One of the greatest bad movies

Rating: 9/10 (19 September 2010)

Let's face it; if you are not a hardcore science fiction fan, this movie is not for you. It is not a great movie but is so darn entertaining, I just don't care. It has so many plus points that they cover that big minus on the entire movie.
Disaster scenes are so emotionally intense and moving you simply forget less than perfect computer graphics. Not very long ago, there was plane crash in a city that is very close to my heart. When I saw the plane crash in this movie, it got me very emotional; so emotional that it actually hurt. Even if you don't like this movie, just for that scene entire flick should be considered watching.
Synopsis is good old "end of the world". Story has sometimes cartoonish touch. My all time favourite, Nicolas Cage, is not very impressive in it as far as his acting skills' demonstration goes. But, somehow, he fits the movie. That "you, me, together, forever" father-son routine is painfully clichéd and marred the entire story. You'll know what I am talking about when you see the film.
Curiously, after watching this movie, when I searched Internet for scientific fact-checking whether the destruction of entire planet earth by a super solar-flare was possible, I stumbled upon an astronomy discussion board where I saw a question titled "Could a Solar Flare destroy life on our planet?" and the asker, a Silverman (obviously an internet nickname) mentioned that he was doing research for a "script". If it is the same person who wrote this movie, here is my message for him/her: Gone are the days when you could rely on interest for true information. Now it's the age of Wikipedia where information is created, not gathered.