2012
For people who are of the belief that the earth will be doomed on the 21st December 2012 this is the movie to watch, which will give you a fair idea as to what is in store for all of us. Jokes apart the movie 2012 has all the elements to qualify to the league of films depicting the end of world. Director Roland Emmerich is back with large-scale destruction film after Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla. Sony has blown out $250 million in producing the film and the movie released in 105 territories around the globe. The production company is expecting to make a huge turnover and why not? It has spent a handsome amount in marketing the film.
The movie is purely based on the end Mayan calendar, which signals the apocalypse predictions; the mass destruction combined with natural calamities is bound to bring an end to the world. The subject though revisited, it simply stirs so much curiosity and anxiety among people that it will surely draw crowds to the cinema halls and the fact that 2012 is almost round the corner it is all the more good for the film in terms of timing.
By now we know the film is about the D-day when the entire world will be blown away by nature’s fury. And the hero of the film Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is all set to save his family from the disaster. Jackson is divorced and his wife Kate (Amanda Peet) and her children live with her boyfriend Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
A human continuity organization has complete knowledge of the doomsday and they are taking steps to save humanity and other species that will be useful resources to mankind. The government is secretly planning to protect only the elite from the confirmed disaster. Then the movie runs through a series of utter destruction and Jackson has a narrow escape from the mayhem.
2012 is an ultimate disaster film with mind-blowing digitalized disaster scenes that look so real. The movie is thoroughly packed with disaster that runs for 158 minutes, which is the actual duration of the movie. So the audience will sit through some terrific and death defying moments in the film.
Scene from 2012
The audience are given what they have seen in the trailer and the movie rightfully keeps up to their expectations. And Emmerich has gone out of his way to build those illusions in a magnificent way and is made to look so real. John Cusack and Woody Harrelson are an added attraction and they have done a splendid job in the film.
Yes, the movie is definitely worth watching but it cannot be rated as an exclusive piece of creativity or for that matter does not even score to be the best movie of this year. Still the director has come up with a subject that is making a few people nervous and it is still fresh in people’s mind as the year 2012 is nearing. In fact if you give a serious thought to the end of world and all of us are going to die for sure if at all such an event occurs, it is actually quite a spine-chilling thought. Or should we think to “die another day”.
| Film | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Cast | John Cusack as Jackson Curtis Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis Chiwetel Ejiofor as Adrian Helmsley Thandie Newton as Laura Wilson Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser Tom McCarthy as Gordon Silberman Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost |
| Director | Roland Emmerich |
| Producer | Aaron BoydRoland Emmerich Ute Emmerich |
| Writer | Roland Emmerich Harald Kloser |
| Runtime | 2 Hours and 38 Minutes |
| Rating | 3.5/5 |
Posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 8:34 am