Posted on 05/26/2004 7:44:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase
"Dennis Quaid’s kid is trapped in the library burning books to stay warm"
Ray Bradbury wept.
[no salamander insignia jokes, please]
"How about the special effects and the music?"
Now that I think about it, I can't even remember the music..so it must not have been anything special.
The effects are cool. People in Tokyo getting nailed by softball sized hail, people in NYC getting washed away, people in LA getting blown away.
The tornado scenes in LA were nice. Especially when the HOLLYWOOD sign gets ripped up.
For a great MST 3000 style disaster flick, find a copy of a Japanese movie made in the early 80's called "The Last Days of Planet Earth".
Its very MST 3000ish.
One of my favorite Irwin Allen treasures was in the movie Earthquake. During the quake a bunch of people packed into a skyscraper elevator and of course the cable broke. The elevator freefalls, and when it hits the ground it looks like the special effects guys just threw a bucket of red paint at the camera lens - a big red splotch ends the scene. I just laughed out loud in the theater when I saw that the first time - still cracks me up when I see the movie.
Please don't remind me.
I'm still grieving.
I haven't watched the Sci-Fi channel since they took it off.
It actually sounds pretty entertaining, but anyone who would take this movie (based on a book by Whitley Streiber and Art Bell) seriously probably thinks that the X-Files was a documentary series.
Did anybody see The Rock in "Walking Tall"?
That was in theaters, literally, for five minutes.
Dennis Quaid continues to do these leftist, politically correct movies (Disney's The Alamo was the one before this one) that bomb at the box office and kill his career. Stupid role selection. Too bad, I used to like Dennis Quaid.
"...a big red splotch ends the scene..."
I always get a laugh out of that too!
I agree. I am gonna see this movie.
The special effects and the plot are what'll get me to see this movie.
The key for any dicerning movie-goer is to understand that this movie is primarily fiction.
Sit back, enjoy the movie, laugh at some of the stupid lines and we'll all be fine.
LOL!
Great minds....and all'a that....;)
"anyone who would take this movie (based on a book by Whitley Streiber and Art Bell) seriously probably thinks that the X-Files was a documentary series."
LMAO!!!
Maybe he was a sloppy second choice since his brother wasn't available.
[he flew up/blew up the mothership in Independence Day]....:))
Wait. Art Bell was involved in it, so it has to be good, right?
I'm cracking up just reading it.
Don't tell me the audience took it all seriously?
That's Hollywood, folks!
This is the movie that Al Gore endorsed as being scientifically accurate.
I'll save my money for Harry Potter.
Did any of the audience members believe the global warming premise?
Not necessarily a bad thing.
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