Micaela Kaye M.

Monterey
BSIT 2-1
The Impossible could be Possible at the ‘THE CORE’
Movie Review
What a great movie will recognize how valuable our Earth’s layer in order for us to live? After
spending almost two and half hour watching the movie ‘The Core’, it seems a lot of curiosity comes out
to my mind. This movie was directed by Jon Arniel that tackles about the magnetic field surrounding the
Earth causing disastrous event around the world due to the earth’s rotating molten core is slowly moving.
Without its movement, the electromagnetic field around the earth will disappear that will expose the
surface to unfiltered solar radiation.
This movie opens up a very intriguing scene when small group of people are having their
business meeting and one of the group suddenly passes out on the table. People dropping dead in New
York, birds attacking tourists in London, an American shuttle crew missing their landing spot, strange sky
phenomena entertaining millions, all of these clues lead Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) to believe that
the core of the Earth has stopped rotating. After his research is confirmed by the world's leading scientist,
Dr. Conrad Zimsky played by Stanley Tucci, Dr. Keyes finds himself spearheading a plan to take an
amazing machine down to the center of the Earth and get the core rotating again. While preparing for the
project, he meets Rebecca Childs (Hilary Swank), who desperately wants to prove herself as a pilot. Of
course, once they get underneath the crust of the earth, it is anyone's guess as to what will happen and if
they will succeed in saving all of humanity. The ship’s diverse crew includes scruffy geophysics
professor Josh Keyes, a humble hunk with a good heart. He is reunited with Sergei Leveque, an old friend
and colleague specializing in weaponry. They are joined by a brilliant, if pompous self-promoter named
Dr. Conrad Zimsky, as well as the ship’s designer, Dr. Brazleton, who happens to be an unheralded
genius Zimsky took advantage of years earlier. At the controls are NASA astronauts Col. Robert Iverson
and Maj. Rebecca Childs. Back on the surface, a nerdy computer hacker known as Rat controls the flow
of information and works miracles from his keyboard. Braz' ship becomes a snake-like vessel
named Virgil. It is made up of several compartments and will be launched over the Mariana
Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest such area on Earth. If any compartment of the ship
is damaged, the operating system will eject that compartment to avoid risk to the rest of
the ship. After successful descent, they run into a snag when they breach a gigantic geode-
like structure. The ship falls through the open space, crash-landing and damaging the laser
drilling device. Keyes and Zimsky find out that they are in fact inside a cobalt cocoon full of
amethyst. During the repairs, Iverson is killed by falling crystal shards leaving Beck to pilot
the ship to the Earth's core. As they dive further, a large diamond breaches the hull of the
last compartment where Leveque is preparing the nuclear devices for activation; he
sacrifices himself to make sure that Keyes has the launch codes as the compartment, no
longer able to withstand the pressure, is ejected and crushed. When they finally breach the
molten core, the team performs a series of calculations and find that their original plan
would fail to restart the core due to unexpected physical property differences concerning
density of the fluid. The team calculates that they can still restart the core by decoupling
each compartment of Virgil at precise positions, timing the nuclear devices in each to go off
to obtain the best force they can impart to the core. However, in order to separate the
individual compartments, one member will have to enter the open area at the front of Virgil,
which is exposed directly to the heat of the molten core and likely will not survive.
Brazzelton offers to do so and sacrifices himself to the cause, successfully throwing the
switch.
The cast of ''The Core'' deserve Oscar nominations just for being able to speak most of
the lines without succumbing to the chortles. On the planet's surface, the master hacker
Rat (D. J. Qualls) is shanghaied into the mission and uses his skills to keep anyone else
from doing what he has the ability to do -- hack the Internet and get information about
this secret mission. He works with Stickley (Alfre Woodard), who heads mission control
at the headquarters of this NASA-in-reverse.

Hilary Swank -- forgive me, the Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank -- plays Beck, the
ambitious co-pilot of the burrowing craft: she calls the adventurers ''terranauts.'' We
meet her in a scene that will send a few shudders through the audience. She and her
commander, Colonel Iverson (Bruce Greenwood), are finishing a space-shuttle mission
when something goes horribly wrong. Ms. Swank has to figure out new coordinates with
seconds to spare, and the ship is landed in the Los Angeles River basin. (The incident is
later attributed to atmospheric disturbance, though the real problem looks like
extraordinary unlucky timing on the part of the filmmakers.)

n broad strokes and subtle gestures, The Core esteems kindness, humility, modesty,

compassion, teamwork, relational reconciliation and supreme sacrifice. Human life is
valuable. An off-course space shuttle consciously tries to crash-land in as unpopulated
a locale as possible. Beneath the earth’s surface, an acetylene torch needs more
oxygen to free the ship, leading Josh to surrender his life-support system to meet the
need. People use their unique skills and knowledge to help the team accomplish its
goal. Nearly every crew member who dies does so in a selfless act of bravery. When
three men draw straws for a suicide mission, we learn that the “loser” rigged it so that
his friends would be spared. Sergei notes that the notion of trying to save the world can
be overwhelming, so he thinks in terms of saving just three people—his wife and two
children. Col. Iverson tells Rebecca, his gifted second in command, “Being a leader isn’t
about ability; it’s about responsibility,” and says that true character comes not from
winning all the time, but from losing now and then. People who have wronged or
misjudged others apologize. Even Zimsky’s arrogance softens as he witnesses the
heroism of those around him. Characters repeatedly deal with the inner turmoil of
seeing a life lost in the interest of the greater good. Told that NASA may need a man
like him, Josh responds that his college students need him too, making it clear that he’s
not interested in wealth and glory, but in humbly serving others. I feel that the movie itself is
very interesting and it is also extremely touching as it shows how the 5 scientists risked their live to save
everyone. I have also learnt a few things after watching these movie. I learnt that we should always be
prepared before we do anything, and that it is normal and fine to make mistakes, so long as you remember
them and learn from them.In  the movie, the scientist tried using a simulation device to try and see what it
feels like travelling to the core of the Earth. They have failed 19 times in the simulations and the result was
the destruction of the Earth. However, due to the fact that they learned from their mistakes, they managed
to eventually be successful in the final simulation.
In a nutshell, i feel that it is an extremely nice movie and i encourage people of all ages to go and watch the
film.