Awesome movie

Totally agree! Love this movie. Its not a thinking mans movie by any means, but I love the special effects. A lot of people over think this movie saying thinks like "this will never happen", "thats totally unbelievable". Well duh! This is the way I look at it. It's very entertaining move that takes me away from my troubles for over 2 and a half hours. Thats really what I expect from a good movie.

this movie may as well have been Sharkndao with it's bad cgi, cheesey acting and total lack of logic. but its so bad and ridiculous in all aspects that like sharknado it becomes hilarious.

I'm glad after being absent from this board since not too long after this movie went to home video that there are so many threads like this. Some people actually understand how movies such as this work. It gives me hope for the human race that there are still people who don't have a stick up their ass about just enjoying a movie for the spectacle it is.

If I want serious scifi which brings up philosophical questions and/or tends to get the science right, I'll go watch something like "Blade Runner", "Gattaca" and the like. If I want mindless popcorn fun with large explosions, I'll watch me some Emmerich or Bay. lol It may surprise the intellectual wannabes but people with actual intelligence can enjoy mindless entertainment because, god forbid, they want to take a break and have some simple fun.

The future belongs to those of us still willing to get our hands dirty. SaschaKonietzko

I agree, really liked this movie and don't understand the hate. Some of the bests special effects i've ever seen.

5.8? Really? That's craziness. Should be at least 6.5-7 just for the visuals.


People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs

Around the time Independence Day was released, I read an interview with Emmerich. One thing stuck with me - he said that all he aims for is to entertain people with a spectacle the likes of which they never saw before.

Cameron said something similar about Avatar, along the lines of "for the price you pay to see a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy, I'm giving you this".

I went into this movie expecting to hate it... yet I came out very surprised. It's a dumb movie, no question about that, but dumb in a very enjoyable way. Lots of fun paced action, creative special effects, and seeing the world get destroyed in multiple ways had its moments. I had a good time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHxTATT5EIs

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I always find it funny when I see ratings for this kind of movies. Sure, the story is generic, but that is not what those movies are about. If this film deserves less than 6, then what about movies with a good story but no special effects? They do not seem to be getting low scores.

I was not bored at any point, there is something going on all the time. Very entertaining, with perfect video and audio quality. 8/10 from me.