Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. "2012" is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
2012 Roland Emmerich ups the ante on the disaster movie, trashing the entire globe even more comprehensively than he did in The Day After Tomorrow. John Cusack stars alongside some amazing CGI
Back in 1996, we were impressed when the then nascent art of CGI enabled filmmakers to throw a few vehicles and livestock around in Twister. Just a dozen years later, it can be deployed to realistically as to chuck entire cities into the sea. We say "realistically", but this is still a Roland Emmerich movie and the main thrust isn't realism, it's the rollercoaster ride. This is cinema as spectacle pure and simple. And it works - the screening we attended featured the ...
Nor is the epic nature of the cataclysm left wanting as the mayhem is dialed up to massive proportions in this end-of-days extravaganza.
The movie is an undeniable visual spectacle, but just as unequivocally a cheesy, ridiculous story.
Computer-generated scenes of the world falling apart are both impressive and ludicrous. We see such iconic images as the Washington Monument toppling, Rio de Janeiro's Christ...
The notion of playing God is implicit in the job of a film director, and rarely has the sense of a wrathful, vengeful deity at the helm, albeit a pagan one, been so comprehensively felt as in 2012. For demolition maestro Roland Emmerich, Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow were mere appetizers for the lip-smacking smorgasbord of global annihilation laid out here. This simultaneously spectacular and risible concoction looks likely to trigger a worldwide B.O. tsunami for Sony.
Hooking their doomsday scenario on an interpretation of a Mayan calendar that points to an earthly catastrophe in 2012 -- specifically on 12-21-12 (what movie wi...
this was such a drag. seemed like another one of those movies put out to pump fear into people. but its expected. whenever something is "said to happen" movies are created and release near those "times of drastic change"
This movie is incredible. It really pulls you in. It really questions humanity and what would we do in this situation. It visually stunning. 10/10 I love it.
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I like how they end up in the motherland. Where it all began. To symbolize a true new beginning. I've also long thought something horrible is going to happen with Yellowstone which does have a super volcano underneath it.
this movie reminds me some of the past movies i saw like waterworld, and the day after tomorrow i dont know why but thi effects r crepy in a way that i didnt wanna live my set ntill i the end of the movie,, love this movie one of my favorites from now on..
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they alway have to kill the poor people in the movies specially the real heroe the indian guy..
(At the 1 billior euro for a seat in the ship) R they nuts??
Wen I saw it at the movies I was lyk wah??
I always review my movies 2ice,cuz the second time I watch it, I understand more abt it, or seeing parts dat I haven't see..
Great movie, with all those actions, I wanna buy 1 of the computer they used for doin diis movie (lol)
