A waste of great talent and special effects

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2010)

The actors are among my favorites. The special effects for the time were great. And, the film has a reasonably sound premise.
But the writing and direction I thought were both simply awful.
Anyone who rated this movie at or near the top needs to see it again. I've seen it for the first time on TV this morning. Over and over again, I kept asking myself at different scenes, "How can anybody be that stupid?" and, "What screen writer can REALLY believe an intelligent audience above the age of 4 1/2 would think people would do these things under similar circumstances."
Sure, the special effects were great for the time. But it kinda reminds me of the 1996 film called "Twister," which got the label of "$30,000,000 of special effects looking for a reasonable plot and a good script."