Colossal Page #2

Synopsis: Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Nacho Vigalondo
Production: NEON
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2016
109 min
$3,027,134
1,311 Views


I don't write fiction,

I write articles for an online magazine.

- Oh, they're on the internet.

- Yeah, they are.

- Well, that's cool.

- It is. Yeah.

Write down the address

then I could check it out.

I'm good.

- Yeah.

- Here we go.

- Sorry.

- Hey! What the hell's wrong with you? Huh?

- Am I get to kick your ass again?

- Oscar, nothing happened.

Please, spare me. Okay? Your first night

back in town and you're gonna f*** it up?

We both drinking, okay?

It's fun. We're just having fun.

Nothing happened...

You...

- What's going on?

- Nothing.

Jesus Christ.

What happened?

Sh*t.

Ow...

Hi. Oh, yes. What's up?

I don't know. I'm okay, Just...

I'm okay.

Yeah. No, I haven't heard anything.

What are you talking about? What?

Oh, come on.

I mean there's gotta be like a...

just the internet prank or something.

It get viral.

Hoax. Right?

What?

Oh, my God... Okay, you know, I need both

my hands. I gotta call you back. Okay, bye.

Oh, My God!

Holy sh*t.

"Seoul Under Attack!"

Oh, My God.

"Shocking Footage of Monster Attack. "

What is that?

What the hell is that thing?

- Hello?

- Is this a good time to talk?

I mean are you busy?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just got home. What's wrong?

What's wrong? Oh, My God, Tim.

I wasjust look at the news

and I think I'm in shock.

I... a giant monster

just materialized over Seoul.

Out of nowhere. I mean...

It was crazy,

but that happened 9 hours ago.

You're just hearing about it?

- Yeah.

- Well, what're you doing all day?

I'm...

I've been like, you know...

Doing chores around the house, I mean...

Hey, what are you getting at, Tim?

I'm worried about you, that's all.

You said you're going to figure things out.

- To get your life together.

- It's exactly what I'm doing.

Gloria, if you still think you and I can

be together, you need professional help.

You know, I've been there before.

Whether this shocking phenomenon is

considered an attack or a natural disaster?

Meanwhile the global state of emergency

continues with stock market plunged.

Thanks.

So far, this is the best footage we have

of the creature vanishing into thin air.

The unprecedented nature

of this phenomenon...

Do you get tangled?

You know you're watching something that's

gonna change the course of history.

Spoken among scientists,

raising the question...

whether we have to revised our entire

understanding of the laws of physics.

With hundred of specialists

already converging on Seoul,

initial scientific analysis has...

All those innocent victims, are there.

Never leave.

How lucky we are to be watching.

This are the high level of air contamination

triggered by the destruction...

have accelerated the evacuation

of many affected urban areas.

"Citizens Narrowly Escape.

" The UN just called for a worldwide seize fire...

and it's asking for support

from all nations able to help.

The US forces have already been dispatched

to help the search and rescue operations.

As the number of injured or

missing citizen continued to climb.

After the first public statement

from the South Korean President...

- Hello?

- Hi.

- Did I wake you up?

- No, it's okay. What's up?

I just wanna talk to you. I just woke up...

and um... I know you'd be on your way

to work, so I want to talk to you.

Gloria... you're drunk.

I'm not talking to you when you're drunk.

Well, look, I'm...

want to talk to you.

I didn't get the stuffs

in the house and say bye.

I slept on a matress.

I'm gonna get ready to work, okay?

I'll talk to you later.

Sh*t.

Sh*t!

[BELL DINGS]

- Hi.

- Hi.

I brought you a TV.

Careful.

Oh, sh*t. I just gotta...

I mean,

I think we should probably put it in here.

- Yeah.

- Sorry.

Yeah, so, it's kinda of a mess in here.

This is the only place I can

get wifi without password, so...

- What did you say? Oh, okay.

- I didn't say anything.

Yeah, well, we pop it over here and

we got the outlet and everything.

Yeah.

- Do you need me to do anything?

- No, honestly I'm good.

- I know what I'm doing. I like those stuff.

- Okay, thank you.

Oh, I gotta say,

this is a pretty nice surprise.

- What, the TV?

- Yeah.

No, we talked about this last night.

- Don't you remember?

- Yeah.

Yeah...

Did the monster come back?

- Yeah and attacked Seoul again.

- What?

But not as bad. You know they're,

their appearance, monster and timeplace,

but itjust stood there like made

a bunch of weird hand gestures.

But it did destroy a few

buildings and people got hurt.

They get a false story.

- What time did it happened?

- 8.05.

- The same...

- Exact some place.

Same time as yesterday and same

time as the other time it showed up.

What other time?

We...

- I'll show you.

- Yeah, please.

Yeah.

I can't believe you haven't seen this.

This is, uh...

Hell, it's like 25 years ago.

Oh, My God!

It appeared and dissapeared.

At exact 8.05. From the dark.

Back then everyone thought it was a hoax,

then...

Yeah, it's the only photos I have.

Call in. You know you can tell

it from the celluloid, right?

- Seoul too?

- Yeah, that wasn't Seoul.

- Well, that's a shame.

- Why is so that?

Well, you know like...

if the monster only attacking Seoul...

then all the rest of the world

would stop caring, you know like...

all the cease fire that happened.

I just amped.

So, you don't remember anything

we talked about last night, huh?

- I really melodramatic, didn't I?

- Well, you...

told me that you weren't

really on a vacation.

That you been looking forjob for a year

and been living with your boyfriend, Tim.

And it didn't worked out and

since you don't have any money,

you decide to move back

here for a little while.

For the record,

I figured out that you're broke on my own.

So you don't have to feel bad about...

Oh, well. Congratulations.

Is there anything else?

I told you that if you want to give me a

hand with the bar, you're more than welcome.

You'll make little money

while you're staying here.

What did I say?

You said yes.

I'm sorry. I should not ask you when

you drunk, that's bad timing. I just...

No. What are you talking about?

It's such a nice thing to do.

But, I mean do you need help at the bar?

If this mess keeps going on. Yeah.

Yeah, definitely I need help at the bar.

I gotta drink.

Alright, I tell you what.

I'm gonna work at the bar,

if you agree that we

clean up the western side.

- Fine, you're hired.

- Yes!

Country side gonna open!

Make it official. Boom!

- Thank you.

- Start at 5, tonight?

Great.

- Well, there we have it.

- Hey...

Yeah?

Thank you.

Yeah, of course.

You need a sofa.

Huh?

What?

To get a sofa right here.

So, you can watch... you know.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah...

- I know.

Alright. You want me to pick you up later?

- That'd be great. Thank you.

- Cool.

Can do.

Thank you.

- Perfect.

- Okay.

[VOICE OVER TV]

[VOICE OVER TV]

[VOICE OVER TV]

Despite the lack of recent attacks,

the city remains on high alert.

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Nacho Vigalondo

Ignacio "Nacho" Vigalondo (born 6 April 1977 in Cabezón de la Sal, Spain) is a Spanish filmmaker. more…

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