Strange. Everyone I watched it with (the second time when I watched it with non-EAs) was impressed and touched. My sister, who has mostly climate change epistemics, was emotionally moved into thinking more about her own extinction concerns (and was very amenable when I explained that pandemics and some AI scenarios are greater threats than climate change).
As an anecdotal counterpoint, my girlfriend (not an EA, not an American) watched it with me and a friend on Christmas Eve and she said it was the best movie she saw this year, and enjoyed many parts of it (including parts I didn’t like as much).
I showed it to my family this Christmas and none of them liked it. :( My brother said it was one of the worst movies he saw.
It seems like the movie has also been getting somewhat bad reviews. Pretty sad given the star-studded cast and the important message.
The release on Christmas eve was strange juxtaposition / timing.
I liked the movie but not sure I’d endorse it as a way to talk about effective altruism with your friends.
Strange. Everyone I watched it with (the second time when I watched it with non-EAs) was impressed and touched. My sister, who has mostly climate change epistemics, was emotionally moved into thinking more about her own extinction concerns (and was very amenable when I explained that pandemics and some AI scenarios are greater threats than climate change).
As an anecdotal counterpoint, my girlfriend (not an EA, not an American) watched it with me and a friend on Christmas Eve and she said it was the best movie she saw this year, and enjoyed many parts of it (including parts I didn’t like as much).
Yeah it seems quite polarising. I watched it with my flatmate (not EA, not American) and he absolutely loved it. I thought it was pretty mediocre.