The city of ember movie#
The movie gadgets and Indiana-Jones style thrills take over to get the kids out of Ember. But this is a MOVIE problem, not a story problem, likely. It would have been nice to see more of heir characters shine through in their escapes–what they worry about, what they accidentally do. They could be any two kids leaving the city. Once their drive to exit Ember kicks in, though, they are consumed with that idea and we lose who they are. In the movie, yes, we don’t get to spend enough time with Lina nor Doon’s past and their characters….so this is a plot-driven movie, as movies are wont to become. I was delighted by the cleverness of the plotting and worldbuilding in Ember, all the nooks and crannies we get to uncover. Anyway, the city is falling apart–the kids join in the maintenance of Ember, but also want to fix Ember. There are several things we can do to make society work better and we better encourage our kids to work on them…or maybe we can do them. This is the part that you feel resonating in today’s society. We see the city falling apart and the parents tell the kids not to worry about it.
We start this movie with two people wanting something so badly, and they don’t get what they want! Fantastic. What a great idea! Who needs years to find themselves? Or following pursuits where there is no market? (Where is the art down there?) Lina wants to be a messenger Doon wants to fix the engine, but on Assignment Day, they draw their jobs out of a hat (no more School Counselors with their aptitude tests!). High school graduation is not about living your dreams, but about getting an assignment to start working on keeping Ember going. I found the world so interesting–that unfortunately, I was disappointed when they escaped. It was a great way to start the movie/story.
The city of ember how to#
It’s up to two plucky teens to figure out how to escape. And without the instructions, no one will escape. Ember, like every other constructed engine, will fall apart. So we set up our story’s inner problem, as soon as that line of succession is interrupted. The directing on this scene focuses in on the hands of each successive mayor as they pass the box to each other in a line. Tolkien does it with the history of the Ring in Lord of the Rings, and here, DuPrau talks about the Countdown box with the papers on how to Exit Ember. If you’re gonna have to have an infodump, make it interesting. Opening sequence: I was getting ready for an infodump–but this is brilliantly constructed. True, the whole idea that the air and water are replenished–and yet not infected by radiation–is hard to swallow. No bad fumes down there–one would assume, with no cars–but then no oxygen either. Ramshackle, apartmental narrow English-looking cobblestone streets. What would you do to make a nuclear bunker livable and expandable? The city is quirky and interesting and what I’d expect from a city slowly running down. Jeanne DuPrau is an excellent world-builder, trying to make a city buried beneath the earth believable. The ending leaves you wishing to be back in the more colorful Ember, but the movie enjoys itself and the city while it is there.Ĭity of Ember is strongest when it is working within its world. It comes with a map, all torn up and faded it comes with a “ticking clock”–the fear that the city will wind up in the dark and plenty of menacing obstacles.
The city of ember full#
The City of Ember is a great fun family film, full of clever, unlockable mysteries.
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