It's movies like this that stopped me going to the cinema

Rating: 3/10 (5 December 2009)

This movie is not the worst I've ever seen but after the trailers and all the other hype I'm so glad I didn't pay to watch it. If this movie was at least as watchable as Independence Day or The Day after Tomorrow then I wouldn't be so irritated by it. But at least it didn't annoy me as much as War of the Worlds so I'll give it a 4.
This movie appears to have had a script/story that ran away from the screenwriters and left the movie with an ending that they couldn't alter and just had to go with. The clichés in this film are an insult to the viewing public IMO. They could at least have 'attempted' to confound the critics with a few unexpected turns, but they went for the defeatist Hollywood formula - "Advertise and hype it, and they will come, and we WILL make profit"
The problem with this movie is that, as the story progresses, it seems to get more and more absurd and rather than sticking a knife in and cutting out the beast's heart, the screenwriters let it live in it's mishapped form. The ending you're eventually left with is morally ambiguous for all involved and no amount of emotional rallying by the main actors is of any significance (it's easy to call for human kindness and empathy when you're one of the lucky few on the bridge of the main ark - even if you did leave your dad/family/friends behind to die).
The memory of this will live on in the minds of those who don't appreciate it and tarnish the Director's name for a very long time (especially after his string of previous disasters).
Was there any mileage whatsoever in the main family being dysfunctional? Any at all? ...... I think I'll drop it down to a 3.