Arctic Blast 2010 Written by Jason Bourque and directed by Brian Trechard-Smith. An Australian Canadian co-production that was filmed in Hobart Tasmania and Ottawa Canada. It was the first full length feature film to be filmed in Hobart.
Another low-budget disaster film that's more Fantasy than SF. This time it's a hole in the ozone layer that's causing drops in temperature as cold falls from space and freezes everything it touches. Science is something to put out of your head on this one. Plenty of goofs in the script that have to do with science.
The main character is the scientist that no one believes. Bruce Davison is the scientist that's in charge, he's later humbled when his plan, the one Bruce steamrollered through, doesn't work. He has to call on the main character who has family trouble. There's a huge death count as more holes open up. Despite all that there's a happyish ending.
It's pretty much a stinker for me. It's like an echo of all the other similar disaster movies that freeze people, even if it preceded them. At least the actors were working. I wouldn't want to watch it again, I wish I hadn't watched it the first time.
Dune 2 2024 Based on Dune by Frank Herbert, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spalhts, directed by Denis Villeneuve.
More adventures on Arrakis as the family Harkonnen take over. Paul is out int he desert with the Fremen and his mother. There's lots of scenes of the desert and plenty of battles.
It took a long time to get to the end of the movie, 166 mins, and I was starting to get bored near the two thirds mark. It piqued my interest when the Emperor came to Arrakis. I bet he didn't think he was going to be defeated. Sucks to be him. The movie ends with the promise of a holy war against the other house.
I enjoy watching David Lynch's Dune more than this production and I can say the same thing about the 2000 TV production with William Hurt.
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