this looks like a better apocalypse movie IMO:

JerseyKRS said:

Yes, awesome...probably less poo jokes, less implausible driving and fewer piolots who seem reluctant to gain altitude.

And safety railings

Terrible film. Sure, CGI was fun but so what when it's in such a craptacular movie? Whoever cast John Cusack as the hero needs to be shot or at least made to watch Cusack's films over and over. As usual, the women are useless. The jokes really weren't that funny. The level of suspension of disbelief got to a fucking stupid point when Cusack simply climbed out of the massive crevice with his bare hands THEN mananged to run to a moving plane before later holding his breath for over 10 minutes straight. Seriously, a better option would've been to just kill him off in the first 30 mins then let us sit back and watch some awesome tidal waves.

(Oh and WTF with the last line being "NO MORE PULL UPS" "Oh...NICE!" !?)

purplesweat said:

You didn't find the indestructable limo or the fact the 'bad'boyfriend decided to fly through buildings etc instead of free sky unbelievable????

there were so many bits before and after that too...

Woody Harrelson would have been burned to a crisp or ripped apart by the blast immediately (a strong wind hits the planeand that's MILES away from the blast which Woody is ontop of).

They were planning to fly that fucking huge Russian plane to refuel but got all miffed they couldn't land without wheels...itllbe interesting watching u try to take off too!!!!
or the fact they build these fucking huge arks which are clearly carbon-based fuel driven(by the thick black smoke)...thatll run out in days. The decks had no railings around them.
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purplesweat said:

LMFAO, even though I have watched the trailer and the commercials and read all the discussion on this movie, I had NO IDEA John Cusak was in it, much less the hero!

purplesweat said:

I think he was just relieved that shed stopped pissing herself because the water level was already high enough.

Anybody else wish that Danny Glover had said "I'm too old for this shit!!" at the crucial moment?

purpledoveuk said:

It was ll pretty unbelieveablt but that wasn't the point was it? If you go in to this sort of movie expecting some kind of scientifically accurate epic, then you'll always be disappointed. It's just a cinematic spectacle that your meant to disengage your brain for, sit back and enjoy. It was fun.

TheEnglishGent said:

My belief was suspended at the start when an astrophysisist in India was actually talking about geology (earth core, plate techtonics) and when he said the atoms/neutrons were mutating (which is impossible)

ALL Roland Emerich movies suck.



Fx awsome.

recommend:

"Surrugates" was beter and kinda apocaliptic at the end.
Really fits issues of these times too...internet,cosmetic surgery and technology.
Bruce Willis was cool.

emile58 said:

NO,no,no,no....no!!!

Never ever recommend Surrogates to anybody you don't know or don't hate...what are you thinking. Awful film made worse by Willis in an awful wig....only Nic Cage wears hairpieces worse

JerseyKRS said:

I heard this book was excellent.

purpledoveuk said:

The surrogates were all sugarconed.All the real humans were balled and on prozac...lol
Bruce had the Ken Barbie hair.That was the cool thing bout the whole movie.
The stereotype of perfect beauty.
Was funny.

purpledoveuk said:

LOVEDDDDD IT!

Aw, I liked Surrogates, much more enjoyable (and likely) than 2012.



I love how Cusack automatically knew exactly where to drive as L.A blows up so that his limo doesn't crash or fall down any holes...oh, and it can totally smash through buildings if need be!

I get that the entire basis of the film is just a conspiracy theory gone wild but that didn't mean the rest of the movie had to be ridiculous. It actually could've been really eerie and frightening if they'd taken a subtler approach.





This film kinda made Independence Day seem like a timeless classic. The special effects might be old school but at least Hollywood hadn't forgotten how to write a decent plot with interesting characters back then.

I liked it!

it had my favourite plane in it




OK, maybe second favourite



it had a cracking pace, and made my trip to USA worthwhile, got to see some of the places I visited be destroyed!