Roland Emmerich’s latest opus is three hours too long and is so politically correct[*] that it makes New Labour look bad. It features more cliches than a cliche pie. The typical dysfunctional family is featured, and you just know that it’ll be okay in the end. Which is the case.
Do not expect good storytelling or diagloue, because there are none whatsoever. The visuals are perhaps the only good thing about this movie, and even then, the CG overload this film uses makes you wonder how much damage this film has done to our environment given the total amount of wattage and carbon produced by each post-production facilities’ renderfarms. This is massive waste of electricity and hard work.
In short: It’s alright I suppose, but very silly and worth watching only once.
[*] Except if you’re not American. If you’re British, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabian or Indian, then expect stereotyping to the hilt.
