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Greenland - Green or Red? (Non-Spoiler Review)

I love disaster movies. I'm a junkie for them. Something about the environment fighting against us (humans generally) just fascinates me. Greenland is another movie about a comet or asteroid hitting the earth, but it has a bit of a twist this time. Movies like Armageddon tailor more towards the action side of the events, where as a movie like Deep Impact featured a more dramatic take on the events to happen or the journey to the end of the world. Greenland kinda' falls between the two; although it leans towards the dramatic side more, the action is very well balanced and falls equally with the plot and pace of the movie.

Greenland also garners some of the diminishing returns of the human race similarly to War of The Worlds where the ending of the world brings some people closer to god while others become savage beasts. This is where the drama really hits home. The movie was structured very well right from the start to make you love the characters that you are following through the events. They seem like regular people; rich people, but regular people all the same. Most of the events that happen throughout the movie were things I could legitimately see happen if the world fell apart. Without giving anything away, lets just say that the worst and best in people come out. I did really enjoy how the movie balanced the evils of the world with the people that are at their very best during these situations.

The movie isn't perfect. There were easily a few scenes where I actually said out loud "What the f*&%?" Usually this was in regards to how a character acted, but there was one scene in particular that just made absolutely no sense at all. I get it a bit from a writing aspect. They needed the scene to play out the way it did to push the plot along, but there were easily better ways to do it. And it was blatantly obvious that's what was going on.

The acting was great, and twists and turns that the characters go through were challenging but realistic for the most parts. The back stories of the main characters were fairly well fleshed out, and the movie made the most with the time it had.

I'd easily recommend this to anyone that likes these movies. It hit me hard a couple of times and most of these movies don't.


Overall score: 8 out of 10 stars

Pros:
- Story was well written.
- A different take on a familiar theme
- Pacing was great

Cons:
- A few scenes just either made no sense or came out of nowhere.
- More time could have been spent with a few of the supporting characters.
- Touches on real life global issues, but doesn't delve into them enough to deal with them.
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