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Movie Reviews of 10.5
Movie Review: Let's not try for any accuracy
Summary: 1 Stars
I know that in most natural disaster flicks they don't always get all of the technical details right, or they push the boundaries of reality a bit in order to tell a better story. I liked "Volcano" and "Dante's Peak" despite their taking of artistic license. They seemed to have consulted a scientist to at least learn the basics. But this made-for-TV tripe goes beyond belief into the realm of laughable drivel.
Indeed, the only redeeming quality of the movie is that it is SO ridiculously wrong that you start laughing in disbelief at its stupidity.
Here are some of the technical wrongs:
~In each earthquake, for some reason the richter scale is a variable number that increases as the earthquake progresses and then decreases as the earthquake comes to an end. In reality, the richter scale measures the total energy released through the entire event. It can only be determined after the fact.
~If I remember my geology classes correctly, a 10.5 earthquake isn't possible.
~When a fault line "breaks" it does not create a sinkhole that follows train tracks around curves and only stops when it finally swallows the train that it has been chasing. Get real.
~In the opening sequence, a cyclist outruns the earthquake waves. No way anyone could ride a bike that fast. The waves of an earthquake travel probably hundreds or thousands of miles an hour. I don't know the exact number, but it's much faster than the 10 mph that a biker could go.
~Setting off a nuclear explosion wouldn't seal an earthquake fault. It would create thousands more.
Anyway, this is just a taste of the inaccuracies that were inserted solely for theatrical effect. Unfortunately I was not on the edge of my seat out of suspense. I lost all interest in the movie after the first 10 seconds, but kept watching because I was given extra credit in geology for writing an essay about how terrible the movie was.
Movie Review: Horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a movie-freak and can stand even the cheesiest or most bizarre movies but this movie is one of those rare ones where I can't even finish watching. It starts out as if there is information missing. I kept switching tracks and turned the disc over, but it starts out with part 1 making you feel as if there was something before that. Maybe mine is defective - but they even refer to characters as if you were supposed to know them and their story. The second awful thing about this - the camera work. I know whoever shot it felt they were being "edgy" or something, but honestly - it was ridiculous. Imagine you are holding a camcorder and you zoom in and zoom out again, over and over, and your hand shakes occasionally - that is how this one was shot. The dialogue is similar to soap opera on t.v. There are the obligatory meaningful looks, and the petty family squabbles that try to seem more important than the disasters around them. To be honest I absolutely hate soap opera, so I may be biased there. I can't review any more of this because I can't finish it, it's going into the trash tonight.Movie Review: Dooms Day arrived when I watched this boring epic
Summary: 1 Stars
First, I love Dooms day movies. They're my favorite. I don't know why, maybe because of the exciting special effects, and the fact that people have to survive on unusual circumstances. But this movie was truely a dud. The script was bad, and most of the acting was awful. The male characters weren't bad, just what they had to say was lame. As for Kim Delaney, she's got to be the worst actress on the planet. I can't stand her. After seeing her in CSI: Miami, and the fact that the show got really good after she left, I lost all interest in ever seeing her again. Unfortunately, I saw 10.5 prior to watching CSI: Miami (which I got on DVD). If you're interested in seeing this movie, rent it first. That's the best way to describe it. Then decide if you want to waste your money and buy it.Movie Review: If you want to watch something really bad
Summary: 1 Stars
This is by far the single worst mini-series I have ever seen. Horried special effect. The best part of the movie is the first 5 minutes with the earthquake with the bicycle rider. It went downhill from there.
They say if you put enough monkeys in front of typewriters and gave them enough time, the complete works of Shakesphere could be written. The show 10.5 would rate about 16 monkeys and forty five minutes to knock out, so long just for length.
Was there anything postive. yes, the bike rider, the Goldengate bridge going down and the end credits (it was over). The overall story idea is really cool, just all the action and dialouge was horrid. I belive this is what they call a Resume Stain of a miniseries.
Movie Review: Didn't research the facts
Summary: 1 Stars
Okay, the biggest problem I had with this movie (besides the cheesy, over-the-top acting) was the fact that the movie makers didn't do their research. On top of getting the geological facts wrong, they also got any fact about Redding, Calf. wrong.
First of all, there is no Mt. Retnault in Redding. They would either be at Mt. Shasta or Mt. Lassen. Second of all, Redding is a populated area. It's not even in the mountains. And third of all, if an earthquake that strong had hit Redding then Shasta Dam would have most likely exploded, and the entire region, from Redding to San Fransisco, would have been flooded out.