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T O P I C R E V I E WSpaceAholicThis looks like fun: A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the cometβs fragments, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven. A review from Discover: In "Greenland," the space-impact disaster movie gets a makeover in response to new science and new social realities...The movie succeeds by adopting a less-is-more approach, which allows more room for both realistic science and realistic drama. The object from space doesn't seem hellbent in targeting international tourist attractions: No well-aimed fragment strategically takes out the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty. Making the object an interstellar comet also offers at least a fig-leaf of plausibility about why scientists have so little advance warning that the object is incoming, and so much difficulty predicting its exact path. (Earth may in fact have been hit by small interstellar meteors in the recent past.) There is a refreshing lack of techno-babble about nonsensical save-the-world schemes. And the film's focus on the mounting dread of those trying to survive feels true to our pandemic-informed moment. cspgSeen Deep Impact? Nothing new under the Sun, same old idiotic let's-blow-everything-into-pieces, but the family survives, type of movies. I'll pass.Robert PearlmanMy first reaction was along the same lines βΒ oh no, not another impact film. But "Deep Impact" was more than 20 years ago. A lot has changed since then, including what the public understands about near-Earth objects and how films like this are made. I haven't seen "Greenland" yet, but dismissing it outright because other movies in the same genre were made two decades ago seems a tad unfair.mode1charlieI'm in!Robert PearlmanThe cast of "Greenland" includes Scott Glenn, who played Alan Shepard in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff." He recalls being cast for that role and his interactions with the real astronaut in this video, which reviews his career up to and through "Greenland."BlackarrowI'll watch anything about Greenland, having spent a number of spectacular walking and dog-sledging holidays there, but I can't help wondering if scenes showing Greenland were actually filmed in Alaska.Robert PearlmanMost of the filming was done in and around Atlanta, Georgia, but according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Iceland was used for Greenland in a few scenes since that country has a more developed base of film crews.BlackarrowYes of course! The famous glaciers of Georgia.p51I'm just a little tired of apocalypse movies in general, especially right now... quote:Originally posted by Blackarrow:Yes of course! The famous glaciers of Georgia.I've never understood why there seems to be some unwritten law in Hollywood that you cannot film a movie where it takes place.Yeah, there are tax breaks and such for some places, but I've read where movies would have bene cheaper to film where they take place but the production takes up shop somewhere else for the heck of it.It gets really silly sometimes. My Dad was a background extra (with a short speaking role, which is hilarious as he's such an introvert and was asked to do the scene) in the film, "Something Wild," with Ray Liotta. They filmed most of the movie in North Florida, standing in for New York to Virginia, and not looking like any of these places. oly quote:Originally posted by p51: I've never understood why there seems to be some unwritten law in Hollywood that you cannot film a movie where it takes place. Many times it is because approvals and permits to film in locations cannot be gained, or logistically it is impossible to do.Imagine if every film set in New York streets were filmed on location, the streets would always be closed for filming. Larry McGlynnOh Thank God, Gerard Butler saves the world again. In the spirit of the Christmas season are there any Christmas movies out there with Gerard Butler or Kanue Reeves? I would love to see a "John Wick Christmas" or maybe "Christmas has Fallen." 328KFThis is where collectSPACE needs a ππ» or π option to click. That said, without going into an in-depth review, I watched the film with my family and enjoyed it.
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the cometβs fragments, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the cometβs fragments, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
A review from Discover:
In "Greenland," the space-impact disaster movie gets a makeover in response to new science and new social realities...The movie succeeds by adopting a less-is-more approach, which allows more room for both realistic science and realistic drama. The object from space doesn't seem hellbent in targeting international tourist attractions: No well-aimed fragment strategically takes out the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty. Making the object an interstellar comet also offers at least a fig-leaf of plausibility about why scientists have so little advance warning that the object is incoming, and so much difficulty predicting its exact path. (Earth may in fact have been hit by small interstellar meteors in the recent past.) There is a refreshing lack of techno-babble about nonsensical save-the-world schemes. And the film's focus on the mounting dread of those trying to survive feels true to our pandemic-informed moment.
The movie succeeds by adopting a less-is-more approach, which allows more room for both realistic science and realistic drama. The object from space doesn't seem hellbent in targeting international tourist attractions: No well-aimed fragment strategically takes out the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty. Making the object an interstellar comet also offers at least a fig-leaf of plausibility about why scientists have so little advance warning that the object is incoming, and so much difficulty predicting its exact path. (Earth may in fact have been hit by small interstellar meteors in the recent past.) There is a refreshing lack of techno-babble about nonsensical save-the-world schemes. And the film's focus on the mounting dread of those trying to survive feels true to our pandemic-informed moment.
But "Deep Impact" was more than 20 years ago. A lot has changed since then, including what the public understands about near-Earth objects and how films like this are made. I haven't seen "Greenland" yet, but dismissing it outright because other movies in the same genre were made two decades ago seems a tad unfair.
Iceland was used for Greenland in a few scenes since that country has a more developed base of film crews.
quote:Originally posted by Blackarrow:Yes of course! The famous glaciers of Georgia.
I've never understood why there seems to be some unwritten law in Hollywood that you cannot film a movie where it takes place.
Yeah, there are tax breaks and such for some places, but I've read where movies would have bene cheaper to film where they take place but the production takes up shop somewhere else for the heck of it.
It gets really silly sometimes. My Dad was a background extra (with a short speaking role, which is hilarious as he's such an introvert and was asked to do the scene) in the film, "Something Wild," with Ray Liotta. They filmed most of the movie in North Florida, standing in for New York to Virginia, and not looking like any of these places.
quote:Originally posted by p51: I've never understood why there seems to be some unwritten law in Hollywood that you cannot film a movie where it takes place.
Imagine if every film set in New York streets were filmed on location, the streets would always be closed for filming.
In the spirit of the Christmas season are there any Christmas movies out there with Gerard Butler or Kanue Reeves? I would love to see a "John Wick Christmas" or maybe "Christmas has Fallen."
That said, without going into an in-depth review, I watched the film with my family and enjoyed it.
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