SmugKitZine
Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
Plustown
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
AnduinX
Now, I don't expect a disaster movie to have a really good plot, but this takes bad to a whole new level. First, one of the scientists discovers an asteroid on the course of Earth. He calls another, fatter scientist to warn him.Then, for some reason they decide to personally drive all the way from Mexico to some asteroid observatory, because for some reason they couldn't give the coordinates over the phone? Naturally their cellphone doesn't work in the car so they can't give the coordinates. Gee, maybe they should have stayed in the observatory where they actually had a working phone? -but no, that would be too smart for this movie.From that moment on the movie pretty much switches between side characters and their own personal stories. For the main characters, anything and everything that can go wrong does go wrong.For some reason they decided to include a corrupt cop who wanted to kill somebody's family, rapists with guns, "bad" US citizens with guns, and various other garbage that has no place in an asteroid movie... or at least, should be used with moderation.What bothered me the most about this movie was the anti-gun politics. They portray every single law-abiding citizen with a gun as a hostile nut in this movie. I can usually ignore a little politics in a movie, but this movie is FULL of anti-gun politics. Why would you cram anti-gun politics into a disaster movie?!?!?!??? The dialogue is horrible. The acting is horrible. The movie shouldn't even be called "Meteor". It should be renamed "Bad actors, bad guns, and a rock".If you watch this yourself because you want to see just how bad it is I highly suggest you don't pay to watch it. Please, don't support the people who made this movie... or they might make more of this garbage...
siaon
This movie makes Ben Stein's creation 'Expelled' look like cutting edge science. It also makes Ben Stein look like a genius.The movie jumps from one ludicrously idiotic decision to another. For instance the professor that found the meteor apparently has crucial data on it that no one else has. It never strikes his mind to make a copy. Or e-mail it. Or anything a normal person would do.Instead he goes on a day long car drive after exclaiming the meteor will hit in perhaps a day...After he gets killed stupidly, his assistant manages to hitch a ride with a truck. She never tells the driver anything, and when he decides he wants to be with his family, she's like: "Oh sure, go be with your family, I'll find my way there". Apparently ignorant to the fact that they'll all be INCINERATED if she doesn't get there fast...Beyond this, the script writer probably can't even spell the word science (For the love of god, they try to 'obliterate' a moon sized rock with SAM missiles... In the atmosphere?!). And yes. It gets worse.I don't know how I managed to watch (read: survive) this entire movie, but I strongly suggest you do not try to as well.As a last minute edit, in line with other reviewers, I too believe that the actors made the very best they could of this movie. The acting was quite decent!
vanwicz
A cast of (good) actors know to most of us I would guess who inexplicably participated in this major flop.Don't waste your time on this one it is simply worth missing all together as there are not memorable moments or significant scenes to impress anyone.There is too much focus on various people trying their best to push out various emotions, dragging out the movie to a completely unnecessary length. Unrealistic brick walls are constantly being hit at a frequency that defies belief and ends up ruining the entire plot.Very sad production for this producer/director!
Vic_max
I'm usually not this rough on a show, but boy, this seemed like a lot of money given over to amateur movie makers. This so bad, it should actually be studied by film making classes - almost everything that can go wrong has gone wrong in this movie.I'm not even sure how to relay how bad this was ... but maybe some examples may help: 1) The old "oops - we ran out of gas" routine was used "twice" to advance two different story lines - can you imagine how bad that looked? 2) The fate of the world hinges on info about to be relayed over a cell phone, but just then, the car enters a mountainous area and loses cell reception (I guess backing up is more annoying than saving life on the planet) ... and then eventually runs out of gas. Of course, they're really out of luck now, but ... miraculously, the cell phone starts ringing.3) A big bad guy named Dwight, who's ready shoot people AND police with terrorist grade weaponry, turns into a puppy dog after the sheriff tells him to "think about it" (which takes him all of 8 seconds).4) Life on earth hinges on the calculations of a 20-something year old girl running around with a laptop. Her qualifications? She's an "assistant" to a scientist. If they told us that she at least had some sort of credentials, that would have helped - but they didn't.5) The "bad guy's never really dead" routine is taken to the extreme. One of the main characters of this story is beyond stupid: instead of killing a guy who has been on a murderous rampage (which almost included his daughter), he puts him in the back seat of his car in mickey-mouse handcuffs ... go figure. It doesn't end there either - there's so much more brainless decision-making involving the bad guy, you eventually want the bad guy to rid the world of "good-guy" morons.6) There's so much incredible dialog ... check this out - the girl wants to use the phone after the wireless lines go down: Man: $50 for the phone.Girl: That's ridiculous. I'm a scientist.She's a scientist??? Oh, OK - I guess that means she's either a superior being or that she's looking for the super-saver rate for scientists. Geeze.I could go on, but it's so nuts it's almost epic. If you're aching for a disaster movie and have absolutely nothing else available, see it only if you have fast-forward capability. It'll save you some of the torture.
