Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

Vito 2021-12-17 08:01:05

The doomsday is said to be 2012-12-21. The veracity? You will know at that time.
If the end is really coming, what will you do?
More importantly, will you regret it? The


story tells the twenty-one day before the end of the world.
Dodge (Steve Carell)'s wife left him. She was going to die quietly alone, but met the neighbor Penny (Keira Knightley) upstairs, so he learned of his wife's affair and received a letter from his old lover.

So Penny accompanies him to find his old lover. During this period, each of them understands their own questions and untie their knots.

I won't talk about the result, if you are interested, go and take a look.

Steve Carell is really good. I believe everyone is no stranger to him. He always keeps a cold face and plays the most "tight chicken" role, but his acting skills are really good.

He was divorced three weeks before the end. He was restless, discouraged, and silent, but everyone saw his grief.
In the end, he was always quiet, but it was perfectly quiet.

The subtle gap between the early and late stages is exactly where the acting is.

The soundtrack of this movie is also very good. The rotation of the vinyl disc and the bursts of textured singing perfect the whole picture.
The air that I breath is one of my favorite songs. When it is played, it instantly pushes the movie to a higher level.

However, what I always pay attention to is the story. There are so many doomsday movies. Why choose this one?

Doomsday is actually the end of life.

Everyone will always meet their own doomsday,

but before that day comes, if we don’t live like individuals first, then what is the point of not dying?

This movie is in line with my thoughts. Tell the process of changing from inhuman to human. However, it happened during the doomsday.

Seeing the male protagonist go from self-sorrow and self-pity to happiness, the end is nothing to him,
Because he succeeded more than anyone, and lived his life without regrets.

Seeing this, I couldn't help crying.

Because... Would it be too sad for us to move forward



if
we have to doomsday?

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World quotes

  • [first lines]

    Radio Announcer: OK, what we're getting now is - yes, they're saying it was in fact a fire that erupted inside the external tank of the ship, exactly ninety-eight seconds after it entered the asteroid field. No one is sure what caused the fire which led to the massive explosion, killing all twelve crew members and scientists aboard the space shuttle Deliverance, taking with them our last and only hope. Once again, if you're just tuning in, the CSA space shuttle Deliverance has been destroyed. The final mission to save mankind has failed. The seventy mile wide asteroid known commonly as Matilda is set to collide with Earth in exactly three weeks time, and we'll be bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of our countdown to the 'End of Days', along with *all* your classic rock favorites. This is Q 107.2.

    Dodge: [listening on the car radio] I think we missed the exit.

  • Penny: Hello, officer, what seems to be the problem?

    Officer Wally Johnson: Well, for starters, you're driving at 15 miles over speed limit.

    Penny: Really? Huh, I thought I was making better time than that.

    Officer Wally Johnson: And uh, you know you got a tail light out.

    Penny: No...

    Officer Wally Johnson: Yeah... also, your plates... expired about a month ago.

    Penny: Go on.

    Officer Wally Johnson: Uh... that's it. That's everything. That's three things.

    Penny: Ah, why don't you write us out any number of expensive time-sensitive tickets and we'll be on our way?

    Officer Wally Johnson: May I have some identification?

    Penny: Yes, of course. My name is Penny and this is Dodge.

    Officer Wally Johnson: Okay. License and registration.

    Penny: Well you see that's where we got a problem because I didn't get a chance to retrieve my identification before fleeing my home during a deadly riot. However, we were fortunate enough to hitch a ride with a very nice trucker who turns out, hired a hit man to assist him in a suicide thus bestowing us with this. This beautiful mode of transportation. So... the answer is no... no license or registration here. However, given the current situation with the *** whistles while pointing to the sky *** couldn't you find it in your heart to set aside the law, just this once, and let us on our way so that I can give my friend here a fighting chance of being with the one he loves before we all reach our untimely conclusion?

    Officer Wally Johnson: No.