Okay, I may be hated for this but I have to say it.
2012
There, I said it. I did not like this movie at all, while the special effects were great, the story sucked. I didn't care about any of the main or secondary characters, the only character I truly cared about was the brother of the young chinese monk who snuck them onboard the ship.
This film was just a poorly written script used to showcase all the "fantastic" special effects. Special effects alone, don't make a film.
There were so many cliches in this film.
- A couple who are separated, with the husband being a loser and the wife as the proper, succesful parent.
- The mother always has custody, because she's the competant parent.
- A father whose alienated from his son (like we have'nt seen that before)
- The wife taking up with a wealthy proffessional guy
- The family coming together at the end, with the father and son reconciling.
- The single voice of reason in the government, who makes the standard heartfelt plea to save people and suceeds.
- Of course, we have to have the self-centered, egotistical, narcicistic government representative whose decisions are always wrong and will kill them all.
-The brave leader (president) who refuses to leave his "people" and dies as a hero.
- The wife's new boyfriend dying in heroic/grusome fashion, allowing the couple to be reunited.
-The group barely escaping one disaster after another.
I could go on, but I think that's enough. I'm sure you can come up with other examples.