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Because yesterday was somehow never-ending, I thought I’d try Ferrara’s version. Honestly, it’s not bad, just a little boring. A less subtle approach, a little more oomph would have helped. This is more like an ode to the good side of people when it’s already too late. How human. William Dafoe plays his role, but his talents remain inadequately tapped. A good bit was the power outage with the Northern Lights. Nice music. And Skype rocks! Al Gore was right. (21/12/2012)

I'm sorry, but authors can stick similar catastrophic films somewhere else. Willem Dafoe can try as hard as he wants, but he cannot save a film that is essentially about nothing and cannot emphasize the incredible drama that takes place here. Someone tried to imitate von Trier's "Melancholia" - or is it just a coincidence that the films were released at the same time? - but it didn't work out. (13/04/2016)