'Geostorm's the movie theater with embedded message
If you go to disaster films of a global scale to see popular landmarks destroyed, well, ‘Geostorm’ is going to disappoint you. The closest you’ll get is the Kremlin and St. Basil’s in Moscow and the Dubai skyline, sort of. This is all in keeping with the idea behind the disaster film.
That may read a bit strange because what kind of themes does a disaster film have to have? In the end, when disaster comes on a global scale it is the average person who will be affected the most. The rich have a way out; they have the resources to cope with an ever-worsening global issue that average people will never have. So, the lack of well-known structures being threatened by out of control weather may represent the difference between the average populace and the 1% who have more resources than most people could even dream of.
Or it could come across as if the film could not afford the A-list landmarks and had to settle for country names and structures most have never heard of. Either way, ‘Geostorm’ has a clear political agenda, and its outcome and voice over work push that agenda. If that is enough to keep you away from the film, then I feel sorry for you, but not because you’ll be missing this film.
Gerard Butler does his best work in his role as Jake Lawson, and the rest of the cast follows his lead. However, ‘Geostorm’ just doesn’t bring anything new to the table. It’s a suspenseful 100 minutes, with a heavy load of talking at the beginning, but it is a lot of fantasy and special effects with a little philosophy thrown in. It is by no means a bad film, but it may not be a good one either. Just don’t get me started on the self-destruct protocol aboard the International Space Station.
That may read a bit strange because what kind of themes does a disaster film have to have? In the end, when disaster comes on a global scale it is the average person who will be affected the most. The rich have a way out; they have the resources to cope with an ever-worsening global issue that average people will never have. So, the lack of well-known structures being threatened by out of control weather may represent the difference between the average populace and the 1% who have more resources than most people could even dream of.
Or it could come across as if the film could not afford the A-list landmarks and had to settle for country names and structures most have never heard of. Either way, ‘Geostorm’ has a clear political agenda, and its outcome and voice over work push that agenda. If that is enough to keep you away from the film, then I feel sorry for you, but not because you’ll be missing this film.
Gerard Butler does his best work in his role as Jake Lawson, and the rest of the cast follows his lead. However, ‘Geostorm’ just doesn’t bring anything new to the table. It’s a suspenseful 100 minutes, with a heavy load of talking at the beginning, but it is a lot of fantasy and special effects with a little philosophy thrown in. It is by no means a bad film, but it may not be a good one either. Just don’t get me started on the self-destruct protocol aboard the International Space Station.