What a waste of money (in every sense)

Rating: 5/10 (10 June 2004)

For the first time in my life i actually considered leaving the movie half way through (after stifling my laugthing at the ridiculously bad cartoonish CGI wolves).I've sat through some garbage before and the thought of leaving had never occurred, but this...
and for the first time watching a summer blockbuster i thought "how much money did this turd cost to make"
In case you think this is from someone who hates Hollywood and the big budget movies they produce every year i just like to say i usually love these Big dumb Hollywood disaster movies(ID4, Armageddon volcano etc...), but this is just a lackluster, by the numbers, unimaginative, pointless advert for all that is wrong with "Hollywood"
I just got the impression all involved couldn't be bothered to give anything resembling their best and again for the first time felt insulted by nonsense pouring out of the screen (the killer -250 degree frost that is stopped by a small fire and a wooden door, or the three o'clock in the morning decision to have tacky looking cgi wolves attack them for no apparent reason and the ultimate storm that is going to kill the entire northern hemisphere that dennis quaid can survive in a warm coat and goggles.
If The Lord of the Rings Trilogy taught us anything its these movies don't have to be mind numbling stoopid. Masses of people will go and see a movie that doesn't treat its audience as if they had all being lobotomised,even the Harry Potter movies treat its audience (mostly ,lil kids) with infinitely more respect then the makers of this huge pile of nothing.
Rant over