The Day after the War of the Worlds

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2010)

First time I heard about this movie, I was told that I should rather not try to see that movie and let it go of R. Emmerich who was no longer the genius who had created Stargate back in 1994 but the wealthy director who directed a string of low-rated post-apocalyptic movies in a row in the 2000s. 2012 is a good movie if you only watch the FXs but some characters constantly find themselves in impossible situations and they always manage to make it out ! (they survive earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal waves, etc.); now the question is : how can you buy this ? This no longer has to do with science-fiction, this is watching without reasoning : you are going to see people die in various ways and a few survive (you already know whom as early as the movie starts.)
Added to this, actors actually overplay by moments and the scenario is probably not too developed to be existent as well as credible - unless the characters are perpetual lucky strikers. Yet, if I had to find one aspect of that movie which would be a positive one, let us mention that there are a few comic scenes which effectively made me laugh like hell(even scenes which are not supposed to be comic ones, which suggests that the film turns burlesque by moments.) They had the money, they say, I'm sorry to inform you that, graphically and technically, the film is beautiful and well-done but it does not save the whole thing, mind you! ''2012'' is like all these cliché-striken movies in the 2000s, the staff only forgot to write the script, I mean, THE formidable and innovative script, the one that makes you dream/fear/impatient and ... reflect.
In fact, I had the impression all along the movie to watch something between The Day after Tomorrow (dystopia due to nature rebelling) and War of the Worlds (2005 overplayed version with the father, divorced from the mother, with two kids - a boy, and a girl; who are simply useless as far as the story is concerned) and this is probably the reason why I disliked it so much. The title is good if you omit the Mayan prophecy that usually goes along with the year 2012. But, do not prepare for the prophecy to be explained if you have not seen the movie yet ! This production reveals a terrible ''scenario vacuum''; even the presence of Danny Glover (Predator 2, which I liked much more than ... that) would not make me change my mind, unfortunately. But I laughed. So, what d'you say ?