not surprisingly disappointing!!! ( spoiler alert)

Rating: 5/10 (22 March 2009)

I went into this movie with low expectations based on Mr. Cage's most recent movies and wasn't surprised at all.
I figured with a somewhat interesting plot maybe I would be entertained... sadly I was wrong.
First off the acting was emotionless and atrocious. There was not one character who I felt anything for, including the children. Secondly, the plot was rushed at you in the beginning, ridiculous situations occurring immediately only to draw out slowly and uneventfully for he last hour and a half. Then a story that went from interesting to preposterous to leaving me scratching my head wondering what the hell the purpose of everything was to an ending that made me smirk, and laugh out loud.
And many questions unanswered. Like what was the relevance of the aliens warning the earth of events that couldn't be changed. Also, why did they only warn of events before 1959? Why did the little girl think of putting warnings in a time capsule letting 50 years of tragedies go by instead of preventing them? I thought she was a chosen one. How could Nicholas Cage change what was already predicted? I could go on for hours...
Then lastly the movie attempted to distract the audiences intelligence with unnecessarily over the top special effects, a drawn out UFO scene, over acting by Nicholas Cage, underacting by his young co stars, an emotionless CGI Armageddon scene and another wasted two hours of my life. Save your time, wait for the DVD.