What would you do if the end of the world was scheduled for tomorrow at 11.30 a.m? Apocalyptic visions have always fascinated mankind, never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures and religions. Now the common fear is fuelled by “2012”, the blockbuster by German director Roland Emmerich which was launched in November last year. Having risen to fame with “Independence Day” and “Godzilla”, the “master of disaster” has now completed his magnum opus with visual effects to shake your senses: blow-ups and bloodbaths, earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, even whole continents falling apart. A breathless John Cusack finds himself in a sick world in which only those who pay can escape. The end leaves everyone who claimed to have “been there” or “done that” devastated.
However, all those stars, has-beens and would-bes attending the premiere night recovered all too quickly from the shock, and the question of all questions no longer concerned the end of mankind, but another deeply human fear which is “Is my hair okay?” What a relief that comedian Oliver Kalkofe, renowned for his hilarious parodies of the vanity fair that is German television, was there to comment on the last day of his existence: “Contrary to most other people who spend their lives fearing the future, I would certainly not panic,” says Kalkofe. “I’d be spending a Sunday watching all this crap on commercial television. And then I’d say to myself: Okay, it’s the end of the world. And we deserve it.”
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One morning not long ago, I felt like I was re-enacting the film I’d been to see the night before. It was colder than usual, with my basketball bag slung around my back, limping through barren Stockwell, I looked like the main character in “The Road”. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/ Just not as bearded and weather-worn. Limping? Yeah, new shoes syndrome, blisters on heels.
Glad to see other people around and things working, like the tube, for once, to acknowledge that we’re not living in post-holocaust wasteland just yet.
In short: The film was good. Not as graphic and violent as I expected it in the end, but enough for a couple of gross flashbacks on the way back from the cinema and the morning after. It was much more a father and son story than a gory zombie flick. Quite a few sensitive issues and moments that provoked some deeper thoughts about humanity in general and family in particular. And the odd bit of cannibalism and use of firearms, just for good emasure and to appeal to a few more target groups.
Still – uplifting it really wasn’t and I thought they could have left out half the amount of “American moments”.
Technically, I always find it amazing how filmmakers create post-apocalyptic scenery. This one had next to no life, no trees, wildlife or animals in it. Very very bleak. It was shot using less colour contrast, for emphasis. Flashbacks to pre-apocalypse times were accordingly very shiny and colourful.
Despite a number of encouraging moments and it being an enjoyable and interesting film, be warned that this is not a feel-good movie.
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