It's in these deeper messages where I, as a Christian and film lover, was most impressed. Loris (Tim Robbins) is interrogated by the Ember police In fact, it's best described as Logan's Run (1976) for kids-with a little of 12 Monkeys and Children of Men mixed with '80s kid adventures like The Goonies. Make no mistake: City of Ember is a good family film and apocalyptic sci-fi. What is interesting, though, is that two 2008 films- WALL*E and City of Ember-have mixed the apocalyptic with family-friendliness. The science fiction and horror genres have long been fertile ground for filmmakers and storytellers to explore these themes. In a time of war, ecological concerns, economic unrest, and continual worry for our world's future, it is no surprise to see a run of dystopian, fear-filled, end-of-the-world movies like Children of Men, I Am Legend, The Happening, Cloverfield, etc. She and her friend Doon (Harry Treadaway) must unravel the mystery before Ember's lights go out forever. But a young girl named Lina ( Atonement's Oscar-nominated Saoirse Ronan) stumbles onto part of an ancient message and is sure that it holds the secret to leaving Ember. No one knows that an escape plan even exists. No one remembers that there's more to life than Ember and the darkness surrounding it. More than 200 years go by and the over-extended Ember is crumbling. We're filled with a sense of hope that a lot of the problems in Ember (abuse of power, lack of electricity, a dearth of supplies to sustain life) will be resolved once this information reaches everyone and they hatch a plan to come out of the darkness and into the light.Harry Treadway as Doon, Saoirse Ronan as Linaīut over time, the instructions are lost and forgotten. Murdo finds the message-and because we know she's super-competent, we're thinking she'll act on it ASAP.
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They throw a message down into the city, explaining the mayor's treachery and how to access the escape boats on the river.
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Resolution (Denouement) We're Here, You're Nextĭoon and Lina find a crack in the earth and manage to get a glimpse of Ember, which has been underground this whole time (oh, so that explains it). Since most of the previous action has taken place over the last few days, the chance to catch their breath in a peaceful, scenic nature-y spot is pretty much the best falling action they can hope for. They also read a journal from the time of the Builders, helping them put together more puzzle pieces. They realize that they've come from this world, and were meant to return to it. The kids emerge into the world above, see the moon and stars, and witness their first sunrise (which is totally amazerrific).
Being pursued by the authorities is freaky and tense, hence the main crisis of the plot, and the plot turns in a new direction once the kids realized that they can and should escape by boat. It's all new and scary and, of course, very wet. She finally gets away, and together the kids (along with Lina's baby sister Poppy) maneuver one of the Builders' escape boats into the river.Ĭue exciting trip down a raging waterway. Climax (Crisis, Turning Point) What is this, Waterworld?Īfter a mad dash to figure out the cryptic instructions and locate the point of exit from Ember, Lina is captured by the mayor's guards for treason and Doon is helpless to save her. This, of course, makes their lives pretty complicated because brings them into conflict with the mayor, who benefits from keeping his people in the dark about the situation. When Lina finds a message containing instructions from the Builders, and when Doon finds a secret room in the Pipeworks, they start to figure out that urgent action is needed to save their community. The power is failing, supplies are running out, the ghosts of Christmas Past are… wait, different story. Both kids realize that something is truly wrong in Ember. Lina runs around happily being a messenger Doon plods along in the Pipeworks trying to fix stuff. We're calling this the initial situation because we learn the background with Ember, and we meet and learn all about Lina and Doon, our main characters Rising Action (Conflict, Complication) Not Everything Is As It Seems When we jump into the novel's main plot, it's Assignment Day, which the kids in Class 8 are kinda excited about and kinda scared about. Exposition (Initial Situation) The Builders' Intentions The Job Lotteryįrom page one we learn that Ember is a carefully designed city, made by the Builders to protect the people in it for a certain span of time.
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