A tiresome lengthy odyssey with way too much morals. Bring a puking bag, just in case.

Rating: 2/10 (14 December 2009)

A horrendous experience. If you're making a stupid CGI movie about the end of the world, at least make it all about CGI. This movie, against all my expectations had very little of it and a lot more moralizing. And while the CGI was convincing and spectacular, it couldn't carry (as it never can) the whole weight of the movie. Especially when one has to endure talk on morals in every other scene. Yeah, we're all gonna be swept by a tsunami in less than 10 minutes but NOW's the best time to talk about humanity. Yeah, we all payed a billion dollars to get onto one of the Arks but sure, let's open them and let those poor bastards in, because once we stop caring about our fellow humans, that's the moment when we lose our humanity. Jesus... We're all one big happy family, an lo! We're getting along just great! Look at us in Ark number 2: Chineese, Japanese and Russians, all licking each other's butts, pretending we don't hate each other's guts, all united in a common (better late than never )quest for humanity. A 150 minutes of sheer stupidity, lousy science and with surprisingly bad acting, considering the outstanding cast. The only bright spot is Oliver Platt who not only carries it to the best of his abilities but also makes the most believable character of them all. Kudos to him and shame on everyone else, with Emmerich in the lead.