2012

[Alloroc]

2012

Yet another apocalyptic blockbuster from the man who gave us Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow....

I'm sure it will be entertaining all the same and probably best experienced on a big screen.... But I don't know.... I can't explain it but it seems like I just prefer Vampire flicks now... :W

[Chris D]

Looks like a decent movie!

[june]

hello all,

i'm not to excieted but will see it.

[Kal Rubinson]

Eh. And because my post is too short to be acceptable, here's another: Eh.

[audioqueso]

The first trailer looked awesome. It caught my attention as I desire the fear of tidal waves that big (if anyone gets that)... and because I like these "end of the world" type movies. The problem is... they've all sucked for me. I'd like to see the director of No Country For Old Men direct an "end of the world" movie... and let the bad guy (nature in this case) win. THAT would be awesome. And maybe on the last second of the movie, you see that two little kids survived (hence the only chance at the human race). THAT would be a great End of the World movie for me.

[George Bellefontaine]

Looks like another CGI- heavy film. Not sure what to expect of the story, but maybe John Cusack will help lift it above the ordinary.

[Brandon B]

This is the same guys who did Independence Day, Godzilla (USA crapfest), Day after Tomorrow and the like, right?

Not expecting much beyond impressive FX (and seeing the White House get destroyed yet again).

I'll rent it. My kid will want to see it. And I'm always up for a John Cusack movie, even a cheesy one.

[crytklmass]

I agree. too much CGI not to mention there always one step ahead of the disaster. According to the preview, volcano's, earthquakes, title waves, wow with that luck he better play the lottery. For some reason, I think this movie may suck. Trying to hard to incorporate everything into a large disaster scene. I hope im proved wrong, I like these movies. audioqueso, Im assuming you scene knowing. 2 kids at the end and nature won.

[audioqueso]

Yes, but Knowing sucked for me. I hated that movie. It was great until the little girl said "the whisper people" It was pretty retarded from that point on for me.

But... take the Day After Tomorrow... let nature win, destroy the whole world. And sure, the world may have been destroyed, but end it so that only some still survived, get out from some cave they hid in, look around and see all is gone, and then think "where to go from here..." Man, I should be a director, baby! lol
But you get what I'm saying.

2012 is probably going to suck if it's the same director as all these other movies. But I'm still gonna watch it just to see tidal waves cover the Himalayan ountains. :B

[crytklmass]

We should get together and make a movie, we share the same visions.....

[George Bellefontaine]

I just hope the ancient Mayan calendar ended at 2012 for some reason other than the end of the world... :lol:

[Race Car Driver]

Saw it last night spur of the moment. We went to see something else and found it wasnt playing at the theater we showed up at.

Yes its the end of the world type movie. The first hr is rather slow, building up the characters/story. The next 2 hrs (thats right, this movie is almost 3hrs long) is just tons of special effects and non realistic survival of the end of the world. (And by non realistic, I mean pretty neat to see on the big screen!)

Overall its a 3 hr movie that kept my girlfiend litterally at the edge of her seat for some time! It was entertaining, but also kind of depressing (come on, end of the world! People die! Lots and lots!)

If it looks interesting to you, check it out!

[will1066]

OK, I had free AMC passes so decided to use them. Glad I didn't pay money to see it. It's another The Day After Tomorrow with better effects and another morality tale about humanity's class prejudice and inhumanity.

John Cusack was fine selling an "everyman" schtick.

Woody Harrelson was great in his small role.

Chiwetel Ejiofor was fine with the material he was given.

Everyone else was stereotypical cardboard.

The CG:
Emmerich's CG still lacks full photorealism to me, especially when compared with the work in Transformers and District 9. While there are loads of detail in the destruction--very meticulous detail in fact and much more than in TDAT--the CG is just too polished and the colors are too rich. It doesn't take account how sunlight and dust tend to mute colors, which the CG in D9 did really well.

[Alaric]

More Hollyweird , leftist , crap. IMO.

[Race Car Driver]

More Hollyweird , leftist , crap. IMO.

Agreed, not a great story by any means, I dont see why anyone who saw the previews would think so.

If you want to go for action with lots of nonsense and explosions etc. This is a decent movie to do so. If you want to see a great story... come on..

[Burke Strickland]

More Hollyweird , leftist , crap. IMO.

"IMO" = you've seen the movie? I have, and as unbelievable as it is, I thought it was a lot of fun to watch the spectacular special effects ("everything gets blowed up real good") and the over-the-top Saturday matinee-like cliff hanger escapes from danger by some of the main characters. Since we do not discuss politics here, I assume by "leftist" you are referring to the emphasis in the (pardon the expression) plot on who is left (aka "still alive") after the, ahem, crapshoot the cataclysm turned into.

[David Meek]

Of course that's what he's saying Burke. Otherwise someone would have slapped him around for making political comments. :B

[George Bellefontaine]

Of course that's what he's saying Burke. Otherwise someone would have slapped him around for making political comments. :B

Or, even worse, had him executed by lethal injection...

Just kidding, Alaric. :lol:

[audioqueso]

It wasn't bad.
I mean, the car driving and airplane piloting was very exaggerated, but the movie itself was very solid. They made sure they covered every hole in the story. It was good. The effects were, of course, incredible!
They did miss one big part... they said the sun actually destroyed the earth's core... so I wasn't sure how there could be ANY happy ending. ha ha ha
But it was good. No regrets.

[june]

hello all,

tried to see this in a dlp theater today but the surround sound was not on. wife & i got a refund and will see a 3pm showing at another theater. i was in hell during the previews. the previews wasn't in surround sound either. :M

[june]

surround sound makes a major difference.

[numberoneoppa]

It looks pretty horrible, but from word of mouth, it was _okay_.

[George Bellefontaine]

I bought this as a previously viewed disk and watched it last night. It was far too long and though I rarely criticize popcorn flicks per se, this was was just so dam ridiculous that I found myself laughing out loud at certian scenes, such as when Cusack climbed out of the crater with one hand while holding the map in the other. I wish I hadn't bought it because I certianly won't be in any hurry to sit through its 158 minutes again. As for audio, I didn't think the LFE was all that great. Bass wasn't as hot as I expected. And PQ, though very dark at times, was quite nice.

On this one, I think you have to check more than just your brain at the door...

[Armbender]

I actually regret buying this blu-ray..The trailers had me sooo pumped up for a great special effets movie...just got my new classe 600 and wanted a great movie to test it with...I was greatly disappointed...extremely cheesy...

especially when woody harleson popped his head out in it..come on...this movie had great potential...The Day After Tommorow was 10 fold a better movie in every aspect...

[Chris D]

I might see it when it comes to TV or something. I got all I needed out of this director when I watched "Day After Tomorrow". As Stephen Colbert aptly put it, (satirically) "Why does this director hate the Earth so much"?

[George Bellefontaine]

"Why does this director hate the Earth so much"?

Actually, I think he may have some kind of grudge against humankind in general. The body count in his films has to be the highest on record.

[Chris D]

Just saw it. Bad, bad, bad... more liberal propaganda bull$h!t, wrapped up in "let's combine every disaster possible", with bad settings, mediocre acting, unbelievable storylines, etc. Waste of 2+ hours. Story:

- Let's have a quiet scene to try and make you care about the characters
- Ground cracks under your feet
- Jump in airplane
- Barely take off from runway while world crumbles around you
- Find another runway, unharmed
- Show news conference or leadership scene to ridicule conservative politics
- Repeat
- Repeat
- Repeat
- Do the same thing with a big Battlestar Galactica Noah's Ark
- Transition the movie to Waterworld
- End

Ridiculous movie, tired leftist propaganda, totally unbelievable from start to finish. Going into movies, I expect to suspend some belief of reality for a couple hours, not abandon is all common sense completely, to buy into the filmmaker's agenda.

:15: out of :5:

[George Bellefontaine]

I was pretty sure you'd dislike this one, Chris.

[bigburner]

What unbelievable rubbish. Do people watch films just for the special effects? They were the only redeeming feature of this vacuous pile of turds.

The sacrifices we make to bond with our teenage children.

Nigel.

[Burke Strickland]

Please don't hold back. What did you really think about "2012"? :>)

[David Meek]

What? Nobody got teary-eyed when the captain of ship #4 opened the hull doors so everyone could walk out on deck and experience the glorious sunrise of a new day dawning on the remaining children of the earth? :

[wettou]

Well to each his own I find Harry quite funny:B

[bigburner]

Please don't hold back. What did you really think about "2012"? :>)

OK, OK, I lied. I think that it was an uplifting story with great character development.

Nigel.

[kpodolski]

Please don't hold back. What did you really think about "2012"? :>)

It sucked. I would rather take a bone saw, crack open my own skull, reach inside and feel my own brain than watch this film again!

How's that? :twisted:

[David Meek]

What? Nobody got teary-eyed when... oh, never mind. I already tried that one. :thud:

[ShadowZA]

It sucked. I would rather take a bone saw, crack open my own skull, reach inside and feel my own brain than watch this film again!

How's that? :twisted:

It was BRILLIANT! That was after borrowing kpodolski's bone saw, cracking open my own skull, reaching inside and loosening a whole bunch of screws.

[George Bellefontaine]

It was BRILLIANT! That was after borrowing kpodolski's bone saw, cracking open my own skull, reaching inside and loosening a whole bunch of screws.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[wettou]

It sucked. I would rather take a bone saw, crack open my own skull, reach inside and feel my own brain than watch this film again!

How's that? :twisted:

Yum, I will have some Chianti and some fever beans with that! :B