Not funny enough

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2010)

Well, this movie starts like big fun.
The filmmakers and the audience know, there is some kind of story and explanation at the beginning, but we're sure going to blow up earth. So just sit through this inevitable 15 or 20 minutes and the big fun of crushing everything will start.
During the first 40 or 60 minutes this movie follows this general idea. It is really great fun. Yeah, no sense at all, but a lot of beautiful destruction. Most of the time done pretty convincing.
But hey, it IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to take this plot serious. There is no need to take anything serious. However, you get the full load of pseudo deep family story. Divorced dad and son saving, well, a lot of people. A strong appeal to acting very moralic. The notion included that politicians are free of any moral.
And that makes the movie fail ultimately.
It starts as a tongue in cheek show with only one goal: Destroy almost anything in the most spectacular manner. And that would have done fine. Yet there has to be some heroism, some moral and some good an bad. And that is just a complete failure.
This inherent story problems are a lot worse than logic goofs and failed special effects. They really spoil the fun in an otherwise mindless disaster movie.