Greenland - O Último Refúgio

Uma representação simpaticamente civil do inesperado fim do mundo provocado por uma tempestade de asteroides. Como provavelmente sucederia, como reagiriam os mortais e como seria difícil para os afortunados (ou seja, aqueles que foram sorteados) escapar para os refúgios. Um thriller catastrófico com um orçamento mais modesto, em digital e com mais ênfase nas personagens. Infelizmente, na constelação de relações mais cliché imaginável — os cônjuges em conflito e separados unidos por causa do seu filho (a exposição é a mesma que da Guerra dos Mundos). Os efeitos visuais e as cenas de ação são excelentes e no final fiquei especialmente satisfeito com as imagens aéreas da Gronelândia, o meu destino de viagem número um em termos de natureza incrível (não quero revelar nada). (14/12/2020)

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. (24/11/2020)

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. (14/11/2020)

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. (07/12/2020)

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. (15/11/2020)