Cinematic catastrophe

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2011)

Watching this movie was a strange experience. It's like the producer has given us the sensationalist premise of environmental catastrophe, provided us with all eye candy of special effects, and then told us to fill in the gaps my writing a story to fit it all in. It's quite an easy task because there is so much potential for a good story and dramatic scenes, and while I was watching the movie I was already anticipating these fantastically dramatic scenes that were bound to come up but never did. It begs the question, with all these possibilities for a good story, why did not the makers of this film write one. Because there is absolutely no story that really touches you, and no dramatic scene that really moves you. It does the legwork of introducing characters and inserting plot elements. But that's where it stays because nothing gets done with them. It's an absolute waste of a fantastic premise and great special effects. Since "special effects does not a movie make", this gets the lowest rating in my book.