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What's wrong with this film?


I don't understand why the film has a less than 7/10 rating...

Can someone who didn't like the film tell us why?

Some of my friends felt it was too "preachy" I didn't think so, I thought it was a great film...

Can't think of anything wrong with it, other than... Eve's character makes me upset as I can't tell if she actually learns anything from meeting Adam, or if she is just going to change Adam to modern way of thinking...

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I liked it myself but I could see some thinking it was just a lot of fluff. Other than the whole "Fallout Shelter" thing it was pretty much just a "fish out of water" love story.

He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?

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I liked it fairly well too, but the irrationality of the Eve character is just too over the top to be believed. Also, there were so many situations of his trying to deal with modern life that were left unexplored. They could have done so much more with this idea than they actually did. Instead he comes up to speed amazingly fast, which was also hard to buy.

Where's your crew?
On the 3rd planet.
There IS no 3rd planet!
Don't you think I know that?

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I was thinking the same thing....I think the story flowed well and it kept my interest through out...but I kept wishing that they would show his reactions to the modern world more. The film could have done alot of comedy bits with that.

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The premise is completely ridiculous. That's probably why.

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The premise is completely ridiculous. That's probably why.


Care to elaborate?

I don't think it's fair with a light hearted romantic comedy to nitpick the whole concept of living in a fallout shelter for 35 years. The whole story was played for fun and shouldn't be taken to seriously or be heavily scrutinized. The script did a more than adequate job explaining how they were able to survive in the fallout shelter. If you were so hung up on that aspect that you couldn't enjoy the movie then I feel sorry for you.

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^^^ Agreed

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