Since
2012 is here, and there are allot of talk about everything ending in the last part of 2012, I thought it would be fitting to give each
other some inspiration for movies about the end of the world.
So we all can prepare us and perhaps get some ideas on how to handle the last months, weeks, days or hours, before this supposedly ending of our lives
as we know it arrives.
One of my favorite ones are from 1998, the name is
Last Night.
A Canadian movie, directed and written by
Don McKellar.
I like this one since it is quite unusual compared to most of the other movies on this theme.
Also in the movie is
David Cronenberg, whom I think you horror fans out there recognizes.
A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the
turn of the century.
It's 18:00 in a somewhat deserted Toronto on the last day before the scheduled end of the world at midnight, the end which has been known now for
months. Most people are treating midnight as a matter-of-fact event with little sense of panic. In fact, many are celebrating this last day. Most have
very specific wants for this last day and will do whatever they need to to make those wants happen. And some, such as Duncan and Donna with the gas
company, are working, ensuring that the masses are served and comfortable during the final hours. The Wheeler family are marking the last day by
having a Christmas party, although sullen adult son Patrick, his thoughts in part stemming from being recently widowed, has made it clear he wants to
be alone in his own home at the end. Patrick's wants may be in jeopardy when a woman named Sandra - Duncan's wife - lands on his doorstep.
So, which one is your favorite?