Seeking a friend for the end of the world

Steve Carell has always been a favorite of mine. Although he is well known for the goofy comedic characters like Michael Scott(The Office US) and Brick Tamland(Anchorman), there are those really serious, moody ones like Dan(Dan in real life) and Frank (Little miss sunshine) that he plays so well. I can't really decide which type I like best. But I really do love every movie in which he takes part in.

Seeking a friend for the end of the world describes a world which faces imminent apocalypse, and how Dodge, an Insurance salesman tries to copes with that. His wife leaves him at the start, which throws him into this depressed state. Then he stumbles upon his neighbor, played by Keira Knightley, whom he never has met before. And things begin to take a different turn for dodge. They go on a road trip to meet their loved ones, to say their goodbyes, but they seek in each other the friend and ultimately the person they want to spend the rest of their lives together.

Steve Carell does so well, as expected. The depressed countenance and the hopeless void that one feels in such a time is portrayed well by him. But I couldn't get myself to like the character played by Keira Knightly. Whyy did they have to pick her. They could've picked Emily Blunt maybe(because she has to be British). No, No Keira Knightley in any movie please. She overacts soo much and very good at being overly dramatic. She can't basically cry in a convincing manner even. The chemistry between her and Carell is so off, which really tones down the quality of the movie. I really think if anyone else had played her, I would've loved this movie. Yes, that's right. I did not like this movie. Sorry Steve Carell that has to be said.

I have special love for apocalyptic movies with drama. Another earth, Melancholia, Take shelter, Perfect Sense are all movies of a kind of a similar theme and I love every one of them. Those movies make me think of how I would feel when it all ends and you know that you gotta make the best of the time that is left to you. What would you do in a similar situation. Spend the rest of the days working? Watching movies? Playing? Partying? None of that matters at the end does it? No point in keeping secrets, is there? I'll certainly stop being so closed anymore, and stop thinking about all those what ifs. Cease the moment is what I'll do. I would want to be with the people that really matters. Because that would be the only thing that matters then. That would be the time for us to let the heart speak out loud, before the brain interferes. To be the impulsive fool without thinking of the consequences.  

But the end is not here! We have to keep our lives 'Normal' and spend the routine life that everyone expects of us.  Because you cannot escape the consequences of being open and declaring yourself. Priorities are not the same then. You have to be cautious, and careful, which I'm damn tired of right now. What if things don’t turn out the way as you hope it would? What if the feelings are not mutual, then how would we cope? Double thinking every action, subsiding impulses, all because we have to face what comes after, because no, the end is not here.