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I didn't have a problem with it.

Somebody mentioned during this episode Never Let Me Go being a good Sci-Fi film. How? The movie makes no sense. It's all style and no substance. Sure, it's got decent cinematography, acting, production values, mood, all that stuff. But the behavior of the characters is completely nonsensical and that makes it all fall apart. These characters are intelligent, educated, capable, and are given a fair degree of freedom. We see them driving around in cars, going to restaurants, visiting each other, etc. In other words, if they want to go somewhere they do. Considering all of that why on Earth would they show up to have their organs taken out? It's obvious they don't want to do it. They talk about deferrals and seem quite depressed about the whole thing. But like mindless lemmings each of them show up, of their own accord it seems, to their grisly appointments. Pigs will fly, Hell will freeze over, and you'll see Elvis riding on the shoulders of Bigfoot in a flying saucer before that will happen. Anyone who isn't completely suicidal or has a firing neuron in their head would run away and hide. But none of these characters do, they don't even discuss doing so with one another. It was like watching zombies being escorted through a slaughterhouse. At least in The Island the characters demonstrated some measure of an appropriate drive for self-preservation. They were also locked up and lied to because anyone that isn't coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs would run away if they were aware of the true nature of such a situation and had a means to. If characters are not believable then a movie is anything but good. 2 of 5 stars imo.

<blockquote data-quote="Sean Elifritz" data-source="post: 108390" data-attributes="member: 1787">I didn&#039;t have a problem with it.Somebody mentioned during this episode Never Let Me Go being a good Sci-Fi film.&nbsp; How?&nbsp; The movie makes no sense.&nbsp; It&#039;s all style and no substance.&nbsp; Sure, it&#039;s got decent cinematography, acting, production values, mood, all that stuff.&nbsp; But the behavior of the characters is completely nonsensical and that makes it all fall apart.&nbsp; These characters are intelligent, educated, capable, and are given a fair degree of freedom.&nbsp; We see them driving around in cars, going to restaurants, visiting each other, etc.&nbsp; In other words, if they want to go somewhere they do.&nbsp; Considering all of that why on Earth would they show up to have their organs taken out?&nbsp; It&#039;s obvious they don&#039;t want to do it.&nbsp; They talk about deferrals and seem quite depressed about the whole thing.&nbsp; But like mindless lemmings each of them show up, of their own accord it seems, to their grisly appointments.&nbsp; Pigs will fly, Hell will freeze over, and you&#039;ll see Elvis riding on the shoulders of Bigfoot in a flying saucer before that will happen.&nbsp; Anyone who isn&#039;t completely suicidal or has a firing neuron in their head would run away and hide.&nbsp; But none of these characters do, they don&#039;t even discuss doing so with one another.&nbsp; It was like watching zombies being escorted through a slaughterhouse.&nbsp; At least in The Island the characters demonstrated some measure of an appropriate drive for self-preservation.&nbsp; They were also locked up and lied to because anyone that isn&#039;t coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs would run away if they were aware of the true nature of such a situation and had a means to.&nbsp; If characters are not believable then a movie is anything but good.&nbsp; 2 of 5 stars imo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sean Elifritz, post: 108390, member: 1787"] I didn't have a problem with it. Somebody mentioned during this episode Never Let Me Go being a good Sci-Fi film. How? The movie makes no sense. It's all style and no substance. Sure, it's got decent cinematography, acting, production values, mood, all that stuff. But the behavior of the characters is completely nonsensical and that makes it all fall apart. These characters are intelligent, educated, capable, and are given a fair degree of freedom. We see them driving around in cars, going to restaurants, visiting each other, etc. In other words, if they want to go somewhere they do. Considering all of that why on Earth would they show up to have their organs taken out? It's obvious they don't want to do it. They talk about deferrals and seem quite depressed about the whole thing. But like mindless lemmings each of them show up, of their own accord it seems, to their grisly appointments. Pigs will fly, Hell will freeze over, and you'll see Elvis riding on the shoulders of Bigfoot in a flying saucer before that will happen. Anyone who isn't completely suicidal or has a firing neuron in their head would run away and hide. But none of these characters do, they don't even discuss doing so with one another. It was like watching zombies being escorted through a slaughterhouse. At least in The Island the characters demonstrated some measure of an appropriate drive for self-preservation. They were also locked up and lied to because anyone that isn't coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs would run away if they were aware of the true nature of such a situation and had a means to. If characters are not believable then a movie is anything but good. 2 of 5 stars imo. [/QUOTE]

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