Post by The Curmudgeon on Mar 18, 2007 18:55:19 GMT 2
Suddenly the end of the world seems like a good idea.
Before I start on this crud, let me just say that The Curmudgeon is NOT a movie snob. It doesn't have to be black and white with subtitles for me to love it. I love big, dumb action movies as much as anyone - GOOD, big dumb action movies. Arnie movies (well, some) spring to mind, or Face Off - dumb as a bag of rocks, but still cool.
Then there's this. It's dumb, it's loud - and it's really, really BAD.
So the world's going to end, a big meteor is gonna come smashing into earth. Who ya gonna call? Er, Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi, amongst others. Not my immediate choice, but Bruce and Steve can pretty much do no wrong in my eyes (well, until this..) so fair enough.
To say the script is piffle would be too nice. It is full of some of the most overblown, mawkish drivel I've ever heard (the "Animal Shapes" scene has to be seen to be believed) and any film, ANY, that succeeds in making Steve Buscemi annoying(!) is just plain evil in my books.
There's not many films that have you wishing for a big rock to smash into the earth and end it all. This is one of them.
