Village Pipol November 2017 Issue

VP entertainment
Geostorm (2017)
Movie Review
Text by: Edge Buenviaje
Ice caps melting, heat waves, droughts,
tsunami and hurricanes. These are natural
disasters that can bring death upon millions
of people in just a few hours. They are getting
more prevalent each year due mainly to climate
change.
That is what the plot of Geostorm revolves
around in. The year is 2019 and the world is
suffering from extreme weather conditions.
NASA decided to build satellites that can
manipulate the weather to counter act the
effects of global warming and climate change.
Gerald Butler stars as Jake Lawson who
spearheaded the development of the space
station/weather machine called the “Dutch
Boy”. However, he was taken off the project
after butting heads with the US government
officials that is looking over the project.
Max Lawson (Jim Sturgess), Jake’s brother,
then took over the project. After 3 years,
anomalies started to arise wherein a satellite
assigned to Afghanistan malfunctioned and
froze an entire village. The US Government is
supposed to hand over control of “Dutch Boy”
over the United Nations in 2 weeks. That is why
they needed to fix it and sent Jake Lawson
back to the space station.
The movie is action packed. It will keep you
in the edge of your seat especially during the
numerous natural catastrophic events that arise
during the length of the movie. The effects are
well-done and can really instill fear in you.
The pacing of the story from start to finish is
really good as well. There was no point that I
was bored. Even when I knew that there will be
a looming possibility that the “Dutch Boy” can
be weaponized for terrorism or political gain, I
was not able to predict what will happen in the
story.
The characters in these movies are a mix bag of
cliché and unexpected peeps. Without saying
too much to spoil the movie, you can expect
characters that you usually see in movies
involving government conspiracy, terrorism,
science and hacking. However, I feel like some
of the characters could have played more of a
bigger role instead of being killed off so early.
Overall, “Geostorm” is a great movie. I will
definitely recommend you guys check it out. It
will make you see what our future will be if we
do not do something about global warming. My
final word, controlling the weather and climate
artificially is not the answer to global warming.
What we need is to change our ways and be
more caring of Mother Nature.
Initial release: 11 October 2017
(Indonesia)
Director: Dean Devlin
Budget: 120 million USD
Producers: Dean Devlin, Dana
Goldberg, David Ellison, Marc
Roskin, Rachel Olschan
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jim
Sturgess, Abbie Cornish,
Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard
Schiff, Robert Sheehan, Daniel
Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris,
Andy García
Rotten Tomatoes: 15%
IMDb: 5.8/10
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