Geostorm (2017)

Geostorm (2017)

Alexandra Maria Lara Geostorm (2017)

Geostorm (2017)

Film review #602

Director: Dean Devlin

SYNOPSIS: In the future, a global satellite network controls the Earth's weather to prevent it from developing into extreme storms that would cause mass destruction. When the satellite starts to malfunction, the scientist who developed the system is called back to investigate and fix it, he finds that the malfunctions may actually be sabotage...

THOUGHTS/ANALYSIS: Geostorm is a 2017 sci-fi film. The film starts off with a narration that could probably have served as a film in itself: Earth is plagued by extreme storms that threaten mass destruction, and to counter this, scientists led by Jake Dawson develop a satellite network codenamed "Dutch Boy" to disperse these storms. Jake is removed from the project after he activates Dutch Boy without approval to disperse a storm over Shanghai. A year later, his brother, working for the U.S. government, persuades Jake to return to investigate a malfunction onboard Dutch Boy, which he suspects is sabotage, leading to a whodunnit scenario before more disaster. All of these elements are very formulaic, and offer no originality. Being primarily a disaster movie, the story is secondary in favour of the big destructive scenes of cities being laid to waste against the force of nature, but weak CGI dilutes this aspect too, leaving a film is very little going for it. There's a little bit of mystery, disaster, and drama, but nothing is developed strongly enough to serve as the film's backbone, thus leaving a bit of disconnected mess.

Despite all this, it's certainly not an unwatchable film: it's entertaining enough, as long as long as you don't over think it. Character development is sorely lacking, so you're never really getting a sense of peril for the situations they are in. The overarching mystery does try and lead you astray, but the actual solution isn't really all that exciting to present that much of a twist. It's a bad film, mired by poor effects and an obvious inexperience on the part of Dean Devlin in his directorial debut, but it's non-offensive, and you can sit through it if you switch off your sense of reason off for an hour and forty minutes.

Robert Sheehan as Duncan Taylor in "Geostorm", 2017

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Tagged by @garglyswoof and @purplesigebert. I honestly don’t rewatch films as much nowadays, since I just watch a LOT of films in general and don’t have any remaining time to rewatch stuff as well. But I do have a load of comfort movies I think, so here we go.

Top 10 Comfort Movies (in no particular order)

1. Ever After (1998) Because Gabby made an excellent point, that movie is amazing, it’s pretty historically accurate and has some good moral life lessons thrown in. Cinderella movies, just in general, are a comfort movie for me, and I went through a phase when I was younger of just watching every variation ever made (even the shitty versions, much to my horror).

2. A Cinderella Story (2004) Again, it’s a cinderella movie, and an iconic one at that. I’m a secret romantic at heart.

3. Deathnote (2017) Yes I realise this was generally hated by all. But this was my first introduction to Death Note (I binge watched the anime series straight after don’t worry) and whatever your grievances for this movie, William Dafoe is brilliant at whatever he does, and playing Ryuk is no different. For a live action adaptation, I thought the design of Ryuk was pretty spot on and beautifully terrifying, and although the storyline crosses over into cheesy American, it’s easy to watch. Which is why it ended up as a comfort movie for me while I was taking my GCSEs - I often put it on in the background while working on my art coursework.

4. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Here’s the thing guys - disaster movies are my comfort movies. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the bitter, Gen-Z in me, but I enjoy watching the world descend into chaos and destruction. They’re easy to watch, the good guys often prevail against the ruthless attack of nature herself in the end, and idk, I like seeing a little death, a little fire. I’m just made different. Sometimes the shittier the disaster movie the better, so I’m talking things like Greenland (2020), Geostorm (2017) etc. That being said, zombie movies also fall into this category, just love all kinds.

5. White House Down (2013) Along the similar vein as disaster movies, I love the-government-is-under-attack movies, so the Olympus Has Fallen (2013) trilogy too. Just something about very American, cheesy action movies that are just easy to watch, require no brain power, and are just a fun ride.

6. Don’t Look Up (2021) Did I mention disaster movies are my jam? This one is pretty political, but I’m British, so I think I also enjoyed it so much because I can just sit to the side, eating my popcorn, and watch as the shitshow enfolds like the chaos gremlin I am, with no true existential crisis about how doomed my country is. 

7. Inglorious Basterds (2009) Quentin Tarantino is an amazing filmmaker on a whole, and although gory, brutal and - let’s face it - a little crazy, his movies are always a blast to watch. And you get to see the characters kill a load of Nazis, inlcuding Hitler, so it’s a win win.

8. Love Actually (2003) Felt obligated to put another rom-com on here because I can be a normal person and watch rom-coms for comfort (I promise). It’s also a christmas movie, so like will only watch it around December, but eh, still counts.

9. The Impossible (2012) Another disaster movie, but it’s a true story this time, and I’ve re-watched this one a lot. It’s sad and angsty yes, but there’s something hopeful about the family reuniting after such a traumatic event, and how humanity comes together in crisis to help each other.

10. The Batman (2022) Maybe it’s become a comfort movie because I’ve rewatched it so many times for my dissertation but I really love this film, and I can’t get enough of it. I just love every aspect about it. And will get a craving where I’m like ‘I need to watch The Batman again’. And so I do.

Lol and that’s it. I will say I tend to watch Friends now if I want something on in the background, or just something to cheer me up. That’s my all-time piece of comfort media I tend to watch. Otherwise, these also work. And I love them all.

Gerard Butler is... GEOSTORM

After seeing Gerard Butler is... PLANE I caught up with 2017's Gerard Butler is... GEOSTORM.

Geostorm (2017)

"You know, they said it was impossible, but we pulled it off. And it worked perfectly, without fail, day after day, year after year, so what do people do with it? Turn it into a gun."

Geostorm - 2017

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I watched Geostorm (2017)

With great stupidity comes no responsibility to your audience.

Something is wrong with a system of global satellites designed to stop extreme weather events. When the inventor of the system goes into space to fix the problem, he stumbles onto an disastrous conspiracy.

The director of this film, Dean Devlin, has often worked with the king of dumb disaster films, Roland Emmerich. I don't like Roland Emmirich movies (Independence Day, The 1998 Godzilla), but while watching "Geostorm" I found myself thinking how I'd rather watch every Emmerich film, if it meant I never had to watch another Devlin film.

If you left out the dumb plot with it's many holes and the complete lack of interest in actual science or logic...you'd still have a bad film. Now, of course, some films thrive on their stupid plot-hole driven energy, and ride it to success. "Geostorm" can't manage the same feat. This $120Million movie almost looks like a competent Hollywood blockbuster, but beneath its shiny veneer is a boring slog of a film.

First off, the writing is awful. Tragically awful. Within it's under two hour runtime, writer/director Devlin never manages to tell a streamlined story that builds or engages. He can't even handle time and place, as we are unsure if days or weeks or months have passed between scenes. You could argue that it all seems to take place in 24 to 48 hours, when it clearly is supposed to take place over a longer period of time....I think, but I don't really care. Beyond this, the characters are an uncharismatic lot who have no weight to them. They can't make quips and they can't convince us that they are anything more than basic stereotypes. Stereotypes put in place so that, when the music swells, we can pretend like they've connected to us in some way. It's sloppy, soulless writing. It's what a movie becomes when it's stripped of all personality, in an attempt to appeal to a mass audience that are presumed to be dull hillbillys.

I spent the majority of this film feeling bad for the actors. Especially excellent veteran actors like Ed Harris and Andy Garcia. And, despite what you might think, I like Gerard Butler. I'm on board for a movie where he's the kick-ass hero. I'm not sure if I buy him as a scientist, but I'll suspend my disbelief if the movie is fun. However, "Geostorm" isn't fun. The saving grace should be the action, but it's a bunch of cartoony looking CGI and it comes few and far between.

The biggest problem here is that directors like Dean Devlin have zero respect for their audience. They believe they can spoon feed the populace hot wet shit if it's gold-plated and shiny. He made a movie so full of pure stupidity that we should be able to at least laugh at it.......sadly that stupidity is surrounded by unbearably boring writing and green screen nonsense.

There's so much more I could complain about here, but it's not worth my time or yours.

🎥: Geostorm (2017)

Geostorm 2017 filmed with the most beautiful scenes about the terrible ...

Geostorm 2017  filmed with the most beautiful scenes about the terrible storms that humans face In a world where weather is as unpredictable as your grandma's cooking, enter Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler), the genius scientist with a knack for creating technology that can control the weather. Because, you know, nothing could possibly go wrong with that idea. Geostorm 2017  filmed with the most beautiful scenes about the terrible storms that humans face Geostorm 2017  filmed with the most beautiful scenes about the terrible storms that humans face So, the United States builds a global network of satellites called Dutch Boy, not to keep the world dry during rainy picnics, but to prevent natural disasters. Jake, being the brilliant mind behind it all, gets a bit too big for his weather-controlling britches and decides to operate Dutch Boy independently. Cue the world leaders collectively sighing, "What could possibly go wrong?" Fast forward to a series of extreme weather events happening around the world, and it turns out Dutch Boy is not as foolproof as Jake thought. Lightning in Afghanistan, tsunamis in Rio – it's like Mother Nature has a grudge and Dutch Boy is on her hit list. Now, Jake's estranged brother, Max (Jim Sturgess), who's conveniently a government agent, is tasked with solving the weather madness. The siblings team up faster than you can say "climate change is real," and they embark on a mission to fix Jake's weather control mess. But wait, there's a plot twist! Someone's sabotaging Dutch Boy from the inside, turning it into the world's most expensive game of hide-and-seek. The stakes are high, the weather is wild, and Gerard Butler is squinting heroically into the storm as if that alone can save the day. Amid the chaos, we've got a tech whiz kid named Duncan (Daniel Wu), who's the unsung hero of the story. He's not just battling the elements; he's also trying to outsmart a conspiracy that's thicker than the fog in San Francisco. As the clock ticks down to a worldwide geostorm (yes, that's a thing now), Jake and Max must unravel the mystery, dodge killer weather, and prove that even in the face of disaster, there's always time for a snappy one-liner. In the end, our dynamic duo saves the day, Dutch Boy gets a metaphorical pat on the back, and the world is once again safe for beach vacations and outdoor weddings. The moral of the story? Don't mess with Mother Nature, and if you do, at least make sure Gerard Butler is around to fix it with his rugged charm and a slight Scottish accent. And that, my friends, is the tale of "Geostorm," where the weather is as unpredictable as the plot twists, and Gerard Butler is the unlikely hero we never knew we needed. © Copyright by ATB Team Production ☞ Do not Reup © Copyright all rights reserved

Mladen chose this oldie but goodie - or baddie, depending on whom you ask. It's "Geostorm" from 2017. Gerard Butler ("Angel has Fallen," "Greenland") and Jim Sturgess ("Across the Universe") team up to save the Earth from a weather-control system run amok. It's streaming on Hulu but I bet you've got a DVD stuffed somewhere - look between the couch cushions. This is our review, only six years late! See our fantabulous review here!

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