big budget comedy movie

Rating: 3/10 (23 June 2005)

it's rare to see a comedy w/ so many special effects. what...this wasn't supposed to be a comedy? could have fooled me, i broke out laughing dozens of times. i know plot is irrelevant in end-of-the-world movies, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't try. for example, the scene where the french family is trapped in the cab. the traffic cop just stands there, as chaos erupts around him, and actually says, "i don't understand french". hell, neither do i, but i'm thinking that the woman may want out of that flooded cab. and god forbid their precious passports are left behind! nope, must risk life and limb to save pieces of paper that can be collected again from any government office. and why the hell were the wolves in there? couldn't the director spring a little more cash for actual wolves of wolf hybrids like Disney did in "white fang"? and how did they survive the flood? what, did they take an elevator to the top floor or something? i love the bush/cheney likeness. notice that the prez in the movie is coming back from a fishing trip and the VP has to tell him LA was destroyed. and that the prez turns to the VP several times to ask for advice. the VP is making all the decisions, and in the end, is the one to make the important one. a not so subtle bashing of the current administration. and everything is just so convenient. how convenient that in japan, after the first chunk of hail falls, there's a nice 30 sec pause for everyone to look around perplex before the actual storm comes. how convenient that a solitary ship finds itself right in front of the library. so convenient that they found a fast food joint, complete w/ burgers and soda, to hole up in. very convenient that out of all the survivors the wolves could find, they find how young hero (also convenient that, in spite of the radical changes around them, thew wolves are still ravenous). all of this made for a very funny movie. and gotta love that last scene. half the earth is frozen, millions upon millions are dead, but dammit, look how clear that sky is!