10 Ways 2017 Movies Definitely Made Us Dumber
2. Geostorm Taught You Huge Storms Can Be Stopped By Shooting Bullets At Them
Geostorm is quite possibly the stupidest movie of 2017 and in a year that also gave us such idiotic films as The Snowman and The Book of Henry that’s saying something. A disaster flick that turned out a disaster itself, it couldn’t even be classed as one of those ‘so bad they’re good movies. It’s just plain bad.
Its unintelligible plot centres around a not-too-distant future in which extreme natural disasters caused by climate change have been eliminated by a satellite system that controls the weather on a global scale. How? We don’t know and the makers of Geostorm sure as hell don’t know either. It’s best not to ask too many questions.
When the system falls into the wrong hands and starts malfunctioning a series of freak (i.e. made-up) weather phenomena ravage the planet including iceberg-sized hailstones and firenados which are like regular tornados but made of fire in case that wasn’t clear.
Luckily, astrophysicist Gerard Butler is on hand to save the day before the weather goes truly wild and unleashes the titular geostorm that will decimate the planet. Phew, thanks Gerard! Before that though, we’re privy to the ways in which this logic-defying weather control system works which at one point includes shooting bullet-like projectiles at a typhoon to dissolve it before it hits Shanghai.
Please note that this is not actually scientifically possible and shooting bullets at storms is not – we repeat, NOT – recommended. Put down your gun and just grab an umbrella instead.