"2012" - the movie

[Vikas Kapoor]

I am planning to watch this weekend.
I checked on IMDB. It has 6.5 stars i.e. above average. i.e. You can give a shot.
Did anybody watch it? What's your comment?

[Bear Bibeault]

Haven't seen it, but heard it described as "disaster porn".

[Ulf Dittmer]

I'm gonna see it next week. The tickets are free, though, otherwise I probably wouldn't go. Just about the only disaster movie I paid for was Volcano, because I simply loved the idea of LA being blown up :-)

[Gregg Bolinger]

Not going to go watch Armageddon 2, er, I mean, 2012. So tired of rehashed ideas. Hollywood sucks right now. Nothing original (no, Avatar is not original) coming out of Hollywood. Big special effects, has-been actors, no story. Do you know that the defining characteristic about Cusak's daughter in the movie is that she's 7 and still wets herself?

[Greg Charles]

Why is it that we enjoy seeing movies depicting the destruction of everything we've built as a society. I'm not excluding myself here. Floods, fire, gigantic ants, godzilla, whatever. A common theme is the destruction coming from a natural force amplified by human actions. I never get tired of watching our cities torn apart. Is it a desire for a return to nature? A sense of guilt for our exploitation of the earth? Or do we like to see humankind surviving through adversity?

Anyway, "2012" might be entertaining. As "men on film" would say, I'm sure things will blow up real good!

[John Smith]

Vikas Kapoor wrote:I am planning to watch this weekend.
I checked on IMDB. It has 6.5 stars i.e. above average.

According to this, the average rating across all movies is 6.9, so "2012" is actually rated below average.

[Bear Bibeault]

Only 37% (a green splat) at Rotten Tomatoes.

[Led Estonilo]

the chaos and effects was best!

but the storyline, dialogue and plot sucks. although i did enjoyed the film

[Paul Clapham]

And... how many other movies have only a number as their title? There was 300, last year I think. And of course 1984 and 10. Can anybody think of others?

[Collin Dugas]

Yeah, 1408, 21, .45 are some i remember

[Mike Simmons]

Off the top of my head:

Pi
Seven
9
Nine
1776
2010

Why include 2010 but not 2001? Well, 2001 is really 2001: A Space Odyssey, and this name was used fairly consistently, including within the film itself. 2010 was subtitled "The Year We Make Contact" on some posters and other promo materials - but this subtitle does not appear within the film itself.

[Ulf Dittmer]

I kept thinking "1492", but its name actually seems to be "1492: Conquest of Paradise".