Unbelievably Fun

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 1998)

This is one of those movies I'm almost ashamed to say I like. But, for some reason, I love it. I'm not really sure why; most of the movie (especially the end) is incredibly hard to believe, but still fun.
Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin always talk about how "a movie doesn't mean anything if you don't care about what happens to the characters." Well, by their definition, I think their movie does mean something, but it could mean a lot more. The characters are likeable and fun, but very poorly written. You mean to tell me that the President of the United States will still have a smile on his face after most of his country has been wiped out ? I don't think so. So I guess I care about the characters. But wouldn't it be nice if the characters cared about what was happening in the movie?