Love, Monsters and Comedy; Oh My!
Astroid heads to earth - earth sends rockets to stop them- saves earth. Actually dooms earth due to the chemical compounds needed for the rockets which rain down and changed cold blooded creatures which meant about 95% of the population was killed in a year. That is the summary of how we have gotten to the point where the movie starts. Side note: I could listen to Dylan do an audiobook all day. Joel is living life as a single person in a bunker where everyone has found their soulmate, and narrates letters to Amy. Joel is the cook and has a friendship with Mavis the non-working robot. The bunker is breached and Joel is eager to join in but apparently he gets scared to the point he is a liability which is explained to him in a clearly rehearsed speech. This is something we become familiar with not long after. Flashbacks establish Joel and Aimee as a cute somewhat typical high school couple, up until the world started to basically blow itself up. Back to no...