Where had all
the movies about the destruction of the planet gone?
Not exact matches
Finally, here is a Marvel
movie about something other than the
destruction of worlds.
Tragic, haunting, and sometimes darkly comedic, this
movie leaves a strong impression in its telling of a story
about the
destruction of innocence.
And what
about all that action -
movie destruction, the open and obvious reason the film exists?
We're not talking
about man - made disasters, pandemics, or monster
movies that happen to feature
destruction... this list is just nature at its meanest.
Instead, director Steven Quale has gone the Michael Bay route by making it all
about the
destruction, and while that will likely result in some cool effects shots and action sequences, the
movie itself looks
about as empty as the calories in a bag of theater popcorn.
The whole
movie is
about the conflict between creative and impulsive self -
destruction.
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about the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet who face annihilation when desperate human invaders declare war in the wake of the
destruction of Earth.
Johnson's character is key to proceedings though, and his relationship with George is paramount to the
movie working, and although there's the visible
destruction of cities and no doubt thousands of human fatalities, it is this man and this silverback who we really care
about.
Instead of averting that difficult subject as superhero
movies have often done in the past, Captain America: Civil War magnifies it and offers a thoughtful debate
about the consequences of such
destruction.
The army actually causes most of the
destruction - part of the film's ham - handed message
about who the real monster is - and frankly, we've seen that kind of thing in too many better
movies.
As most zombie films go, a lot rides on how the
movie displays the chaos and
destruction, and that is one of the coolest things
about this film.
So yes, it's all remote, but this doesn't get in our way to communicate and have good workflow», says the studio's CEO Eugene Lavrinenko as he shares the story of Madness Road, a mobile racing game inspired by post-apocalyptic
movies about total
destruction.