Ridley Scott's THE DOG STARS
Hmm... starts as I Am Legend (which, if you know Ridley , go *figure), and winds up much closer as it goes along to... post apocalypse John Ford. That will sound like a stretch, I know, and right now I can't find the proof; but I swear I read a long time ago that Scott, early in his career post Alien and Blade Runner, said he wanted to be the "John Ford of Sci-Fi." While I don't think obviously that turned out the way it did, this is a story that culminates in community and family being important above all else, which like pick a Ford and that is all here. In fact, it is hard not to use the term "elegaic" or even "contemplative" for good stretches of this film. It may be more heavy-handed at times with its messaging- Josh Brolin, very good as he always is, says everything in bold letters (and "fucks," natche) with nearly every other line- but there are a lot of minutes where we can just watch (also very good) people like Elordi and Qualle...
