Movie Review: 2012

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Overall Score: 3.5/5

2012 is another end-of-world movie which touts the usual message: even if nature takes over to wipe us out, humanity shall prevail.

The Effects

This movie takes special effects to monstrous levels: Yellowstone National Park blows up, the Pacific Ocean takes over Washington D.C., airplanes tip over the Himalayas, entire monuments are destroyed, animals in the air and Hawaii melted away by a sea of magma. These are some of the best graphics I have seen in a very long time.

The Plot

Oh yeah, the plot. Jackson Curtis (John Cusak) is an under-appreciated father, ex-husband, and author who mistakenly discovers that the world is ending when he takes his unappreciative son and daughter (Liam James and Morgan Lily) camping. Furthermore, he unearths a government conspiracy that threatens the survival of his family. He does his best to play the hero but realizes that he's still in love with his ex-wife. Or something. Because that is what life is really about. Or something. The plot falls short a few peanuts and, as a result, so does the believability.

The wildly cheesy moral story is redeemed by the always gorgeous Thandie Newton, who plays the First-daughter, who becomes interested in a geologist played by Chiwetel Ejiofor. Danny Glover makes a very believable President.

Favorite Scenes

My favorite part the movie was when a Bhuddist Monk was sitting peacefully in his mountain-top hut when a draft blows his flower petals away. He looks up only to see a giant Tidal Wave engulf the entirety of his mountains. He gets up to hit his bong, once, twice, and gets swallowed up as well. There was an eerie calm in submitting to one's demise.

Overall

I give this movie a 3.5 because the special effects are "to die-for". The manliness rating is a 4 because the romantic plot was insignificant and often incomprehensible. 2012 is a decent first-date movie because it's not too sappy, has enough action to make you jolt without weapons, and the obvious and shallow moral story could actually lead to some conversation.

TIP: Make sure you eat dinner before you go because the movie is two and a half hours. You do not want to miss any of the action while waiting in line to remortgage your house to buy a small bag of over-buttered popcorn.

 

 

 

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