Movie review 2012

Jan 1, 2010 by admin

Movie review: 2012

Director: Roland Emmerich

Produced by:

Roland Emmerich

Mark Gorden

Harald Kloser

Larry J. Franco

Ute Emmerich

Written by: Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich

Star Cast:

John Cusack

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Amanda Peet

Music by: Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander

2012 is a disaster based movie released in 2009. The basic story is that the solar flare bombards the core of the Earth and its temperature begins to rise exponentially. This makes Earth’s core unstable and this in turn results in displacement of outer core of Earth. This movie features every disaster events imaginable from California falling into Pacific Ocean, Yellowstone Eruption, Mega Tsunami, massive earthquake and many more. This movie is all about John Cusack running for his life along with his family i.e., his ex-wife, son and daughter. The most interesting part is that he manages to escape from death by a mere two to three feet from disaster area and this trend continues throughout the movie making it a bit tedious and “What the Hell” moment for me. Had it been for just 2/3 times then it’s acceptable but the frequency of such close escape is totally crap if you ask me.

Visual effect wise, its one great movie and you must watch it. Some really heart pounding scenes created for this movie. Some effects that I liked were the massive Tsunami and California going under the Ocean bed.

Critical Response

Overall: Mix Negative review.

Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1 out of 10

Metacritic: 49 out of 100

Here is one thing that I would like to quote: Peter Travers of Rolling Stone criticized the film by comparing it to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: “Beware 2012, which works the dubious miracle of almost matching Transformers 2 for sheer, cynical, mind-numbing, time-wasting, money-draining, soul-sucking stupidity.”

What about my view?

You should watch this movie but forget about the craps that has been shown and Just enjoy some thrilling visual effects.