Saw the movie yesterday. Overall, I was extremely underwhelmed. The graphics/visuals were good, and that's just about where my praise ends.
Other than that I was just really disappointed. They threw in a lot of science "stuff," but got it wrong in a lot of places, which to me is just worse than not even trying at all. I'd rather have something like Avatar that doesn't even really TRY to be science-fact, rather than something that claims to try but fails. Being cavalier with science when you claim to be trying to be factual is fine if your plot justifies it, but there just wasn't enough here to justify things.
The audio levels seemed poorly done in a lot of places, and it was at times difficult to hear the dialogue due to the loud music. I guess it wasn't that big of a deal, since the dialogue was often rather cheesy anyway.
Incomplete list of things that bothered me (
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Ubj rknpgyl qbrf n wrg-cbjrerq qebar fgnl nybsg sbe 10 lrnef be zber? Cebcryyre-qevira pbhyq or ryrpgevp erpunetrq ol fbyne pryyf, ohg wrg ratvarf arrq shry...
Gur ebobgf jrer fvzhygnarbhfyl zl zbfg naq yrnfg snibevgr punenpgref. Rnpu bs gurz unq zber crefbanyvgl guna gur ragver uhzna pnfg pbzovarq, ohg gur qrfvta bs gur ebobgf whfg obgurerq zr. Nf fbzrbar fnvq rneyvre va gur guernq, gurl frrzrq yvxr fbzrguvat bhg bs Zvarpensg.
Jurer rknpgyl jurer gurl ynhapuvat gurfr ebpxrgf sebz gung jnf yrff guna n qnl'f qevir sebz Pbbcre'f snez, naq lrg nccneragyl fb sne sebz pvivyvmngvba gung abobql xarj nobhg vg?
Gur Raqhenapr'f qrfvta ehoorq zr gur jebat jnl. Jul qbrf vg unir na nflzzrgevpny funsg gb gur pragre, vafgrnq bs orvat sebz obgu fvqrf? Jbhyqa'g gung pnhfr haqrfvenoyr gbedhr jura guehfgvat?
Jul qvq gurl obgure gb cebivqr tenivgl sbe gur NFYRRC perj qhevat gur gevc bhg gb Fnghea?
Gur qrcvpgvba bs negvsvpvny tenivgl sebz pragevshtny sbepr jnf onq, obgu vafvqr gur Raqhenapr naq va gur B'Arvyy pbybal ng gur raq. N aba-pheirq fhesnpr jbhyq "srry" pheirq gb crbcyr vafvqr fhpu n pragevshtr--gur creprvirq tenivgl nyjnlf cbvagf qverpgyl njnl sebz gur nkvf bs fcva, ohg jvgu n "syng" sybbe bayl gur "zvqqyr" bs vg jbhyq unir cebcre tenivgl. Gur ulcrefyrrc gnaxf va gur Raqhenapr jrer na rknzcyr bs guvf--gur jngre fhesnpr va gurz fubhyq unir orra "gvygrq" jvgu erfcrpg gb gur sybbe. Na rira zber rtertvbhf rknzcyr jnf gur snezubhfr zhfrhz va gur B'Arvyy pbybal ng gur raq. Jvgu gung gval enqvhf bs fcva, n syng nern gung ynetr jbhyq'ir orra rkgerzryl njxjneq gb jnyx ba.
Vg jnf pevgvpny gb gur cybg (jvgu gur gvzr qvyngvba guvat) gung gur perj pubbfrf gb tb gb gur jngre jbeyq svefg. Ubjrire, gurve qrpvfvba gb qb fb znqr ab frafr ng nyy sbe n srj ernfbaf. Gurl frrz gb pubbfr gb qb fb orpnhfr vg'f "pybfre" naq gur bgure bcgvba vf "n srj zbaguf njnl" ohg snvy gb pbafvqre gung gur jngre jbeyq vf va snpg LRNEF njnl. Ubj ybat gurl unir gb jnvg qbrfa'g znggre ng nyy--jung znggref vf ubj ybat gur crbcyr onpx ba Rnegu unir gb jnvg. Pbbcre qvqa'g jnag gb tb gb gur jngre jbeyq (orpnhfr ur qvqa'g jnag uvf xvqf gb unir gb jnvg ybatre gb frr uvz). Oenaq qvqa'g jnag gb tb gb gur jngre jbeyq (orpnhfr fur jnagrq gb frr vs Rqzbaqf jnf fgvyy nyvir). Fb gurer'f gjb ibgrf sbe abg tbvat gb gur jngre jbeyq...fb jul qvq gurl raq hc gurer? Cerfhznoyl gurl nyfb unq fbzr xvaq bs gryrfpbcr ba obneq, fb gurl pbhyq'ir frra gung gur cynarg jnf ragveryl pbirerq ol jngre naq gurersber hafhvgnoyr orsber gurl rira tbg vagb gur rssrpgf bs gur gvzr qvyngvba.
Vg jbhyq'ir znqr n ybg zber frafr sbe gurz gb tb gb rvgure Znaa'f be Rqzbaqf' jbeyqf svefg, gura gur bgure bs gubfr gjb, naq gura bayl er-ivfvg gur gvzr qvyngvba jbeyq vs gurl arrqrq gb.
Ubj qvq gur jngpu xrrc gvpxvat gur Zbefr pbqr zrffntr nsgre fur erzbirq vg sebz ure orqebbz, tvira gung ure orqebbz jnf gur bayl cynpr gung Pbbcre pbhyq rkreg vasyhrapr ba va gur cnfg?
Basically, Armageddon with updated visuals and even more science mistakes.