Knightley kunye noCarell kwi Ukufuna uMhlobo weSiphelo seHlabathi . Sukuba nexhala malunga nezikhukula, iinyikima zomhlaba okanye ukutshisa ubhubhe kumlilo ongathandabuzekiyo. Xa isiphelo sifika, zikhusele ngothando. Lo ngumyalezo ogqithisiweyo kwi Ukufuna uMhlobo weSiphelo seHlabathi, Umbhali-mlawuli uLorene Scafaria osemqoka wefilimu. Kukuthatha umdla kwi-apocalypse njengombongo wethoni ebambekayo, kunye nomhlekisi uSteve Carell kwindima yakhe yokuqala enomdla (ubuncinci, eyokuqala ndiyibonileyo). Uyachukumisa kwaye uyathandeka ngokungalindelekanga, kwaye kunye ne-co-star uKeira Knightley ubonakalisa i-chemistry yothando endingazange ndicinge ukuba angayenza.
I-asteroid egama linguMatilda i-70-yeemayile ububanzi iphosa iplanethi yoMhlaba kwaye kulindeleke ukuba idibane kwiintsuku ezingama-21. Iiselfowuni azincedi nganto. Amanzi namandla ayanqunyulwa. Abantu abazama ukubaleka ezixekweni bavaleleke kwigridi engapheliyo. Ubomi bulahlekelwe yiyo yonke intsingiselo, kwaye iinqwelomoya zokugqibela kwiinqwelomoya zishiye umhlaba, zibonisa ukuphela kohambo lomoya unaphakade. Umnumzana Carell udlala uDodge, umthengisi weinshurensi, obukela le ntlekele isenzeka kwiindaba zenethiwekhi ngomxube wokoyikiswa kunye nokuyeka, ngelixa umfazi wakhe etsiba nje emotweni emshiya kuloo ndawo. Ungenisile kwaye sele etyumkile ngobomi. Ngoku ujongene nokufa eyedwa. Le yiTitanic, utsho umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni, kwaye akukho sikhitshane sobomi.
Ngena uPenny, ummelwane ophantsi ongezantsi kwisakhiwo sakhe sokuhlala uhlala ethintelwa ngononophelo-neurotic, extroverted, echasene nenyani. Ngokufihlakeleyo, ubambe iposi kaDodge kwaye ngoku uhambisa ileta evela kwisithandwa sakhe ekwakukudala siphulukene nesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ukukhathazeka nokungazi ukuba bajike phi ngokulandelayo, abo bantu bangaziwayo badibene ngengozi badibanisa imikhosi babetha uhola wendlela ukufumana isithandwa sakhe esidala eNew Jersey, emva koko bahambe bayokufumana usapho lukaPenny eMaryland. Umboniso bhanyabhanya ubalisa ngohambo lwabo lwendlela kwaye wazisa abalinganiswa abadibana nabo endleleni-indoda abakhwela kuyo ekhwela ukuzibulala ikhawulezisa ukuzibulala kwayo ngoncedo lombulali oqeshiweyo, abantu abaya ethekweni kwindawo yokutyela esecaleni kwendlela abasebenzi abasebenza kuyo ukuze bazilahle , abathengi abonganyelweyo, ipolisa kuhola wendlela ozimisele ukugcina umthetho ukuya kumnyama wokugqibela ngokubhala itikiti lokubalekisa. UPenny ubeka isoka elidala elihlala kwindawo yokuwa kunye neetapile ezaneleyo zokuphela ezinye iinyanga ezintandathu. UDodge ufikelela kwinqanaba lokuhlangana kwakhona notata okwahlukileyo angambonanga kwiminyaka (Martin Sheen). Umboniso bhanyabhanya ubonisa indlela ezitshintsha ngayo iimbono-okanye zihlale zinjalo-xa ujongene nentlekele yokugqibela. Kukho indawo yokulila, exutywe noburharha obungalindelekanga. Njengokufika kombane wokugqibela kunye nezikhululo zikamabonakude zishiya amaza omoya kunye nomzekelo wokugqibela wovavanyo, umvakalisi ukhumbuza wonke umntu obukeleyo ukuba abeke iiwotshi zawo ngaphambi kwexesha lokonga iMini.
Le yifilimu engaqhelekanga, enganyangekiyo kwimifanekiso yesiqhelo yokuphela koluntu. Iskripthi sigcwele isimanga, nokuba iindawo azisoloko zihlangana kunye nefuthe elifunwayo. Isantya ngamanye amaxesha siyarhuqa, kunye nokujolisa kugxilwe. Ukanti ifilimu ibuza imibuzo emininzi esebenzayo, ephazamisayo apho umboniso weqonga kaLorene Scafaria unganiki zimpendulo zilula. Ungathini? Ukuthatha ukutshaya kwakhona? Sela yonke ivodka kwikhabhathi yotywala? Ngaba utya konke ukutya okutyebileyo amaNazi alumkisa ngako? Ukwabelana ngesondo naye nabani na omfunayo kuba akusekho mntu unguye nantoni na? Ngexesha elidlulileyo lokukhangela kwabo, uDodge noPenny bafumana inkcazo entsha yothando ehambayo engenakuphikiswa. Ukuba akukho enye into, yibone kwimidlalo emibini esembindini. UKeira Knightley ufumana indima ngaphandle komkhondo wobukhazikhazi obuqhelekileyo, ngelixa u-Steve Carell ekugqibeleni ezolula iitalente zakhe ngobunzulu nangakumbi nangokucinga okuthe cwaka kunokuba wayekhe wamenyelwa kwimiboniso yangaphambili.
Emva kweefilimu ezininzi ze-apocalypse, Ukufuna uMhlobo weSiphelo seHlabathi ikrelekrele, inesidima kwaye iyanelisa ngokwasemphefumlweni. Umyalezo ulula. Ukuba isiphelo asinakuphepheka, ke kungcono ukujamelana neengalo zakho kumntu omthandayo kunokuba uwedwa kwaye ulahlekelwe ebhedini engenanto. Ukhetho olwenzayo lunokukhokelela kwinto engaqhelekanga efana nethemba.
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UKUFUNA UMHLOBO NGOKUPHELA KWEHLABATHI
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Kubhalwe kwaye kwalathiswa nguLorene Scafaria
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