After much excitement.....a huge disappointment.

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2004)

I'm not going to slate the movie for its scientific merit, or anything like that. Im simply going to state the fact, that i found the last hour of this movie to be rather dull. The first hour and 15 mins (where all the decent special effects were) was the best. The scene where tornadoes rip LA to pieces was both frightening and convincing. The tsunami decimating Manhatten was pretty cool too. However, after all this, the movie lacked any real substance. I fear TDAT tried to be too many different kinds of movie at once. It's trying to be scientific, and make you think, an action movie, and an emotional heart rending movie. Sadly, it did not make me think, and it did not stir any emotions inside me. The casting was superb (Jake Gyllenhaal was seriously underused, but totally hot..). All in all, this movie is worth seeing for the top notch special effects (**SPOILER** - this lacked however during the chase onboard the boat with the timber wolves.. this really wasnt necessary, and you could so badly tell they werent real). Moral of the story is: Be careful with your greenhouse gases. Mother earth has teeth, and she ain't afraid to use them. *** out of 5 stars (only cos of Jake.. <3)