Zodiac (2014)

Not a bad film if you just want to relax and zone out. It's simplistic and predictable, but fine to watch. Effects are low budget, so you have to look past them. Overall, accept it for what it is. The only really negative thing I have to say about it is how much of a whiny wimp they made the son. 20 years old and no gumption; just ongoing whining. The main protagonist carries the film, but he's supposed to when you know that the govt baddies haven't got a full brain cell between them.

Disaster movie: The Earth is threatened by a coming apocalypse foretold by the signs of the Zodiac.. or something.Starting with something good, the flow of the movie is good, and the cameramen avoid many of the mistakes that many other B-movies commit. The scenery of is also very pretty.Now for the far worse: Since it's a disaster movie, it relies on special effects, as most of this stripe do. Most of these effects are poor to a degree where special effects of mediocre 80's movies are on part with them. Once I burst out laughing because it was so bad.It's likewise clear that the movie was shot largely in the same spot, giving the impression of someone trying to do an action movie in their back garden. I addition to this, some of the transitions from one location to another are so marked, that they defy belief. Silly! The only significant plus in the grade book of this movie is that the acting performances are good. These actors' delivery is however let down by poor scriptwriting and poor directing; in several scenes the director should have done things markedly different, which would have improved both flow and feel of the movie.What drags the movie down additionally is the lack of additional cast and stand-ins, which hampers the movie's feel SEVERELY. Its hard to believe that they went ahead and got this movie written, picked locations, filmed and fx'd up, and they didn't spend a bit more and more people in the various locations where it was shot.I'm guessing that the production budget came from the product placement funds. Such a pity, with a bit more money thrown at it, and more attention to detail, it could have been significantly better. This is not a turkey, but had the acting been worse, it certainly would have been! Oh and lastly, MARTY! Where are we going to get 1.21 Jiggawatts??!

Me and my girlfriend got to talking about Nicolas Cage this evening and decided to find the crappiest movie we could based on star ratings from IMDb in recent time without him in it, and then watch it for some reason. This one met all the requirements. Thanks guys.Watching this movie made me wonder if crap-movies is a genre, because it seems like the people who make these films really try. We even watched the credits, which listed a surprising amount of people being involved in the making of this one, like the the three chefs they had on set, and the guy driving some heavy equipment. Not surprisingly was the fact that the movie only had one melody, the one from all the shows on the history channel which is scientifically proved to make anything exiting.Oh, and he did NOT say "Great Scott" just there, he just did not do that....and that make-out scene at the end with the dad looking like he was in a bit of a "rapy" mood followed by sudden credits...all gold.Thanks Obama :)

Especially the special effects for the tidal wave were one of the worst I have ever seen.The screaming girl with the blond/pink hair needs more acting lessons! She seemed to squeak, scream and express fear at almost everything that happened in the movie and not very good at it as well. I felt like slapping her in the face and yell at her; pull it together bitch!The silly scene where the other woman was being sucked away from the car, I was cringing in despair - I couldn't even watch how stupid this scene was unfolding!In general a movie for when you don't want to think too much and waste your precious time you could have spend better reading a book.