Just slightly over a month ago, I was (admittedly) angry because Jack was raving on and on about 2012 being the end of the world. Apparently what he saw was the teaser trailer of this movie (I guess). And I had wanted nothing to do with this claim, because it sounded foddy enough, and had wanted to avoid this movie.
But..... filmophiles are filmophiles, even for cultivated ones like us. Who could resist all that CG and world-of-mouth from fellow filmophiles, even if it means disrupting our study schedule to catch it?
I had stepped out of the cinema after the 158-minute film feeling rather minute, dwarfed by the epic scale of this disaster movie. Where would I be if I were in the movie? The one being hurled thousands of feet into a chasm? The one being reduced to mash by the Air Force One plane? The one who died before knowing what hit? I was bombarded with possibilities, except the one where I survived. Because our small island will probably be melted down even before we could finish singing our National Anthemn. Back to the movie, what I felt lacking was the explanation for all this; viewers would appreciate more showtime to be dedicated to talking about this Mayan calendar, and how it completes its 13th cycle in 2012, 21 December. I know, they had thrown in a madman (played by Woody Harrelson) and his quirky radio program and blog to explain in a trivial tone, but crazy people aren't what we're exactly looking for. What about the prophecies? What about the dispute between the classic Maya and the modern Maya? Why didn't the movie tell us that this Long Count was revealed by archealogists recently? *shrugs* Looks like we're all brainwashed by capitalism. I won't say by who.
I would dispute reviews that dismissed the movie because of its unattractive cast. Despite being made up largely of unpopular actors and actresses, the cast shone as well. Well, you sure don't need Tom Cruise or Will Smith to make an fairly good movie. Besides, the American President in the movie was an African American. Guess what? The movie was shot during the Presidential Elections. :)
Overall, while 2012, as the 'Mother of disaster movies', is undisputed in terms of CG effects (their CG team list is longer than the entire cast and stuntmen put together), but scores a miserable 3.5 for its cliched storyline (Too many repeated ideas from I Am Legend and Day After Tomorrow).
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