"The Core" is a modern version of the disaster, end of the world movie genre of pre-CGI days, but is not much better than the B flics of the 50's and 60's. It is corny and extremely far fetched, and many elements of the film make no sense whatsoever.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS: The film has an interesting premise, the earth's liquid core has stopped rotating and the world will be fried to a crisp because the earth's magnetic field will disappear. Got that? To stop this dire fate of mankind, an intrepid team of nerds must descend into the earth's core and jump start the liquid center's rotation with nuclear weapons. Still with me? Even though the world is set to end due to some ridiculous disaster, and the cities of Rome and San Francisco are destroyed (I told you there were spoilers), the amazing feats of daring by the nerds still manage to spill the tea being sipped by an old lady at an outdoor cafe in Paris! Oh the humanity!!! This is typical of 'The Core', the end of the world is not really that big a deal, cities are destroyed, and old ladies are still drinking tea at cafe's as if nothing is going on.
If your standards of popcorn movies aren't too high, rent 'The Core'. If you and your friends like to openly mock films as you watch them, definitely rent it!
POSSIBLE SPOILERS: The film has an interesting premise, the earth's liquid core has stopped rotating and the world will be fried to a crisp because the earth's magnetic field will disappear. Got that? To stop this dire fate of mankind, an intrepid team of nerds must descend into the earth's core and jump start the liquid center's rotation with nuclear weapons. Still with me? Even though the world is set to end due to some ridiculous disaster, and the cities of Rome and San Francisco are destroyed (I told you there were spoilers), the amazing feats of daring by the nerds still manage to spill the tea being sipped by an old lady at an outdoor cafe in Paris! Oh the humanity!!! This is typical of 'The Core', the end of the world is not really that big a deal, cities are destroyed, and old ladies are still drinking tea at cafe's as if nothing is going on.
If your standards of popcorn movies aren't too high, rent 'The Core'. If you and your friends like to openly mock films as you watch them, definitely rent it!