Monday Media Musings: Geomovie

     Sam and I caught Geostorm yesterday, and it was surprisingly enjoyable.

No, not this Geo Storm.

This Geostorm

     This was a very calculated movie. I say calculated in the sense that you could see where they planned to hit all the appropriate feels. And I don't mean that as a negative. they hit those feels. Even down to the boy reuniting with his dog after the tornadoes. Because who doesn't love a dog(except me...I am kind of indifferent if there's no feathers.)? The movie has clear opinions- it clearly believes in human caused environmental change. It takes a poke or two at the current political leadership

     The title comes from the theory that if there are a certain number of extreme weather events, it will cascade into a "Geostorm" and it will cover and destroy the world. While this may or may not be true, what was certainly proven is that if you put enough pieces of other movies into one film, it will cascade and become pieces of all other films you never intended- I saw bits of Armageddon, Gravity, Iron Man 2... and a lot of the music sounds like transformers 2. Just to name a few.

     What I learned from watching this film...(with possible spoilers...WATCH OUT!)

• If you are led to believe that the democratic sitting president is the bad guy, bet that the conservative secretary of state is actually the villain. 
• The pretty blonde secret service agent is badass.
• Satellites can be piloted from within. they make great escape pods.
• The modern space suit is highly durable and will not tear or rupture even as it's wearer smashes across what appears to be 30 miles of random space station parts and barely catches himself on the last pipe on the very edge before flying off into infinite space. 
• We now know what "hot enough to fry an egg on the pavement" actually looks like. 
• The international space station is surprisingly roomy inside. they make weather satellites there.
• while extreme weather can kill cats and seagulls, the dog survives because that's what we want to see. 
• As much as we might want him to, Gerard Butler Can't say "Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!!" in every movie. 
• At the end of the day, when the hero and heroine are in danger, count on a Mexican to save them. Seriously. 

     Would I recommend it? it was a good watch, and worth bargain-priced entry. My Roommate is a connoisseur of disaster flicks and her criteria for this one was that she enjoyed it for that price and she would buy the DVD when it hits Walmart's $5 bin. 

     All I know for sure is that I can picture a room full of hollywood typed and probably losts of quinoa salad and someone saying..."well, what if we put in a scene with a dog? that'll hook'em"