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Geostorm Review

-submitted by Mrs. Winston

What I liked: Massive destruction. There's no logical reason you'd have to cause ice storms in hot places and tidal waves in dry places, but it looked pretty awesome. For once, the bad guy's plan was pretty good. I kept trying to poke holes in it, but there was an answer for every question I had. I'm now considering taking over the world myself with massive natural disasters. The good guys, on the other hand, seriously need to rework their plans. Why didn't it occur to them that a satellite communication might not be secure just because no one else happens to be standing in the room? Why would you put Gladiator in charge of an engineering project? Why do you need to reset the system manually? Why do they even have a self-destruct option? In the genre of disaster films, this is one of my favorites. Not quite Independence Day, but way, way above 2012. The characters were engaging, the badguys were scary, and saving of the world was a relief. Oh, and I seriously need the phone pens of the future. 

What I didn't: I was really happy the film wrapped up so many loose ends and managed to come in under two hours, but it made for some very quick resolution at the end: boom! we're fixing this, boom! now we're fixing that, boom! now the news media that had no idea what was going on is all over explaining everything. 

Who should watch this? People who like natural disasters. People who like watching the weather. People who unexpectedly get a babysitter and want to watch the world end.
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