The End of The World

"I just can't spend the last month of my life getting to know someone. It's ridiculous." — Dodge, "Seeking a Friend For the End of the World"

What would you do if there were just 21 days left in the world? That's the question posed in the 2012 dramedy "Seeking A Friend for the End of the World." A comet is heading for the Earth, no one will survive, and there are just 21 days left until it hits.

It's a difficult premise, but one that poses plenty of questions. What would you do? What would be the most important?

Some decide to give into their deepest desires. Some tried to live out their fantasies. Some tried to give up and do what ever they felt like. Some were profoundly lost and sad. Some just continued their routine and went to work as planned.

I couldn't help but wonder what I would do. Would I go to be with family? Would I try to see something I've never seen? What would the world be like?

The film shows mass rioting and looting. The moral framework that holds our society together crumbles with no real sense of accountability. Given the fact that, during the recent fires, looting was high concern. So it's not a real stretch to believe that people would give up and act on their darkest impulses.

But in it all, the two central characters — Steve Carrell and Keira Knightly — work hard to make connection and find meaning in their lives. And, through it all, they do. What's important in our lives aren't the things we have, the jobs we hold, or the places we go. It's the people whose lives we touch, and who touch our lives.

In their own way, the filmmakers on "Seeking a Friend" knew that too.

So if there were just 21 days left in the world, what would you do? More importantly, who would you want to spend those days with?