Excellent, excellent movie ( Don't trust the critics and reviews)

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2009)

First off let me say that although I'm a little biased when it comes to Nicholas Cage movies (absolutely loved "Con Air"), he hasn't been coming out with the same types of movies that once blew your mind. That said I must say that after watching this movie in theaters, I walked out and literally said to my friend "That was probably the greatest movie I've ever watched in my life". I understand not everybody is gonna feel the way I feel but I almost didn't watch this movie because I read the review on Yahoo directory. Let me be the first to say those guys don't know the first thing about a good science fiction flick.
The movie itself: The pacing was just right, like a thundering locomotion it started slowly and built itself into an unstoppable juggernaut towards the denouement.I thought the casting of the movie was great. One of the many faults of the movie according to online reviews were that Nicholas Cage only displayed about 2 facial expressions and emotion during the movie. While this is not true, would you really care about how big of an array of emotions you are displaying to your audience if the world was coming to an end? The cinematography and special effects were good albeit not spectacular, it gets the job done, and done with style. The plot twists and turns along with a stellar music score and sound effects makes the movie frighteningly heart-gripping.
I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I have never written a movie review before but this movie prompted me to spread the word and share with you a sci-fi classic for the the generation. Don't let online reviews deny you from watching this masterpiece. The ending is a real treat, trust me.