Geostorm

Der Film nimmt sich nicht so ernst, wie ich befürchtet habe. Aber gleichzeitig macht er keinen so großen Spaß, wie wenn ihn Roland Emmerich gedreht hätte. Es ist ein überdurchschnittlicher und natürlich im Grunde genommen ziemlich dummer Film. Das hat mich aber überhaupt nicht gestört. Eine Sache, die fast das Wichtigste ist, muss ich aber kritisieren – den Plan vom Hauptschuft, der alles verursacht hat und der keinen Sinn ergibt. So etwas sollte auch bei solchen Filmen nicht passieren. (02.06.2019)

Katastrophal verunglückte Science-Fiction. Die beste Szene ist die, in der eine fragile Blondine mit dem entführten Präsidenten im Auto vor blitzenden Blitzen, einstürzenden Kränen, einstürzenden Brücken flieht und es noch schafft, die Verfolger-Killer zu beseitigen. Und Chuck Norris beneidet sie leise. (16.02.2018)

Judging by the generic trailers, I didn't expect Geostorm to be decent entertainment after all, and given that it's a debut with I won't skimp the rating. Gerard Butler is great and does a decent job of talking throughout the film. There could have been more destruction but it was very good. Hong Kong was the longest and then a few smaller ones but each time in an interesting location (Moscow, Dubai, Mumbai, Florida). The storyline is different than I expected, so thumbs up for that too. I was not bored for a moment, satisfaction. I liked it more than Into the Storm.75% (21.11.2017)

More Emmerich than Emmerich himself, and just as dumb. No, actually not, this is far dumber. Emmerich takes his fairytales lightly, but this one is taken very seriously. Devlin didn't learn much from his buddy. That it was a fuckton of special effects? They don't impress anybody anymore. CGI effects are a standard today, not the privilege of a good film. Devlin was 20 years behind the times, and this dumbed-down mess deservedly flopped in theaters. (30.01.2018)

Geostorm is an extraordinarily bad and silly disaster blockbuster in which absolutely nothing works. It lacks Emmerich’s perspective and empathetic work with the characters. The scientific dialogue and the plot in general don’t make even a bit of sense and the political conspiracy plot line is laughable, as are the nonsensical weather elements (a cold wind-driven mega-wave flash freezes people in bathing suits on the beach in tropical Rio? Huh?). It’s been a long time since I’ve had trouble finishing such a well-cast film. (17.04.2021)