Carrie Rickey : Themes that 2013 movies tackled include survival , economic anxiety . The apocalypse was nigh -- not only in action movies like `` Pacific Rim '' and `` Oblivion '' but in comedies like `` This is the End '' and `` The World 's End . '' Rickey : The movie is about a woman who has to go back home after her husband dies She says a number of films explored the idea : forget about living , survival is enough . Rickey : Of course , we have the usual end-of-the-world and large-scale attack movies .
Carrie Rickey : Themes that 2013 movies tackled include survival , economic anxiety . Rickey : The movie is about a woman who has to go back home after her husband dies She says a number of films explored the idea : forget about living , survival is enough . Rickey : Of course , we have the usual end-of-the-world and large-scale attack movies .