2012

Language : English / French / Chinese / Russian / Hindi

 

Release date : 2009

 

Run time : 2h38min

 

Genre : Action / Thriller / Sci Fi

 

Cast : John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Amanda Peet, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover, Oliver Platt

 

Director : Roland Emmerich

 

 

The movie was co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich, and was based on the 2012 phenomenon and Mayan prophecy (eschatological beliefs that world ending events would occur around 21st of December 2012).

So,the story,centers around Jackson Curtis, a so called failed writer,because his book, Farewell Atlantis, only sold 500 copies,but the ones who read it,loved it.

 

He is the never present father,the story starts with him being late for picking up his kids. He’s divorced,his wife moved on,and married someone else,a plastic surgeon. His son calls him Jackson,instead of dad.

 

At this time,the world is shaken by earthquakes which grow in intensity with every new occurrence. As he visits the National Park with his kids there’s a major earthquake in L.A., one that creates huge holes in the ground.

The army warns them to leave, and a radio personality who looks like a bum,warns Jackson it's the end of the world.

 

After a crater opened in the middle of the mall she was shopping at with her new husband, Jackson's ex wife, calls him ,scared,and asks him to bring the kids home.

 

Although at first he thinks the radio personality crazy, he starts believing after the twins of his billionaire boss tells him the same thing, that they are going on a ship, to survive the destruction, while he'll die.

He decides to go back after his kids, and gets them out of the house as it collapses due to the magnitude of the earthquake.

What follows are epic scenes of the world falling apart around them, as they try to survive the end times!

 

This movie!Where do I begin? I loved it,it’s one of my favorites. The visual effects were amazing (which were probably 90% of the movie),all the destruction scenes,just wow!

The movie was action packed,beginning to end, it doesn't have a dull moment,everything moves fast.

 

While I loved the movie,I have to admit that the chances of the leading characters getting away and escaping the raising hell around them is minimal in real life. I honestly feel that at the rate the destruction was happening,the limo would have been swallowed into the holes of the earth or smashed under the building. Also,the plane escaping the ash cloud should have been swallowed by it,and the van managing to drive as the earth crumbled underneath it.

 

 

What I didn’t like---MAJOR SPOILERS

I didn’t like how they tried to portray the Russian girl who had an affair with the pilot,as a good character. She was with the billionaire who made her have plastic surgery to get bigger boobs..boo hoo,princess, you are a gold digger,a w*ore,know your fucking worth!

 

I actually liked the billionaire and I wished he lived while his gold digging girlfriend died. He died doing the most honorable thing ever,saving his children. That scene was bittersweet,and brought tears to my eyes.

 

I also didn’t like the righteousness of certain characters as if felt fake,people in real life aren’t like that, especially people who are that high up,like the president’s daughter. I thought that the guy they tried to portray as the villain,again,was the voice of reason.

 

I didn’t like that the leading characters,no matter what they went though,survived. I didn’t like that the surgeon had to die so the leading character could go back to his wife. Once he died,it was like he never existed,and the wife was kissing her ex,literally a few minutes or hours later!

 

The acting was good,it has quite a few stories,and languages. The best one was Woody Harrelson,who played the conspiracy theory radio personality.

 

The movie made 791 millions of dollars against a budget of 200 million,being the 5th highest-grossing movie of 2009.

 

Rating : The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of !