This is a pretty movie, but I was also pretty bored by it. One of my problems is this movie managed to hit every single disaster movie cliche pothole. Every. Single. One.
First was the estranged family, though this one barely meets that word since they are still on good terms. They might as well have still been married, and of course, they are together at the end.
Second was the "villain" character played by the original "Mr. Fantastic". That character was completely pointless. He does leave the daughter behind, but then he really has no purpose in the film afterwards since he doesn't meet the other characters, appearing on the street twice before getting crushed by a tanker. And how does he react to that? Exasperated. Not screaming, annoyed. If they wanted to lob a shot at big business, this is one that misses by a mile. This wouldn't scare Donald Trump in his sleep.
Third was the science of this movie was out of whack. Tsunamis were pretty inaccurate in this film.
I think this is one of the most laughable disaster movies I've seen yet, and I've seen 2012. That had some entertaining destruction and lines. San Andreas doesn't
Cue my Jeffrey Katzenberg quote: "It didn't work at all."
