How it ends 2018

Рецензия на фильм «Как это заканчивается»

Скверный, унылый и вторичный постапокалиптический триллер о мужчине, мчащемся через всю Америку к своей беременной жене, запертой в отрезанном катастрофой городе

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Только что узнав о том, что скоро станет отцом, корпоративный юрист Уилл оставляет свою невесту Сэм в Сиэтле и отправляется в деловую поездку в Чикаго. Перед самым возвращением молодого человека домой на Западном побережье происходит непонятная глобальная катастрофа, и все пути в Сиэтл оказываются отрезаны. Вместе с отцом невесты, бывшим военным Томом, Уилл предпринимает отчаянную попытку добраться до побережья на автомобиле, но путь через некогда цивилизованную страну, ныне утратившую мораль и контроль, оказывается непростым испытанием. В считаные дни человечество угасает, но мужчина не желает мириться с обстоятельствами и надеется воссоединиться с любимой, пока все не закончилось.

Фантастической драме режиссера Дэвида Розенталя с многообещающим названием «Как это заканчивается» даже нечем выделиться-то из толпы картин о «днях после конца света», как названных выше, так и тысяч других, – это совершенно непритязательная, абсолютно стандартная и предсказуемая история, которую мы слышали сотни раз: сквозь стремительно теряющую человеческий облик некогда цветущую территорию один человек мчится навстречу другому. Больше того, все самое интересное, что использовалось в таких сюжетных конструкциях раньше, Розенталь отбросил – не рассчитывайте на погони, как в «Безумном Максе», не надейтесь на встречи с таинственными чудовищами, как в «Монстро», не полагайтесь на слепые надежды с интересом провести у экрана два часа. «Как все это заканчивается» – пресный камерный (несмотря на стремительную смену локаций) междусобойчик, который даже самим авторам, кажется, не был интересен.

На последнюю мысль наталкивает настроение актеров в кадре. Если Тео Джеймс особенно звезд с неба не хватал и раньше, его задача – хлопать грустными глазами и мужественно играть желваками, чем он с самого «Дивергента» успешно и занимается, то за Фореста Уитакера даже немного обидно – он делает попытки играть, но сценарий и режиссер его заметно осаживают, кино, мол, не про него, пусть не высовывается. Звезда небольшой мастер-класс в своей первой сцене встречи с зятем все-таки дает, но затем запирается в ракушку скучного образа, а потом и вовсе уходит за скобки за ненадобностью. По-хорошему, в «Как это заканчивается» людей и вовсе можно «сократить», как одинаковые множители в числителе и знаменателе, – они по персоналиям совершенно неинтересны, безлики и бесформенны, всего лишь фигуры, мелькающие на обочине дороги.

А вот что в фильме интересно, так это две интригующие мысли. Во-первых, авторы картины старательно умалчивают природу произошедшей катастрофы. При всем том, что кино получилось нудноватое, жажда понять, что же произошло, как с отключением электричества связан «желтый снег» и почему перед апокалипсисом «отступил океан», присутствует до самых финальных титров. Вынуждены наспойлерить и разочаровать: объяснения, даже наивного, фантастического или сказочного, не будет. Во-вторых, любопытно смотреть на то, насколько скверного мнения авторы ленты о своем сегодняшнем обществе, ведь для превращения Америки в Бесплодные земли хватило трех дней. Три дня без Инстаграма, вечерних выпусков новостей и баскетбольного матча любимой команды – и граждане США превращаются в упырей из «У холмов есть глаза». Интересные перспективы.

Ну а если серьезно, то «Как это заканчивается» не стоит потраченного на просмотр времени – вы не увидите ничего нового, вам не откроются скрытые таланты известных актеров, перед вами не взойдет новая звезда. Будет пара остросюжетных сцен, но впечатляющими их не назовешь, все-таки кино весьма бюджетное, поэтому реквизит здесь оберегают. Ну и недоговоренность во всех смыслах (а лента обрывается буквально на полуслове) авторов тоже не красит – хотелось сумничать, а получилось глупо булькнуть что-то нечленораздельное и убежать от дальнейших вопросов. Вот так это и заканчивается, тоже мне секрет.

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Even if one WERE to end it open-ended, there must be a half dozen more effective ways to do it for the big Twilight Zone moment.

At the beginning it was your average disaster/apocalypse film, something goes horribly wrong, government either can’t handle it or won’t, characters take problems into their own hands. All is well for a while, special effects are fine, acting is fine, but just like in the story, something goes terribly wrong. Much like that other Netflix film that was atrocious, the «horror» film about home invasion, it appears that the creators of the film either couldn’t decide on an ending, or just threw their hands up and said «screw it, I don’t know how to end it, lets just pretend to be ambiguous». And its not to say films with an ambiguous end aren’t always bad, but this one didn’t even bother to create an ending.

As a Californian, we hold the stories dear, stories of earthquakes or other disasters ending civilized society. And for a while I was enjoying it, but somewhere around 2/3rds or half way through it, I just completely lost interest and was also disappointed in its execution. Without giving too much away, many decision made about how to execute certain parts of the film left me bamboozled, not the way I would have. All in all its good for a little while but ends up leaving you unfulfilled, so a warning, maybe just watch the first half, and don’t worry, if you want to know what happens at the end, let me tell you, nothing.

The biggest issue I had was: They find an abandoned crashed military train full to the brim with vehicles, fuel, likely weapons, food and equipment. They are a military veteran and a young man. Instead of grabbing a humvee and loading it for bear, they get back into their broken ass car to continue on their way. Who in their right mind would do such a thing? An armoured 4WD full of fuel and supplies that can go anywhere, or a broken ass car with some extra gas that has to stick to main roads. Hmmm, tough choice.

First of all, why does this clock in at 1:52? That’s just too long for a standard thriller, and this is especially true for a movie with such a lousy story.

There is nothing good in this movie. Nothing at all.

Why would the convict in the cop car be so determined to track down one car?

Just getting there takes WAY too much film time.

Ricki Whatever was such a terrible character played by a worse actor.

Has anyone involved in making this movie ever seen a movie before?

I was really enjoying the story. And then something happened. I’m not sure what it was but I pin it pretty much to the point when Tom dies. Tom was played by Forest Whitaker. I’ve always liked Whitaker, although never really thought of him as someone who could carry a movie. But it all fell apart when his character died. I honestly didn’t feel that any of the rest of the cast had truly stood out, but this had been mysterious and interesting and even at times exciting, but with the death of Tom it descended to just plain silly. And it kept getting worse. Right up to that ending that wasn’t an ending. That ending that explained absolutely nothing. That ending that wasn’t intelligent or thought-provoking but that honestly just seemed truly lazy on the part of everyone involved with this.

I mean really, the ending was so HILARIOUS. It was like they were in the middle of filming, then the director said «cut» and forgot to go back to work.

I don’t mind they’re not telling us how and why this apocalypse happened, I really don’t, sometimes it’s good not to know all the details and just guess. But, man, they could have wrapped up the story somehow.

Also, the storyline is quite repetitive, nothing extremely exciting happens, and in the last 20 minutes are a bit off.

It’s the end of the world as we know it! Or is it? We don’t know, this movie can’t be bothered to tell us.

After some kind of unexplained catastrophic event happens on on the west coast of the US, Will (Theo James) and his girlfriend’s obnoxious father (Forest Whitaker) commence a road trip from Chicago to Seattle to save her (Kat Graham). It appears that the disaster has also ended electricity supplies across the entire country.

Most of the people they do meet are gun-toting hillbilliess or (maybe) escaped prisoners all intent on killing them and stealing their car.

Most of the trip seems to happen in the dark with loud ambient music covering up the limited dialog. When the sun does rise we are treated to a highlight reel of some of the US’s most beautiful landscapes, suddenly devoid of people. I wonder who is lighting all the roadside fires they keep driving past.

In summary. The film is mostly too dark to see anything, the characters learn nothing and show a deplorable lack of curiosity about the world, and then the film just stops. Dull.

Incredibly amateur drivel that’s half filmed in almost total darkness. Some decent actors are wasted by writers who’ve clearly wrote the characters in 10 minutes flat for a paycheck.

Tough ex-marine father in law? (Who is really a big softie of course) Check. Devoted husband type? Check. Helpless wife? Check. Everyone else a lunatic nutjob? Check.

Seriously, within 2 days of the «event», 90% of the US population descend into mad max territory and start killing everyone else for no particular reason. Give the Americans some credit, that would take 2 weeks at least.

And then the abrupt non ending; its not clever, it’s not mysterious, it’s just plain lazy and immensely annoying. You can just see the crew going, «sod it lets go to the pub» and downing tools. Total insult of a film.

How It Ends

2018, Sci-fi/Mystery & thriller, 1h 53m

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«Как это заканчивается» и «Закат цивилизации»: Куда ты катишься, Netflix?

Марат Шабаев Авг 1, 2018 2056

В июле на Netflix вышло сразу два апокалиптических фильма — «Как это заканчивается» Дэвида М. Розенталя и «Закат цивилизации» Бена Янга. В обеих картинах кроме конца света есть семья, которая на фоне светопреставления переживает кризис отношений. RussoRosso решил разобраться, как заканчивается наш мир в версиях самого крупного стримингового сервиса.

«Как это заканчивается» / How It Ends
(реж. Дэвид М. Розенталь)

Молодой юрист Уилл ( Тео Джеймс ) скоро должен стать отцом, но все его попытки улучшить отношения с тестем ( Форест Уитакер ) оставляют желать лучшего. Тем не менее им придется действовать сообща: внезапная катастрофа рушит сообщение между отдаленными уголками Америки, и невеста одного и дочь другого оказывается за много миль от героев. Недолюбливающие друг друга мужчины отправляются из Чикаго в Сиэтл.

Местный конец света выглядит абсолютно неотрефлексированно — природные катаклизмы и бездействие правительства дают почву для конспирологических теорий, но на этом все и заканчивается. Сценарий Брукса Макларена в 2010 году попал в «Черный список» лучших нереализованных скриптов, но понять почему — крайне трудно: «Как это заканчивается» не предоставляет зрителю ничего нового. Нудная драма в антураже роуд-муви про зятя и тестя, которые узнают друг друга в экстремальных условиях, может вызвать только желание наступления настоящего апокалипсиса. Но, увы, ничего не происходит, даже актерской химии между персонажами Тео Джеймса и Фореста Уитакера не прослеживается: они играют параллельно друг другу, никак не соприкасаясь.

Семья — самый важный социальный институт, за него и держись: эту мысль трудно назвать оригинальной как в принципе, так и в контексте постапокалиптического кино. Отсутствие фантазии авторов не прикрыть и тем, что у фильма был не очень большой бюджет на спецэффекты. Те же копеечные «Монстры» Гарета Эдвардса несколько лет назад доказали, что дешевый фильм, держащийся на любопытном колорите и двух актерах, способен притягивать к себе внимание зрителей.

«Закат цивилизации» / Extinction
(реж. Бен Янг)

Этот апокалиптический фильм Netflix с героем поактивнее чуть более внятен. «Закат цивилизации» по заявке в синопсисе и трейлере выглядит стандартным сайфаем о вторжении инопланетян. Обычный работяга Питер ( Майкл Пенья ) живет счастливой жизнью, у него есть жена ( Лиззи Каплан ) и две дочери. Единственное, что омрачает существование Питера, — странные сны про перестрелки, гибнущую семью и разрушенные ландшафты мегаполиса.

Визуально невыразительный «Закат цивилизации» разукрашен в серые тона — ровно до тех пор, пока действие не замыкается в закрытых помещениях — там все станет еще более тусклым: полуосвещенные склады, темные коридоры, периодически освещаемые желтоватым или белым светом. Семейный кризис выглядит неправдоподобным — подумаешь, не хочет Питер избавляться от своих снов и ведет себя заторможенно. Да и все намеки на разлад между мужем и женой пропадают, как только начинаются первые взрывы, а неизвестные с автоматами наперевес приходят отстреливать людей. К тому же Питер чудесным образом оказывается не мямлей, а настоящим героем боевиков, скрытым под мягким лицом Майкла Пеньи.

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‘Something From Tiffany’s’: Amazon & Hello Sunshine Movie Adds Kendrick Sampson, Ray Nicholson, Shay Mitchell & Leah Jeffries

Exclusive: The feature adaptation of Melissa Hill’s novel Something From Tiffany’s, which is already shooting in New York City, has added four to the Amazon Original and Hello Sunshine movie: Kendrick Sampson, Ray Nicholson, Shay Mitchell, and Leah Jeffries.

As Deadline first reported, Zoey Deutch is starring and executive producing Something from Tiffany’s with Daryl Wein directing from Tamara Chestna’s script. The film reps the first full studio feature from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Witherspoon is producing with Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine.

The holiday romantic comedy will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. In the movie, a woman’s life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.

Sampson currently stars in Insecure. He has also appeared in The Flash, How to Get Away with Murder

Amazon & Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Set Zoey Deutch For Daryl Wein-Helmed ‘Something From Tiffanys’

Something from Tiffany’s will be produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and executive produced by Zoey Deutch.

The romantic comedy will play exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries. A woman’s life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.

Deutch is next up in The Outfit and most recently wrapped Not Okay, which she produces and stars in.

‘And Just Like That…’ Star Nicole Ari Parker Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

The actor will next be seen in “And Just Like That…,” HBO Max’s “Sex and the City” reboot with original stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis. The series premieres Dec. 9.

A philanthropist as well as a producer, Nicole Ari Parker gained wide recognition for her work as Teri Joseph on Showtime’s “Soul Food.” She has also appeared on television’s “Chicago P.D.,” “Empire,” “Younger,” “The Romanoffs,” and “I’m Dying Up Here.” In 2015, she had a recurring role opposite Morris Chestnut in “Rosewood.”

On the film side, Parker starred in the Universal ensemble comedy “Almost Christmas” with Danny Glover and Gabrielle Union. She co-starred in Netflix’s “How It Ends” opposite Forest Whitaker, Theo James and Kat Graham. Parker’s stage credits include her 2012 Broadway debut as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ “A Street Car Named Desire” opposite Blair Underwood.

‘Roaring 20’s’ Review: This One-Shot Collection of Parisian Vignettes Celebrates Cities and Urbanites Post-Lockdown

While the world, at least parts of it privileged enough to have easy vaccine access, is just starting to peel itself away from lockdown and reflect on the loneliness of the past year, artists have been trying to make sense of it all for months now. The virtual Sundance Film Festival back in January 2021 was already surprisingly stacked with Covid-themed movies, with “How It Ends” making headlines for being shot entirely during quarantine, while Radu Jude’s “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” won Berlin. Now a different festival gives us another taste of this pandemic-centric exploration in film form, this one hailing from Paris.

Shot in one miraculous unbroken take, the adventurous and hypnotic “Roaring 20’s” by Elisabeth Vogler (a pseudonym for the filmmaker who prefers they/them as pronouns) is about today, and not the prosperous and glittery Jazz Age that followed a different pandemic a century ago.

Beyond Bond, Amazon-mgm Doesn’t Bring Good News for Theaters

The same morning that Amazon announced its proposed merger with MGM, it dropped another press release: “Amazon Studios will exclusively release The Tomorrow War globally on Prime Video July 2nd, 2021.” Assume the timing was coincidental, but it reinforces the deal’s key message: Theaters are of secondary concern.

There are exceptions: Eon Prods., which shares ownership of the James Bond franchise and has contractual say on key elements including distribution, quickly reasserted that “No Time to Die,” opening worldwide between September 30 and October 8 this fall, will see its planned theatrical release (through United Artists domestically and Universal elsewhere).

Beyond that, MGM is expected to be an Amazon label, much as its acquisitions of Twitch and Audible. It’s unclear just how much theatrical exhibition we can expect — or if there would be need to maintain both the Amazon Studios and MGM staffs to do it.

Over the last year, Amazon

Zoe Lister-Jones Comedy ‘How It Ends’ Acquired by MGM

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival selection will be released July 20 in theaters and on digital platforms

“How It Ends,” described in a statement as “an apocalyptic comedy” co-written, co-directed and co-produced by Zoe Lister-Jones and her husband and frequent collaborator Daryl Wein, has been acquired by MGM’s American International Pictures label following its Sundance Festival debut, MGM announced Monday.

The film was an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Aip, which has acquired the worldwide rights, will released the film July 20 in the U.S. in theaters and on digital platforms.

The movie tells the story of Liza (Lister-Jones) who travels across Los Angeles on the eve of the end of the world. While taking steps to reconcile with parents, former lovers and friends, she is accompanied by what a statement describes as “a metaphysical projection of her younger self” (portrayed by Cailee Spaeny of HBO’s “Mare of

Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein Sundance Player ‘How It Ends’ Sells to MGM’s American International Pictures (Exclusive)

“How It Ends,” a serene apocalyptic comedy from partners Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein, has been acquired by MGM’s American International Pictures label.

The film was an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, written, directed and produced by Lister-Jones and Wein. American International Pictures will release the project in theaters and on digital platforms on July 20 in the U.S. The company also holds worldwide distribution rights.

The project follows Liza (Lister-Jones), traversing across Los Angeles on the eve of the end of the world. As she reconciles relationships with parents, old lovers and friends, she walks in step with a metaphysical projection of her younger self (the dazzling Cailee Spaeny of HBO’s “Mare of Eastown”).

The project features dozens of cameos from top comedy stars and actors including Whitney Cummings, Tawny Newsome, Finn Wolfard, Nick Kroll, Logan Marshall Green, Bobby Lee, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton, Bradley Whitford,