored by the others and sought refuge in the bunker because of it. Pretty cool detail I missed! The last words of the movie “I’ll be there for you” ❤️

I don’t think it’s far fetched to think the Thorne family couldn’t make it to their safe house for a number of reasons.

One thing I noticed was how Julia’s character asks George for an ID. I thought it was a reference to those multiple cases of black people being asked to identify themselves and explain themselves as to why they are in places where some racist people think they shouldn’t be. Black people being forced to explain why they belong. Even though it was George’s house, George himself acts very docile in the face of Julia Robert’s character being an absolute Karen.

Masterpiece. People hate the ending now, but years down the line it will be a classic when people start to understand the meaning of the movie.

Friends is also famous for being a show based in New York City that somehow has almost zero black people in it. So the remark about it somehow taking place in a time that never really existed makes a lot of sense.

Some of this explanation missed some key takeaways…. -White Lion was the name of the first ship that had kidnapped Africans (slaves) -1619 was the year White Lion arrived on VA shores, which was the radio station in the car ‘1619’ speaking to migration patterns. There’s a long lived theory that the migration pattern will constantly face destruction.

The use of red for each confrontation or danger is prolific throughout the movie too. Even shots of the earth from the moon shows red swirls under earth and eventually you see the sun at the top of earth. While the American flag appears disheveled at best… The use of green and yellow throughout is also notable. Usually used neutrally, however the young woman has red and green map above her bed and in the shed scene she has red and green bottles in the background but in Julia’s background there is red, blue and yellow and a tinge of green on a painting on the wall. I thought this very apt as Julia’s character is going through quite an emotional journey.

White Lion was the name of the slave ship that landed in Fort Comfort (name of beach) in 1619 (radio station listing in blue car)

I loved this movie. It's horror was based in the very horror we're living through today. *SPOILERS** LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND is about modern societies that are so invariably broken that they're a hair's breath from collapse, yet living in total ignorance of this fact. In the U.S.A., especially, people have disconnected so thoroughly from each other that they "hate" those who aren't family-- they treat those who aren't in their tiny little bubbles indifferently or as potential enemies; therefore, when the need arrives for us to help each other, we likely won't. Instead, we choose to live in fantasy bunkers. We're glued to our devices and hyper-focus on stories that allow us to escape from reality and each other. We prefer the fantasies of connection and abandon each other when we are in the most need. As G.H. (Mahershala Ali) stated at the end of the movie, the country was under attack, a specific type of attack which would only be successful because of how broken our society already is at this point in time. "A simple three-stage maneuver that could topple a country's government from within. The first stage is isolation. Disable their communication and transportation. Make the target as deaf, dumb and paralyzed as possible, setting them up for the second stage. Synchronized chaos. Terrorize them with covert attacks and misinformation, overwhelming their defense capabilities, leaving their weapons systems vulnerable to extremists and their own military. Without a clear enemy or motive, people would start turning on each other. If done successfully, the third stage would happen on its own. A coup d état. Civil war. Collapse. This program was considered the most cost-effective way to destabilize a country. Because, IF THE TARGET NATION WAS DYSFUNCTIONAL ENOUGH, IT WOULD, IN ESSENCE, DO THE WORK FOR YOU. Whoever started this wants us to finish it." The characters are a microcosm of our country's population. Amanda (Julia Roberts) worked in client relations (she managed relationships), but professed to hating people. Towards the end of the movie, she finally confessed to Ruth (G.H.'s daughter), "Everyday, all day, my whole job is to understand people well enough so that I know how to lie to them, so I can sell them things they don't really want. And when you study people like that, when you really see the way they treat each other, well... You see what they do, and they do it without thinking about it. F*ck, I did it to you and your dad and I don't even really know why. We f*ck each other over, all the time, without even realizing it. We f*ck every living thing on this planet over and think it'll be fine because we use paper straws and order the free range chicken. And the sick thing is, I think deep down we know we're not fooling anyone. I think we know we're living a lie. An agreed upon mass delusion to help us ignore, and keep ignoring, how awful we really are." Ruth's response was that while she agreed with Amanda about all of that, "As awful as people might be, nothing's gonna change the fact that we are all we've got." In the end, Amanda shared that she didn't want to be that way. She didn't want to be a terrible person. "I know I said I hate people, but I'd do anything to have them back." When it came down to it, when she could have abandoned Ruth when the large herd of deer surrounded her, Amanda returned and stood with Ruth-- she protected her, as best she could. Remember, Ruth had shared with Amanda, a few minutes before, "You don't care that I'm here. And my mom is probably at the bottom of some ocean. I don't have anyone else in my life. I have nothing but them (her parents). Do you understand that? And I need my mom more than ever and I will probably never see her again." Amanda ended up standing with Ruth, as a mother would, because despite her wanting to not care about others, she actually did. All along, she'd cared, and it was just an aspect of the mass delusion that she'd convinced herself she didn't. When people can only succeed in a society whose rules dictate that success can only be attained by f*cking each other over, then the only way to survive under those rules is to disconnect from everyone, except the essential. We're programmed to believe that we do not need each other, that deep down we hate each other. Even Amanda's children had been programmed to believe that they weren't truly important to their parents. Rose knew that her parents wouldn't listen to her, because, "No one cares what I say." She truly believed no one really cared, and Archie, her brother, agreed with her assessment in such a blithe manner that it was clear he also felt the same. When the "nice guy" character, Clay (Ethan Hawke), abandoned the woman who was clearly in desperate need at the side of the road, he showed his true colors. He cared only for himself and getting back to his family. Archie secretly took pictures of Ruth, so he could jerk off to them. He violated her without a second thought. Amanda dismissed the possibility of G.H. being the owner of the house because... why would he be? He's black. It went unsaid, but the implication was thick in the air. When it became clearer that it was in fact his house, she made no move to switch the situation around and allow him and his daughter to come up from the basement. She continued to treat them as though they were encroaching on her and her family. As though, because they're black, they should live the way the help/servants/slaves did, in the basement. Ruth wanted a family with children to be kicked out of the house, even though she knew the world outside was in shambles. Rose was so disconnected from reality that her actions bordered on the narcissistic-- she acted without the concerns of others. She kept mentioning that the deer were behaving oddly, but she was ignored. In the end, she cared about nothing and no one other than getting to see the finale of FRIENDS. What else is there to care about? Yes, the country was going through its own finale, but why should she care when it hadn't demonstrated that it cared about her? The only human character who seemed to care about others was G.H. He endangered himself to ensure that Archie got medicine. He didn't insist on Amanda and her family leaving the house or, at the very least, moving into the basement. He had the gun. He could have forced the issue at any time; yet, he chose not to. He could have returned for Ruth and took her surreptitiously to the secret bunker. Yet, he chose to tell Clay about what was happening, thereby giving Clay, Amanda and the children the possibility of safety. How many G.H.'s exist in our country? Are there enough people like him to counter the scores of millions who unthinkingly behave like Clay, Amanda, Ruth, Archie, Danny (Kevin Bacon), and Rose? Unlike the humans in the movie, the deer grouped together when they sensed turmoil. The disparate herds chose to band together for safety, which is why the group grew larger every time it appeared. The buck alpha of the herd tried to communicate with the humans, maybe in an attempt to convey the danger going on or even to have them join the herd for safety, but humans couldn't understand, because humans have grown so disconnected from reality. Even though the deer weren't attacking them, they responded with palpable fear and scared the deer away. LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND is about how f*cked in the head we've gotten and how truly f*cked we'll be if/when sh*t hits the fan. Humans collectively need each other and this is an essential truth that far too many have forgotten.

I Havent been enthralled by a movie in a long time. But i was ultra locked into this one.

just a reminder, blue is also the color of all the objects in the Maui fire that didn't get torched...interesting.

I’m from Iran and I hate it when they mention my country as the enemy of US because when I’m watching a movie I’m just a human not Iranian or American. And I think in the end it’s not about people. The joke the man said was so important to me some specific people whom they knew all about what’s gonna happened in the end and hide before everything even start.

The abstract painting kept changing with each chapter. At first it was four spikes, and Amanda stood in front of the tallest, which I took to mean that she was the self-proclaimed leader of her family of four. Then Ruth stood in front of that same spike, and by then we know she is also formidable. Then the painting changed to a downward slope, then scattered haze like static on a screen. So I think Amanda and Ruth standing in front of the tallest spike, which was the second along the x-axis if it was a graph (like George was describing the ebbing and flowing toward a downward curve in society's decline), was like a time marker for how close they were to the end. The first spike had occurred (the cyberattack causing isolation), then they were in the midst of coordinated chaos (the next spike in a series). Then the painting changed to a curve, indicating the loss of trust, the decline of society as people turned on each other. Then it became the static indicating obliteration of life as they knew it (the bombs). I also wondered if the red hallway that Rosie walked down was a metaphor for the birth canal, with her as the child trying to return to the womb, the origin of her innocence. To rest in a place full of nourishment (I didn't notice all the racist brands that would feed her!) and pretend comfort (Friends, the fake view out the window). It sounds like her family will find her, since we hear them calling to her from outside the house before she goes to the bunker. But since she turns the TV on, will she remain oblivious if their calls become cries for help should a bomb fall closer? Does that make Rosie "The Last One"? Would this innocent and utterly inept ostrich with her head in the sand become the legacy left behind? A dismal consolation. We deserve better, but so does she. She warned them at every stage, even stated they should go to the house on the hill early on, but she was ignored. She is the canary in the coal mine who lived.

There’s definitely some parallels between us the viewer and Rosie. I found myself questioning why does she care so much about how it ends, there’s many more things she should be concerned about the real world around her. But here we are, watching a review of the movies ending, with people disappointed they never got the ending they wanted, with the world in a climate crisis all around us.

How long has this been out? I feel like I’m late to the party on this one. But just watched it today what a great movie. Fun stuff.

I finished the movie minutes ago and I find myself somewhat mixed about it. While I understand the themes of reality, perception, and trust, the movie seems to lean into the ideas a little heavy handed. Leave the World Behind would have made a better limited series where these ideas could have been explored better. I'm also curious how the book tells this story.

The first thing I immediately noticed were the small things: the reoccurring appearance of the intense blue color (their first bedroom, the bedroom in the house, the clothes, the cars, the street and shop signs) the then mixing of red and blue (Ruth‘ even wears purple which is literally blue and red mixed). The zooming into George’s cups and glass but into no one else’s. All these small things made me overthink every little thing so hard, almost making me paranoid and getting me at the edge of my seat. Even if not much happened, seeing all these strange details made me so anxious. Only the Thornes house is in all red. I couldn’t make out the meaning behind the colors yet. Blue maybe in relation to the blue screen?

One theory I have is that the end is called “the last one” yes connected to the friends episode but Rose is the only one who got to the bunker as (atomic maybe) bombs were being dropped, the title could be a meaning to the rest of the characters dying from these bombs and rose being “the last one”

The items in the pantry give me the shining vibes from the store room

I don’t understand all the confusion with the conclusion of the film ! At the end we know G.H told Clay in front Archie they need to go to the bunker . Rosie heard her mother Amanda and Ruth yell her name , before finding the bunker herself . So we can all assume that they will camp out in the bunker together, Both families. A part 2 would be awesome’