Just a few nitpicks (spoilers)

I do enjoy this film as end of the world scenarios/disaster films are some of my favorite, but after having seen this enough times I just had to post a nitpick post.

Obviously some might (and probably have) explained why the science is all wrong, but my complaints are more technical in nature for the most part.

My #1 nitpick with this film is that despite all the destruction and global chaos cell phones always work. This is laughable. Unless you have a Sat phone cell service depends on towers to carry a signal. With such ground destruction there would be zero service and even if there were the volume of calls being made/attempted would negate any service. A few years ago my area had a very minor quake. During the next 3-4 hours calls were impossible. I also like that the characters are able to call in a national park like Yellowstone where service would probably be unlikely or intermittent. Same pick also applies to ongoing global news coverage despite the destruction.

Also along the lines of technology I do like how the Chinese Ark builders put in facial recognition software (apparently) and secondary water tight doors, but made it so the captain couldn't operate the ship without the outside door being closed. Little wonder people used to have such trouble with VCR's lol.

My #2 pick is the escape from the pyroclastic blast/flow from the Yellowstone Caldera. These events can reach up to 1000 degrees and travel as fast as 450mph. You aren't going to outrun one on foot, in a Winegabgo or in a twin engine airplane. I'm pretty sure that if you could get airborne in time if the cloud enveloped the plane the heat would probably cause the onboard fuel to combust.

Pick #3 is about the cruise ship. Just because it's hit by a rogue wave isn't the end of the world. Have the directors never seen The Poseidon Adventure? Of course in this film the cruise ship doesn't even bother trying to turn into the wave at all.

#4 is not really a pick, but just a thought that if I ever become wealthy enough to need full time limo service I want the model in the film. That vehicle can take a beating from hell and keep going. I will say that given the speed of the sharp turn Cusack makes while barely avoiding a cliff if the passengers in the back were not buckled in they would have been thrown over the edge with no door to stop such extreme momentum.

Casting was pretty good as I enjoyed most of the characters, especially Sasha. I probably would have gone with someone else for President as much as I have liked Danny Glover in the past he just did not convince me unless he won the highest office in the land for being a "nice" guy. He wasn't hard enough and didn't strike me as being terribly bright. I won't even begin with the Russian kids...yikes. I like(d) John Cusack as well but I thought a lot of his lines were just awful, especially his final "gift shop" quip. And what kind of guy takes another guy's last beer? That was kind of a jerk move if you ask me ha ha.

I think the final lesson here is that it helps to know someone on the inside & while it is noble to try to save your pets, always save yourself first.



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