WOW. That was, without a doubt, the worst movie I have ever seen. The plot line follows our heroine, the (obviously democratic) new single, stay-at-home supermom who can deal with anything and a meteorologist who was apparently fired because the white house didn't like the implications of a report he wrote, etc. The movie was, as an amateur scientist, truly appalling from a factual point of view. Blatant factual errors noted:
-During a conversation in Washington D.C., a satellite photo in the background shows a Hurricane (probably 2004's Isabel) hitting North Carolina and moving north almost over them...but it's sunny outside.
-Radar imagery of the killer storm is really of a joe-average cold front.
-The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which is entirely stone, shot out sparks when hit by a tornado.
-A fairground haunted house face continues cackling even without power and thrown through a window.
-Category 6 tornadoes...Tornadoes are not rated by categories.
-They fly into the superstorm with a Navy spy plane which barely seats 2, and apparently modify it to pick up weather information in a day.
-A mobile home snaps clean in half when it hits a wooden telephone pole, just because our heroes are behind it
-Coordinates mentioned for two people "30 miles south of Detroit" were in New York State.
-After mentioning a new superstorm developing in the Caribbean, marks are made on a map over the Bahamas (which are not in the Caribbean)
-"This is a definite Category 5 storm - winds have got to be gusting 150mph" - Category 5 hurricanes are 156 mph and up, and gusts don't count.
-Footage of a Category 5 hurricane hitting Florida was stock of the Category 2 (at the time) Hurricane Rita hitting the Florida Keys.
-"Chunks of Mesosphere" are supposedly falling from the upper atmosphere. Not only is this completely impossible, but they manage to also forget the two layers of atmosphere in the way.
-Category 7/8 storms are mentioned, the scale only goes up to five.
The story could easily be called "How all the evil republicans in the white house and churches are killing us all". The Kyoto treaty is mentioned, and the evil Chief of Staff remarkably resembles Cheney.
I'll watch next week just to laugh at it. Unless you desire to laugh at pathetic disaster movies, though, find better uses for two hours of your time.
-During a conversation in Washington D.C., a satellite photo in the background shows a Hurricane (probably 2004's Isabel) hitting North Carolina and moving north almost over them...but it's sunny outside.
-Radar imagery of the killer storm is really of a joe-average cold front.
-The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which is entirely stone, shot out sparks when hit by a tornado.
-A fairground haunted house face continues cackling even without power and thrown through a window.
-Category 6 tornadoes...Tornadoes are not rated by categories.
-They fly into the superstorm with a Navy spy plane which barely seats 2, and apparently modify it to pick up weather information in a day.
-A mobile home snaps clean in half when it hits a wooden telephone pole, just because our heroes are behind it
-Coordinates mentioned for two people "30 miles south of Detroit" were in New York State.
-After mentioning a new superstorm developing in the Caribbean, marks are made on a map over the Bahamas (which are not in the Caribbean)
-"This is a definite Category 5 storm - winds have got to be gusting 150mph" - Category 5 hurricanes are 156 mph and up, and gusts don't count.
-Footage of a Category 5 hurricane hitting Florida was stock of the Category 2 (at the time) Hurricane Rita hitting the Florida Keys.
-"Chunks of Mesosphere" are supposedly falling from the upper atmosphere. Not only is this completely impossible, but they manage to also forget the two layers of atmosphere in the way.
-Category 7/8 storms are mentioned, the scale only goes up to five.
The story could easily be called "How all the evil republicans in the white house and churches are killing us all". The Kyoto treaty is mentioned, and the evil Chief of Staff remarkably resembles Cheney.
I'll watch next week just to laugh at it. Unless you desire to laugh at pathetic disaster movies, though, find better uses for two hours of your time.