I have never given a movie such a high score before; before you think I'm crazy, let me defend myself. I completely disagree with almost all the other reviews of the film here, good and bad. The issue is that many of the viewers have been focusing on the foreground that they miss the bigger message which steadily builds in the background.
This movie is not about the literal philosophical problem of who to take in a bunker, it is about power structures and authority. The philosophical dilemma in this movie is more about Plato's Cave, to which it even gives a small shout-out. Ironically, the other reviewers who thought this was about an apocalypse are those watching shapes on the wall while the real 'philosophers' turned around and looked at the man casting the shadows. And he was indeed no philosopher king. Nope, he was just an isolated expat attempting to control his rather human and difficult situation.
It is very rarely that a movie is so deep it actually fools almost all of its viewers. Which is why I think it has something for everyone. Even if you are only capable of watching shapes on the walls, at least they are entertaining shapes at that.
This movie is not about the literal philosophical problem of who to take in a bunker, it is about power structures and authority. The philosophical dilemma in this movie is more about Plato's Cave, to which it even gives a small shout-out. Ironically, the other reviewers who thought this was about an apocalypse are those watching shapes on the wall while the real 'philosophers' turned around and looked at the man casting the shadows. And he was indeed no philosopher king. Nope, he was just an isolated expat attempting to control his rather human and difficult situation.
It is very rarely that a movie is so deep it actually fools almost all of its viewers. Which is why I think it has something for everyone. Even if you are only capable of watching shapes on the walls, at least they are entertaining shapes at that.