Fantastic, Amazing FSX !!

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2009)

This is not a movie for a Oscar surely but... damn ... the special effects are a masterpiece! I don't really understand the bad and harsh opinion of those who attack this movie with extreme judgment. Well.... this is a kind of American pie-disaster movie. And like one of this kind it follows an already seen guideline. Several mistakes and fanciful, adventurous (sometime very close to be ridiculous I have to say) moments just made for the entertainment. But on the other side whoever brought this movie into light made a huge effort to develop those scenes full of incredible special effects. And just for this reason it is a movie that cannot be trashed as garbage. In the theater I was pretty involved to watch it and I particularly enjoyed the second half. The last scene with the flood coming on the Himalaya was just so cool. The idea of the mega boats was very interesting. So....I didn't dislike this American pie movie at all. Like the cheesecake, you have to take a chunk only once or you can feel too heavy for a second round.