The effects are good, but the plot is too weak

Elisha 2022-04-20 09:01:14

If you just look at the special effects, it's not too much to give five stars. It's too powerful, too shocking, and too realistic. Sitting in the theater and watching the waves crashing over the mountains, the volcanic ash is flying all over the sky, the earth is splitting quickly, and the mountains are instantly razed to the ground, and there is always a feeling of suffocation. So real!
But that's probably the only good thing about the film. The plot is too much, and there are too many flaws. Although the protagonist's family had a big reunion at the end, although the love was a success, although the film uncharacteristically adopted an attitude of praise and praise for China, so that the Radio and Television Bureau did not wave scissors when it was introduced, although Lao Mei did not He mercilessly killed his own president. Although the whole film expresses a lot of humanistic views on the moral high ground, none of this can hide the absurdity of the plot and the far-fetched plot. The protagonist's escape was too bizarre, the doctor's death was too strange, the beautiful woman drowned too unreasonably, the two little fat kids escaped too dramatically, the handsome guy fell too unreasonably, and the final happy ending came too abruptly.
However, for commercial films, the requirements should not be too high. People have smashed so many beautiful knives. Let’s make do with Tu Yile. Anyway, this film is still worth going to the theater to watch, hehe.

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  • Captain Michaels: [over intercom] Ladies and gentleman, this is Captain Michaels speaking. In a few minutes I will give orders to unseal the decks. At 2345 last night, our sister arks, Numbers 6 and 7, have joined our course. For the first time on our journey, we'll have clear skies and moderate-to-good air quality. As you know, our passenger count is way over capacity. So please be careful when you step out and of course, enjoy the fresh air.

  • Professor West: The equalization of the oceanic seabeds has not turned out to be as extreme as we expected. The waters are receding much faster than we thought, thank God. And this is hard to believe, the Himalayas are no longer the roof of the world. It's now the Drakensberg mountains of KwaZulu-Natal.

    Adrian Helmsley: The entire African continent has risen.

    Professor West: Several thousand feet, and likely never even flooded.

    Captain Michaels: That's why they call it the Cape of Good Hope. We've already set course for it.