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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... viewing day count
229 .......................... 264
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September 21st
—— 2015 ——
S A N
A N D R E A S
—— action ——
Today we will put forward the obligatory question, which is whether or not
this disaster film is actually a disaster or just a movie about disasters?
Today we will put forward the obligatory question, which is whether or not this disaster film is actually a disaster or just a movie about disasters? Out of all the actors present in this feature, there is quite a few who could either make or break the eventual quality of the picture. There is The Rock, whose acting ability certainly could crumble when trapped in an earthquake of emotion he cannot handle. Perhaps we will witness the synonymy of his stage name having an ultimatum in how his testosterone-filled tough guy persona ultimately acts in this film. In all honesty, I don’t know, but I guess people couldn’t really care less about lengthy character development and so-called dull moments, since this is mainly a mass destruction movie where the mass destruction is what really matters. But is that aspect of it even any good?
Measured on the Richter magnitude scale, my expectations wouldn’t even be able to be picked up by the machine. I couldn’t care less about this film, but a few coincidences collided and here I am. But am I happy to be here? This accidental viewing of apocalyptic accidents was far from fantastic, but I honestly expected something a lot worse. It is within the script where things really fall apart, but the state of the pages isn’t as bad as the state of the people in the state of California. But even so, the characters are extremely surfaced and the movie is trapped in a conflict between being dumb apocalyptic porn and a dark aggressive motion picture of painful emotions. This makes it hard to even pass the movie as a part of the many dubious disaster flicks out there that are at least enjoyable for their dumb fun. ‘San Andreas’ takes itself too seriously, especially for a movie that attempts to make us care for people running next to a green screen with an earthquake makeover.
As stated earlier, the script is extremely thin and it will break immediately under any form of acting tour de force. Therefore, we don’t see much great acting in this film, but it is mainly because the actors are held down by their weak characters and their weak characters are held down by the bloated visuals. The only worthy actor here, is actually the kid, who I hated upon introduction but began to like later on. Some would say he overacts, but that is only because he is next to people who underacts. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was fine in the movie, but his acting in all of his films seems really one dimensional. That said, he gave the audience a little something towards the end, but it is a blink and you will miss it moment and I wish he had done more of that.
Overall this movie was extremely underwhelming with only a few decent moments, like the one-take for example. It may seem less impressive because of potential green screens, but in the end you still have to control the chaos and the actors in it. I would say it was a rather impressive technical pull-off in a dumb movie like this. There were a few exciting moments as well, but most of it just drowned in CGI, which by the way, wasn’t always on point. Apart from those few instances of above average entertainment, most of it was dumbed down and not really worth my time. Perhaps I didn’t exactly hate it, but while the earth was shaking, I was sitting here shaking my head at this catastrophic excuse for a catastrophe film. I managed to survive this earthquake without major brain damage, but it was a mindless mangle I could have done without…
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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... viewing day count
229 .......................... 264
__________________________
September 21st
—— 2015 ——
S A N
A N D R E A S
—— action ——
Today we will put forward the obligatory question, which is whether or not
this disaster film is actually a disaster or just a movie about disasters?
Today we will put forward the obligatory question, which is whether or not this disaster film is actually a disaster or just a movie about disasters? Out of all the actors present in this feature, there is quite a few who could either make or break the eventual quality of the picture. There is The Rock, whose acting ability certainly could crumble when trapped in an earthquake of emotion he cannot handle. Perhaps we will witness the synonymy of his stage name having an ultimatum in how his testosterone-filled tough guy persona ultimately acts in this film. In all honesty, I don’t know, but I guess people couldn’t really care less about lengthy character development and so-called dull moments, since this is mainly a mass destruction movie where the mass destruction is what really matters. But is that aspect of it even any good?
Measured on the Richter magnitude scale, my expectations wouldn’t even be able to be picked up by the machine. I couldn’t care less about this film, but a few coincidences collided and here I am. But am I happy to be here? This accidental viewing of apocalyptic accidents was far from fantastic, but I honestly expected something a lot worse. It is within the script where things really fall apart, but the state of the pages isn’t as bad as the state of the people in the state of California. But even so, the characters are extremely surfaced and the movie is trapped in a conflict between being dumb apocalyptic porn and a dark aggressive motion picture of painful emotions. This makes it hard to even pass the movie as a part of the many dubious disaster flicks out there that are at least enjoyable for their dumb fun. ‘San Andreas’ takes itself too seriously, especially for a movie that attempts to make us care for people running next to a green screen with an earthquake makeover.
As stated earlier, the script is extremely thin and it will break immediately under any form of acting tour de force. Therefore, we don’t see much great acting in this film, but it is mainly because the actors are held down by their weak characters and their weak characters are held down by the bloated visuals. The only worthy actor here, is actually the kid, who I hated upon introduction but began to like later on. Some would say he overacts, but that is only because he is next to people who underacts. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was fine in the movie, but his acting in all of his films seems really one dimensional. That said, he gave the audience a little something towards the end, but it is a blink and you will miss it moment and I wish he had done more of that.
Overall this movie was extremely underwhelming with only a few decent moments, like the one-take for example. It may seem less impressive because of potential green screens, but in the end you still have to control the chaos and the actors in it. I would say it was a rather impressive technical pull-off in a dumb movie like this. There were a few exciting moments as well, but most of it just drowned in CGI, which by the way, wasn’t always on point. Apart from those few instances of above average entertainment, most of it was dumbed down and not really worth my time. Perhaps I didn’t exactly hate it, but while the earth was shaking, I was sitting here shaking my head at this catastrophic excuse for a catastrophe film. I managed to survive this earthquake without major brain damage, but it was a mindless mangle I could have done without…
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