Message good, effects good, story bad.

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2015)

To be quite honest, I don't know where to start with this movie, but I believe reviewing its message, its storyline and and the effects separately is the best way to do it.
Starting with its message, environmental issues are undeniably one of the most important issues of our time and it will grow to be more and more important, probably without ever being solved. So it has to be praised, that such an important message as to care about the future of our environment is put into such a successful movie, reaching even the most ignorant person, young or old, and at least forcing them to think about it. This has been done in various ways already throughout the last decades in movies but never has it been not filled with ridiculous figures and unrealistic outcomes. A great job done right there.
The effects, very briefly, were stunning, or just very simply said: very good.
However having seen the hype around this picture, I cannot agree with it being a 'great film'. Sure its message is shown properly and effectively, but as it is with movies, that can't be the only measure for greatness. The storyline was very poor. I will not spoiler by going into any detail but for all those to still watch this, not a single event makes sense logically at the end, not even for a Sci-Fi movie. It was simply disappointing and no, I was not stunned at the end like a lot of people were, but rather confused that someone clearly didn't realize the plot having big gaps.
All in all 8/10. And thats just for the environmentalist message.