Life Style Viewers find apocalyptic 3D in The Darkest Hour
Viewers find apocalyptic 3D in The Darkest Hour
Monday, 23 January 2012 00:00
"The Darkest Hour" 3D traps five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects from the minds of visionary filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted," "Night Watch") who produces the fi lm and director Chris Gorak ("Right At Your Door"). "The 3D helps to create these epic stages for an intimate story. The core is the relationship between people, that's a dramatic spine of the movie, what makes the movie emotional," says Bekmambetov. "This is very unique because the 3D makes the experience about being there. I hope this movie will give audience a chance to literally feel what's happening when a huge disaster happens. It's the fi rst movie when you see the world destroyed in 3D."
Shooting in 3D makes the Job of the actors even more crucial. "It's very important to be connected with these characters because in a 3D movie you cannot cut and force the viewer's attention, you can't shake him, and you have to let him be there with the characters," Bekmambetov adds. Apart from the male lead stars Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella and Joel Kinnaman, the movie also features equally capable lead actresses - Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor and young Russian actress Veronica Vernadskaya. Thirlby reveals, "Truthfully my main reason for wanting to do this Job is because I really like and respect the director Chris Gorak. This genre isn't usually the thing I find myself drawn to, but it suddenly seemed like a very cool and exciting adventure, something that I could really get behind. The location has so much to Viewers find apocalyptic 3D in The Darkest Hour Chinese New Year Pagadian celebrates PAGADIAN CITY -- More than a thousand students and teachers from public secondary and elementary Schools are expected to participate the Chinese New Year celebration today. Ci ty tourism of ficer- incharge Judith Jugarap said 18 elementary Schools and two secondary Schools from the city division have confirmed their participation to the festivity upon the invitation from the Pagadian City Tourism Council. 
Jugarap said students who will wear blue, red, yellow and white-colored dresses had earlier participated in the field demonstration last Friday, 1:30 p.m. at Plaza Luz here. Then at 4:30 in the afternoon yesterday, a food festival was also held where 20 temporary food stalls were installed by the Pagadian City Association of Hotels and Restaurants. "A sumptuous Chinese cuisine (was) prepared and displayed to offer an opportunity for the people to get a good taste of Chinese at an affordable price," Jugarap added. At 6:00 p.m., a formal program was conducted at the Taclobo stage where Chinese-Filipino students will perform Chinese dances which depict their own culture. "The Dragon and Lion dance and a dance number from the City Tourism Council (was) also presented during the program," Jugarap added. Jugarap said it is only under the administration of Mayor Samuel Co where Chinese New Year is celebrated regularly. The Chinese-Filipino community such as the Pagadian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industries and others will actively take part in festive celebration. PIA do with it, Moscow really is a big part of this movie and scenically it's so different from everything else."
"I also appreciated the fact that my character Natalie wasn't a very sci-fi movie girl in that she's not scantily clad or unbelievably sexed up. She's not just the eye candy," comments Thirlby. "She's an educated, born and raised outside Washington D.C. , and now lives in New York City . She's an awkward girl, traditional American overachiever, straight ahead, loves her Mom." "She and her best friend Anne, who she met in college, wind up in Moscow because of a last minute change of plans," explains Thirlby. "Their loose back story gives you a glimpse that she's had a messy breakup with a boyfriend so she just needs to get away. Anne convinces her to come on this photography trip to Nepal , so Natalie uncharacteristically makes an unplanned decision and decides to go along." Actress Rachael Taylor plays Anne. "One of the greatest rewards of shooting a movie like this is the relationships that you form off camera. Max, Emile, Joel, Olivia and I have become such good friends. I love these people more than any other group of actors that I've ever worked with," reveals Taylor. "Each person brings something so original and so specific to the movie. It's been wonderful being in a foreign location with them, shooting a genre picture and a movie of this magnitude with action sequences, stunts, and special effects is certainly a taxing process." *
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