Short plot
summary |
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Dennis Quaid
plays Jack Hall an athletic climatologist who's been telling everyone about global
warming for years but they wouldn't listen to him. Then his worst predictions
come true... in this straight to theme park rollercoaster ride. |
What our
panel of critics thought |
"The biggest
pile of s**t I have seen in the last 12 months, possibly longer.""The
first scene, where Dennis Quaid, the lead actor in this movie, almost falls down
that iceberg thingie? WTF? I have never been more relaxed in a supposedly tense
scene in my life. They
would never kill off the lead character in the first five minutes... never...
You can, most times, tell what a movie will be like in the first five minutes...
that pretty much does sum it up...""The
acting is as good as it can be, the problem is the script and the attempt by the
script to put the characters in dramatic positions so the CGI experts can take
over. Does
the C in CGI stand for crap? It does in this movie.""Some
of the CGI is good, however even the long shot with the twisters over New York
looked like a painting to me. 1 out of 150.""Love
Jake Gyllenhall, I can forgive him for this movie. However, Dennis Quaid should
have known better.""Was
this movie designed as a holdall for the CGI effects? - those lovely juicy clips
of disaster that could be shown on chat shows and stuff? Bet they were. As a complete
package, this movie was very
disappointing.""Good
message, global warming is bad, however, why did I have to sit through this pile
of shit to get that?""Oh,
I geddit, that Vice President looks just like Dick Cheney... ha ha ha. Gotcha
sucker..." |
Please
tell me the ending or whole plot if necessary
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| Jack
finds his son in New York. The Dick Cheney look-i-likee Vice President gives an
emotional 'I was wrong to not do anything' speech. The
freeze seems to be abating by the end. Most of the world's civilization has moved
to the third world... |
What snack
should I eat/drink while watching this movie? |
Anything
frozen solid. |
If I were
to watch this at home how best should I sit? |
| On
high ground, with three woolen hat and scarf sets. |
Did it make
you cry? |
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Only with frustration.
The director is going for the cry vote with a reunited son and Dad moment towards
the end, but our ass was so numb by that point that we were more worried that
we would never get any feeling back in the lower half of our body. |
Honestly now, is this story line realistic in the slightest? |
| Uhm,
total environmental freeze down, but by the end it looks like it's all reversing...?
Sigh... This
movie is probably used in film study classes across the world now as a how-to-market-a-movie
movie. It has all of the marketing 'WOW!' you could hope for: the top environmental
worry of the day, plus headline grabbing visual effects (which to be honest are
not really that much better than a top of the range video game these days). |
Does this
film stand up to rigorous reality testing? |
The
bit when the Gyllenhall's character phones his parents is particularly awful.
Firstly he finds a telephone in an alcove thingie and then the tide moves up about
four feet during the minute long conversation. The ocean looked pretty still when
he went in there, that's quite a move up in the time he was on the phone. On
the positive side, this would
make a half decent roller coaster ride. |
What
can I take from this movie to make me a better person? |
| Never
ever ever burn nonrenewable fuels ever again. Sell your car, don't use electricity
generated from anything other than renewable sources. You can start off by not
bothering to expend any energy watching this movie. |
Date
of review |
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