The Day The Earth Stood Still

The worst cities in the world to live in from the cinematic point of view

by bintangkecil on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 | Entertainment, News, World | No Comments

Since the movie “2012″ is out, Yahoo puts out a list of the worst cities in the world to live in from the cinematic point of view.

Here are the top 10 worst cities in the world to reside in:

1: TOKYO, JAPAN

THREATS: Constant plague of giant rubbery monsters.

MOVIES: Godzilla, Gamera, Rodan, Godzilla vs. Smog Monster, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Destroy All Monsters, etc.

Tokyo is, hands down, the most dangerous city to live in according to disaster movies. If you live anywhere near the center of town, just expect that your house will be flattened every few years by one of the numerous massive creatures that have vowed vengeance on Japan. For a city that prides itself on its cutting edge technology, you’d think they would have developed a giant anti-monster gun.

2: LOS ANGELES, USA

THREATS: Fire, water, earth, air.

MOVIES: Volcano, Dragon Wars, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, Earthquake (1974), The Omega Man, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Miracle Mile, Escape from L.A., War of the Worlds (1953), Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

Aside from the smog, traffic, and ridiculous real-estate prices, Angelenos also have to contend with basically every catastrophe that the sick minds of Hollywood can think up. Cataclysmic earthquakes? Check. Tornadoes? Check. Volcanoes? Check. Aliens? Yup. Zombies. Sure. Killer tomatoes. You betcha. On the other hand, you can wear short sleeves here in February. People really will put up with a lot for decent weather.

3: NEW YORK CITY, USA

THREATS: Bad weather, killer aliens, monsters, corporate mascots.

MOVIES: Independence Day, I Am Legend, The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Ghostbusters, Cloverfield

The Big Apple has certainly seen its fair share of cinematic calamities, but they seem to only ever hit Manhattan. Tidal waves never engulf Queens, aliens never trash Staten Island, and 50-story marshmallow monsters never stroll through the Bronx. So if you’re living in NYC and you find yourself in a disaster movie, our suggestion is move to the outer boroughs.

4: WASHINGTON, D.C., USA

THREATS: Aliens, floods, and more aliens.

MOVIES: Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Mars Attacks!, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers

The District of Columbia is simply THE destination for any self-respecting alien invader. The Washington Mall makes a great stage to awe the locals with your technical superiority and there are dozens of iconic buildings to wreck.

5: PARIS, FRANCE

THREATS: Falling objects from space.

MOVIES: Armageddon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

In the 1850s and 1860s, Baron Georges-Eugene Hausmann transformed Paris into its current grandeur, full of broad boulevards, beautiful monuments, and museums. In the 1990s and 2000s, Michael Bay also dabbled in Parisian urban design by pelting the City of the Light with massive meteors and robots.

6: SAN FRANCISCO, USA

THREATS: Rampant sea critters, mutants, and magnetism.

MOVIES: It Came From Beneath the Sea, The Core, X-Men: The Last Stand, Monsters vs. Aliens

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world’s great engineering marvels. So it’s no surprise that it is also a magnet for mayhem, especially from rubbery tentacles from the deep.

7: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

THREATS: Dragons, zombies, nuclear disasters.

MOVIES: Reign of Fire, 28 Days Later, The Day the Earth Caught Fire

London has many things going for it. Great parks, good pubs, and buildings that ooze with history. One downside is the possibility that when St. George slayed the dragon back in the day, he didn’t completely finish the job. We suggest fireproofing the house and keeping the chainmail handy.

8: LAS VEGAS, USA

THREATS: Zombies (not the ones parked in front of slot machines).

MOVIE: Resident Evil: Extinction

In the 1950s, gangster Bugsy Siegel decided to build a city in the desert, and soon the neon-drenched spectacle we call Vegas was born. Yet for the place to work, it must pipe in water, generate electricity, and import acrobats and impressionists. Without all that stuff, Vegas is pretty dull and sandy. And blood-thirsty, freaked-out zombies aren’t that entertaining to watch.

9: ROME, ITALY

THREATS: Freakish lightning storms, Visigoths

MOVIE: The Core

Rome has had a pretty good run in spite of barbarian invasions, the plague, and the odd World War. Yet an enormous lightning storm caused by the slowing of the Earth’s molten core would reduce the Eternal City into just a pile of rocks.

10: BALTIMORE, USA

THREATS: Nuclear terrorism, bad crab cakes.

MOVIE: The Sum of All Fears

The ruined buildings, the flaming cars, the stunned citizens shuffling aimlessly down the street. And then a nuclear bomb went off…

Source: Yahoo

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TDTESS Imax Impressive box office numbers

by wildcherry on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 | Entertainment, News | No Comments

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PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ —-IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that The Day The Earth Stood Still, which opened number one at the domestic box office, generated an estimated $31 million, with 123 IMAX theatres contributing approximately $3.7 million to the domestic total. From Friday, December 12, through Sunday December 14, the IMAX release generated an impressive per screen average of approximately $30,000. Included in the weekend’s performance were 38 locations equipped with IMAX’s new digital projection technology. The film also had a strong international opening, grossing $532,000 from 20 IMAX screens, and it will ultimately play on 26 international IMAX screens in the weeks to come.

“We’re very happy with the film’s overall performance for the weekend and, with 19 of the top 20 engagements having IMAX screens, its clear that more moviegoers are taking advantage of The IMAX Experience to make the film an extra special event,” said Bruce Snyder, President, Domestic Distribution, Twentieth Century Fox. “We look forward to its continued success in both conventional and IMAX theatres throughout the holiday season.”

“This strong opening demonstrates that people are still going to the movies and are willing to pay a premium ticket price for The IMAX Experience, despite the economic downturn,” said IMAX Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs Richard L. Gelfond and Bradley J. Wechsler. “Twentieth Century Fox has once again delivered a box office winner during the holiday season, and we’re very pleased with the initial results at IMAX theatres. We’re particularly happy with the performance of our new joint venture digital locations, which are gaining a lot of traction, given the rapid pace of the rollout.”

“The exciting action and stunning visual effects in The Day the Earth Stood Still are very conducive to The IMAX Experience and, as a result, Twentieth Century Fox has enabled the IMAX network to be part of another number-one debuting movie at the box office,” said Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “The combination of the studio’s well-executed marketing and distribution plan,, the film’s appeal to the tech-savvy 15-30 year-old demographic and the larger footprint of IMAX theatres is proving to be an effective draw, which we believe bodes well for the IMAX network as we head into 2009.”

In THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, a contemporary reinvention of the 1951 science fiction classic, renowned scientist Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu (Keanu Reeves), who travels across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. When forces beyond Helen’s control treat the extraterrestrial as a hostile and deny his request to address the world’s leaders, she and her estranged stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) quickly discover the deadly ramifications of Klaatu’s claim that he is “a friend to the Earth.” Now Helen must find a way to convince the entity who was sent to destroy us that mankind is worth saving - but it may be too late. The process has begun.

Source:ImaxUpdate

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