Was following along in the recently viewed movie thread and a couple of posters were extolling the virtues of the movie San Andreas. That got me thinking about some of the disaster movies that have come out recently and also reminded me of why these movies get made in the first place.
Some of them understood exactly what they were meant to be, which is silly, stupidy science, eye rolling humdingers with high entertainment value. Where some go wrong, however, is trying to hard to be serious minded and to be a 'message' movie that gets all preachy and sappy. Others just get it wrong all over including with the effects and that is a cardinal sin with these films.
Anyway, my choice for least enjoyable was Day After Tomorrow. Some climate change schlockfest that has zero humor and presents it's case as if this stuff really could happen. The only cool part(see what I did there) was the insta-freeze of the chopper crew. Everything else was dull, stupid-stupid and boring.
My favorite is a tie between The Core and 2012. Both of these movies were so outrageous in thought and execution that they were actually fun to watch. I've rewatched both at least as few times. If I'm flicking around the dial on a Sunday afternoon with nothing better to do and I land on one of these two movies I usually watch until the end. Yeah, I'm a sucker but what do I care, at least I'm entertained. They hit the right note of fun-stupid pseudoscience with dialogue meant to be shared with a wink to the audience and actors who can pull off the archetypes they portray. Sit back, eat your popcorn, drink your beer and turn off your brain, it'll be alright.
Some of them understood exactly what they were meant to be, which is silly, stupidy science, eye rolling humdingers with high entertainment value. Where some go wrong, however, is trying to hard to be serious minded and to be a 'message' movie that gets all preachy and sappy. Others just get it wrong all over including with the effects and that is a cardinal sin with these films.
Anyway, my choice for least enjoyable was Day After Tomorrow. Some climate change schlockfest that has zero humor and presents it's case as if this stuff really could happen. The only cool part(see what I did there) was the insta-freeze of the chopper crew. Everything else was dull, stupid-stupid and boring.
My favorite is a tie between The Core and 2012. Both of these movies were so outrageous in thought and execution that they were actually fun to watch. I've rewatched both at least as few times. If I'm flicking around the dial on a Sunday afternoon with nothing better to do and I land on one of these two movies I usually watch until the end. Yeah, I'm a sucker but what do I care, at least I'm entertained. They hit the right note of fun-stupid pseudoscience with dialogue meant to be shared with a wink to the audience and actors who can pull off the archetypes they portray. Sit back, eat your popcorn, drink your beer and turn off your brain, it'll be alright.
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Watching dude get crumpled up in the tin can =awesomeness. Just what I'm looking for in one of these movies.
movie should be... The Woody Harrelson scenes are 
