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Category 7: The End of the World

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

I LOVED this!!!
Is it wrong to enjoy the world's great landmarks being destoyed
(via cgi)???If it is then call me wrong!!What did they destroy?
Oh,just Paris,and Giza,and The Statue of Liberty,and the promos
promise the White House next week(did I mention they lopped Washington's face off of Rushmore?)Do I want to see any of this happen in real life ..NO! In a movie like this I LOVE it!!!

After Hurricane Katrina, I was a little worried that our Federal Government might not be quite up to the task of saving me and my family should devastating floods threaten the foothills of Colorado where I live. But after watching this movie, I am breathing a lot easier. Evidently, FEMA has been handed over to a woman who certainly looks like she knows what she's doing. She also looks pretty hot. Plus, she has a team of cool cyber-scientists working for her, so what could be bad? Michael Crichton's neocon peanut gallery will be pleased to learn he was right about the global warming hoax he described in State of Fear. The actual cause of world-terminating weather is falling "chunks" of supercooled mesophere (or something like that) colliding with thermal updrafts caused by overworked blow dryers and iPod recharging stations. Once major cities are cooled down to 79.2 degrees, expect clear skies and smooth sailing. Then we can all pitch in to clean up the overturned SUVs, make a bunch of sandwiches, and get laid. Once again, the world is saved by can-do high-tech and the indomitable American spirit. Whew! What a cliff-hanger. But as in the real world, everything works out in the end. I found this an existentially powerful filmic experience.

I've always been open to watching these disaster movies. Volcano, Twister, Day of Tomorrow ... all good films in their own right, despite what the movie critics say about them.

Category 7: End of the World was a very entertaining movie. I think too many entertainment fans spend too much time over-analyzing movies that are made by the entertainment industry instead of enjoying it for what it is, quality entertainment. While I haven't seen the previous film, Category 6, I plan on purchasing the movie to see how this series started.

While it's not too impossible to believe, such events as what is seen in this film could very well become true. With the rising cost of oil and the fact that the greenhouse effect and global warming are impacting our enviropnment, this movie does have a very moral lesson to show anyone who watches this movie. We must protect our environment before it starts to react to our presence on this world.

It was refreshing to see Shannon Doherty and her authentic talent coming to the surface. She had been released from Beverly Hills 90210 and Charmed because of her attitude with producers and directors but it was refreshing to see her performing true to her nature and having a role that was written just for her. She is a wonderful actress and it's time more and more roles were written specifically for her. Randy Quaid is also the consummate actor who always seems to manage to steal every scene he's in.

But, I was disapponted that the US Government and the politicians that are portrayed in this movie seem content in facing the ultimate destruction of Mother Nature and protecting the interests of the large corporations, oil cartels and special interests instead of safeguarding the lives of the people. It shows a lack of original thinking on the part of the writers, who should have gone to a few more creative writing courses before sitting down to write this movie. In addition, I felt that this movie was a little longer than it should have been. Hopefully, there'll be a little more of a waiting period before we see Category 8, which will be coming our way faster than we can turn off the power.

a great conclusion to catagory 6. it makes us think what if? could something like this happen in our world? would we be ready for it? just too many questions. I enjoyed tornado tommy. he was great. my 8 year old son loves it. he is the big collector of tornado movies. thank you for making this movie available.

Disjointed, sloppy, and like the storms of the story, chaotic. There are far too many scene discontinuities, incomprehensible and underdeveloped story additions, and simply atrocious special effects - some of the worst ever filmed - to keep this film above average. Which is a shame considering the fairly impressive cast that includes Gina Gershon, Tom Skerritt, Kenneth Walsh, Shannen Doherty, Robert Wagner, and the always entertaining Randy Quaid.

Basically, a professor who is not Dennis Quaid has predictions about storms destroying the world. He's widely disregarded by smug politicians. Massive hurricanes collide to produce the heretofore unseen. Storm chasers who are not Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton shoot rockets into city-destroying twisters to collect data. Tom Skerritt mails it in as a jet fighter pilot who flies into tornadoes; it's essentially his role from Top Gun, but older. Meanwhile, Gina Gershon is completely overwhelmed by the role and responsibilities of FEMA director Judith Carr.

Perhaps the best way to describe this movie is with the sad tale of Kenneth Walsh. In The Day After Tomorrow he is the Vice President and ignored advice that could have saved millions of lives; in this movie he's Chief of Staff, and he ignored the advice again. `Nuf said.

In every possible way this movie is a generic rip-off, and there are even a few poorly done reenactments from scenes in the original; except, in this one, the Statue of Liberty is plastic and the flipping cars are of the Matchbox variety. Some of the hurricane footage is less believable than footage from the Wizard of Oz. To make matters worse, some stock footage is blatantly used twice, a slap in the face to any intelligent viewer. I'm embarrassed for some of the quality actors no doubt wishing this weren't on their resume.

Crack-pot climatology - poorly executed plagiarism from The Day After Tomorrow (there's even a token Asian assistant not named Tamlyn Tomita) - combined with an abhorrent Armageddon angle and an attack on FEMA serves as nothing more than a hit piece, a horribly transparent collection of Hollywood political agendas masquerading as legitimate plotlines. This garbage, at well over two hours, may as well have been directed by a long-winded, less obese version of Michael Moore.

At one point an actor asks another if they are "doomed to mediocrity." The question is rhetorical.

Unless you have already bought this that is. Even at $9.95 this is a serious waste of your money. Story is pathetic, acting horrible, nothing to recommned this title at all. Take your money elsewhere.

This is the kind of movie to sit down and enjoy on a stormy day, or when you just don't feel like getting out and doing anything else. It is by no means, high art, but who cares?

Though the box says Randy Quade and Shannon Doherty are the stars, in reality, Gina Gershon is more the star here as well as Cameron Daddo. They get a lot more screen time. However, Quade and Doherty are the bigger stars, so they get top billing.

It was kind of eerie to see Randy Quade doing his kind of crazy bit here, as he seems to be doing it in real life right now. I sure hope whatever he's going through gets straightened out so he can get back to making movies, because he is one of those characters that I just love to see, especially in movies like this.

I won't even attempt to justify the science behind this movie. What's the point? It's not about that anyway. It's about a big disaster, and having fun surviving it. There is, of course, the evil Dick Cheney-like government character that tries to stop the heroes every step of the way. Then there is the seemingly evil bureaucrat that ends up helping them in the end.

The special effects are not too bad, though on the fringe of corny b-movie bad, but still what I would expect out of this type of movie.

As long as SyFy keeps pumping out movies like this every Saturday, I'll keep watching. Seeing as how their regular weekly fare is degenerating into things like wrestling, I'm starting to wonder if they are going to end up like MTV, which used to stand for Music Television, but hasn't had any music on it in several decades.

But I digress.

Category 7 is a great popcorn flick for a lazy Saturday afternoon. Just don't look too deeply into the science and you can have a lot of fun following the quirky characters and a multitude of sub-plots. Highly recommended.

OK. I'm VERY forgiving when it comes to movies. I suspend belief where others criticize. However, I bought the BluRay version of this movie and ended up stopping it just over halfway through. With so many used-to-be stars, you'd think it would be much better. Really, it's embarrassingly bad!

Actually, it was so bad, I didn't even keep it. I threw it into the trash without watching the whole thing. This is the first time I've hated a movie so much! I've NEVER thrown away movies! Not even movies I didn't like very much.

Don't buy this movie! You'll be wasting your money! If you do buy it, come back on here and share how bad it was so someone like me doesn't buy such garbage again! The average rating for this movie is about six stars higher than it should be, and I have no idea how that happened.

I haven't seen any of the others in this series,butI really enjoyed this one. The special effects are awesome,and I really liked all the storylines,and the characters are well developed.The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars,is because it isn't a movie that I would want to watch again,but that is because of my preferrences and so much going on,just seemed too "over the top" for me. No offensive elements here either. Definately worth a view.

Love the DVD... guessing it was made for TV but it certainly made the grade as a great movie that I would reccommend - there are a few moments when the "low budget" of the movie show , but overall good