Yes, this contains spoilers, but believe me, this movie was already ruined when the script was written. I feel bad for writing this right after Brittany Murphy died, but it is just such an abortion of a movie that I had to.
First, like many stated before, the acting is terrible. Brittany Murphy is 100% unbelievable in this role. Terribly unbelievable. I think Pee-Wee Herman, in full character, could have played the part and been more believable. At least the movie would have been amusing (other than laughable at how bad it was). Most all of the other actors were dry and unbelievable, especially the people in the 'command center' (or whatever you would call that poor excuse of a set). I literally burst into laughter whenever they would talk.
I seriously could have mistaken this movie for a comedy. I had tears streaming down my face while I was watching it, I was laughing so hard. Everything from the plot, the characters, and the special effects were laughable. Worse than anything I have seen in a long time, or even ever.
There are so many holes in the story, I don't even know where to begin. I do like when they show Wyoming, there are fires going on all around everyone, and they are just casually walking around like there's nothing out of the ordinary, until they unrealistically burst into flames. The 'fuel truck' part is so laughable I don't even know where to begin.
Eriq LaSalle driving the Jeep around setting off the explosions was hilarious. They were talking about setting off such large explosions that they were going to create another Grand Canyon, but all of the explosions were pathetic little charges they set off. You couldn't even make a kiddie pool out of those holes, let alone another Grand Canyon. Brittany Murphy asks Eriq LaSalle how many more explosions he had to set off, and he said 15 more, yet he painfully drove around like a moron for another 20 minutes setting off dozens and dozens more tiny little explosions, until he fell into the hole, at which point I laughed hysterically.
The real kicker is when Brittany Murphy goes back to her beat up shack (I would think a world renowned expert on seismology could afford something a little nicer), only to find the house somehow missing. Not only did the earthquake shake the house down, but someone in the meantime must have came and took all the pieces of the house with them, and left just a hole there. Brittany Murphy cries and cries, and then, as expected, from out of nowhere, her husband and kid walk up. Really? I mean, really? It would have been more believable if Spock would have beamed them down.
Unless you really, really, really enjoy laughing at bad movies, don't watch this. If you do enjoy painfully bad movies, then this one will keep you in stitches the entire time. I know it did for me!
First, like many stated before, the acting is terrible. Brittany Murphy is 100% unbelievable in this role. Terribly unbelievable. I think Pee-Wee Herman, in full character, could have played the part and been more believable. At least the movie would have been amusing (other than laughable at how bad it was). Most all of the other actors were dry and unbelievable, especially the people in the 'command center' (or whatever you would call that poor excuse of a set). I literally burst into laughter whenever they would talk.
I seriously could have mistaken this movie for a comedy. I had tears streaming down my face while I was watching it, I was laughing so hard. Everything from the plot, the characters, and the special effects were laughable. Worse than anything I have seen in a long time, or even ever.
There are so many holes in the story, I don't even know where to begin. I do like when they show Wyoming, there are fires going on all around everyone, and they are just casually walking around like there's nothing out of the ordinary, until they unrealistically burst into flames. The 'fuel truck' part is so laughable I don't even know where to begin.
Eriq LaSalle driving the Jeep around setting off the explosions was hilarious. They were talking about setting off such large explosions that they were going to create another Grand Canyon, but all of the explosions were pathetic little charges they set off. You couldn't even make a kiddie pool out of those holes, let alone another Grand Canyon. Brittany Murphy asks Eriq LaSalle how many more explosions he had to set off, and he said 15 more, yet he painfully drove around like a moron for another 20 minutes setting off dozens and dozens more tiny little explosions, until he fell into the hole, at which point I laughed hysterically.
The real kicker is when Brittany Murphy goes back to her beat up shack (I would think a world renowned expert on seismology could afford something a little nicer), only to find the house somehow missing. Not only did the earthquake shake the house down, but someone in the meantime must have came and took all the pieces of the house with them, and left just a hole there. Brittany Murphy cries and cries, and then, as expected, from out of nowhere, her husband and kid walk up. Really? I mean, really? It would have been more believable if Spock would have beamed them down.
Unless you really, really, really enjoy laughing at bad movies, don't watch this. If you do enjoy painfully bad movies, then this one will keep you in stitches the entire time. I know it did for me!