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I seriously don't understand the amount of negative publicity this movie gets, even from Will Smith himself! Of course it's not meant to be a major Oscar winning film. It's meant to be a family fun adventure which it definitely is. Set in the late 1800's post civil war when President Grant was in office, it has some futuristic inventions that of course never became made, but it's a movie people! I absolutely loved the different pool balls that had different features and most importantly, the giant spider! Ok, maybe the spider was a little cheesy. I still have to give this film a high 8/10 when rating it. This is just one you can't go into expecting A+ performances from the cast. Definitely one of my childhood favorites.

Side note: Around the time this came out, Dreyers Ice Cream made a Wild Wild West themed ice cream that was one of the best I've ever had! It was basically just a chocolate and vanilla with caramel swirls and little chocolate pieces filled with more caramel. But if you were a kid in the 90s, you definitely remember this one.

So I'm a HUGE disaster movie buff. Absolutely love them, especially when it's made by Roland. This one is probably my least favorite Roland disaster, but I still really enjoy it. Just like in most disaster movies, there's of course going to be unrealistic scenarios. Because well, it's a movie. If you're one of those people who dissect every scene & try to decide if it's realistic or not, then you just simply lack a creative mind, and this movie is not for you.. or any adventurous movie if you're like that. However, there are a few parts where I could see it happening if the world did come to an end this way, such as the arks.

If you go into this expecting a perfect, flawless flick with no goofs, A ++ acting & dialogue, then of course you're going to be disappointed. Overall, the acting was definitely good for the most part & I would give it a B. This is how I would grade it personally.

Acting: B+ Writing: B Directing: B+ Editing: A Sound: A

I'm not gonna rate every little category but usually when I want to watch something new, I look at those 5 specifically.

As I wrap this review up, there is one thing that I would like to mention that surprisingly, I haven't seen anyone else bring up yet. The one thing that absolutely drove me insane & wanting to rip my skin off my face was the little girl, Lilly who is Jackson's(Cusack) daughter, SCREAMING Daddy throughout the entire movie. There has to be at least 20 times if not more where she's screaming it! It's absolutely ear piercing the way she does it. I'm sure most of them were done in post rather then during filming. But they could've taken at least 17-18 of those out and I still would've enjoyed the movie.

Hope you enjoyed my review. Take care.