Cool effects, ridiculous science, average acting.

Rating: 6/10 (13 October 2004)

WARNING: Possible Spoilers Within!!
Other than the 10-15 minutes of cool effects I don't understand how this movie did $500 million+ worldwide. I guess people really enjoy seeing natural disasters on an epic scale because this movie was basically boring. After the big flood this movie ground to a halt, and there was no compelling reason to keep watching other than the hope of more cool effects... I guess.
I can only assume that this movie made scientists around the world cringe and I'm guessing had a few dead ones turn over in their graves. I actually believe that the burning of fossil fuels is harmful to our environment but this is not the way to try and convince people of this fact, since the premise of this movie is so ridiculous.
Why does every disaster movie have to involve the President of the USA?!?! It was such a stretch in this movie in particular, but it's good to see that "Riptide" has not completely faded away... ;)
Well I'm sure this is not the last we've seen of this style movie, since it did so well at the box office, and probably not the last of it's type from director Roland Emmerich.
Glad I waited to see this on DVD...