Oh, why...?

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2001)

Here is another super-high budget film, with lots of effects, and lots of everything. The resulting film is quite impressive in the action scenes, but... let me ask...
Why...? Why did they have to include such a president (in the best Air Force One style) and not a more credible one...?
Why...? Why did they have to include a drunken pilot instead of some other credible character...?
Why...? Why did they choose Will Smith for such a role when he was still in people's mind as the funny Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...?
Why...? Why a NASA candidate had to be living with an exotic dancer...?
I could continue with many more questions, but I think you get the point.
All in one question, I'd like to ask:
Why do they spend so much money and do the hardest part of the film so well done and spoil the rest of it with so many strange items...?
Is it perhaps that the writers didn't receive enough money to write a better screenplay...? Sincerely, I can't believe it. And nowadays there are lots of films in this same style, I mean, with lots of money spent in the technical aspects of the film and horrible screenplay and/or actors.
Is it perhaps that they knew that people would like the result? Is it perhaps that I'm wrong and most people really like that trash...?
Or is it perhaps that they thought that the film was too horrifying that they had to include comic elements to make it a lighter horror film...?
Maybe there is no explanation at all, but in any case I think they failed in their intentions whatever they were.
5-6 out of 10 (just for the effects).