Great disaster movie - forget about the science!

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2009)

The special effects are great, and all characters are acting naturally and believably. The storyline is simplistic enough so not to distract from the special effects and action scenes. This is what's important for a disaster movie.
This movie gets criticized for its "bad science" - who cares? The "bad science" in this film is not like a "factual error" in others - the heroes are placed in unusual circumstances which are impossible in real life. But, given these circumstances, they do everything (believably) right and survive. Great!
Compare this with films like "Vertical Limit" where people get into very realistic unusual circumstances (being trapped in an ice cave), do *everything* wrong, and then survive. This is what makes you feel stupid.
So, as long as you expect to watch a disaster movie and not a global warming primer, you're OK.