A few hours ago, I got to see Roland Emmerich’s nth take on the end of the world, via 2012. The geeky, CG, visual effects hungry side of me rejoices, as I tweeted about it.
The thing about 2012 is that, like every other end of the world movie, it is usually focused on the USA. Like it’s always about them. No offense. On the bright side though, they had the Mayans, the Lama, and India on the side note. And seriously, the whole “the world is going to end” has been an overused plot that has been treated in almost every possible angle. Insert aliens, massive earthquakes, and tsunamis. What you’ll see in 2012 is nothing new. Solar eruptions? Oops,spoiler. Sorry. But clearly, this is nothing new. Just add that to the “why the world will end” handbook.
Sad to say, but the story’s cliche. With the president dying a hero, and people coming together in the end. Plus the family drama, and an effort to give the audience that element of suspense as a key character disappears for 15 seconds, is nothing new. Everything’s been used and reused, dolled a bit to look almost new, but fails.
In the end, what kept me, and pleased me, was the visual effects.It must’ve been fun creating those island sinking, buildings collapsing, and more stuff blowing up scenes.
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