Post-apocalyptic keyboard cat was a pleasant, unexpected surprise... and is probably better than anything in that movie.

I saw a preview for that while I was watching hockey last Saturday.

It was laughably ridiculous.

This is the movie where John Cusack gets chased by an earthquake, right? Because I'd have to say that looks like it's going to be the most idiotic thing to be screened in a theater since Wanted.

Why do people keep renting Panaflex Cameras to this talentless pisshead?

ID4 is the only thing this jerk ever touched that is even remotely watchable, and that is more because of the cast than anything else.

"Godzilla" wasn't! TOHO should have sued to make him change the name of the film and the monster when they screened that heinous piece of dreck! Even "Gappa", which was done as a parody, is more entertaining and convincing.

Roland Emmerich needs to be shoving Big Macs through a drive-thru window, not making films.

I seriously dislike him, and find his films most unpleasant to endure.

Why is it that film directors, or SFX designers never account for dirt?

Watch a movie with a flood in it, and the water is clear. See footage of a flood on the news and it looks like chocolate milk due to all the dirt.

In the clip from this cinematic abortion, the world is falling apart, and it hardly kicks up any dust.

Remember when the WTC fell? What did you mostly see? Dust. People were coated with it. Clouds of it went hundreds of feet into the air.

In this idiotic thing, a state falls into the ocean and it barely ejects anything into the atmosphere.

/end rant

That's the only time keyboard cat has made me lol.
But it was a good one.

AdolfOliverPanties: Why is it that film directors, or SFX designers never account for dirt?

Watch a movie with a flood in it, and the water is clear. See footage of a flood on the news and it looks like chocolate milk due to all the dirt.

In the clip from this cinematic abortion, the world is falling apart, and it hardly kicks up any dust.

Remember when the WTC fell? What did you mostly see? Dust. People were coated with it. Clouds of it went hundreds of feet into the air.

In this idiotic thing, a state falls into the ocean and it barely ejects anything into the atmosphere.

I think that's a conscious decision on the part of the filmmakers. If there was all that dust, like on 9/11, it would obscure all their awesome special effects. That would produce real drama from the mystery of what's going on inside the dust cloud. These guys want the drama to come from the audience knowing what's going on.

For a movie that doesn't use this, watch District 9 and note how the smoke and dust clouds don't obscure the real story...

What was Cusack's last good movie?

Imagine how much more effective the trailer would be if they only showed the acting and then blew everyone's mind with the special effects in the theater.

Then again that's not spoon feeding. You'd have to pay attention and actually make an informed choice. That's retarded.

RevMercutio: What was Cusack's last good movie?

1408?
Identity?
High Fidelity?
Grosse Pointe Blank?

AdolfOliverPanties: RevMercutio: What was Cusack's last good movie?

1408?
Identity?
High Fidelity?
Grosse Pointe Blank = Winner

If you're in an airplane and the world is crumbling below you, just fly up as high as you can into the air. Don't try to fly in between 2 collapsing buildings. Just saying.

I saw the extend trailer on TV the other day and kept wondering why the plane doesnt fly above everything? Would it not be airborne and above any collapsing building? Makes no sense

Stompn_Tom: I saw the extend trailer on TV the other day and kept wondering why the plane doesnt fly above everything? Would it not be airborne and above any collapsing building? Makes no sense

Why didn't the helicopters gain altitude to get away from Godzilla?

Best usage of Keyboard Cat ever.

Wat the recut should look like (new window)

theguyinthe$4000suit: Best usage of Keyboard Cat ever.

I second this...

/ made me chuckle.

Looks like the pretentious asshats have arrived early in this thread.

CGI is fun to watch. Action is fun. People like fun.

Transformers 2 made 830 million worldwide. Moon made 5. Money doesn't mean quality, but it sure as hell means something.

So, what exactly is this supposed to prove? That an fx driven movie is silly when you take the fx out? Does this movie look like it's trying to be anything more than an absurd end of the world movie? No, and if you think that it is, or that it should, well that is your problem. I tend to enjoy Cusack, and I also enjoy dumb action movies from time to time. Funny how I can do that and also enjoy foreign, silent, classic, and what some call "deep" films. Really folks, some movies are just meant to be dumb fun.

Fano: Wat the recut should look like (new window)

Wow, I totally forgot about that until now. That show was awesome when I was ten. Hell it looks awesome now. Certainly better than 2012.

Keyboard cat is a nice touch. If there's a merciful God in heaven, Roland Emmerich will get mouth cancer for this tripe.

Stompn_Tom: I saw the extend trailer on TV the other day and kept wondering why the plane doesnt fly above everything? Would it not be airborne and above any collapsing building? Makes no sense

The 5 minute clip this is based on tells you that the pilot has never flown a plane before.

Critch: Money doesn't mean quality

Neither does criticism of a film that happens to make a lot of money make one pretentious.

Critch: Looks like the pretentious asshats have arrived early in this thread.

CGI is fun to watch. Action is fun. People like fun.

Transformers 2 made 830 million worldwide. Moon made 5. Money doesn't mean quality, but it sure as hell means something.

This looks like a sensory overload. I saw the preview in the theater and had no desire to see this movie, based purely on the fact that the ridiculous amount of SFX going into this will cause my brain to shut down. Same thing happened with Transformers 2. I love crazy action movies, hell I saw Crank 2 and that was a ton of fun...made no sense at all, but still fun. This movie looks like absolute horseshiat.

They should've just called it Two Days After Tomorrow, cause it looks about the same.

hahaha

All the car scene needed was some Initial-D style Eurobeat music and it would be perfect.

Also +1 on the most excellent usage of keyboard cat.

Dibikad: Really folks, some movies are just meant to be dumb fun

This doesn't look like fun. It looks like watching paint dry. I'm not above dumb- the Crank movies are some of the best things to come out in recent years- but this just looks dumb and boring.

AdolfOliverPanties: RevMercutio: What was Cusack's last good movie?

1408?
Identity?
High Fidelity?
Grosse Pointe Blank?

war inc.

Cagey B [TotalFark] 2009-10-06 04:56:02 PM
This is the movie where John Cusack gets chased by an earthquake, right? Because I'd have to say that looks like it's going to be the most idiotic thing to be screened in a theater since Wanted.

You're exactly the pretentious pompus fark, that this movie isn't being marketed towards. Obviously it's being marketed towards 2012 fanatics, but just because the year 2012 isn't going to really bring about earthquakes and huge disasters, doesn't mean the movie can't be entertaining. Wanted was entertaining, it was a popcorn flick. Go, watch, enjoy. Simple as that. And just because i enjoy fun movies, doesn't mean i can't appreciate and enjoy what you people would refer to as a "good" movie. Which i'm assuming would be the general retort from the stereotypical movie snobs.

fernandez: Stompn_Tom: I saw the extend trailer on TV the other day and kept wondering why the plane doesnt fly above everything? Would it not be airborne and above any collapsing building? Makes no sense

The 5 minute clip this is based on tells you that the pilot script writer has never flown seen a plane before.

FTFY

At the very least can we come up with a term other than "popcorn flick"? How about "Alanis Morrisette going down on you in a theater flick"? Anything.

Mugato: At the very least can we come up with a term other than "popcorn flick"? How about "Alanis Morrisette going down on you in a theater flick"? Anything.

oh great, now I'm vaguely aroused whilst getting indignant about a john cusack flick.
You'll be getting my next therapy bill

I am sorry but this movie looks like crap. I am all for the "suspension of disbelief" crap but running away from a earthquake? an entire section of a continent sinking into the ocean? Sorry, cannot even begin to buy into it. If that makes me pretentious than so be it, it is not like I care.

ImNotFatImFluffy: Cagey B [TotalFark] 2009-10-06 04:56:02 PM
This is the movie where John Cusack gets chased by an earthquake, right? Because I'd have to say that looks like it's going to be the most idiotic thing to be screened in a theater since Wanted.

You're exactly the pretentious pompus fark, that this movie isn't being marketed towards. Obviously it's being marketed towards 2012 fanatics, but just because the year 2012 isn't going to really bring about earthquakes and huge disasters, doesn't mean the movie can't be entertaining. Wanted was entertaining, it was a popcorn flick. Go, watch, enjoy. Simple as that. And just because i enjoy fun movies, doesn't mean i can't appreciate and enjoy what you people would refer to as a "good" movie. Which i'm assuming would be the general retort from the stereotypical movie snobs.

You mistake being pretentious for having standards.

/insert joke about your wife/girlfriend here

olapbill: AdolfOliverPanties: RevMercutio: What was Cusack's last good movie?

1408?
Identity?
High Fidelity?
Grosse Pointe Blank?

war inc.

I said "GOOD". War, Inc. is pretty farking awful.

Play civilization off, Keyboard Cat.

I've been looking forward to this movie for months. Every time I've seen the trailer in the theater, I can't stop laughing.

ImNotFatImFluffy: You're exactly the pretentious pompus fark, that this movie isn't being marketed towards. Obviously it's being marketed towards 2012 fanatics, but just because the year 2012 isn't going to really bring about earthquakes and huge disasters, doesn't mean the movie can't be entertaining. Wanted was entertaining, it was a popcorn flick. Go, watch, enjoy. Simple as that. And just because i enjoy fun movies, doesn't mean i can't appreciate and enjoy what you people would refer to as a "good" movie. Which i'm assuming would be the general retort from the stereotypical movie snobs.

All right Francis, I'm going to explain this to you. There's a difference between "mindless" and "stupid". Robert Rodriguez's Desperado is one of my favorite movies of all time and it's certainly not considered high-brow or intellectual. It's a great movie though because it's internally consistent. Rodriguez establishes a set of rules and a logical code that, while not applicable to the real world, works within the context of the movie. Once those rules are established, he sticks with them. James Cameron is another great director in this regard. If you go back and watch Terminator or Aliens, you can see how careful he is in establishing important details and following up on them later in the movie. Everything exists in those movies for a logical reason.

Emerich's movies are just dumb. ID4 was a mish-mash of cliches. Was it a sci-fi movie? An action movie? A buddy movie? A parody? A parody of what, Return of the Jedi? Disaster movies? What was it? None of the scenes fit together into a coherent movie. It wasn't just a mindless movie, it was dumb. It insulted my intelligence.

My favorite thing about this whole movie is the fact that some people out there believe that the Institute for Human Continuity is a real site and there really is a Lottery.

I enjoyed Independence Day and the Day After Tomorrow. Probably have enjoyed every epic disaster movie that's ever been released. The Core? Cloverfield? fark yes. Armageddon? Waterworld? Yes. Dante's Peak? Volcano? Sure, why not.

/Gonna love this movie too
//Post-apocalyptic endings are great

For those who aren't into these end of the world/epic disaster movies, look at the silver lining. This movie will make for an awesome rifftrax when it comes out on dvd/blu-ray.

Boritom: Why do people keep renting Panaflex Cameras to this talentless pisshead?

ID4 is the only thing this jerk ever touched that is even remotely watchable, and that is more because of the cast than anything else.

"Godzilla" wasn't! TOHO should have sued to make him change the name of the film and the monster when they screened that heinous piece of dreck! Even "Gappa", which was done as a parody, is more entertaining and convincing.

Roland Emmerich needs to be shoving Big Macs through a drive-thru window, not making films.

I seriously dislike him, and find his films most unpleasant to endure.

No. ID4 was unwatchable. It was retarded. Stupid. Shallow. Dreck. Every. Single. Film.

You drank the damn kool-aid. Never drink the kool-aid.

pivazena: I enjoyed Independence Day and the Day After Tomorrow. Probably have enjoyed every epic disaster movie that's ever been released. The Core? Cloverfield? fark yes. Armageddon? Waterworld? Yes. Dante's Peak? Volcano? Sure, why not.

/Gonna love this movie too
//Post-apocalyptic endings are great

I liked Night of the Comet the best.

tehotherbilly: My favorite thing about this whole movie is the fact that some people out there believe that the Institute for Human Continuity is a real site and there really is a Lottery.

That's disturbing. It's WotW all over again?

End_Of_Line: an entire section of a continent sinking into the ocean?

That, coupled with the waves coming over the Himalayas in the poster, makes me wonder if 2012 will be the year the volume of the ocean increases a few times over.

Dibikad: So, what exactly is this supposed to prove? That an fx driven movie is silly when you take the fx out? Does this movie look like it's trying to be anything more than an absurd end of the world movie? No, and if you think that it is, or that it should, well that is your problem. I tend to enjoy Cusack, and I also enjoy dumb action movies from time to time. Funny how I can do that and also enjoy foreign, silent, classic, and what some call "deep" films. Really folks, some movies are just meant to be dumb fun.

There is but one step from the ridiculous to the sublime, though, and this movie has done a triple back flip square away from the sublime.

It's CG porn. Make a half ass attempt at believability at least.

katerbug72: tehotherbilly: My favorite thing about this whole movie is the fact that some people out there believe that the Institute for Human Continuity is a real site and there really is a Lottery.

That's disturbing. It's WotW all over again?

Pretty damn close to that. I work graveyard shift so I listen to Coast to Coast in an effort to pass the time. Granted, the typical Coast audience member isn't playing with a full deck, but a couple weeks ago several people called in to talk about the IHC site thinking it was real. If it had been just one person I'd have thought it a fluke, but there were at least four different people who took the time to call a nationally syndicated radio show, wait on hold for god knows how long, and then make complete asses of themselves by thinking this is real.
Since then I've come across a few people on the net that also think this is real.
I didn't bother to educate them. I figure these might be the kind of people that would go apeshiat bonkers in the street if 2012 were an actual event, so it might be best to let them believe that they can find salvation on a government run Noah's Ark.

Not only are Emmerich's movies crap - and yes, ID4 was, too - he is showing that Cusack isn't much of an actor, either.

Shrugging Atlas: AdolfOliverPanties: RevMercutio: What was Cusack's last good movie?

1408?
Identity?
High Fidelity?
Grosse Pointe Blank = Winner

You hated those movies? Really? WTF is wrong with you?

pivazena: I enjoyed Independence Day and the Day After Tomorrow. Probably have enjoyed every epic disaster movie that's ever been released. The Core? Cloverfield? fark yes. Armageddon? Waterworld? Yes. Dante's Peak? Volcano? Sure, why not.

I'm dying a little on the inside now.

/Honestly can't think of an an honest to goodness good Apocalyptic movie off the top of my head

CURSE YOU KEYBOARD CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

mfaby: Not only are Emmerich's movies crap - and yes, ID4 was, too - he is showing that Cusack isn't much of an actor, either.

Will Smith was the only redeeming aspect of that movie.