# Edge of Tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333 "2014-06-08T14:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/121 "2014-11-10T18:03:47Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Just saw this on Blu-ray and enjoyed it very much. Cruise did a good job portraying the snivelling coward in the begining. It was also cool to see Paxton playing a real he-man soldier instead of a whiner. And Brendan Gleeson as a general. One of the funniest scenes in the movie is when Cruise rolls out into the path of the truck and gets smushed under its wheels and Paxton has this reaction shot that just had me rolling. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/122 "2014-11-10T18:20:09Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > One of the funniest scenes in the movie is when Cruise rolls out into the path of the truck and gets smushed under its wheels and Paxton has this reaction shot that just had me rolling. What the hell were you thinking??? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/123 "2014-11-11T19:50:52Z")
Cinema Sins does [Everything Wrong With Edge of Tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4exe1aPfA&feature=em-uploademail). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/124 "2014-11-13T22:04:48Z")
I just watched the movie last night for the first time and I have to say that I enjoyed it. I’m not a Cruise fan but I thought he was good in the part. The thought that was running through my mind was, ‘Evil Nazi Groundhog day’. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/125 "2015-01-23T17:49:35Z")
Bumping this thread because I just watched it last night, and the theory that many have been talking about in this thread, about there being three days, is incorrect. There are only two days. Day 1, he lands in a helicopter at dawn, talks to the general, gets tazed. Later in Day 1, he wakes up after tazing as a maggot. Day 2, the invasion. When he and Blunt go to the general to get the leg-stabbing gizmo, the general mentions that he was there that same morning. I also really like **Zyanthia’s** friend’s suggested ending. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/126 "2015-02-08T06:10:35Z")
I liked the film but felt the attack on Paris was a bit crap and the ending just made no sense at all. I’ve seen the film referred to as “Groundhog D-Day” by wags. Another thing that I found a bit strange was, when Cage is out of the loop and has to convince J Company to accompany him in battle, he does so by telling them all about themselves. Are we to suppose there are countless loops where he just spent the day getting to know all of them and their stories, and if so, to what avail? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/127 "2015-02-09T03:12:26Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I liked the film but felt the attack on Paris was a bit crap and the ending just made no sense at all. I’ve seen the film referred to as “Groundhog D-Day” by wags. > > Another thing that I found a bit strange was, when Cage is out of the loop and has to convince J Company to accompany him in battle, he does so by telling them all about themselves. Are we to suppose there are countless loops where he just spent the day getting to know all of them and their stories, and if so, to what avail? Having just seen it, there are plenty of scenes where Cage alludes to countless iterations trying to do or learn certain things. Training, surviving the beach landing, getting to the farmhouse, flying a helicopter, trying to save Rita, his “fight” with his squadmates, meeting with the General, so on and so forth. What’s nice about the movie is that it doesn’t take itself all that seriously. Compared to say, Oblivion, which was pretty bleak. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/128 "2015-02-09T12:58:45Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > What’s nice about the movie is that it doesn’t take itself all that seriously. Compared to say, Oblivion, which was pretty bleak. That is its major strength. It revels in its ludicrousness. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333/129 "2015-02-11T20:32:42Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > Bumping this thread because I just watched it last night. Chiming in because I _swear_ we put this thread to rest yesterday, but I woke up this morning, and there it was again, as if I had never read it. > [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > I also really like **Zyanthia’s** friend’s suggested ending. I liked the movie ending because I read _All You Need Is Kill_ and the original ending, while emotionally moving, contains a lot less happiness: [spoiler]The Full Metal Bitch attacks Keiji, who is surprised that it looks like she’s trying to kill him - which she _is_. Since they are both “antennae” in the Mimics’ time loop network, one of them has to die, or the Mimics will use them (instead of their own antennae) to reset the day again. Keiji regretfully kills her. He’s doomed to be court-martialed for killing the most popular soldier in the world, but the brass takes advantage of his amazing combat record and make _him_ the new face of the war effort… and the battle rages on![/spoiler] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow/690333.md?page=6)