An unwatchable mess - taking disaster movies to a new low!

Rating: 2/10 (21 November 2009)

This film is essentially a CGI demonstration strung together (and I use the term 'together' quite loosely)by an absurd predictable plot, and maudlin sappy script. By the last 15 minutes, I could care less what happened.
Roland Emmerich's philosophy to film making seems to be - if 10 cliffhanging moments in a film are good, cramming 1000 of them in are better. There's a difference between 'suspension of disbelief' and absolutely annihilating it, and this film crosses that line after about 30 minutes.
I could detail all the ridiculous ten-thousand to one coincidences that occur rapid fire in the movie, or shed light on the enormous gaping plot holes but it's not worth it. Suffice to say Emmerich's "Godzilla 1998", by comparison, was high art. I can't recall the last time I've seen a worse movie - it's hard to believe this is averaging over 5.0 here at IMDb. If you really want to see the CGI, wait until it's out on rental.