It felt like the filmmakers depended too heavily on special effects to carry the film, and honestly, I couldn't get through more than about ten minutes of it. As someone who enjoys science fiction and fantasy, this should have been right up my alley, but it just didn’t work for me. The performances were mediocre, the story was underdeveloped; they had a concept, pursued it, but there wasn't really a plot to speak of.

It's truly disheartening. My issue stems from the promotional materials; the trailer and cover art lead you to believe it’s a large-scale, effects-driven disaster movie. That assumption would be incorrect. The majority of what suggests that—aside from brief moments appearing sporadically throughout—is confined to the final twenty minutes. Everything else consists of tedious political maneuvering, technical jargon, an…

It’s so over-the-top that it works really well.

I recently experienced a lovely wedding ceremony for my younger sister, marking an important new phase in her life. Following that positive event, I found myself watching something truly regrettable, and it’s hard to deny that it represents a remarkably understated instance of me undermining my own contentment. It seems I have a persistent difficulty accepting happiness. Geostorm features Gerard Butler as a scient…

If you approach it simply as an action-science fiction film prioritizing the fictional elements, I’d say it's not terrible. The beginning follows a predictable pattern: a group of politicians initiate a mess by dismissing the one person capable of successfully managing the climate control project. Adding to the trouble, the entire endeavor is about to be handed over to “the international community,” which is gener…