Testament (1983)
Oh dear God, I wish I’d never seen this movie. It was shown to me in high school, so I didn’t feel comfortable just getting up and leaving class. How I wish I’d had more guts.
If “end of the world” movies are your thing, then absolutely go see this one. It’s terribly famous and a very good movie for that genre. I abhor that genre. Anything futuristic scares the pants off me, let alone “end of the world” movies. Literally, my bones start crawling, I get a sickeningly panicked feeling in my tummy, and I burst into tears. And it’s all because of Testament. Testament was the first “end of the world” movie I saw, and it has scarred me for life. Normally, I don’t give spoilers during my reviews, but this one is pretty obvious. I can’t really mention the plot without giving things away. The plot: We get nuked and die.
There you go! If you really want to put yourself through that, be my guest. I am giving you my strongest anti-recommendation I can give, since I reacted so negatively to this movie. I couldn’t stop crying all day, even in P.E., and I had nightmares for weeks. And even now, years later, I can’t even listen to the news without panicking. This movie is one of the, if not the, biggest tearjerkers I’ve ever seen. So if you do go against my recommendation, bring a Kleenex box. And then get ready to curse Terms of Endearment for coming out in the same year; Jane Alexander lost the Best Actress Oscar that year.
More Kevin Costner movies here!
If “end of the world” movies are your thing, then absolutely go see this one. It’s terribly famous and a very good movie for that genre. I abhor that genre. Anything futuristic scares the pants off me, let alone “end of the world” movies. Literally, my bones start crawling, I get a sickeningly panicked feeling in my tummy, and I burst into tears. And it’s all because of Testament. Testament was the first “end of the world” movie I saw, and it has scarred me for life. Normally, I don’t give spoilers during my reviews, but this one is pretty obvious. I can’t really mention the plot without giving things away. The plot: We get nuked and die.
There you go! If you really want to put yourself through that, be my guest. I am giving you my strongest anti-recommendation I can give, since I reacted so negatively to this movie. I couldn’t stop crying all day, even in P.E., and I had nightmares for weeks. And even now, years later, I can’t even listen to the news without panicking. This movie is one of the, if not the, biggest tearjerkers I’ve ever seen. So if you do go against my recommendation, bring a Kleenex box. And then get ready to curse Terms of Endearment for coming out in the same year; Jane Alexander lost the Best Actress Oscar that year.
More Kevin Costner movies here!