A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles. Presumably the entire city is wiped out. Hilarious, right? Just the kind of thing I want to watch after the Boston bombing.
Now, it's always good to find a way to laugh in the face of disaster, and I know the filmmakers were trying to make a funny film about the end of the world. And that's OK, if you do it with a certain level of intelligence.
What's not OK? Every single character in this film. They're horrible people. Vacant. Stupid. Selfish. Totally unlikable. And completely void of any humanity. If that's how you're going to write/edit your characters, then I say just go for it and really show just how awful people can be. Make it a real satire.
I believe another user commented that this would have worked better as a play, and I agree that it might be a decent play if someone punched up the dialogue and cast better actors. However, I give major props to Julia Stiles and David Cross for acting their way through a very mediocre script.
In the end, this film IS a disaster, so I guess the filmmakers got at least one thing right. Oof.
Now, it's always good to find a way to laugh in the face of disaster, and I know the filmmakers were trying to make a funny film about the end of the world. And that's OK, if you do it with a certain level of intelligence.
What's not OK? Every single character in this film. They're horrible people. Vacant. Stupid. Selfish. Totally unlikable. And completely void of any humanity. If that's how you're going to write/edit your characters, then I say just go for it and really show just how awful people can be. Make it a real satire.
I believe another user commented that this would have worked better as a play, and I agree that it might be a decent play if someone punched up the dialogue and cast better actors. However, I give major props to Julia Stiles and David Cross for acting their way through a very mediocre script.
In the end, this film IS a disaster, so I guess the filmmakers got at least one thing right. Oof.