Well done animation, otherwise not impressed.

Rating: 3/10 (13 December 2009)

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How did this movie end up with a better user rating than 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'? I have to say that I was impressed by most of the computer generated graphics, including several of the "escape" car scenes. It generally looked realistic, even on the huge screen on which it was played.
There was some mediocre acting going on in this film. John Cusack failed to impress me as the troubled-divorced-father-who-still-loves-his-ex-wife. It all seemed too familiar.
And that's just it. The entire plot of this film (what plot?) contained nothing more than a hastily taped-together collage of clichés. Everything from the back-story of Jackson Curtis as a struggling author with an estranged family (that suddenly becomes a hero to everyone around him in the span of a day despite the fact that just about everything he touches turns to disaster) to the trainee pilot that manages to skilfully maneuver a light aircraft between two falling buildings seems ridiculous.
I spent the entire three hours poking fun at the one liners such as "my God!" accompanied by the over used pensive-stare-out-the-window-and-contemplate-life.
The film had few redeeming qualities. The CGI being one of them. The other being the fact that some people actually died. It becomes tiresome when all of the heroes make it out in the end. Also, there were moments of raw emotion, however scarce (especially from talented Danny Glover as the President).
Overall, I recommend this movie if you love a good plot-less action fest filled to the brim with cliché, obviously impossible physics and survival against all odds. You'll be impressed by the CGI, maybe be satisfied with the acting. If not, you'll feel cheated out of your $10 and feel as if you have just wasted three hours of your life.
A three out of ten.