NOT Entertaining...took the disaster too far

Rating: Null/10 (2 December 2009)

I seriously worry about the people labeling this thing as "fun".
Frankly, this disaster movie took the disaster too far. The massive and unsettling deaths are simply too hard to overcome. Nothing about this film felt like entertainment. The CGI is remarkable but it loses all impact because it's so massive and absurd. The first two acts are completely awful in every way. Absurdity mixed with chaos mixed with a sense that you're watching one bizarre cartoon. Cussack and his crew are cartoon indestructible while the rest of the world literally explodes. The third act gives you the flavor of hope that other successful disaster flicks deliver but too little too late for me. Gordon, the hot Russian babe and the viewing audience in general deserved a better fate than this chaotic waste of a CG budget.