End of Days

When I watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, medyo naintriga lang ako about two films na medyo apocalyptic ang tema. As a person na sobrang fan ng mga movies like Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact and Armageddon, I researched these two films. Ang ganda ng mga premise. One is actually about the destruction of Japan, at yung isa ay may element pala ng horror.

SINKING OF JAPAN
Nagsimula nang mag-sink ang Japan sa ocean. While the U.N. predicts this will happen in a little over 40 years, a geologist named Dr. Tadokoro isn’t so sure and after conducting several tests and using a computer analysis, he comes to the horrifying revelation that Japan is set to be submerged in less than a year! He feverishly tries to convince the Japanese government to take action, but naturally no one listens.

Nung mamatay ang Prime Minister, on his way to China, dahil nag-erupt ang isang volcano under his plane, only then does the government start to take action and begin to evacuate the people of Japan. Tadokoro realizes that the only way to save Japan from is by detonating a nuclear device under the crust of the archipelago. Ang nag-direct ng pelikulang to ay si Shinji Higuchi, who has penchant for eye-popping visuals. Remake ito, actually, ng 1973 movie na Submerging of Japan.

I AM LEGEND

Si Will Smith ay si Robert Neville, ang last man aliveat kaisa-isang survivor ng isang apocalypse caused by a pandemic of a bacterium, the symptoms of which are very similar to vampirism. He busies himself with preparing for a nightly attack from the rest of the world. Korek! Ang buong mundo ay na-transform into blood-thirsty vampires.

Pero mahuhuli nila si Neville. Ang matinding twist is how monstrous he appears to these vampires. Just as vampires were regarded as legendary monsters that preyed on the vulnerable humans in their beds, Neville has become the last of a dead breed; a mythical figure that kills both vampires and the infected living while they are sleeping. He becomes a legend as the vampires once were. Kaya ganun ang title. Gets?

A Ridley Scott adaptation was scheduled for production in the late 1990s, but fell through due to an inflating budget. The film was to starArnold Scwarzenegger. Then director Rob Bowman took a crack at a smaller budget version with a rewrite from John Logan. Will Smith will now star in the film directed by Francis Lawrence (Constantine). Filming took place in New York City, and the film is scheduled to be released on December 14, 2007.