History Film / Greenland

* BittersweetEnding: Clarke impacts Earth and civilization crumbles. However, those who managed to make it to a bunker survive. 9 months have passed and the atmosphere is cleansed of fallout. Even a flock of birds by the bunker blast doors when they open. Finally, bunkers from all over the globe are communicating with each other. Human civilization has crumbled, but there is a twinkle of hope that it can be rebuilt.

* TheNamesake: Halfway through it's explained that Greenland is [[spoiler: where cold-war era underground shelters exist that can survive the impact event.

* ApocalypticMontage: [[DesolationShot We see the ruins of Sydney, Paris, Mexico City, and ]] nine months after Clarke made landfall.

** Ralph and Judy Vento allow Allison and Nathan to ride with them. [[spoiler: Subverted with Ralph, who takes the opportunity to steal Allison's wristband and kidnap Nathan to get himself and his wife on an evacuation plane, much to the horror of his wife.]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Allison's first scene in the film is of her running on a treadmill, and telling John that she ran five miles. [[spoiler: This comes back around when she's trying to get to Nathan after he's been kidnapped, and she ''runs'' the whole distance from a she was hitchhiking into the where he was taken]].

* DidntSeeThatComing: Crossing with ArtisticLicenseAstronomy, Clarke is only discovered as a cluster of objects about to impact Earth right as it's arriving in the orbit and one of its pieces (the size of a stadium, mind you) obliterates .

* EmergencyBroadcast: John gets one telling him that he and his family must evacuate to Warner Robins AFB. It plays on his phone and on the TV simultaneously.
* JustBeforeTheEnd: and most of Florida is the first casualty of the film.

** John, Allison, and their guests when a meteor destroys (and all of Florida).

** A more incidental aversion of this is when [[spoiler: Ralph and Judy (mostly enforced by the former) try to get past security and onto a plane by pretending to be his parents. The ''immediately'' eggs onto something being wrong when he sees Nathan crying, and quickly believes him over Ralph's protests]].

* MonumentalDamage: Many notable world landmarks are damaged or destroyed by the various meteor impacts.
* TheNamesake: Halfway through it's explained that Greenland is where special underground shelters exist that can survive the impact event.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Ralph. When he realises Allison and Nathan both have wristbands on (meaning they were selected) he decides to kidnap Nathan and steal Allison's so he and his wife can pose as Nathan's parents, abandoning Allison by the side of the . Fortunately thanks to Nathan, he's swiftly caught by soldiers at the first checkpoint they come across.]]

** A Mexican family driving on the highway [[spoiler: stop to pick up Allison and bring her to the airport where Nathan was taken, and she didn't flag them down, they ''stopped to pick her up''.]]

* ApocalypticMontage: [[DesolationShot We see the ruins of Sydney, Paris, Mexico City, and Chicago]] nine months after Clarke made landfall.

* BittersweetEnding: Clarke impacts Earth and civilization crumbles. However, those who managed to make it to a bunker survive. 9 months have passed and the atmosphere is cleansed of fallout. Even a flock of birds fly by the bunker blast doors when they open. Finally, bunkers from all over the globe are communicating with each other. Human civilization has crumbled, but there is a twinkle of hope that it can be rebuilt.
* ChekhovsSkill: Allison's first scene in the film is of her running on a treadmill, and telling John that she ran five miles. [[spoiler: This comes back around when she's trying to get to Nathan after he's been kidnapped, and she ''runs'' the whole distance from a car she was hitchhiking into the airport where he was taken]].
* DeadlineNews: When the first meteor fragment is landing, a news helicopter has its eye on Tampa to watch the fragment pass over. It doesn't, and instead, the crew gets caught in the shockwave before the broadcast cuts out. Also happens to someone livestreaming the aftermath of another impact when a second meteor comes down right on top of them.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Crossing with ArtisticLicenseAstronomy, Clarke is only discovered as a cluster of objects about to impact Earth right as it's arriving in the orbit and one of its pieces (the size of a football stadium, mind you) obliterates Tampa.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Ralph. When he realises Allison and Nathan both have wristbands on (meaning they were selected) he decides to kidnap Nathan and steal Allison's band so he and his wife can pose as Nathan's parents, abandoning Allison by the side of the road. Fortunately thanks to Nathan, he's swiftly caught by soldiers at the first checkpoint they come across.]]

* JustBeforeTheEnd: Tampa and most of Florida is the first casualty of the film.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Judy Vento's husband Ralph [[spoiler: kidnaps Nathan and steals Allison's wristband to weasel their way onto a plane. Judy reluctantly keeps up the façade, but when the gig is up, she doesn't bother trying to keep it up and tells the military to just get Nathan onto a plane to safety]].

** John, Allison, and their guests when a meteor destroys Tampa (and all of Florida).

** A more incidental aversion of this is when [[spoiler: Ralph and Judy (mostly enforced by the former) try to get past security and onto a plane by pretending to be his parents. The soldier ''immediately'' eggs onto something being wrong when he sees Nathan crying, and quickly believes him over Ralph's protests]].

* SceneryGorn: Yup. That's the Sydney Opera House, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, and Wrigley Field in the aftermath shots following the impact.

* Dirty Coward: [[spoiler: Ralph. When he realises Allison and Nathan both have wristbands on (meaning they were selected) he decides to kidnap Nathan and steal Allison's band so he and his wife can pose as Nathan's parents, abandoning Allison by the side of the road. Fortunately thanks to Nathan, he's swiftly caught by soldiers at the first checkpoint they come across.]]

** [[spoiler: Ralph may qualify as well, as he's last seen being arrested by the military for kidnapping a child and posing as his father just to be given a selfish chance at survival, which means he almost certainly didn't make it to a safe location in time before the comet struck the Earth.]]

** Ralph may qualify as well. [[spoiler: He's last seen being dragged away by the military for kidnapping a child and posing as his father just to be given a chance at survival, which means he almost certainly didn't make it to a safe location in time before the comet struck the Earth.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[Spoiler: Fast-forward to about nine months after the world ended. We see just how extensive the damage is.]]

* AfterTheEnd: Fast-forward to about nine months after the world ended. We see just how extensive the damage is.

With a heavy emphasis on the bitter. Earth is ruined and civilization has been destroyed, but humanity (and the Garrity family) has survived.
* ChekhovsSkill: Allison's first scene in the film is of her running on a treadmill, and telling John that she ran five miles. [[spoiler: This comes back around when she's trying to get to Nathan after he's been kidnapped, and she ''runs'' the whole distance from a car she was hitchhiking in to the airport where he was taken]].
* DeadlineNews: When the first meteor fragment is landing, a news helicopter has its eye on Tampa to watch the fragment pass over. It doesn't, and instead the crew gets caught in the shockwave before the broadcast cuts out. Also happens to someone livestreaming the aftermath of another impact when a second meteor comes down right on top of them.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Crossing with ArtisticLicenseAstronomy, Clarke is only discovered as a cluster of objects about to impact Earth right as it's arriving in orbit and one of its pieces (the size of a football stadium, mind you) obliterates Tampa.

** John, Allison and their guests when a meteor destroys Tampa (and all of Florida).
** When it's confirmed that Clarke is not just a single meteor, but a cluster of them, with the largest causing an [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt extinction level event]], everyone panics.

* SceneryGorn: Yup. That's the Sydney Opera House, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and Wrigley Field in the aftermath shots following the impact.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: A bigoted man and his buddy tries to steal John's wristband so that he could get on a flight to Greenland. John kills him, and the asshole's buddy doesn't try to keep fighting.]]
* BittersweetEnding: With a heavy emphasis on the bitter. Earth is ruined and civilization has been destroyed, but humanity (and the Garrity family) has survived.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: As also would have happened in ''Film/{{Deep Impact}}'' if you are looking at a a large asteroid or comet's entry wake, the absolute best that would happen is being permanently blinded. Burned jelly is a more probable outcome.

* MamaBear: Allison does everything in her power to try and prevent [[spoiler: Ralph Vento from kidnapping Nathan]], though it tragically doesn't work. [[spoiler: Ralph's wife Judy takes up the mantle of being protective of Nathan, though he obviously isn't receptive. Judy's last words before she [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse vanishes from the plot]] are to tell the military that Nathan must get on one of the evacuation planes]].

** MilitariesAreUseless: Averted. The militaries of not just the United States, but of the world do ''everything'' in their power to try and preserve humanity. They can't do anything to stop a comet cluster from striking the planet, but they [[spoiler: successfully ensure that many humans survive the calamity]].

* ActionDad: John. [[spoiler: He ''kills'' a man who tries to take his wristband.

* BittersweetEnding: With a heavy emphasis on the bitter. Earth is ruined and civilization has been destroyed, but humanity (and the Garrity family) has survived.

%% * ActionDad: John.

* BittersweetEnding: With a heavy emphasis on the bitter. Earth is ruined and civilization has been destroyed, but humanity (and the Garritys) has survived.

* {{Determinator}}: Nothing will stop John A. Garrity in getting his family to safety.

%% * EmergencyBroadcast: John gets one telling him that he and his family must evacuate to Warner Robins AFB.

%% * StuffBlowingUp: Of course!

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!! This disaster film has the following tropes:

%% * StuffBlowingUp: Of course!

* DeadlineNews: When the first meteor fragment is landing, a news helicopter has its eye on Tampa to watch the fragment pass over. It doesn't, and instead the crew gets caught in the shockwave before the broadcast cuts out.

%% * DisasterMovie: Creator/RolandEmmerich would be proud.

%% * MonumentalDamage: Falling space rocks tend to do that.

* ActionDad: John.

* ApocalypseHow: A solid Class 2. Civilization is wrecked, but humanity survived.

* DisasterMovie: Creator/RolandEmmerich would be proud.
* EmergencyBroadcast: John gets one telling him that he and his family must evacuate to Warner Robins AFB.

* MonumentalDamage: Falling space rocks tend to do that.
* OneWordTitle

* StuffBlowingUp: Of course!

* JustBeforeTheEnd: Then, Tampa and most of Florida is the first casualty of the film.

* SceneryGorn: Yup. That's the Sydney Opera House, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and Wrigley Field in the aftermath shots following the impact.