2012: A Review
December 29th 2009 00:44
No doubt “2012” was very much talked about. The media ran with the Mayan calendar thing and it certainly got my friends talking about the end of the world and its possibilities.
The movie on a whole left me reminiscing about “The Day After Tomorrow” and how the plot were so oh-so-similar. Well, how different could an end of times movie be right? Sure there were better special effects but a plane taking off through crashing buildings quickly becomes repetitive and tiresome.
Amanda Peet has definitely seen better acting days but John Cusack was surprisingly suited for the movie; but I think its more the casting director’s vision rather than his acting that did the trick. He just looked the part; middle-age struggling writer by night driver by day. He was pretty much the only believable person in the movie.
Chiwetel Ejiofor was featured heavily but I found his acting too staunch-esque and not believable as a modern White House Indiana Jones. Oliver Platt reminded me too much of Matt Preston and somehow didn’t do it for me. Sure he was hate-able (as 'villians' have to be) but he could have done so so much more!
Same goes to Thandie Newtown. The thing with this movie is there are so many ‘big-ish’ stars but it still managed to disappoint. Maybe the special effects took away much of the acting required I’m not sure.
Watch it if you want a well-spaced rollercoaster ride of what the end of the world could look like but leave it alone if you’re in the mood for an epic movie.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
DM
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Comment by Mountain Fog
it was utter shyte!
The CGI is all too obvious and you were dead on about the nonsense with the plane.
It annoys me intensely how these huge budget flicks spend millions on everything EXCEPT the script writers!
cheers
fog