Why does Roland Emmerich hate New York?

Rating: 1/10 (25 May 2004)

Nevermind the political debate supposedly swirling about this film's treatment of greenhouse gases and their rather deleterious effect on our environment, it's a non-issue. Ultimately, this is just another Roland Emmerich film. Boring characters played by good actors are subjected to various catastrophes realized by marvelous special effects. The real question is, after three movies depicting its ruin, why does Roland Emmerich hate New York? And don't miss the film's bizarre glorification of book-burning; as the film's characters are huddled in the ice-bound Public Library and can't find anything else to build a fire with. -- Because there's certainly no wood in a library. Don't bother. Rent the DVD when you can skip from chapter to chapter.