This movie had a lot of potential
599454
This movie had a great potential to be entertaining, realistic (enough), and educational on consequences for a country that so often neglects the environment.  The movie started out this way, but the storm seems to almost have a life of its own (that it is almost hunting the main characters).  The movie plays over a few weeks (days? doesn't really specify very well), whereas it should have run over at least months if not a couple years to make it not completely implausible.  By ignoring reality to the highest degree, this movie disgraced those committed to preventing climate change (it made a mockery of it).

The movie started out well, suggesting that these things would take time to pan out.  Then, as the story gets going, the timelines are all wrong and the events are cut to weeks and then to ?days?.  The only reason I could possibly imagine that this was done was to try to get an rush for the audience and make this into a thriller movie, not a realistic one.  Because it was so over the top, I and apparently a lot of others who have reviewed this movie lost interest.  Instead of thinking, "Is this character going to live or die?" or "Wow, I can really see this actually happening," you say to yourself, "Are you serious?  Why does the story keep changing?  None of this makes any sense in reality.  Hollywood sold out on an excellent idea for a horrible storyline."  I could write about several parts in this movie that violated conservation of energy and simple physics laws -- it was done left and right and made the scientists look like idiots.

If you don't mind a movie that doesn't necessarily make sense, you will probably like this movie.  If you like movies that are  mildly plausible (or better), you will sit and question the entire second half of the movie (and laugh at them as they all attempt to walk hundreds of miles in the snow storm that is larger than a hurricane and reshapes the northern hemisphere).
107913
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN GONE INTO FURTHER AND SOME THAT REALLY MADE NO SENSE, OVER ALL IT WAS NOT TOO BAD OF A MOVIE.
1661992
Movie was a little drawn out.  The actor selection was good and seemed true to their counterparts on the tv show.  The movie had great potential but missed its mark.  Its not a waste of time to  watch but could have been done much better.
2264067
I appreciate D.H. Franzoni's (a writer for this movie)review which seeks to enlighten us about the history used to construct this movie. I also applaud the moviemakers attempt to create a new perspective on a story that's been told many times.

With that in mind, I wanted to approach this movie with an open mind rather than judge it with one eye on the story we all know so well. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to make me conclude this was a good movie.

First of all, the basic premise, that the legend of King Arthur was based on a roman with a similar name, was an interesting one. However, if the moviemakers are going to use history so faithfully, they shouldn't try to pepper the movie with modern day dialogue and personalities. The banter between the "knights" and especially Guinevere's behavior (particularly soon after a rather terrible ordeal that she was rescued from) seemed out of place. If the writers were so devoted to accuracy, why didn't they research how people related to one another and the true behavior of peasants of the era?

The dialogue sounding too modern and quippy at times serves to spoil the mood of the period which the moviemakers seemed to be trying so hard to be faithful to. Also, I just could not buy Guinevere being so forward all the time. Somehow I doubt most peasant women waltzed up to knights and questioned whether they believed in anything or that they made jokes about rape. Also, Guinevere's prowess with a bow soon after having her fingers (which were previous pushed out of joint for at least awhile during torture) was absurd. Additionally, if she were so kick ass, I doubt she'd have been captured and tortured in the first place. It seriously smacked of an attempt to create a more feminist version of the character which, again, seemed out of place.

Undermining the credibility of a desire for an accurate historical perspective wasn't enough to make the movie unenjoyable though it did make one feel there was some pandering to certain a certain demographic going on. The real problem is the movie moves too slowly and seems to linger lovingly on certain scenes for no reason. It's not that the scenes should have been shorter but some of them seemed unnecessary to the story's progress.

The only "good" thing about the movie was that it took elements of the mystical Arthurian legend and gave them a basis in potentially realistic occurences and that was interesting but not nearly enough to carry the movie. I guess that some might question whether or not such an attempt really holds any value for a classic tale steeped in magic and mysticism but I'm willing to give credit for the desire to do so even if the implementation on the whole didn't work very well.
3848545
This movie would have been better if they had developed the characters more and stopped trying to cram so much into a relatively short movie.

I do not play the Resident Evil game, but I like movies based on games.  It feels like this movie was created by a committee of game players with ADD.

Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory are hot.  The costumes, weapons, action sequences, etc...are very well done.  Overall, it's a good movie that could have been so much better.
2386844
Could be a great movie, but some of the directorial decisions/ odd special effects really detract from the movie. It felt as if they just needed a few more dollars for production and ended up reverting to the interns to gin something up for the gaps. Could easily be a five for some people, but those odd parts are what really ended up sticking with me ad my friends.
4654637
I liked the movie very much--it was very entertaining.  However, they tried to put so much material into it that it really lacked some of the plot development it needed to carry through all of the points within it.  There was so much here that it would have made more sense to turn it into a full-fledged season of a TV show or a longer mini-series at least.  I don't want to get into spoilers, so I will simply say there are definite breaking points throughout that could have been developed into full-fledged features on their own.  I would be interested in seeing this same idea in an expanded format.
4095452
The premise here is sweet, and the movie sounded like it might be a fairly standard, if interracial (and international), rom-com. Still, I watched it because I've seen and liked some of Nicole Beharie's other work (American Violet, 42, Sleepy Hollow). The movie was a bit corny but wasn't as cliche or saccharine as I thought it might be; there were some amusing moments in the secondary storylines and characters; and Beharie's singing was a pleasant surprise. In the end, though, I couldn't quite suspend my disbelief that Beharie's character, Leticia, would not be more suspicious of a man who just shows up in her father's Brooklyn church after he's met and propositioned her (and been shut down) in Manhattan. But she goes to lunch with him and then invites him up to her apartment without even knowing his full name. It doesn't seem to be love at first sight for her, so even with the set-up that Leticia's day has taken an unexpected and bad turn, her actions seemed inconsistent with how the character had been sketched to that point. And I had a similar issue with Duken's character getting into a car with Leticia's ex-boyfriend. Having now read in other reviews that the story is based on the real-life romance of one of the movie's writer/producers, I'd be interested to know how much they deviated from and augmented actual events. The movie is pleasant enough, but I could never get past the idea that all of it was supposed to happen within 24 hrs.
1149377
Given what I suspect was a limited budget, the plot, acting and script were surprisingly well developed. Giving it only three stars leaves me feeling I've been unfair to the people who worked on this movie. At the same time, I don't want to mislead anyone as to what's in store. It was hard to maintain the "willing suspension of disbelief" needed for amount of fantasy and allegory. There was substance here well beyond some of the drivel that passes for fantasy on the small screen and I kept wishing for higher production values, to support the ideas being presented. This would have been a phenomenal effort, if it was simply better supported by the technology and special effects resources of an  AMC, SyFy or FXX. Viewers should also note: There is no animation in this effort. I say this having come to the movie via several animated movies as Amazon's comparisons.
1446684
While the movie had lots of action and a varied, well known cast, the plot was a little far fetched. But it was an action movie, not a documentary.
3811867
This movie definitely had the potential to be a really great movie. It has everything from comedy to romance to action. What more could you ask for? Well, in my personal opinion the chemistry between June(Cameron Diaz) and Roy (Tom Cruise) wasn't that intense. I think chemistry should play a major part in a movie like this. Knight and Day's car crash's and weapons scenes are very entertaining with the exceptional Matrix related stunts. Overall, I gave the movie four stars. It's definitely worth buying.
712854
This film had a great deal of potential and in many respects was quite good.  Loved the premise and setting, hated the style and nonsensical elements.  I thought the main character was handled poorly in fact most of the human elements were poorly done.  The aliens were well done as well as the CG.  A better and more engaging cast/characters would have made this film a must see.  I found nothing engaging about this film other than one alien and his child (6 min. total)  My grandpa should get in the movie business, theres a man that knows how to tell a story to all demographics.
3180567
The trailer really caught my attention, and I thought this could be another "Almost Famous", but from the viewpoint of the people forming the band vs. someone writing about the band. Not so... while the movie has some really good moments, those moments are all lost in a meandering plot line. I think the director tried too hard to not say something explicitly (what is with the shots zooming into an actor's ear then cutting away??), or maybe he didn't really know how to say it.

The movie had just enough potential to keep us watching with the hope that it would all become clear before the end, but by the end of the movie, we all looked at each other with a collective, "Huh?".
124926
While the action sequences are good and the aircraft drone scenes are awesome, they don't save the movie. The acting is ok, but the parts written for the actors didn't leave them a lot to work with. The ideas and themes of the plot have great potential. Maybe the movie just tried to do too much in too little time.
2246991
This was a movie that had a story potential to be great, but somehow either how it was written, how the actors acted, or who did the acting, or a combination of all three, diminished it.  Even with that, we watched the whole movie and felt we were satisfactorily entertained.  But it could have been so much better.
4701859
This movie starts out very promising, with vividly artistic shots following a classic boy meets girl story. The plot builds up as the main character tries to woo his mystery lady, and then falls flat on its face. Not to try to ruin the ending for those who haven't seen the movie yet, the writers' resolution is just not plausible. I don't want to give anything away - I'll just say that the movie is in serious need of a rewrite. It could have ended differently and have been more effective with the same outcome than what we are left with instead..... All that potential, down the drain.

The first half is really good and sure to have you chuckling. Maybe forget about the second half.....
1962965
Alot of potential, but lack of finish. Too much involved. It's felt like a Westworld met Hunger Games meet that Arnold movie, 6th day [or something like that]. It lack originality in some places.