Ice, more than three hours full of disaster, despair and courage. The movie starts quietly; nice pictures of snow and, above all, ice. An evil company wants to make a lot of money by drilling for oil in Antarctica. The good guys, scientists of course, discover that drilling would be disastrous and would start a dramatic climate change. But the drilling licence is renewed and now the movie really starts...
I don't know how to explain what happens next, the story is becoming more and more ridiculous. Half way I am looking at a slapstick. Let me rephrase a scene and let it sink in:
The British Prime Minister is being informed that a huge disaster is developing in Antarctica.
"Mister Prime Minister, I very big disaster happens in Antarctica and is coming to the UK very rapidly. Look (showing a map of the world), large parts of Norway and Sweden already have disappeared! The sea level will rise many meters".
PM: "How many meters?"
"It least seven meters, mister PM".
"Immediately raise the water locks!".
"That will not stop the water Sir!".
PM (thinking ...): "Immediately transport everyone in the UK to higher places!".
"But Sir, that will not be sufficient ... the temperature will drop very fast too!".
PM: "How cold will it become ....?"
"At least minus forty degres Sir!".
PM (thinking...): "All right there is no other option: immediately transport everyone in the UK to the South of the world! We will leave no one unprotected in the UK!"
"But Sir we are talking about millions of people ....!"
PM: "Do your job man, you crhildren and grandchildren will look back at us as heroes".
The best scene is at the end of the movie (spoiler alert!). The UK is covered with tens of meters of snow, the scientist and his family have survived the most crazy accidents. They seem to be the last people in the UK. They are happy, however, and smile, walking hand in hand when the sun appears, the clouds open a bit and one can see some birds flying over.
Scientist (a tear in his eye): "Look! The birds are flying south, let's follow them".
The camera zooms out.
Wow...
I don't know how to explain what happens next, the story is becoming more and more ridiculous. Half way I am looking at a slapstick. Let me rephrase a scene and let it sink in:
The British Prime Minister is being informed that a huge disaster is developing in Antarctica.
"Mister Prime Minister, I very big disaster happens in Antarctica and is coming to the UK very rapidly. Look (showing a map of the world), large parts of Norway and Sweden already have disappeared! The sea level will rise many meters".
PM: "How many meters?"
"It least seven meters, mister PM".
"Immediately raise the water locks!".
"That will not stop the water Sir!".
PM (thinking ...): "Immediately transport everyone in the UK to higher places!".
"But Sir, that will not be sufficient ... the temperature will drop very fast too!".
PM: "How cold will it become ....?"
"At least minus forty degres Sir!".
PM (thinking...): "All right there is no other option: immediately transport everyone in the UK to the South of the world! We will leave no one unprotected in the UK!"
"But Sir we are talking about millions of people ....!"
PM: "Do your job man, you crhildren and grandchildren will look back at us as heroes".
The best scene is at the end of the movie (spoiler alert!). The UK is covered with tens of meters of snow, the scientist and his family have survived the most crazy accidents. They seem to be the last people in the UK. They are happy, however, and smile, walking hand in hand when the sun appears, the clouds open a bit and one can see some birds flying over.
Scientist (a tear in his eye): "Look! The birds are flying south, let's follow them".
The camera zooms out.
Wow...