Saturday 20 February 2021

Greenland

 You might call this a kind of superior disaster movie.  The earth is threatened by an extinction event as fragments from a comet rain down.  In face of this governments throughout the world make plans to set apart and shelter gifted people who will be 'useful' when the disaster has past and the work of restoration is undertaken.  Underground bunkers in Greenland, established during the Cold War years, await the privileged few.

The focus is on one family in particular.  Their experience shows well the stress that normally comfortable people experience when the cruel unexpected breaks into their lives.  They come up against the worst in others which is revealed as they go through their worst of times.  But this highlights the importance of kindness, perseverance and self-sacrifice all of which have their opportunity to bring comfort and hope.  

A question.  I wonder how many ministers would be selected for the bunkers?  Any?