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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Poster teater
Sutradara	Andrew Adamson
Produser	Andrew Adamson Cary Granat Mark Johnson Perry Moore Douglas Gresham Philip Steuer
Penulis	Novel: C. S. Lewis Skenario: Andrew Adamson Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely
Pemeran	William Moseley Anna Popplewell Skandar Keynes Georgie Henley Ben Barnes Sergio Castellitto Liam Neeson (voice) Eddie Izzard (voice) Peter Dinklage
Musik oleh	Harry Gregson-Williams
Sinematografi	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Penyunting	Sim Evan-Jones
Distributor	Walt Disney Pictures Buena Vista Pictures
Tanggal rilis	16 Mei 2008 (Amerika Serikat) 5 Juni 2008 (Australia) 26 Juni 2008 (Inggri)
Durasi	145 menit
Negara	Amerika Serikat / Inggris
Bahasa	Inggris
Anggaran	US$200 juta[1][2]
Pendapatan kotor	Amerika Serikat: $99,629,792 Seluruh Dunia: $150,889,537
Prekuel	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sekuel	The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian adalah sebuah film seri fantasi tahun 2008 dan merupakan film kedua dari trilogi The Chronicles of Narnia.

[sunting] Sinopsis

Sudah 1300 Tahun waktu untuk Narnia, semua berubah termasuk Bangsa Telmarin yang menyerbu Narnia dan menguasai Narnia. Di London,Inggris empat anggota keluarga Pevensie akan menaiki kereta api menuju Sekolah mereka. Lalu terowongan lenyap dan terberbentuklah gerbang menuju narnia. Di Narnia empat bersaudara itu menemukan kerusuhan cair Paravel yang dulu adalah istana mereka berempat. Mereka berempat bergabung dengan Tikus Reepicheep,Nikabrik dan Trumpkin sambil mereka jalan ke aslan's How meraka Bertemu dengan Pangeran Caspian .Sambil bertemu dengan caspian, mereka menyewa 5 burung untuk merobohkan istana miraz, rencana berhasil lalu mereka melanjutkan perjalanan ke aslan how. Sampai di Aslan's How mereka di teror oleh The White Witch dan 2 burung vulture. Prince Caspian ada rencana ,Lucy Mencari Aslan, Susan dan Trumpkin berdiri di atas Genteng Aslan's How sambil merobohkan underground aslan's How dan Peter,Edmund melawan Miraz. Miraz mati, Telemarine lainya siap bertempur dengan narnians. lalu sebagian dari telemarine meninggal karena raja air merobohkan jembatan yang dinaiki oleh telemarines dan ternyata aslan masih hidup. Narnians sudah resmi menjadikan pevensies sebagai raja dan ratu narnia. Kembali ke London, Inggris mereka akhirnya menuju sekolah.

Pangeran Caspian

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Prince Caspian

Sampul edisi pertama (hardcover)
Penulis	C. S. Lewis
Ilustrator	Pauline Baynes
Negara	Britania Raya
Bahasa	Inggris
Serial	The Chronicles of Narnia
Genre	Novel fantasi
Penerbit	Geoffrey Bles
Tanggal terbit	1951
Media	Cetak (Hardcover & Paperback)
Halaman	195 halaman
ISBN	NA
Seri sebelumnya	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Seri lanjutan	The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Pangeran Caspian (Prince Caspian) adalah satu dari tujuh serial The Chronicles of Narnia, novel karya C.S. Lewis. Novel ini adalah novel kedua yang dibuat olehnya, tetapi novel keempat menurut kronologi internalnya. Prince Caspian bercerita tentang seorang pangeran yang bernama Caspian, lebih tepatnya Caspian ke Sepuluh. Ia tinggal bersama pamannya, seorang Lord Protector Narnia, Miraz dan istrinya yang berambut merah, Prunaprismia.

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Perhatian: Bagian di bawah ini mungkin akan membeberkan isi cerita yang penting atau akhir kisahnya.

Pangeran Caspian (Caspian ke-10) tinggal bersama pamannya, seorang Lord Protector Narnia, Miraz dan istrinya yang berambut merah, Prunaprismia. Mereka Adalah Bangsa Telmar, yang datang dari Sungai Telmar dekat Shudering Wood. Mereka (Caspian I; Caspian si Penakluk) menaklukkan Narnia, berperang melawan hewan-hewan berbicara, menidurkan peri-peri, dan mengusir penduduk asli Narnia lama dan membangun Narnia baru yang tanpa keajaiban, lebih seperti dunia kita yang membosankan, penuh dengan sekolah-sekolah, penjara, anak-anak yang dipukul orang-tuanya, dan lain-lain.

Keturunannya yang kesembilan bernama Caspian IX. Ia memiliki putra yang ia beri nama Caspian X. Tetapi tahtanya direbut adiknya (Paman Caspian X) yang bernama Miraz. Ia dengan istrinya yang berambut merah, Prunaprismia membesarkan Caspian X dan melarang seruh anggota kerajaan dan rakyatnya mendengungkan Narnia Lama. Suatu hari Caspian (yang masih kecil) berbicara pada Miraz, betapa menyenangkannya Narnia Lama. Karena terkejut, dengan marah ia bertanya dari mana ia mengetahui hal itu, dengan polos Caspian berkata dari perawatnya, (yang ternyata adalah seorang Dwarf setengah manusia yang menyusup ke dalam istana) dan beberapa hari kemudian, perawat yang sangat disayanginya itu diusir tanpa diberi kesempatan untuk berpamitan dengan Caspian.

Namun setelah itu ada Dwarf penyusup lain. Ia seorang yang pintar dalam ilmu pengetahuan dan 'sedikit' sihir. Ia bernama Dr. Cornelius. Dengan penuh kerahasiaan ia dan Caspian pergi ke menara yang tinggi dan menyaksikan bintang Tarva dan Alambil yang bergantung di langit, dan memberitahunya bahwa Caspian harus segera melarikan diri ke Archenland berlindung dari ambisi Miraz untuk membunuhnya. Dengan kudanya, Destrier, ia pergi ke selatan dan bertemu dengan rakyat Narnia lama yang bersembunyi di sekitar Dancing Lawn. Ia mengatur siasat dan memutuskan untuk meniup Terompet Ajaib (milik Susan Pevensie, yang tertinggal di Narnia, ketika mereka berburu Rusa Putih di hari terakhir mereka di Narnia) dan menyedot kembali 4 anak Pevensie itu ke Narnia, tepatnya di Cair Paravel (yang kini telah menjadi reruntuhan).

Dari Cair Paravel, Peter, Susan, Edmund, dan Lucy juga Trumpkin si Dwarf berpetualang menuju Aslan's How (bukit Stone Table) dan menuju Caspian serta menolong nya merebut tahtanya dari Lord Protector Miraz. Dan dengan bantuan Aslan, Narnia yang lama dibangkitkan kembali, pohon-pohon berjalan, dewa-dewi bermunculan. Miraz pun terbunuh oleh anak buahnya sendiri, Lord Sopespian. Setelah petualangan mereka berakhir, Aslan berkata pada Peter dan Susan bahwa mereka berdua tak akan kembali ke Narnia karena mereka terlalu tua. Akhirnya dengan sebuah pintu yang dibuat di tengah padang, ke-empat anak-anak Pevensie kembali ke dunia mereka.

Spider-Man 3

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Spider-Man 3
Sutradara	Sam Raimi
Produser	Avi Arad Stan Lee Laura Ziskin Grant Curtis
Penulis	Skenario: Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi Alvin Sargent Cerita: Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi Buku Komik: Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Pemeran	Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dunst James Franco Thomas Haden Church Topher Grace
Musik oleh	Christopher Young Tema oleh: Danny Elfman
Sinematografi	Bill Pope
Penyunting	Bob Murawski
Distributor	Sony Pictures
Tanggal rilis	Templat:Country data Earth May 1, 2007 4 Mei, 2007
Durasi	139 menit
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Bahasa	Inggris
Anggaran	$258 juta[1]
Pendapatan kotor	$890.871.626
Prekuel	Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 3 adalah film superhero yang diluncurkan pada tahun 2007. Film ini ditulis dan disutradarai oleh Sam Raimy. Film ini adalah film ketiga dari serial film layar lebar Spider-Man yang dibuat berdasarkan karakter fiksi dari Marvel Comics, Spider-Man. Film ini dibintangi oleh Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker), Kirsten Dunst (Mary Jane Watson), James Franco( Harry Osborn), Thomas Haden Church (Flint Marko/Sandman), dan Topher Grace (Eddie Brock).

Film ini dimulai pada masa Peter Parker telah sukses sebagai Spider-Man, sementara Mary Jane Watson memulai karirnya di Broadway. Harry Osborn masih terus berusaha membalas dendam atas kematian ayahnya, dan Flint Marko jatuh ke dalam sebuah akselerator partikel dan berubah menjadi makhluk pasir yang dapat mengubah-ubah bentuk. Ditambah lagi dengan alien yang jatuh ke bumi dan mengikatkan diri kepada Peter Parker - meningkatkan sisi gelap Peter. Ketika Peter berhasil melepaskan diri, alien tersebut berhasil menguasai Eddie Brock Jr., fotografer saingan Peter. Simbiosis alien tersebut dengan Eddie menyebabkan Peter masuk ke dalam salah satu pertempurannya yang paling hebat.

Spider-Man 3 dirilis secara komersial di banyak negara pada 1 Mei 2007. Di Amerika Serikat, film ini dirilis pada 4 Mei 2007 baik untuk bioskop konvensional maupun IMAX. Di Indonesia, film ini dirilis serentak di berbagai kota pada 2 Mei 2007.

HELL BOY

Plot

In 1944, the Nazis work with the undead Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin on an isolated island off the coast of Scotland to build a dimensional portal. They intend to use it, with Rasputin's help, to awaken the Ogdru Jahad, monstrous entities that have been imprisoned and asleep since an undisclosed time, to destroy their enemies. But Rasputin secretly intends to use the entities to bring about the destruction of the entire Earth. He is aided by his servant, Ilsa von Haupstein, to whom he has granted eternal life, and Nazi Lieutenant Colonel Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, Hitler's top assassin and head of the Thule Occult Society. The United States sends a small Army team to destroy the portal, guided by a young doctor, Professor Trevor Broom (professor Bruttenholm in the comics)^[3], who is well-versed in the occult. In the ensuing battle, the German scientists and soldiers are killed and the portal is destroyed, in the process absorbing and apparently killing Rasputin. Ilsa and Kroenen escape capture. As the Army team surveys the ruins for anything that may have sneaked into their dimension through the portal, they discover an infant demon with a stone right hand. Broom coaxes it into his arms with a Baby Ruth candy bar. The soldiers affectionately name the little creature "Hellboy."

Sixty years later, a young FBI agent named John Myers is transferred to the B.P.R.D., run by Broom. He is introduced to Hellboy, now an adult. Also employed with the B.P.R.D. is an amphibious humanoid named Abe Sapien who has advanced psychic abilities, and Liz Sherman, a pyrokinetic who has yet to learn to control her firestarting abilities. Liz has recently left the bureau (for the thirteenth time) and checked herself into a mental hospital in an effort to protect others from her talent. Despite regular visits and coaxing from Hellboy, who appears infatuated with her, she is determined not to return.

Meanwhile, Kroenen and Ilsa resurrect Rasputin somewhere in the mountains in Moldova^[4]. Rasputin and his minions travel to New York and the Machen Library of Paranormal Artifacts. There, they smash open a display and, through magic, unleash a monstrously powerful hellhound known as Sammael. Rasputin imbues Sammael with the power to reincarnate and split his essence, causing two of the creature's "eggs" to hatch and mature in seconds each time one dies. Rasputin then visits Liz as she sleeps, reactivating her powers and causing the near-total destruction of the hospital. Afterwards, Myers talks to her, and convinces her to return to the bureau, at least for the short term.

Sammael's ability to multiply quickly becomes a major problem, as Hellboy repeatedly kills it, creating dozens. During a hunt for the beast in the sewers of New York, Abe is injured during an attempt to retrieve some of their eggs, and Kroenen kills one of the FBI agents sent with Hellboy, and Sammael kills the other two agents. Kroenen, whose mutilated body is now run by mechanic parts, then shuts himself down and pretends to be defeated just before Hellboy arrives. Kroenen's body is brought to the bureau for examination. FBI Director Tom Manning is angered by Hellboy's recklessness, which he feels is indirectly responsible for his agents' deaths. Hellboy gets mad and threatens Manning just as Liz returns, almost causing her to leave again just as quickly. Myers, in an effort to help her overcome her difficulties with Hellboy, takes her out for coffee and to talk. Hellboy, jealous, covertly follows them.

While they are away, Rasputin appears at the bureau, reanimating Kroenen before they confront Professor Broom. Out of twisted respect for Broom's protection and nurturing of Hellboy, Rasputin promises him a quick death, but first offers him a vision of the future, showing Hellboy is the agent that has destroyed the world. Rejecting Rasputin's vision of Hellboy's destiny, Broom is stabbed in the neck by Kroenen and, clutching a rosary, collapses and dies.

Manning takes over the B.P.R.D. and, with the help of Hellboy and the others, manages to find Rasputin's physical body located in his mausoleum in an old cemetery outside Moscow, Russia. A team led by Manning and Hellboy enter the mausoleum, but swiftly become separated. Hellboy and Manning find their way to Kroenen's lair, where an enraged Hellboy, with Manning's help, defeats Kroenen once and for all, to avenge the death of his father. Telling Manning to stay back, Hellboy reunites with Liz and Myers at Sammael's nest to defend them, but the creatures overwhelm him. In an effort to help, Liz, with some encouragement from Myers, ignores the fear that has prevented her from unleashing her full potential and uses her pyrokinetic powers to encase herself in fire, which she uses to incinerate the army of Sammaels and all the eggs. Unfortunately, this effect renders Hellboy, Liz and Myers unconscious and they are captured by Rasputin.

To force Hellboy to release the Ogdru Jahad, Rasputin sucks Liz's soul out of her body, telling Hellboy that Liz will come back to life only if he complies. Hellboy, not wanting to lose Liz, awakens his true power as Anung un Rama, causing his horns to regrow. He nearly releases the Ogdru Jahad, but the injured Myers reminds him of who he is and that he has the right to choose his own path. Remembering his true self and what his father brought him up to be, Hellboy snaps off his horns, returning to his former self and resealing the Ogdru Jahad. As Rasputin screams his frustration and disappointment at Hellboy, Hellboy stabs him in the belly with one of his broken horns.

However, Rasputin has one last trick up his sleeve: he is possessed by a creature from the Ogdru Jahad. The tentacled Behemoth bursts out of Rasputin's body, grows to immense size, and kills Rasputin and Ilsa. Hellboy grabs a stone sword from a nearby statue and attacks the Behemoth's tentacles, then allows himself to be swallowed while detonating a belt of live hand grenades. The subsequent explosion tears the Behemoth apart from inside, destroying it. Liz's vital signs are gone when Hellboy returns from the fight, but he whispers into her ear, and suddenly her life is restored. When she asks how her soul was returned, Hellboy replies that he simply told the creatures from the other side the cost of taking her: "Hey, you on the other side. Let her go. Because for her I'll cross over, and then you'll be sorry." She and Hellboy kiss as she surrounds them in flame, and the narrator, Myers, says that what truly makes a man is "Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them."

Finally, the film ends with a humorous mid-credits scene, where a forgotten and frightened Manning is lost several levels down in the dank and dim halls of the mausoleum, listening to maybe the rustle of footsteps, and looking to see if there's anyone around.

[edit] Cast

• Ron Perlman as Hellboy
• Selma Blair as Liz Sherman
• Ladislav Beran as Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
• Doug Jones as Abe Sapien
• John Hurt as Professor Trevor Broom
• Rupert Evans as John Myers
• Karel Roden as Grigori Rasputin
• Jeffrey Tambor as Tom Manning
• David Hyde Pierce as Abe Sapien (voice, uncredited)

[edit] Production

[edit] Development

Guillermo del Toro considered creating this film as a dream project for many years with casting Ron Perlman as the lead role, but could never secure a budget or studio approval. After the massive success of Blade II (2002), del Toro was offered to direct Blade: Trinity (2004) or a film adaptation of Hellboy. Though he briefly considered trying to fit both films into his schedule, he chose Hellboy.

[edit] Release

Hellboy had its world premiere at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California on March 30, 2004.^[5] The film opened in wide release on April 2, 2004 where it grossed USD $23.1 million in 3,028 theaters on its opening weekend. It went on to make $59.6 million in North America and $39.6 million in the rest of the world for a worldwide total of $99.6 million, well above its $66 million budget.^[6]

[edit] Critical reception

The film was well received by most critics with an average review score of 80% based on 186 reviews, which earned it a "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[7] It also has a 72 metascore on Metacritic. Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and wrote, "Pop pretensions can't undo a basic contradiction: that our hero is fighting metaphysical evil with pure, meaty brawn. Hellboy is engaging, but it's got a lot more boy in it than hell".^[8] In his review for the New York Times, Elvis Mitchell wrote, "Mr. del Toro avidly lavishes this texture on Hellboy . . . giving it a kiss of distinction. It's an elegant haunted house of a picture with dread and yearning part of the eeriness".^[9] Roger Ebert gave the film three and half stars out of four and praised Ron Perlman's performance: "And in Ron Perlman, it has found an actor who is not just playing a superhero, but enjoying it . . . he chomps his cigar, twitches his tail and battles his demons with something approaching glee. You can see an actor in the process of making an impossible character really work".^[10] However, USA Today wrote, "Hellboy's special effects don't offer much of anything new, its far-fetched plot leaves a bit to be desired, and there is plenty that flat-out doesn't make sense. Those unfamiliar with the comic book may leave the theater bedeviled and scratching their heads".^[11] The film also received good reviews in the British press - for example, Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian commented amusedly on the unhistoricity of the Nazis invading Britain in the initial sequence but overall called the film "bizarre and loopy, romantic and dynamic".^[12]

Hellboy was also ranked number 13 out of 94 in Rotten Tomatoes' "Comix Worst to Best" countdown (where 1 was best and 94 was worst).^[13]

[edit] Awards

Hellboy was nominated for four Saturn Awards in 2005, including Best Fantasy Film, Best Special Edition DVD Release, and Best Make-Up, which it won.^[14] Empire magazine ranked Hellboy 11th in their "The 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies" list.^[15]

[edit] Home media

Hellboy was released on DVD in a two-disc special edition DVD on July 27, 2004, less than 16 weeks after it opened in theaters. Included, were video introductions by Del Toro and Selma Blair, plus a feature that allowed viewers to click during selected parts of the movie to comics drawn by Mike Mignola. Other bonus features include audio commentaries by Del Toro, Blair, Mignola, Ron Perlman, Jeffrey Tambor and Rupert Evans, as well as visits to the "Right Hand of Doom" set and a two-hour documentary.^[16] This DVD topped the Nielsen VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales chart and the Video Store magazine's list of top rentals for the week ending August 1, 2004, registering a total of more than a half-million units in sales.^[17]

A three-disc unrated director's cut DVD set was released on October 19, 2004. In addition to all of the features of the original two-disc set, with the exception of a new director's commentary replacing the old one, new features included Del Toro introducing 20 minutes of additional and extended scenes, a composer commentary with isolated score replacing the cast commentary, a Cast Video Commentary with Perlman, Blair, Tambor and Rupert Evans, multiple production workshop featurettes, a Comic Con 2002 Panel Discussion with Del Toro, Perlman and Mignola, and a A Quick Guide to Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud.^[18]

Two versions of High Definition Blu-ray Discs were released: The Director's cut and the Theatrical Release cut.^[19]

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012 (film)

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2012
Poster teater
Sutradara	Roland Emmerich
Produser	Roland Emmerich Mark Gordon Harald Kloser Larry J. Franco Ute Emmerich
Penulis	Harald Kloser Roland Emmerich
Pemeran	John Cusack Chiwetel Ejiofor Amanda Peet Thandie Newton Oliver Platt bersama Danny Glover dan Woody Harrelson
Musik oleh	Harald Kloser Thomas Wander James Seymour Brett (musik tambahan)
Sinematografi	Dean Semler
Penyunting	David Brenner Peter S. Elliott
Studio	Centropolis Entertainment The Mark Gordon Company
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Tanggal rilis	11 November 2009[1][2] (premiere) 13 November 2009[1] (Kanada & AS) 21 November 2009[1] (Jepang)
Durasi	158 menit
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Bahasa	Inggris
Anggaran	$260 juta[3]

Artikel ini berisi tentang film. Untuk prediksi metafisika dan kosmologi tentang 21 Desember 2012, lihat fenomena 2012.

2012 adalah sebuah film bencana tahun 2009 yang disutradarai Roland Emmerich. Film ini memiliki ensemble cast, termasuk John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, dan Woody Harrelson. Film ini akan didistribusikan oleh Columbia Pictures. Syuting dimulai bulan Agustus 2008 di Vancouver.

Daftar isi [sembunyikan] 1 Alur 2 Produksi 3 Pemeran 4 Musik 5 Pemasaran 6 Rilis 7 Penerimaan 8 Kemunculan televisi 9 Pranala luar 10 Lihat pula 11 Referensi

[sunting] Alur

Film ini terinspirasi oleh ide peristiwa hari kiamat global yang bersamaan dengan akhir putaran Kalender Hitungan Panjang Maya pada atau sekitar 12 Desember 2012 (titik balik matahari musim dingin belahan Bumi utara).

Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) adalah seorang ayah yang telah bercerai yang bekerja sampingan sebagai supir limousin dan penulis, sementara bekas istrinya (Amanda Peet) dan anak-anaknya tinggal bersama dengan pacar barunya, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).

Di kota Tikal suku Maya di Guatemala, korban bunuh diri massal tampaknya mempercayai kalender Maya, yang meramalkan akhir dunia yang bersamaan dengan Kesejajaran Galaktik, yang terjadi pada 21 Desember 2012, tanggal terjadinya titik balik matahari musim dingin di belahan Bumi utara. IHC (Institute for Human Continuity), sebuah organisasi rahasia, menyadari situasi ini dan mulai membangun bahtera besar di bawah Pegunungan Himalaya yang dirancang untuk menghadapi banyak bencana alam untuk menyelamatkan manusia, spesies tertentu, dan harta manusia yang paling berharga ketika kiamat akhirnya terjadi. Ada perdebatan tentang bagaimana dan kapan pemerintah dunia akan memberitahu warga mereka, dan cara memilih orang-orang yang akan diselamatkan dari kiamat ini. Sementara itu, ketika sedang dalam perjalanan siang menuju Yellowstone dengan dua anaknya, Jackson bertemu Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), yang membawakan acara radionya sendiri tentang prediksi suku Maya terhadap 21 Desember 2012.

Retakan besar terbentuk di Patahan San Andreas, California, dan meskipun pemerintah meyakinkan segalanya aman, Jackson tidak yakin. Menyewa pesawat pribadi dan memperoleh barang-barang darurat, ia pergi ke rumah Kate di L.A. untuk menyelamatkan keluarganya dan Gordon dari gempa bumi karena perpindahan kulit Bumi. Jackson dengan cepat mengumpulkan keluarganya, dan setelah perjalanan yang panjang dan berbahaya dengan jalan-jalan yang runtuh menuju Bandar Udara Santa Monica, pacar baru Amanda, Gordon menggunakan kemampuan terbangnya untuk menyelamatkan keluarga ini. Seluruh kota Los Angeles yang runtuh mulai tenggelam ke Samudera Pasifik. Ketika pesawat semakin kekurangan bahan bakar, kelompok ini melihat kemungkinan mendarat di Wyoming. Jackson memanfaatkan kesempatan ini untuk bertemu Charlie. Menentang keinginan Kate, Jackson dan Lily pergi mencari Charlie, meskipun menemukan mobil van-nya kosong. Melalui radio, Charlie memberitahukan pendengarnya bahwa ia telah pergi ke pegunungan untuk menyaksikan kiamat. Jackson mengemudikan van tersebut untuk menemukan dan menyelamatkan Charlie, tapi Charlie menolak pergi. Ketika Jackson dan Lily melarikan diri dari gunung api yang meletus, Charlie menyebutkan sebuah peta di van yang akan memperlihatkan rute lari. Jackson dan Lily pergi kembali ke pesawat melewati hujan batu lava. Setelah tiba, Lily lari ke pesawat, tapi Jackson tetap di van untuk mencari peta tersebut, dan itu terlalu lama. Ketika tanah terbuka, van itu jatuh ke sebuah celah. Keluarga Jackson ketakutan, tapi harus pergi. Jackson memegang pinggiran, dan berlari ke pesawat ketika tanah di belakangnya terus runtuh. Ia cukup cepat memasuki pesawat.

Semakin jelas bahwa tidak hanya California yang mengalami bencana: Gunung Api Super Yellowstone meletus; gempa besar terjadi di Amerika Selatan; Washington, D.C. dibanjiri oleh tsunami dan USS John F. Kennedy menghancurkan Gedung Putih; dan St. Peter's Basilica di Roma runtuh, menewaskan ribuan orang. Tsunami lain menghantam New York City, menenggelamkan Patung Liberty. Pemerintah AS akhirnya mengumumkan akhir dunia. Jackson dan keluarganya harus mencari jalan ke Cina untuk menaiki kapal besar, karena pesawat kecil mereka tak mampu melakukan perjalanan ini. Ketika mereka mencari pesawat baru, semuanya dipenuhi penumpang. Tetapi, Gordon bergantung pada salah satu klien lamanya, Tamara (Beatrice Rosen). Ia bersama dengan milyuner Rusia, Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Buric). Keluarga ini mengetahui bahwa Yuri telah membawa pesawat Antonov yang awalnya digunakan sebagai pengangkut mobil-mobil mewah pameran untuk kabur ke Cina. Jackson meminta untuk memperbolehkan keluarganya, tapi Yuri menolak. Tetapi, pilotnya, Sasha (Johann Urb) memberitahu bahwa ia membutuhkan seorang kopilot dan Jackson mengatakan Gordon adalah pilot terlatih. Sehingga, kelompok ini akhirnya menaiki pesawat tersebut sementara bandara hancur oleh gempa bumi.

Ketika mereka ada di udara, Sasha sadar bahwa pesawat ini tidak memiliki bahan bakar cukup untuk terbang ke Cina. Ia memberitahu Gordon, dan mereka setuju untuk mendarat di air. Sasha kemudian mengetahui bahwa mereka tidak lagi di atas lautan: kulit Bumi telah berpindah ribuan mil dan mereka mengarah ke Pegunungan Himalaya. Mengetahui resiko mendaratkan pesawat di atas salju, Sasha mengatakan pada penumpang untuk pergi ke penyimpanan kargo di mana banyak mobil disimpan di sana, sementara ia dan Gordon mempertahankan kontrol dan membuka pintu kargo dari kokpit. Rencana mereka ialah mengeluarkan mobil tersebut dari penyimpanan kargo. Gordon harus meninggalkan Sasha dan berlari ke mobil tepat waktunya. Sasha mendaratkan pesawat di sebuah jurang, yang kemudian runtuh. Anggota kelompok lainnya mendarat selamat. Tamara menangis dan meminta agar mereka kembali untuk mencari Sasha. Sebelum mereka bertindak, helikopter Cina yang mengangkut hewan besar terbang di atas mereka. Satu helikopter mendarat, meskipun kelompok ini tahu bahwa mereka harus bayar untuk menaikinya. Yuri membayar untuk dirinya dan putranya, tapi menolak membayar untuk orang lain. Sebelum masuk helikopter, ia berkata pada Tamara bahwa ia tahu hubungannya dengan Sasha.

Kelompok ini tak memiliki pilihan kecuali jalan melintasi pegunungan untuk mencari kelompok lain. Sebuah mobil lewat, Jackson melempar batu ke arahnya. Mobil berbalik dan penumpang membolehkan mereka naik. Di dalamnya terdapat seorang biarawan Buddha, Nima (Osric Chau), dan neneknya (Lisa Lu). Mereka pergi untuk bertemu dengan saudara Nima, Tenzin (Chin Han), yang punya rencana untuk menyelinap ke kapal besar itu.

Setelah tiba, Tenzin marah. Ia mengatakan pada Nima bahwa rencananya tidak dapat melibatkan banyak orang, dan orang lain tidak bisa diikutkan bergabung. Jackson dan Kate memaksa pada Tenzin bahwa mereka membawa anak-anak. Setelah perdebatan panjang, Tenzin membolehkan seluruh kelompok bergabung.

Jackson dan keluarganya berusaha menyelinap ke kapal itu dengan bantuan Tenzin. Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), Kepala Staf Presiden kemudian memerintahkan agar gerbang kapal ditutup, sementara suplai belum cukup. Ketika gerbang ditutup, kaki Tenzin hancur dan Gordon tewas. Dr.Adrian Helmsley,penasihat ilmiah Presiden (Chiwetel Ejiofor), kaget dan memutuskan gerbang dibuka untuk korban selamat yang tersisa. Roda sebuah gerbang di kapal tersebut macet dan tak mau menutup, sehingga gerbang setengah terbuka. Mesin kapal tak bisa dinyalakan kecuali gerbang ditutup. Ketika tsunami menghantam kapal, sebuah struktur penopang utama patah, dan kapal mengapung menuju Gunung Everest. Jackson dan Noah berusaha memperbaiki roda kapal dan gerbang pun tertutup. Mesin dinyalakan kembali untuk menghindari tabrakan dengan gunung. Kapal menabrak Gunung Everest, tapi mengalami sedikit kerusakan. Ketika banjir menyurut, kapten kapal memutuskan Tanjung Harapan Baik di Afrika Selatan sebagai tanah baru yang cocok bagi korban selamat. Pada saat itu, tanggal menunjukkan 27 Januari 0001, sebagai awalan umat manusia untuk memulai kehidupan yang baru.

Twilight (series)

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Twilight
A hardcover box set of all four books in the series
Twilight New Moon Eclipse Breaking Dawn
Author	Stephenie Meyer
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Romance, fantasy, young-adult fiction
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Published	2005–2008
Media type	Print

Twilight is a series of four vampire-based fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. The series is told primarily from Bella's point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and Part II of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black, a werewolf. The unpublished Midnight Sun is a retelling of the first book, Twilight, from Edward Cullen's point of view.

Ever since the release of the first novel, Twilight, in 2005, the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success around the world. The series is most popular among young adults; the four books have won multiple awards, most notably the 2008 British Book Award for "Children's Book of the Year" for Breaking Dawn,^[1] while the series as a whole won the 2009 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Book.^[2]

As of November 2009, the series has sold over 85 million copies worldwide^[3] with translations into at least 38 different languages around the globe.^[4][5] The four Twilight books have consecutively set records as the biggest selling novels of 2008 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list^[6] and have spent over 235 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Series Books.^[3]

Thus far, the first three books are being made into a series of motion pictures by Summit Entertainment; the film adaptation of Twilight was released in 2008 and the second, New Moon, was released on November 20, 2009.^[7] The third film, Eclipse, is set to be released June 30, 2010.

Contents [hide] 1 Plot overview 1.1 Twilight 1.2 New Moon 1.3 Eclipse 1.4 Breaking Dawn 1.5 Main characters 2 Setting 3 Structure and genre 4 Inspiration and themes 5 Origins and publishing history 6 Future books 7 Reception and influence 7.1 The Twilight Phenomenon 8 Critical reception 8.1 Praise and cultural impact 8.2 Criticism 9 Film adaptations 10 References 11 External links

Plot overview

Twilight

Main article: Twilight (novel)

Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington to allow her mother to travel with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. After moving to Forks, Bella finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome boy, Edward Cullen. She eventually learns that he is a member of a vampire family who drinks animal blood rather than human. Edward and Bella fall in love, but James, a sadistic vampire from another coven, is drawn to hunt down Bella. Edward and the other Cullens defend Bella. She escapes to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is tricked into confronting James, who tries to kill her. She is seriously wounded, but Edward rescues her and they return to Forks, having killed James.

New Moon

Main article: New Moon (novel)

Edward and his family leave Forks because he believes he is endangering Bella's life. Bella falls into a deep depression, until she develops a strong friendship with Jacob Black, who she discovers can shape shift into a wolf. Jacob and the other wolves in his tribe must protect her from Victoria, a vampire seeking to avenge her mate, James' death, by killing Bella. A misunderstanding occurs, and Edward believes Bella is dead. Edward decides to commit suicide in Volterra, Italy, but he is stopped by Bella, who is accompanied by Edward's sister, Alice. They meet with the Volturi, a powerful vampire coven, and are released only on the condition that Bella be turned into a vampire in the near future. Bella and Edward are reunited, and she and the Cullens return to Forks.

Eclipse

Main article: Eclipse (novel)

The vampire Victoria (James's mate from Twilight) has created an army of "newborn" vampires to battle the Cullen family and murder Bella for revenge. Meanwhile, Bella is impelled to choose between her relationship with Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Edward's vampire family and Jacob's werewolf pack join forces to successfully destroy Victoria and her vampire army. In the end, Bella chooses Edward's love over Jacob's and agrees to marry him.

Breaking Dawn

Main article: Breaking Dawn

Bella and Edward are married, but their honeymoon is cut short when Bella discovers that she is pregnant. Her pregnancy progresses rapidly, severely weakening her. She nearly dies giving birth to her and Edward's half-vampire-half-human daughter, Renesmee, but Edward injects Bella with his venom to save her life by turning her into a vampire. A vampire from another coven sees Renesmee and mistakes her for an "immortal child". She informs the Volturi, as the existence of such beings violates vampire law. The Cullens gather vampire witnesses who can verify that Renesmee is not an immortal child. After an intense confrontation, the Cullens and their witnesses convince the Volturi that the child poses no danger to vampires or their secret, and they are left in peace by the Volturi.

Main characters

See also: List of Twilight characters

• Isabella "Bella" Swan – The protagonist of the series, teenager Bella is a perpetually clumsy "danger magnet", with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is often portrayed as having low self-esteem and unable to comprehend Edward's love for her. She has an immunity to supernatural abilities involving the mind, such as Edward's mind-reading ability. After her transformation into a vampire in the saga's fourth installment, Bella acquires the ability to shield both herself and others from "mental harm" from other vampires.
• Edward Cullen – Edward is a vampire who lives with a coven of like-minded vampires known as the Cullen family, who feed on animals rather than humans. Over the course of the Twilight series, Edward falls in love with, marries, and has a child with Bella. At first, Edward feels a mutual hatred toward Jacob Black because of his love for Bella, but in Breaking Dawn he comes to see Jacob as a brother and friend. Like some vampires, Edward has a supernatural ability, mind reading; it allows him to read anyone's thoughts within a few miles radius. Bella is immune to his power as a human, but learns how to lower this "shield" after her transformation to a vampire.
• Jacob Black – A minor character in the first novel, Jacob is introduced as a member of the Quileute tribe. He resurfaces in New Moon with a much larger role as Bella's best friend as she struggles through her depression over losing Edward. Although he is in love with Bella, she initially sees him as just her best friend. He and other tribe members can shape shift into wolves. In Eclipse Bella realizes that she loves Jacob, though her feelings for him are overpowered by her love for Edward Cullen. In Breaking Dawn, Jacob finds a soulmate in Bella and Edward's baby daughter, Renesmee, ridding him of his heartache for Bella.

Setting

The story is set primarily in the town of Forks, Washington, where Bella and her father, Charlie Swan, live. Other cities in Washington briefly appear in the series or are mentioned, such as Port Angeles, Olympia, Seattle and La Push. Some events in Twilight take place in Phoenix, Arizona, where Bella was raised. Volterra, Italy, is featured in New Moon, when Edward travels there to commit suicide and Bella rushes to save him. Jacksonville, Florida, is mentioned first in Twilight and second in Eclipse, when Edward and Bella visit Bella's mother, who has moved there with her new husband. Seattle, Washington, is featured in Breaking Dawn when Jacob tries to escape his love for Bella, and when Bella tries to locate a man named J. Jenks. Bella and Edward spend their honeymoon on a fictional "Isle Esme", purportedly off the coast of Brazil.

Structure and genre

The Twilight series falls under the genre of young adult, fantasy, and romance, though Meyer categorized her first book, Twilight, as "suspense romance horror comedy".^[8] However, she states that she considers her books as "romance more than anything else".^[8] The series explores the unorthodox romance between human Bella and vampire Edward, as well as the love triangle between Bella, Edward, and Jacob, a werewolf.^[9] The books avoid delving into provocative sex, drugs, and harsh swearing because, according to Meyer, "I don't think teens need to read about gratuitous sex."^[10]

The books are written in first-person narrative, primarily through Bella's eyes with the epilogue of the third book and a part of the fourth book being from Jacob's point of view. When asked about the structure of the novel, Meyer described her difficulty to pinpoint the premise of the novels to any specific category:

I have a hard time with that. Because if I say to someone, 'You know, it's about vampires,' then immediately they have this mental image of what the book is like. And it's so not like the other vampire books out there–Anne Rice's and the few that I've read. It isn't that kind of dark and dreary and blood-thirsty world. Then when you say, 'It's set in high school,' a lot of people immediately put it in another pool. It's easy to pigeonhole with different descriptions.^[11]

The books are based on the vampire myth, but Twilight vampires differ in a number of particulars from the general vampire lore. For instance, Twilight vampires have strong piercing teeth rather than fangs; they glitter in sunlight rather than burn; and they can drink both animal blood as well as human blood. Meyer comments that her vampire mythology differs from that of other authors because she wasn't informed about the canon vampires, saying,

It wasn't until I knew that Twilight would be published that I began to think about whether my vampires were too much the same or too much different from the others. Of course, I was far too invested in my characters at that point to be making changes... so I didn't cut out fangs and coffins and so forth as a way to distinguish my vampires; that's just how they came to me.^[12]

Inspiration and themes

According to the author, her books are "about life, not death" and "love, not lust".^[13] Each book in the series was inspired by and loosely based on a different literary classic: Twilight on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, New Moon on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Eclipse on Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and Breaking Dawn on a second Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.^[14] Meyer also states that Orson Scott Card and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series are a big influence on her writing.^[11]

Another key theme in the series is that of immortality.^[15] Once Bella learns that it is possible for her to become immortal, she sets her sights on this goal.^[16] While Edward tries to downplay the value of living indefinitely, for four books this becomes the key theme that drives the story forward,^{[citation needed]} until Bella's eventual transformation into an immortal, non-aging vampire.^[17]

Other major themes of the series include choice and free will.^[11][18] Meyer says that the books are centered around Bella's choice to choose her life on her own, and the Cullens' choices to abstain from killing rather than follow their temptations: "I really think that's the underlying metaphor of my vampires. It doesn't matter where you're stuck in life or what you think you have to do; you can always choose something else. There's always a different path."^[18]

Meyer, a Mormon, acknowledges that her faith has influenced her work. In particular, she says that her characters "tend to think more about where they came from, and where they are going, than might be typical."^[10] Meyer also steers her work from subjects such as sex, despite the romantic nature of the novels. Meyer says that she does not consciously intend her novels to be Mormon-influenced, or to promote the virtues of sexual abstinence and spiritual purity, but admits that her writing is shaped by her values, saying, "I don't think my books are going to be really graphic or dark, because of who I am. There's always going to be a lot of light in my stories."^[19]