Could've been a brilliant film...

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2014)

This had the makings of a brilliant movie. Firstly, the first scene, set in 1959, was just brilliant. It really got everyone hooked even more; it didn't say too much, it got to the point, but gave enough detail for viewers not to have to ask questions. And that is where that ended.
From then on the film is set in present day, and really what saved the film and the plot from then on from being a total disaster was the special effects. Some of them are seen in the trailer, and others are not, but all of them were just amazing.
And that is sort of where the good things end. The story had many holes in it; in the FAQ section it actually says this screenplay was rewritten many times (probably by potatoes). A lot of stuff was purposely mentioned but then never again spoken about or explained properly. Examples include the little black pebbles, the deer type animals and their involvement, any science related stuff (where he works), neither he nor his son went to school/work throughout the movie.
The following are questions i had after watching:

If Lucinda was the chosen one, why was she not saved?

If Lucinda kept reminding her daughter of the day she was going to die, why didn't she tell her the coordinates so she could avoid it?

Why was Caleb's acting so bad?

And finally, we have the ending. It seems like the ending was changed from what it originally was; if the ending shown was the best they had I really don't want to know what else they had ready. The whole alien thing made no sense and to be fair, it would've been a better film if they were not involved and the film was kept realistic. Beyond the alien ending we see the annihilation of the planet Earth, which is another one of the brilliant special effect scenes mentioned before, but then when you think the credits are about to roll we see an Adam & Eve like scene which really didn't fit. It was like they showed the film to a test group and they were not happy with the lack of a happy ending so they just had to make something up.
I was very excited for this after the trailer, and even more excited after the first 10 minutes but I feel it took the wrong path in terms of the plot and sort of "lost the plot".
Could've been a brilliant film. Not impressed, but worth watching anyway.