Greenland - Az utolsó menedék

A világ aszteroidavihar általi hirtelen világvégének szimpatikusan tálalt polgári ábrázolása. Hogyan zajlana valószínűleg, hogyan reagálnának rá a halandók, és milyen nehéz lenne a szerencséseknek (értsd "kisorsoltak") bejutni a menedékhelyekre. Egy katasztrófathriller szerényebb digitális költségvetéssel, nagyobb hangsúllyal a karakterekre. Sajnos, az elképzelhető leghétköznapibb párkapcsolati konstellációban - veszekedésben lévő, külön élő házastársak, akiket a fiuk kapcsolja össze (az expozíció a Világok harca című filmből lemásolva). A vizuális effektek és az akciójelenetek szuperek, és a fináléban különösen örültem a "Greenlandról" készült légi felvételeknek, ami az utazásaim numero uno-ja, a szívem csücske a természeti hihetetlenségeket illetően (nem akarom előre elárulni). (2020.12.14)

A comet is heading for Earth and Gerard Butler must save his family. Not the world or civilization, just his family. On the surface, Greenland is a very ordinary disaster movie, but what makes it different from the others is that it revolves around ordinary people trying to survive. Nothing more. Solid actors, very brisk pace and well built tension. Nothing too new, but above average entertainment. (2020.11.24)

A down-to-earth disaster nail-biter with an unexpectedly realistic first half. After the excellent first hour it jumps feet first into the realm of Hollywood and things start to work miraculously. Vaughn approaches this in the same way as Seňor Spielberg in War of the Worlds, concentrating on an ordinary family with Butler in the role of a dad chosen to survive. It chugs along marvelously and there’s always something happening. Surprisingly, the government does what it should; the other characters are not one-dimensional; the powerful scenes with fire raining down and blast waves work splendidly. Movies like this a needed in this day and age; it makes you realize that things could be much, much worse. Covid is nothing in comparison to Clark. (2020.12.07)

It has its weaker moments (the entire final half-hour is such a clichéd Hollywood construct, completely different in mood from the previous realistic action), but otherwise it's far from Geostorm and similar recent bullshit. It's a believable look at human behaviour in extreme situations, when a planetary catastrophe brings to the surface their egotism and low instincts. The special effects are sparse, but the ominous sights of the changing sky has an unsettling charm and visually it really looks good and believable. But I expected it, Ric Roman Waugh is a smart guy, he's done it a few times already, and his latest film so far certainly doesn't deserve to be in the blue. (2020.11.15)

After a long time, a more expensive and bigger film, which is a pleasure in the current crisis, and also the fact that disaster films are like saffron. Greenland has solid visuals, decent pacing, Gerard Butler performing to his standard, and there’s plenty of suspense. The film is mainly a road movie about saving a family, the actual VFX attractions are a bit less, but when it comes to them, it's definitely worth it. Story***, Action****, Humor**, Violence**, Entertainment****, Music****, Visuals****, Atmosphere****, Suspense****. 7/10. (2020.11.14)