Is coming to an endddd!!!

(^^ Well, that was something amusing that came up on google images when I searched 2012. )

2009
Written and Directed by Roland Emmerich
Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson.
I was gonna watch it the day after the day before the yesterday of two days before the day after tomorrow, but the theatres were all packed – even the midnight showings. So we went to watch it today at noon, and there were like only 10 other people or so. How weird.
Although 2012 isn’t a movie that I desperately wanted to watch, I was pretty curious about what Roland Emmerich, who also happens to be the directer for Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, is gonna do with the subject. He’s a pretty damn awesome director, especially with Independence Day, man I loved that movie.
The movie as a whole was pretty predictable, but c’mon, what else can you do with a subject of Armageddon? The plot wasn’t anything we haven’t seen before – in fact, the whole movie is a congregation of various archetypes of disaster movies. There is always a hero, and the hero will always have some family problem, most of the time with the ex-wife and kids and the ex-wife’s new husband, and there are always the nice guys in the government versus the bad guys in the government, and not to forget there is always a crazy guy who gets to say I told you so. Then the rest of the movie will be buildings falling, earth shaking, debris, tsunamis, people running around in circles, more debris, crying, screaming, warm and fuzzy dialogues and everyone gets bloody and dirty.

A pretty mommy with kids - a heartwrenching cliche
However, even if it’s a cliche and predictable story, the director delivered it well. Throughout the whole movie, I felt as if I was in one of those 4D movie rides because the CG was so well done it draws you into the movie and make you experience it. It’s one of those cinema movies where you can’t enjoy it at home as well as in the cinema because the whole experience is much contributed by the wide screen and surround sound (unless you have a home theatre system, in which case I hate you you suck). I was on the edge of my seat most of time and it was an awesome ride.
Some critics say that movies such as this and Transformers are merely CGI diarrhea and nothing more. I agree but I don’t see why that is bad when you can have such amazing and believable CGI?
It’s not that the story is bad, it’s actually a pretty solid story and plot, it just feels like we’ve all see it before. Imo, it’s better that way for this movie, you don’t wanna think too much. You just wanna shut down your brain and go on a roller-coaster ride, which is what you’ll be getting from the movie. Don’t expect deep meanings and revelations in this movie, but good entertainment, humor, solid acting and you get to watch the world getting toasted and drowned in the most magnificent way – what other reasons do you need to watch this film? None imo. I would totally just watch it a few times more.
My Verdict: 8.25/10 








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