Cinematic Eye-candy... SUPERSIZE ME!

Rating: 8/10 (27 May 2004)

"Special effects alone, do not a film maketh"
Bah! Sure they do. Certainly for jaded younger audiences who appreciate good eye-candy and know that water and other elemental effects are often the downfall of any special effects movie.
They do amazing things with water, wind, ice and clouds here.

It would be impossible to keep the disaster-movie genre alive for this long without the advancements in CG effects. God knows you don't go to these films for plot, script or performances (there's JUST enough of those to get by. JUST). If they can build enough suspense/tension between the "money shots" then it works.
So if you go to it for what it is, and expect nothing more, then you'll be well satisfied. I was, anyway.