As the story progresses, it's clear the film is less concerned with being a disaster movie than it is making an eerie point about humanity's dumbfounded, helpless attitude toward impending disaster.

The Edain were the forefathers of the Númenóreans, the Dúnedain, the Gondorians, and the Northmen, among other groups. Edain is the plural of "adan," which is Sindarin (Elvish ...