How I Live Now (2013)

So much average

A Masterpiece!

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Somehow this movie escaped my attention for a few years. I love it when I find a sleeper that is really good - Spartan with Val Kilmer comes to mind.This movie runs the whole gamut of emotions, from the pleasantness of being in the beautiful English countryside, to the evil side of mankind. The story, acting, cinematography, everything was just great!

To start with, I just want to let you know that this is my first review on IMDb. This movie made me feel and do something I hate doing, I just had to write a review for it. At first I was all about watching this movie. NEVER in my life have I stopped watching a movie, but when watching this movie, this I could just not do. I'm Serious when I say never. I've watched some really terrible movies, but I have always seen them through. I felt so uncomfortable on this one. I tried giving the movie a chance after a few minor touches and flirtatious acts. Then halfway through the movie I witnessed two cousins have sex with each other. Like I said, at first I was giving it a chance because nothing serious had happened between the two, but that changed.Bottom line... If you don't think incest is romantic, don't watch this one!Update: I didn't stop watching this movie because of the incest, it was the fact that they tried making it romantic! I've watched television with incest before and let me tell you that my favorite show ever even contains some incest. Think GoT (g. of thrones). GoT has incest and the whole thing is even worse there because it is brother on sister. Just thought I would clarify.

Once again, I'm blown away by the comments and reviews, not to mention the criminally low rating of this movie. I appreciate that not everyone has the ability to understand the subtleties of a movie with minimal dialogue, little exposition, or anything where every detail isn't explained. I realize that this movie had way too little gun-play, no car chases, and even the nuclear event was way too artful and didn't rely on enough CGI for many movie-goer's tastes. But that's okay, because not every movie is intended to appeal to that 8-year old in some of us.I'm also perturbed that anyone can take events in a movie in isolation, such as the way that the lead falls head-over-heels, apparently, after "one roll in the hay." Or maybe I'm mildly disturbed that the take-away from a movie about nuclear destruction and war and the aftermath of such is... "Ewww, she had sex with her cousin."I watched the events of the Bosnian Conflict on television back in the early 90s. What struck me, and disturbed me greatly, were the images of refugees who had been displaced by the war. They looked to me just like any typical citizen of a western country. They looked just like people I know.And that's what I took away from this movie. It was the story of how everything goes to sh*t when bad things happen. It's an exposition of how a teenager with certain issues in her life can be transformed very quickly, and cling to the people she barely knows, simply because they represent "normal" to her. That various reviewers don't get this completely baffles me.But no, carry on debating the perceived plot holes, even if they do come about through your lack of knowledge or understanding. That's okay. I know that not everyone has that kind of mental capacity. I understand that some people would react similarly to Citizen Kane, or other classic movies, if only because they weren't filmed in color, or because "they look old and boring" or there isn't any CGI or "the effects are rubbish".I'll take away a beautiful and disturbing tale of young people having their lives utterly torn apart by meaningless conflict. And that's what the point of this movie was to me.

This movie is a bit like Alice in wonderland, surviving a nuclear war. A spoilt, disrespectful and unappreciative Yankee girl, is sent to visit some relatives who live in the English country side, (lovely scenery, lousy story line) and when she arrives, she is collected by her 14 yr old cousin who has driven some 8hrs to pick her up (let's not worry about police and unlawful driving here): straight away this tells you there's something terribly wrong with the whole lot of them, and this is verified by the fact that the aunt is too busy with: whatever: and doesn't make an effort or an appearance, to welcome her niece who's travelled so far to stay with them. There is no uncle, but there is an older male cousin who could gave gone to pick her up, but was otherwise preoccupied with another bird (the feathered type). As I said, the aunt is no where to be seen, the kids are are on their own, and it doesn't take long for the older cousin to strike up an incestuous relationship with the uptight Yankee girl. Then a nuclear bomb goes off in London and the two romantic lovers are separated by the British military, and the second half of the movie is about her trying trying to find him again: I.e Cinderella looking for Prince Charming, and they live happily ever after. Other than some nice nature scenes, this movie is really awful.