Hello and welcome (back) to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.
This week's topic is adverse weather. Personally I'm not a big fan of these films, but I have to admit they are perfect when everything seems to go wrong. I mean, what a better way to cheer yourself up than watching a film about other people's misfortunes? I highly doubt there's a better way. Here's my picks:
All Is Lost (2013)
Robert Redford is on his yacht, alone. Everything is just fine until he accidentally hits a container adrift on the sea, and the boat takes on water. But it does get worse. The poor man loses his navigation and communication equipment and a violent storm is coming. Kudos to the director for making this film interesting, and to Redford for communicating with his facial expressions and hands only.
Force Majeure (2014)
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining, the slopes are spectacular and the family is having a good time, but an avalanche turns everything upside down, and the family vacation quickly becomes a family drama. Not my favourite, it's occasionally boring and dragged, but it fits quite well.
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
A paleoclimatologist tries to save the world from the effects of global warming which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age, and must make a dangerous trip to New York to rescue his son. But the cold is a hell of an adversary. It's illogical and unscientific, the story is quite ridiculous, but, uhm, well, it has top notch effects, and it's not as bad as people say. At least from what I remember.
Whoever said "Tomorrow is another day" didn't check the weather.
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