Human beings, especially we Americans, love disaster films. As if Hollywood remembers this every few years, they come in bunches, one after another, made for insatiable audiences dating back to King Kong and before. News networks looped footage of...
- 17.September.2010
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- by: travtufts
- travtufts rated this movie
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Human beings, especially we Americans, love disaster films. As if Hollywood remembers this every few years, they come in bunches, one after another, made for insatiable audiences dating back to King Kong and before. News networks looped footage of the 9/11 terror attacks endlessly after they happened, but only did so because they were simply fulfilling the unconscious, morbid desires of Americans. Some even say that 9/11 was the realization of our own latent disaster movie desires, when an American landmark was destroyed before our eyes.
There are plenty of American landmarks obliterated--or at least covered in ice--in this film, which makes copious use of computer generated images. From the first frames of the credits as the CGI 'camera' sweeps over a rendered Antarctica, to CGI wolves chasing our protagonist, to the films final sweeping shot, the movie relies heavily on special effects. Unfortunately, they are not enough to make up for a tediously formulaic script and extremely mediocre acting.
I find that CGI works much better in theaters, where the projector and film reels add enough 'filmy' quality to the image, but on DVD it looks fake enough to be distracting. Not to mention a few terrible composite shots that looked about as good as the famous (and dated) scene in Die Hard when Alan Rickman falls to his death.
The subtle jabs at the Bush administration's environmental policy, as well as its suspected hierarchy (this film's Vice President is clearly in charge) were surprising coming from Fox. All in all, the film's 'environmental message' was not as powerful as many politicians this year claimed.
Be sure to watch the two deleted scenes, however! They are perhaps the best examples of why scenes are deleted from films, with some TERRIBLY bad acting from Dennis Quaid and a completely superfluous plot point.
- 17.September.2010
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- by: travtufts
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One of the stupidest movies I have seen in ages. If you are a liberal you will love it.
- 29.May.2010
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- by: cybpiero
- cybpiero rated this movie0/10
One of the stupidest movies I have seen in ages. If you are a liberal you will love it.
- 29.May.2010
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- by: cybpiero
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wish i had seen this earlier
now i know where 2012 got its story from. bad relationship between son and father, world going to end, father wants to make up etc etc. good movie.
- 14.January.2010
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- by: Koen
- Koen rated this movie7/10Good
wish i had seen this earlier
now i know where 2012 got its story from. bad relationship between son and father, world going to end, father wants to make up etc etc. good movie.
- 14.January.2010
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- by: Koen
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Two words....weak and predictable. This is yet another film forged out of the Roland Emmerich cookie-cutter movie template. This is another classic case of trying to cover up a horribly written script with "breathtaking" special effects. I am sick...
- 16.March.2009
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- by: kknecht
- kknecht rated this movie2/10Bad
Two words....weak and predictable. This is yet another film forged out of the Roland Emmerich cookie-cutter movie template. This is another classic case of trying to cover up a horribly written script with "breathtaking" special effects. I am sick and tired of these big budget Summer films that always wind up plastered on everything down to my King Size Coke at Burger King. What a waste of money and talent. At least they spared us from Will Smith in this one who I was certain was going to make a cameo appearance, I guess that would have required aliens somewhere in the script.
- 16.March.2009
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- by: kknecht
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Fantastic
an amazing film with a breathtaking plot. it's not another "wow, the world is coming to an end, bummer" movie, but a well-made piece of work. it's fascinating, convincing, and leaves you with something to think about after you watch it. recommended.
- 02.November.2008
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- by: Noa
- Noa rated this movie0/10
Fantastic
an amazing film with a breathtaking plot. it's not another "wow, the world is coming to an end, bummer" movie, but a well-made piece of work. it's fascinating, convincing, and leaves you with something to think about after you watch it. recommended.
- 02.November.2008
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- by: Noa
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