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Surprisingly enough, I had quite a bit of fun with this film. The destruction porn was certainly amazing, but I was surprised by how much I did not dislike the basic story. Crazy science and cliché secularist humanitarian speeches aside, there was some honest, albeit hopelessly naive, emotional depth to the feature. Sure the dog inexplicably lives (yet again), but the Black scientist talking to his Indian friend (I'm sure they had names, but I doubt I was supposed to remember them) during his final moments was quite nice (as well as numerous other brief communications that are always cut-off right before the characters can say goodbye).
All in all, this was truly a fun film, and I would recommend it to anyone that likes popcorn cinema (I expect this will be my guilty pleasure film of the year (much the same as Speed Racer from last year was a great guilty pleasure)).
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