San Andreas is the newest disaster movies and it's essentially like every other disaster movie. Even so, this movie was exceedingly entertaining with it's visual effects and impressive sound design. I wasn't expecting much when going into this movie but it definitely exceeded my few expectations.
When going into this movie, one isn't going into it expecting an inventive story and lots of talking. One is instead expecting insane amounts of destruction and a visual spectacle. That's exactly what one will get when watching this movie. The visual effects are insane in this movie and just a blast to behold in 3D. The amount of detail to every CGI shot was impeccable. That being said, there were a few shots that were very obvious that it was CGI being used there. But those shots were few and far between and it didn't ruin the movie at all.
I have to give light to the sound design as well because it was amazing. The sound department deserves an Oscar for their incredible work on this film.
The story/plot is where this movie is weakest. This movie is basically as generic as a movie can get. Then again, this movie is considered to be an entirely original movie because it's not based off of previously created material. The actual story/plot is solid enough but still a little messy. Character development was generally pretty good but it could have been better. I suppose the worst part about this category is the pacing. The pacing is very messy and it jumps around a lot. The ending is quite abrupt as well I might add.
Finally, all the actors did a fine job doing their thing and Brad Peyton delivered the goods with his directing skills.
In the end, San Andreas is a movie boasting insane visuals, and a great sound design. It is generic and the pacing is off but at the end of the day, this movie is all about the visual effects and destruction. And it delivers just that. This movie is definitely worth seeing on the big screen and preferably in 3D.
When going into this movie, one isn't going into it expecting an inventive story and lots of talking. One is instead expecting insane amounts of destruction and a visual spectacle. That's exactly what one will get when watching this movie. The visual effects are insane in this movie and just a blast to behold in 3D. The amount of detail to every CGI shot was impeccable. That being said, there were a few shots that were very obvious that it was CGI being used there. But those shots were few and far between and it didn't ruin the movie at all.
I have to give light to the sound design as well because it was amazing. The sound department deserves an Oscar for their incredible work on this film.
The story/plot is where this movie is weakest. This movie is basically as generic as a movie can get. Then again, this movie is considered to be an entirely original movie because it's not based off of previously created material. The actual story/plot is solid enough but still a little messy. Character development was generally pretty good but it could have been better. I suppose the worst part about this category is the pacing. The pacing is very messy and it jumps around a lot. The ending is quite abrupt as well I might add.
Finally, all the actors did a fine job doing their thing and Brad Peyton delivered the goods with his directing skills.
In the end, San Andreas is a movie boasting insane visuals, and a great sound design. It is generic and the pacing is off but at the end of the day, this movie is all about the visual effects and destruction. And it delivers just that. This movie is definitely worth seeing on the big screen and preferably in 3D.