Special Effects Movie...nothing more, nothing less

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2004)

It rather cracks me up to see all the negative comments written about this movie regarding the ridiculous, predictable, and completely unbelievable plot. I have to ask myself two questions: 1. did people not realize this before going to see the movie? and 2. did they not realize the only reason anyone would really go see this would be to see the 20 tornadoes overtake LA or the Statue of Liberty be engulfed in a tidal wave? Honestly.
Roger Ebert normally pans about every nonsensical, mindless dribble ever made yet gave this movie 3 out of 4 stars. Was I surprised? Not really. The man knows his stuff and realizes that this movie isn't meant to be about a solid plot, but a big-budget special-effects driven summer blockbuster popcorn movie. Period.
As for me, I was quite pleased with the movie, really. Was the plot ridiculous? Oh absolutely! Ed Wood could probably have come up with some better dialog and scene structures in some instances, but I'll tell ya, the special effects were dazzling. And, let's face it, that's really what we're here for, paying our hard-earned money to see Mother Nature stick it to the people once and for all. And, well, she delivers. Now, if only Emmerich could have done this without all that pesky plot stuff gettin in the way...