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Movie Reviews of 10.5
Movie Review: Who wrote this craptastic movie . . .
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm not even sure why my mother watched this movie, I'm not sure why I watched this movie with her. I can't remember it all that well but I can tell you that "10.5" is not even worth staring at. I swear that it was a blatant rip off or at least some cheesy would-be TV movie that was spawned from watching "The Day after Tomorrow" trailers ... or was that "Storm of Destruction" staring an overweight Rodney Quaid? Oh wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. I don't care if the actor that plays Jonathan Kent in "Smallville" (my favorite character) is in it. Ironically his name is "CLARK" in this movie. I laughed for several minutes upon hearing that.
But If your still curious as what this movie is about Let me fill you in because that's all I can do. For some reason an earthquake that surpasses its nomral capacity in Washington (If I'm correct) begins to arise from the depths of the earth to cut the nations of the world in half, several people that specialize in this sorta stuff go to find out what's causing this.
While doing so we switch to several other people POV when the earthquake makes its appearance; Consisting of a Daughter and Father with problems concerning his wife and a bunch of other people. That's pretty much it although my summary might be a bit off.
Its boring, its cheesy, I can't wonder for the love of me why my mother watched it. But if your still gonna watch it don't say I didn't warn you. You'll get a good laugh at the horrible acting, crappy scrpit, writing, would-be touching moments, ("I love you son." - "I love you too, dad." *GAG*) and crummy special-affects (rocks still bounce when they hit the ground and they still try to make you feel sad when they destroy the Government's prized bridge of San fransico).
Movie Review: 10.5 on the unrealistic scale
Summary: 2 Stars
One of the supporting actresses said it best in this movie, "Forget what you saw on TV." The entire disaster is based on, well, make-believe.
And to top it off, it appears the only person in the entire country who figured out what is going on has written scientific books that nobody else believes. Everybody else are idiots and have absolutely no idea what to do. In fact, the head of FEMA, who has been placed in charge of overseeing the problems, can't seem to come up with more than one plan. He draws a complete blank when asked for a contingency plan.
And then there is the entire nuclear warhead thing is just laughable and a complete ripoff of Armagedon. The only thing missing was Bruce Willis.
The only thing that was promised and delivered was the special effects. It actually wasn't all that bad for a made-for-TV movie. Unfortunately, that is the only good thing I can come up wtih.
The acting was silly, the dialogue was horrocious, the length was way too long, and the reality wasn't existent. All in all, I would not recommend this unless you are really into disaster flicks (which my wife is and why I ended up watching it myself).
Movie Review: Don't think, and you just might like it.
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie reminds me of an earlier NBC mini-series, 1997's ASTEROID. 10.5 is pure made for TV schlock, from its laughable opening scene, to its cliche after cliche narrative. Clearly this Mini-series was not made to win awards (Except maybe for the FX team) but they could have done much better with the time and budget they had to prepare this(A year and a half and 20 Million Dollars. Still, if your a disaster movie fan or just in need for mindless entertainment, this one may be for you. The highlight of this film is obviously the Special Effects, however awful, but past that you will find Beau Bridges and Kim Delaney's performances pretty decent too and if you like it enough to watch a second time I recommend watching it with director's commentary, it's very brisk and quite insightful. All in all this title has few highs and lots of lows. If you have trouble suspending disbelief this one is definitely not for you, but if you're a fan of the genre this one is at the very least, watchable.Movie Review: Earthquakes hate our freedom ... they're freedom-haters!!
Summary: 1 Stars
What a tragic piece of television cinema this was. When I use the word tragic, I am not referencing the events that took place in the actual story of the movie, but the way that this film was made. It was hysterical, horrendous, and pathetic to think that there were actual paychecks handed out for this project. The graphics looked like something pre-schoolers were asked to create using glue, paper mache, and their left over Hot Wheels cars. Honestly, during one of the devastating scenes in this movie, I thought that I saw Hot Wheel on the bottom of one of the cars giving me a true indication of the low production value. Let me just say that if 10.5 was a sandwich, than it would be heavy on the clichés. You could not turn away from this film for a minute for fear that you were going to miss yet another clichéd moment that has been used in nearly every disaster movie ever made. From the acting to the story and even the graphics, everything seemed like it had been done before, and 10.5 times better.
Our first image of this film sets the tone, but doesn't quite prepare us for the hilarity that will ensure further along in the movie. As we witness a biker successfully manage his way through destruction without even a scratch, our idea of reality is lost. Being able to outrun the Space Needle is sheer lunacy, and I will not go into the misleading way that they represented the Space Needle's structure (as most have in other reviews). I was laughing while this scene was happening questioning my choice of this film. Then, as if pulled from the pages of Sam Raimi's early work, we witness a train be completely eaten by the earthquake. Paper mache in full effect, it is as if it is chasing the train in this horror story styled moment that leaves so much to be desired. I couldn't tell if our characters were concerned about the tragedies that were befalling their state or the way that the director, John Lafia, represented the catastrophe with very cheap effects.
I cannot merely say that the graphics are what ruined this film, because everything was equal. The acting and the story were equally as poor giving us one of the largest (and lengthiest) television duds I have ever encountered. Beau Bridges as this sympathetic President was horrible. I could just see President Bush watching this movie at home and saying to himself, "The earthquakes hate our freedom ... they are freedom-haters". I really could hear these words when I watched this film. I mentioned Bridges, but the acting was bad on all counts. The family dynamics that ironically all of our characters are fighting was a HUGE cliché that only created more implausibility to our story. Oh, our lives are horrible, but a huge disaster like an earthquake could just bring everyone closer together ... let's watch and see! There was one point when I thought that John Schneider was going to break a window to a car, jump into via the window, and speed away talking about how "ain't no Boss Hog gonna git him". That would have been horrible, but at the same time semi-redeemable for this film.
Finally, I need to say to everyone that was involved in this film and for future natural disaster filmmakers, nuclear power does not solve all of our problems. I do not think we have harnessed the ability to stop Mother Nature from taking her course, and that no matter how hard we try, events will happen that will be catastrophic. We need to realize that this Earth was here long before nuclear power, long before humans, and will be long after we are gone. Sometimes I wish I could watch a film where the characters just allowed nature to take its course, and we could see the raw beauty of our world. I hated the fact that this earthquake was this evil train-eating beast that needed to be tamed. I felt that if earthquakes had a union, they would not be too pleased with their representation in this film. I was hoping for some good acting, some decent graphics, and at least a story that would spark the interest, but instead I ended up with three goose eggs.
Overall, if you can't tell already, I really disliked this film. There was no redeeming value to it at all. I remember friends and co-workers talking about this series when it was on television and how they couldn't wait to see the next part. All I can say to them is that they need to get outside more often. If 10.5 doesn't give you enough of a reason to throw your television out the window, then I don't know what will. Avoid this film like the plague, and I promise you that your overall level of life comfort will be much better. A definite Mr. Yuk sticker deserves to be placed on this film!
Grade: * out of *****
Movie Review: Possibly one of the worst movies ever
Summary: 1 Stars
There is nothing redeeming about this movie. No. I'm sorry. There's no negotiating with that. I don't care if I come back and see "0 of 2,000 people have found this review helpful" I won't change my opinion. This movie is just flat out BAD! Why is it so bad? I could write a book on it, but I can sum it all up by simply saying it is your typical disaster film. It follows every single cliche in the book. And I don't mean fun cliche like horror movies, I mean like you know what's going to happen the entire movie five minutes in.
1. Natural disaster of ludicrous proportions hits America. No other nation is affected, of course, or if they are only to a slight degree.
2. Government leaders go, "OMFG WTF?" and try to prevent it. Initial destruction is prevented by blocking up the storyline with subplots.
3. Some cockamany idea to stop the disaster is attempted. It works...
4. ...for about five seconds. Then real disaster hits and millions die. Let's think seriously here: how many mega natural disasters have befallen major American cities? Like serious disasters? I can think of two: San Francisco in the early 1900's and recently New Orleans. Yet somehow in movies when a natural disaster hits, it ALWAYS hits a highly populated area.
There's loads more cliches - hell, a section in Part Two concerning people escaping a destroyed casino is basically a thirty minute "Poseidon's Adventure." With such ingenuity, you wouldn't expect too much character development, would you? I hope not, because this movie has the most typical assortment of characters you'll ever find:
* The government official who tells other characters what's going on and shoots people worried looks.
* The typical government leader (in this case, the president) who mostly does yelling and pity-playing
* The feisty, independent daughter who has a coming of age moment - and who by the way, happens to be the president's daughter and happens to get her father to ask the Secret Service to leave her alone. Um...the president doesn't even have the power to tell the Secret Service to leave HIM alone.
* The wife trapped in a building who turns out to be pregnant.
* The two brothers who hate each other but learn to cope with one another before one of them dies.
* The guy who yells "I'm getting out of here!" and gets killed upon trying to escape.
* The worry-wort girl who is told "You'll make it out of here" only to die two minutes later.
* The stubborn old folks who refuse to leave their home, even with immenant death and destruction headed their way. Why? "This is our home!" Your suburban house in Houston? PLEASE! Unless you're living on freggin' Indian burial grounds, don't tell me your small patch of turf is worth getting yourself killed for.
You're supposed to care for these people. You're supposed to feel bad when they die. But since they're the same cookie-cutter characters you've seen a hundred times in a hundred different disaster movies, you really don't care.
But let me get to my biggest beef with this movie...WHO THE HECK DIRECTED THIS?! Lemme check IMDB...John Lafia? Hey John - DON'T EVER DIRECT AGAIN! Or if you do, here's a little advice - KEEP YOUR DAMN CAMERA STILL! Every single shot is either shaky cam or zooms. Yes, zoom. Zoom in. Zoom out. Zoom in. Zoom out. Every single shot. Doesn't matter the mood, tone, or action. Zoom in. Zoom out. It's like they didn't plan out any of the scenes and the camera man had to correct every shot. This gets old in about five minutes. No, actually, it got old in ten seconds. And considering this is a two-part miniseries, about an hour and a half long each, it's enough to have someone commit suicide.
Is this movie good? No, because I've seen it already. I saw it when it was called "Deep Impact." I sall it when it was called "Armaggedon." I saw it when it was "Dante's Peak." I saw it when it was "Volcano." I saw it when it was "Asteroid." I saw it when it was...ARG!! My apologies for the bitter review, but this movie really tried my patience. I cannot understand how there are people out there that like this. I suppose there is a secret cult of self-mutilating masochists out there who enjoy punishing themselves by watching bad movies for their own sick, evil amusement. Then again, perhaps I hate and love this movie as much as I hate and love myself...