Great for the eye!

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2005)

Okay, this is not a brilliant movie. The book it's based on is written by a late night radio talk show host who has, I understand, some unusual and extreme views. But, I have watched it well over 15 times, sometimes just watching the first hour. The two primary extreme environmental scenes have wonderful CGI. I can just go to those scenes on the DVD and watch them by themselves. I can even forgive them destroying the Hollywood sign (again!). For my eyes, the trite and the tepid in this movie are 100% forgiven by the special effects. Maybe having seen tornadoes on the ground increases my enjoyment of them on this screen. The title ice is also so nice, though it doesn't come across as well on the small screen. On the DVD you should watch the deleted scenes since none of them should have been delete and the alternate scenes actually used are not as good.