Did the advertising cost more than the movie?

Rating: 6/10 (28 May 2004)

Contains Spoilers 3rd paragraph.
I guess I went into the cinema expecting disaster, since that is all the massive advertising campaign showed us. The visual effects in the whole movie probably only last 15 minutes altogether, with the rest of film focusing on a handful of survivors in New York. The movie borrows elements from Twister, Vertical Limit, Deep Impact and even feels a bit like Titanic.

The conversations that that characters have is quite amusing, the script writing is really terrible, in fact it is funny, probably funnier than the 5 or so jokes the movie features. The jokes are so lame that people in the cinema are still "laughing" a minute after the joke has happened, ahhhh Good times.
The movie isn't bad, but all I really expected is good effects. And yes the LA sequence is amazing, definitely the best effect in the movie, The tidal waves at the New York pretty cool, but the visual effects there don't last long enough to enjoy. So all the water that flooded New York then freezes, giving a chance for our characters to do the predictable, and search for medicine so save their friend. Of course stuff happens and they make it back just in time before the city freezes in 5 seconds. And some how the wooden door saves them, even though the building is made of marble or stone. (Well I don't know I haven't been to New York)
You should really wait for a DVD release to see this one, but I'm sure the advertising has convinced you otherwise.
6.5/10