cheapskate

Try telling that to George Kennedy...

raven56706

wow...... thats all i have to say......


well no but.... the wow factor is there and i am so there opening night.

SirPablo

I'm there.

Interestingly enough, the sudden climatic shift due to the change in the ocean currents is a plausable theaory. Try searching around for "sudden climatic shift".

TylerDurden_73

That trailer did nothing for me. But than again the only emmerich movie I like is the Patriot. highly overrated filmmaker...

Nausicaa

It looks so bad - count me in!!!

I love dumb disaster flicks like this.

fumanstan

I wouldn't really say he's overrated. It's not like he recieves a lot of praise for the work he's done.

SunMonkey

When I first heard of the movie a few months ago, I thought it might focus more on, oh I don't know, the day after all the events. That is, it would show all the destruction first off, and then show how people dealt with it for the bulk of the movie. That intrigued me.

I'm still hoping for that scenario, but the trailer kind of left me thinking I was wrong.

nazz

Looks like it's right down my alley. I grew up on The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and Towering Inferno.

I just showed my wife the trailer and she's sold. We'll be there.

Robert

I'm glad the trailer did not hint at any sappy romantic sub-plot.

Trigger

but in the trailer it looks like they focus on some organization that tries to prevent it or are too late to stop it or something. Or perhaps they were just too late in evacuating people... I dunno. Anyway, the idea that they can stop ocean currents from shifting and that it is too late just kinda bothers me.

Shannon Nutt

Hopefully, the disaster will happen in the first half of the film rather that right at the end...

The special effects look fantastic...the acting looks horrible. I kept cringing at Dennis Quaid's lines...and we KNOW he's a good actor...so it's the director's fault for not pulling a better performance out of him. "I will come and get you...do... you ...understand?!?!" Yes Dennis, we understand because you said...it...so...slow...for...us.

SilverScreen

My sentiments exactly... The special effects look outstanding but I enjoy apocalyptic movies for a different reason:

I love when the movie focuses more on mankind adapting to a radically changed uncivilized environment. And the contrast between different schools of thought demonstrated various ways in the new environment such as one based more on humanity / civilization and others based more on an oppressive / survival of the fittest dictate.

Matthew Chmiel

Since all of Emmerich's past three films have clocked in around two and a half hours, I wouldn't be shocked if this film was two and a half hours too. I wonder if the film will be set up like ID4 ...

Act 1: Introductions to the film's character and story. Total destruction at the end of the act.
Act 2: Film's characters try to make of what just happened and try to find ways to resolve the problem.
Act 3: Resolving the problem.

scott shelton

Yeah, we haven't seen that for... like 4 or 5 months now.

Matthew Chmiel

I haven't personally seen an action film in a while that has been:

A) Good.
B) Watchable.
C) Total "style over substance."

The last two were Bad Boys II and 2 Fast 2 Furious and those were more "destroy shit up" (like cars and boats and houses) and not "blow tons of shit up" (like actual cities).

Groucho

I don't know. The plotline looks to be dull, standard fare that we've seen a million times in this kind of movie. Which means that all that's left is the special effects, and chances are we've seen all the "money shots" in the trailers already.

wildcatlh

That's my exact thinking on this movie.

I'm really, really, really wavering on whether or not I want to see this.

scott shelton

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS Huh?

OK, good to know...

lisadoris

I'm on board for this one since IMO the trailer looked great visually. Will it be a mindless flick where things blow up, probably, but summer is the time usually reserved for eye candy so what can you do.

fumanstan

Thanks for your explanation.

Anyway, i tihnk Matthew is right, there hasn't been a big disaster movie like this. Watching entire cities get leveled is not the same as watching a few cars blow up.

Matthew Chmiel

There was The Core last year, but that wasn't a "big disaster" movie (nor was it any good) like Twister, Indepedence Day, Deep Impact, and Armageddon. This is the first "true" big disaster film since 1998 basically. I kinda take that back now, we also had The Perfect Storm in 2000, but that only involved a few people on a boat.

And in all honesty, disaster films aren't well known for plot. They're big and flashy and all are style over substance. Just look at Airport, The Poseidon Adventure (the sequel doesn't count as it sucks), The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, and Rollercoaster (hey, I liked it). People want to be amazed by the visuals and want to be entertained for two hours. Nothing more, nothing else. If Roland Emmerich serves up the fun that he brought to the table with ID4 (and doesn't bring the shit that was Godzilla and The Patriot), then I'm there opening day.

cupon

Probably?! Are you serious?

lisadoris

Hey I'm trying to give the people involved the benefit of the doubt - I try not to completely judge a film before I've seen it. We never know, there could be some deep "save the environment" message in there (I doubt it but you never know).

Pointyskull

I only hope the movie can deliver what the trailer promises.

That scene with the people running through the city just ahead of a huge wall of water was excellent.

I think it looks fabulous....

QuikSilver

The movie looks like another Independance Day hence the same director.