Comments on: 2012: A 42 second review

By: Erik Rubright

Erik Rubright — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:27:04 +0000

I knew not to expect much seeing this movie. I would have rather watched some of the Doomsday Earth stuff on Discovery Channel instead. Similar special effects, but without all the attempt at emotional fluff.

By: Dead Robot

Dead Robot — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:11:02 +0000

Cb :
Wow. Really. Really?? I just don’t think I can pay to see this movie.

Dont, but if you do rent it, BluRay it so you can slow down all the bits where CGI people die.

By: Dead Robot

Dead Robot — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:10:15 +0000

Maybe I misunderstood the whole “new South Pole” thing. When we saw the Earth at the end with Africa framed perfectly north/south as we would see it on a map with the sunrise framing it perfectly, I thought that was a bit wrong. But I’m asking that from a movie that claims the earth goes through a massive tectonic upheaval in the span of a day? Month? feh.

By: Evil Panda

Evil Panda — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:21:24 +0000

I saw it this afternoon. Special Effects were fun, symbolism was rife, plot was almost exactly the same as Day After Tomorrow. A talent like John Cusak was wasted.

Along with a dog making it against all odds, a boat needs to smash into something (this time we got several boats).

Now for the “are you kidding me?” parts:

1. If Yellowstone was to blow, no one within 500 miles would live. Also, the ash would’ve clogged the planes engines.

2. A wall of water almost as tall as Everest? Whatever.

3. Africa at the end looked like it had shifted North and West quite a bit….but the whole symbolism of “We came from here, so here’s where we return” wasn’t lost on me. Also, Africa is one of the most tectonically stable places on the planet, so the fact it looked relatively unchanged kinda made sense.

In all, it was a fun popcorn movie if you didn’t think too hard about it.

By: Cb

Cb — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:15:38 +0000

Wow. Really. Really?? I just don’t think I can pay to see this movie.