Goodbye World (2013)

Touches You

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I am a fan of post-apocalypse movies, and I thought that "Goodbye World" would be an entertaining example of the genre. Now, reading the description of the movie from the back of the DVD box, I was not expecting a lot of action or special effects (if any) - I got the idea that this would be a more down to earth take. But to be honest, I was really bored by the end results. The first problem is that it introduces the main characters very badly - it was as if the movie assumed we knew all about them beforehand, since they pretty much remain pretty vague and blank throughout the movie. The second problem is that these characters take the apocalypse pretty well for almost all of the running time. They eat gourmet dinners, soak in their hot tub, and partake in marijuana. Wow, that's really struggling against all odds! (Sarcasm.) And the ending is somewhat vague in a number of aspects. The only real praise I can give the movie is that it doesn't look bad for what had to have been a rock bottom budget. But overall, you'd be more entertained by a cheapie Italian rip-off of "The Road Warrior" made during the 1980s than this.

Where would I go if the world were ending? Up to Mendocino- and I'd try to wrestle my way in with this funky heard of survivors while it was all going down. Here we find the alchemist-director Hennelly brewing personal dramas with external forces of destruction along with enough wine and weed to feed all the souls tumult- and so the story of Goodbye, World unfolds beneath the redwoods, between the rolling hills of Northern California. I liked the pace of the film, a welcomed respite from the normal fast-paced, head-pounding jolt of traditional cinema today. Thank you for reminding us we don't have to sit on the edge of our proverbial seats like hamsters stuck in advertised placement wheel hell. Let a movie be a f-ing movie. Days are slow in the mountains; life takes time to grow from the ground up. Afternoon board games and laughter with friends in a hot tub is bliss. Personal histories unravel in a string of moments and these elements were captured in a true fashion. Character dev/ and tight dialogue in some cases would have enhanced certain scenes and while the umbrella of impending doom had eclectic, bright characters animating the space below to capture us, overall I think the film was misunderstood. Either way, I loved the film and it reminds me of a special place and time.

The entirety of this film (actors, actresses, plot, cinematography) was beyond beautiful. Of course, watching my 90's crush Adrian Grenier prance all over my television screen didn't hurt either... Besides all of those things, this film was truly spectacular. It brought many fears and ideas that could be a possibility of the future, squished into the entire film the social dynamics of our world and really makes you ponder: what would you do in this sort of situation? what kind of person would you be? As an Environmental Science student, I see this film as the future. It brings joy to my mind that people are slowly but surely realizing that they have and are continuing to make an impact in this world. It is important now, more than ever to learn how to become sustainable. Thank you for this rad film. Thank you also for making sustainability something people can connect with. It was amazing. Surely has made the list of one of my favorite films of all time. Much love, xx

Worst mumblecore film ever. Spoilers, if you can call them as such:A bunch of Millennial stereotypes gather in the NorCal hills to ride out a far-fetched apocalypse involving a programming error written by the film's token non-white character. Blame the black guy, off to a great start. Sigh.Nothing happens for half an hour. Then they squabble about meaningless relationship crap nobody cares about. Back to nothing happening. The alpha hipster in the pack lets everybody know he's hoarded valuable supplies, yet does not approve of guns, leaving the pack vulnerable to marauding bikers and soldiers and oldschool hippies. Seriously how lame do you have to be to get mugged by ancient tie dye-wearing hippies? Then some guy who seems to be an analogue of Mark Zuckerberg realizes he isn't satisfied with his current romantic relationship and needlessly up-ends the troupe by suddenly pursuing his erstwhile partner, who currently belongs to said alpha hipster. Lulz ensue, but not many, until the vaguely trashy goth-esque chick explodes in a brutally accurate screed during a "talent show", condemning the rest of the group as a bunch of stuck-up, boring, not-as-smart-as-they-think social retards. She was the only one I liked.There is no reason to watch this film unless you're looking for the par excellence of what not to do in an emergency.No redeeming moments apart from the goth chick disowning the lot of them and storming off to take up with the soldiers instead. She could have taken over if she'd stolen one of their guns whilst they slept, offed them, and returned to Mumblecore Commune to pillage the supplies and ride off into the sunset in one of their SUVs.The moral of the movie? Contemporary North American cinema is so bereft of ideas it is now trying to make films without ideas at all.