will it ever end? (the movie, not the world ... )

Rating: 1/10 (4 October 2010)

Quite frankly, I'd welcome the end of the world if it meant the end of this movie. It seems like the screenwriters got addicted to "and then ..." followed by the next wacky thing happening.
The result is a truly interminable film. It may have been marginally compelling if it ran 90 minutes or so (and not the 2 hours and 38 minutes of the final cut). Instead, it seeks to consolidate every other disaster film of the last several decades, with elements borrowed from Armageddon, War of the Worlds, Independence Day, even the Poseidon Adventure. Where are the editors when you need them?
Certainly among the dopiest sci-fi films ever made (don't get me started about the physics and geology). And certainly worthy of the "MST 3000" treatment.