Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

Rating: 4/10 (21 March 2009)

Warning: Stupid Character Alert! I went into this movie with no other expectation than to get my money's worth. If I had gotten a penny back for every time I rolled my eyes at this, I would have gotten my money back ten fold.
While the concept isn't completely ludicrous, the characters and what happens next are. I'm so sick of writers using the death of a parent or spouse as a reason to excuse the odd behavior of the main characters. I couldn't relate to or sympathize with Nic Cage's character or his son. Not to mention that his son was one of the stupidest child characters I have seen yet in a movie.
What's one word I would use to describe this movie: Forgettable. The concept of world tragedies being predicted is great. The story could have gone in many directions but don't let such information fall into the hands of an alcoholic Nic Cage. You risk a balding actor trying to play superman in a bunch stupid detective, rescue sequences.
I can't name one character in this movie who I could actually stand to watch for more than a minute. The producers throw a decent concept at the viewers and add dumb, melodramatic characters making non-logical decisions. Only to give us an Anagnorist type ending. This movie was dumb to the core.