In the middle of this whole thing was one family trying to survive it all. It was interesting that I think most of us found ourselves caught up in their survival, but we did not seem too concerned about all the other people visibly getting killed all around them. As an audience we became invested only in the survival of this group of people.
The movie then does a complete reversal on empathy within a matter of seconds. At first, more of the masses must be saved; it’s the right thing to do. Hurray. Then when one of the people in this group gets killed after saving everyone’s butt several times, it seems that within seconds he is completely forgotten about by the other family members. Who wants to be that guy? I would expect everyone to be inconsolable for a respectable period of time!
Anyway, one of the actors I really enjoyed in this movie was Woody Harrelson. His crazy character provides some comic relief to this action intense, but light on the plot Hollywood cookie-cutter production.
If you love special effects and things blowing up every which way, this is your movie. I am not ashamed to admit I loved it. Just visit the restroom before going in because with the previews, you’ll be sitting down for about three hours. |
