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'''''The Core''''' ([[2003]]) is a [[science fiction]] [[disaster movie]] very loosely based on the novel ''[[Core (novel)|Core]]'' by [[Paul Preuss]]. It concerns a team who have to drill to the center of the [[Earth]] and set off a series of [[nuclear weapon|nuclear explosions]] in order to start the Earth's [[Planetary core|core]] spinning again. ''The Core'' was directed by [[Jon Amiel]], and starred [[Aaron Eckhart]], [[Delroy Lindo]], [[Hilary Swank]], [[DJ Qualls]], and [[Stanley Tucci]]. |
'''''The Core''''' ([[2003]]) is a [[science fiction]] [[disaster movie]] very loosely based on the novel ''[[Core (novel)|Core]]'' by [[Paul Preuss]]. It concerns a team who have to drill to the center of the [[Earth]] and set off a series of [[nuclear weapon|nuclear explosions]] in order to start the Earth's [[Planetary core|core]] spinning again. ''The Core'' was directed by [[Jon Amiel]], and starred [[Aaron Eckhart]], [[Delroy Lindo]], [[Hilary Swank]], [[DJ Qualls]], and [[Stanley Tucci]]. |
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The film is perhaps best known for being the driving factor in movies having nothing to do with reality or interesting stories/characters to be labeled as "retarded bullshit" as to avoid production companies being sued by angry moviegoers for their financial loss and emotional distress in association with the lost time spent in the movie theater and also shock at the horrible effects incorrectly identified as "special." |
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The film received low critical [[review]]s, and did very poorly at the box-office. |
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| The Core | |
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 Promotional poster for The Core | |
| Directed by | Jon Amiel |
| Written by | Cooper Layne John Rogers |
| Starring | Aaron Eckhart Delroy Lindo Hilary Swank DJ Qualls Stanley Tucci |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 2003 |
Running time | 135 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85,000,000 (production) $30,000,000 (advertising) |
The Core (2003) is a science fiction disaster movie very loosely based on the novel Core by Paul Preuss. It concerns a team who have to drill to the center of the Earth and set off a series of nuclear explosions in order to start the Earth's core spinning again. The Core was directed by Jon Amiel, and starred Aaron Eckhart, Delroy Lindo, Hilary Swank, DJ Qualls, and Stanley Tucci.
The film is perhaps best known for being the driving factor in movies having nothing to do with reality or interesting stories/characters to be labeled as "retarded bullshit" as to avoid production companies being sued by angry moviegoers for their financial loss and emotional distress in association with the lost time spent in the movie theater and also shock at the horrible effects incorrectly identified as "special."
Characters
Aaron Eckhart - Dr. Josh Keyes; scientist who designs the navigation system for Virgil and is assigned as head of the project
Hilary Swank - Major Rebecca Childs, USAF; a astronaut who distinguished herself during a emergency crash landing of the space shuttle Endeavor in Los Angeles, California
Delroy Lindo - Dr. Ed "Brazz" Brazzelton; designer of Virgil and the laser that cuts through the layers of the Earth
Stanley Tucci - Dr. Conrad Zimsky; Earth specialist and designer of Project DESTINI
Tcheky Karyo - Dr. Serge Leveque; nuclear weapons specialist
Bruce Greenwood - Commander Robert Iverson, USN; Maj. Childs' pilot and mentor
DJ Qualls - Taz Rat Finch; computer hacker who is widely regarded as the best in the world, hacked the FBI's database, recruited to control the flow of information on the Internet to prevent public panic
Alfre Woodard - Dr. Talma "Stick" Stickley; mission commander for NASA space shuttle Endeavor and Virgil
Synopsis
Strange things are happening on Earth's surface - everybody with a pacemaker drops dead at once within a 10-block radius in Boston. The pigeons in London's Trafalgar Square lose their internal navigational ability and start smashing into windscreens and breaking panes of glass.
The world soon realises the cause of these anomalies: Earth's core has stopped rotating. Within a year, the Earth will lose its electromagnetic shield and will be fried by solar radiation.
A team of "terranauts" is recruited to drill down to Earth's core and set off a series of nuclear explosions hopefully to restart the core's rotation. To aid their $15 billion journey, they use a newly-developed "sonic laser" that can cut through rock and an indestructible metal called "Unobtainium".
While they are underground, the world is struck by more disasters. Huge blasts of microwave radiation from the sun break through the atmosphere, melting the Golden Gate Bridge and frying San Francisco. Gigantic lightning bolts tear up the streets of Rome and blast the Colosseum to smithereens.
The base of the drilling experiments is in the Utah desert. The government also has a secret facility in Alaska with which they can start earthquakes anywhere on the planet; this weapon, called Project DESTINI (Deep Earth Seismic Trigger INItiative), is revealed to be the cause of the stalling of Earth's core.
Trivia
- While the movie may have been based on junk science, the reference to the secret government facility in Alaska is real. Project D.E.S.T.I.N.I. is a parody of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, that many believe uses the Earth's magnetic field to manipulate weather and earthquakes, broadcast signals, and even control minds.
- Dr. Josh Keyes, played by Aaron Eckhart. In one scene, Dr. Keyes needs data on why the Earth's core is suddenly changing. He frantically shouts out instructions to his assistants to immediately research all recent, unnatural physical occurrences. Acker replies, "That is going to be one huge search." Dr. Keyes, "You can use our T1 line to look up Sailor Moon crap, you're up to this!"
Keyes is probably referring to Acker's use of the T1 Internet line for personal uses (like looking up paraphenelia for the cartoon Sailor Moon) not shown in the movie. The novelization also says that Acker is a conspiracy theorist and often researches such topics.
Scientific Inaccuracies
- The only wholly liquid layer of the Earth's interior is the outer core - everything else is solid. Magma is contained in "pockets" within the lithosphere.
- The magma would have filled the giant geode in much less time because of the extreme pressures that are present at that depth.
- Although the terranaut's ship is repeatedly shown to be diving nose down toward the core, the terranauts walk horizontally through the ship, instead of climbing vertically as they should be.
- Moving closer to the center of the earth should result in a decrease in gravity, but no such effect is shown in the movie.
- In the shots viewing outside the ship, looking at it from inside the Earth, the magma and liquid metal is transparent enough to see the ship clearly from a distance of several hundred metres. Molten lava or iron is opaque and would probably glow bright enough to blind the camera with light.
- The unobtainium hull is able to convert heat directly into usable energy, violating the second law of thermodynamics.
