Watch Goodbye World For Free

Simply A Masterpiece

Excellent but underrated film

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The ludicrous plot of Goodbye World makes Sharktopus seem plausible. Who's to know how a bunch of twenty-something's would react if the world found itself in the wake of a text-initiated terrorist attack (seriously?!), but I'm pretty sure this film serves as a record of how it wouldn't go down. I'm giving Goodbye World 2 stars: The first star is to acknowledge the half decent production quality. If only the filmmakers had had a decent script to work with, they may have come up with something worth watching. The sheer brilliance of creating such an abhorrent film deserves some sort of recognition in itself, and this is why I'm allocating Goodbye World a second star. Bravo!

When I first started watching the film, I was hooked by the concept of it all - the end of the world via mobile phones and people wiping out electronics and signals? Great!But then as the film progressed, it seemed to have nothing at all to do with the end of the world really. All the scenes were set in the woods at this point, and there was no real outside information about what was happening in the film. Come to think of it, the concept had a massive flaw that should have been noticed. How could it be the end of the world?Someone had created a 'virus' on a phone that sent a message saying 'Goodbye World' to everyone in their contacts, this happened to everyone on the planet, thus sending a message to everyone on the planet (who has a phone) - which therefore would have crashed the servers or networks. That's fair enough, that would have been fixed in a matter of days by people.Next, a bomb was planted on a truck with all shopping related items, ready to be distributed to the stores and it went off in a big city. Right, I get that - so they shut down the border and distribution for a few days or until they can trace who is sending the bombs in and planting them in trucks. What am I missing here? The end of the world? I think not.Great concept, bad film. The storyline wasn't explained too great and for me it seems like the film ended at the halfway point. What was happening outside the world, and more importantly, why?

I don't get why most people hated this movie. Maybe the poster was a little over dramatic and that made viewers expect a major apocalyptic scenario. The acting is good the story-line has it's little twists and the plot is believable. The apocalyptic scenario is merely a background to the main plot and that is done intentionally. Friendship, courage, family, these are some of the main themes in this movie. 'Goodbye World' kinda reminded me of 'Monsters'. It has that same feel to it and leaves you with a sense of wonder and curiosity. Don't be discouraged by the negative reviews, see it and judge for yourself. The rating does not do it justice at all.

Roughly, a bunch of beautiful bougie college buddies converge upon the Xanadu-esque cabin owned by one of the clique after order breaks down in the world following a cyber attack. Mostly, the whole "end of mankind" thing becomes a plot device to keep them all in the house so they can smoke weed, get drunk, have hot tub parties, hook up with each other's spouses, and generally bask in their own narcissistic and insignificant little interpersonal dramas. The true terror and stress that would, in a real situation, accompany the realization that society and everything and everyone we previously knew is probably gone, is not a theme that is dealt with in this film. It is an annoyance that nonetheless doesn't stop them from carrying on like a bunch of snotty rich kids staying in the family ski cabin. So, aside from being completely implausible, it was a decent reunion film. There are some very pretty actors and actresses, some witty banter, and some great screen chemistry from a few decent actors. And if you find yourself for some reason feeling cynical about humanity's ability to come together in times of social decay, fear not. Somehow, even though it may seem like the message that the filmmakers were trying to make throughout the entire film is that people are essentially anti- social and selfish, somehow it ends (SPOILER ALERT!!!) with everybody literally gathered together in a slow motion montage depicting the joy of community. A surprise happy ending out of the blue. Maybe that's the twist, I don't know... Or maybe the whole thing just went over my head.