| 2012 - My not so humble review |
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| Written by BooYa | |||||
| Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:39 | |||||
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2012... There has never been a more disastrous use of 200 million dollars in the history of entertainment. Roland Emerick seems very intent on doing his best to follow 10,000 BC with something not only worse, but infinitely more terrible. From the very beginning you have the sense that you are about to go down a path that you will never fully make it back from. A piece, or more if you're unlucky, of your soul will be left behind, weeping, pared from you with the sharp blade of ultimate sorrow after this film. This horridly overfunded visual orgy of special effects fails to ever offer much of a story or even the sense of closeness to the characters that most modern dramas strive to establish. If at any point Mr. Emerick attempted to tell a story, or give depth to what we were seeing on-screen, he failed to ever establish any traction. We learn that the main character (played by the less-than-believable uber hero John Cusack) is a professionally underperforming writer, that his daugter's only contribution to the movie is that she still at 7 wets herself, and that noone could ever be more capable of outrunning armageddon than him...Next, enter armageddon. The ensuing formula to the storyline is: Armageddon chases writer, nearest vehicle whether it be limosuine, camper, small airplane etc, helps writer outrun armageddon, writer catches breath, and repeat. Through all of this we are treated to some nicely done special effects moments of heinous destruction. Yes that is one of two tally marks on the 'positive' column for this movie, the other being that the final credits have rolled. If a below average aspiring teenage film director was able to talk someone out of 200 million dollars, and make a film with it...it would look a lot like this. If, as a fan of filmmaking you prefer an approach that skips strong plot, skips plot development, skips substance, skips character endearment, and focuses all funding on special effects... you will absolutely love this movie. Otherwise, spare yourself the humiliation of being one of the anecdotal x-amount of people who wasted the money.
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