Emmerich does it again

Rating: 1/10 (7 December 2009)

First of all, the Spoier alert is on, even though there is absolutely no way to spoil this film. It is so predictable that you know the end after the first two lines of "pseudodialogue". What is so wrong in this movie? Well... let's see 1).- The acting. It is not that it is wrong, but the script is so poor that the actors could not possibly do anything worthy with the piece of crap of lines they got. 2).- The story. That is the main problem. There was no story. As opposite as what should be taught in Movie-making 101, the story is just the excuse to throw a zillion special effects at the viewer instead of the special effects being the device to tell a story. A plot line that is as deep as the paper it's printed on, as transparent as the nighty my wife wears, as ridiculous as the speeches of the Venezuelan president. No plot line to talk about 3),- The length. It is waaaaaay too long. At over 2 and a half hours, it is ridiculously lengthy without having anything to show for it besides a bunch of disconnected special effect scenes. And i could go on and on, but at the end of the day, what's wrong with the movie can be said with a single word. Emmerich. After all he is the guy responsible for such classics as Eight legged freaks, Independence day, Godzilla, The day after tomorrow, etc.
2 stars just for the CGI.