Don't Look Up gave us the Big Short version of Armageddon, Deep Impact and 2012. Contagion gave us Outbreak, (and a Covid preview) yet grounded in todays world, life, people, emergency mgmt and society's structural decay and plummet over the course of the disaster's duration.
Greenland (this film) is the Contagion of interstellar asteroid disaster movies.
It's as if somebody watched 2012, hoping for A better version of Armageddon and halfway through told the filmmakers to touch grass, left and made this film.
This is a character-heavy, dry-suspense driven story woven into the events of an imminent asteroidal extinction event taking place in stages over 3 days as our protagonists respond and adapt without the Hollywood bs.
What's more, you see the darkest pieces of society as well as the warmest of humanity written and executed smoother than any film of this specific genre before it.
Go ahead and read the negative reviews so long as you watch the film. They'll only make it more rewarding.
Many of the finer plot elements are really so well acted and directed, it takes moments that are historically over dramatic, cheesy or hyperbolic and irons them into perfect character touches reminding you of what people will do to survive and what they are capable of doing selflessly for each other, whilst somehow excising the expected cliches you'll find yourself bracing for. (They definitely had good profession and trade consultants on hand too)
Gerard Butler is a king of a man and actor whilst Morena Baccarin pegs her role effortlessly, all the while making you almost forget how great she made your puberty all those years ago.
Yeah. I went there. No she's no Famke Janssen who played Xenia and Jean Grey. Identical, yes. Just as hot yes. Maybe we'll all one day get that one double feature we've been praying for. God I hope. Deep impact indeed.
Green land's a slam dunk Contagion-mooded, 2012 plotted asteroid movie with better writing and acting than any space rock flick before it.
Enjoy.
Greenland (this film) is the Contagion of interstellar asteroid disaster movies.
It's as if somebody watched 2012, hoping for A better version of Armageddon and halfway through told the filmmakers to touch grass, left and made this film.
This is a character-heavy, dry-suspense driven story woven into the events of an imminent asteroidal extinction event taking place in stages over 3 days as our protagonists respond and adapt without the Hollywood bs.
What's more, you see the darkest pieces of society as well as the warmest of humanity written and executed smoother than any film of this specific genre before it.
Go ahead and read the negative reviews so long as you watch the film. They'll only make it more rewarding.
Many of the finer plot elements are really so well acted and directed, it takes moments that are historically over dramatic, cheesy or hyperbolic and irons them into perfect character touches reminding you of what people will do to survive and what they are capable of doing selflessly for each other, whilst somehow excising the expected cliches you'll find yourself bracing for. (They definitely had good profession and trade consultants on hand too)
Gerard Butler is a king of a man and actor whilst Morena Baccarin pegs her role effortlessly, all the while making you almost forget how great she made your puberty all those years ago.
Yeah. I went there. No she's no Famke Janssen who played Xenia and Jean Grey. Identical, yes. Just as hot yes. Maybe we'll all one day get that one double feature we've been praying for. God I hope. Deep impact indeed.
Green land's a slam dunk Contagion-mooded, 2012 plotted asteroid movie with better writing and acting than any space rock flick before it.
Enjoy.