I watched last night and enjoyed it. Yes, each time through the cycle the tension was a little less. But I’m OK with that. It’s a movie about a broken system, not a thriller.
I totally get wanting to know what happened. But if you think the movie would have been better with some resolution, then you’re missing the point of the movie. Again, it’s not a thriller with a “will they succeed” plot.
The point is we have a system where decisions have enormous consequences, but people have to make them quickly with very little information. The movie’s impact on the audience is in being in the same position, where we don’t know what course of action was right. Knowing what happens would remove that ambiguity.
I don’t need to know what happened but the final shot should have been in Chicago. They even set it up by establishing the daughter and her boyfriend walking to work. As it was the ending was kind of lame.
And the reality is that the president, no matter who they are, would have to make a ridiculously difficult and massive decision on vibes and best guesses. They will get all of the blame for the millions dead if they are wrong.
It really can be like that. Just at a WNBA event at one moment, then having to decide the lives of millions. Ugh, terrible if it happened.
Overall it was riveting. It is a very “technical” movie. And there’s only one instance of emotional/personal side story crap, for just a couple minutes.
It wasn’t a great film. It was good, with just O.K. acting. But not great. I’m glad I watched it, none-the-less.