film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
Our expectations are a lot higher now after the unexpectedly wildly inventive first movie… and this sequel delivers, digging with witty subversion into Hollywood’s glorification of its male heroes.
Almost hilariously terrible: absurd plot machinations, dubious politics, not a single character to care about. And it doesn’t even give good disaster porn.
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me):
Oh my god: the silly, it burns. It burns!
