Not bad

Rating: Null/10 (28 September 2011)

If you didn't like this movie, you're probably being too critical. This is one of those movies where you shut off your brain and just enjoy the mindless action sequences.
Story? Not great. The characters are all somehow connected but this is really just the typical Roland Emmerich disaster formula. Several different groups of people, they come together, huge disaster, most people die. Sound familiar?
With that being said, this is probably Emmerich's most emotionally charged film--which is to say, there's a minimal amount of emotion in it. I actually didn't want some characters do die. Of course we get the typical brief backstory of each character through dialogue that is pretty much weak as ever.
However, like I said, this is not a movie to be critical about. Just enjoy it. My only complaint is that the end of the world was an hour too long. The disaster sequences do get a bit tedious after the 2 hour mark.