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Author Topic: 2012 Sally Ann Burgess Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Queenstown, New Zealand Registered: Apr 2008 posted 11-12-2009 04:22 PM                     Pure disaster porn. Tsunamis, volcanoes, huge earthquakes etc. Didn't care for any of the characters but it wasn't that hard to figure out who was going to be killed off. Special effects team did a really good job but the film is WAY too long at over 2 1/2 hours. 2012 could have been a tighter two hours as it was starting to lag a bit during the "Titanic" segment of the movie. My favourite disaster movie so far still remains Deep Impact, which at least let you care for the characters. And Roland Emmerich really has it in for the White House! I give this 3/5.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-12-2009 06:40 PM                     Bound to win lots of awards for all the wrong things...such as: Worst Russian accent. (Several awards). Worst directing of an actor in front of a blue screen. Worst acting in front of a blue screen. Silliest flight of a small plane through impending disasters. Most far-fetched 'THE GEARS ARE JAMMED! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE UNLESS WE CAN UN-JAM THEM' scene.  |  IP: Logged Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 11-13-2009 10:48 AM                        Just watched this and all of Johns comments are correct. Good disaster flick but a lot of it was just plain crap. Especially a lot of the aviation based stuff.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-14-2009 05:18 AM                     I saw the movie testing a new DTS XD20 unit which was replacing a DTS6D unit. Well I have to admit that this was by far one of the best disaster movies I saw. It was not long enough even though it was about 3 hours, the cgi scenes were all amazing except some water coming blue screen issues which really stood out. The sound effects were terrific, and the plot was a great mix of drama, action, fun, and a lot of single liners. Engine.... Start!!! Great show flick. Have to see it Demetris  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-14-2009 11:52 AM                     I have to concur with Demitris. Sure, it's got its problems (like the already mentioned Russian accents) but I enjoyed this movie.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-14-2009 02:33 PM                        One of the things I had learned about seeing films like 2012 is to just hang lose by checking your brains at the door and just enjoy the show. If one of the character speaks with a lousy Russian accent, so what? Almost everyone I know who have seen 2012 had enjoyed it very much and I have a feeling I will too when I get my free ticket from a Blu-Ray promotion. Although there were a few Roland Emmerich films I did not enjoy such as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW & 10,000 BC I did enjoy INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a movie almost everyone hated. If fact, I just bought the movie on Blu-Ray last Tuesday and that is how I got a free ticket to 2012. GODZILLA was excellent on BD with a fantastic picture and sound. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-14-2009 03:15 PM                     My favourite movie from Roland Emmerich is Patriot and I consider that movie one of my top 5 favourites.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-14-2009 03:21 PM                        Yes, Demetris, I agree with you about THE PATRIOT. Do you have HDTV and Blur-Ray? If you do, the film looks awesome in that format! -Claude  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-14-2009 03:50 PM                     I have a Pioneer 50'' 1080p 24f Plasma and Pioneer Blue Ray player. Currently only have Bram Stockers Dracula on Blue Ray Demetris  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-14-2009 04:23 PM                        I did not get the DRACULA Blu Ray yet but I will add it to my collection very soon because I can get it for practically nothing. THE PATRIOT cost more but it is worth having especially since you like the movie. As I had mentioned in my previous post, GODZILLA is also woth having if you also like the movie. There was a very interesting article I had read not too long ago that had stated that Roland Emmerich had additional work done to the film that he was not able to do when it was first released to theatres  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-14-2009 05:15 PM                     quote: Claude S. Ayakawa Blur-ray  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-14-2009 05:33 PM                        It was a typo, Bill -Claude  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-15-2009 06:40 AM                    That made me laugh too. I just saw it with my wife last night, and I have to agree with just about everything that was said above. I thought it was great fun... which is one of the most important qualities I look for in movies these days. Claude is right - check your brain at the door, sit back and enjoy. I agree on the "Engine Start" line - that was great! By the way, attached to it was the latest Avatar trailer - - - eh. I dunno. I'll probably see it anyway, but I don't know if it'll be as fun as this one was. Looks like it may be taking itself too seriously. I guess we'll see.  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 11-18-2009 07:20 AM                  I liked this movie. It delivered what it advertised. Good thing Africa is the continent that survived. Don't know what the world would do with Somali pirates!  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-22-2009 07:21 PM                        Today at Regal 15 in Eugene, #5, 35mm. Looked fine, sounded ok but not loud enough for me but hey. Highly entertaining, special effects were of a quality that seemed to work well thoughout. Typical of disaster movies, all the people stories are mostly just a framework to hold things together. One of the oddest prominent product placements in a movie ever: Big Kids Pull-Ups. Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle And we know everything is going to be ok at the end despite the catastrophe the little girl has been through including the gruesome death of her stepfather whom she apparently loved. "Hey, it's a sunny day and we're all still alive and I don't need my Pull-Ups any more!" I'm paraphrasing but that's the gist of the final scene. It would have been a better ending if John Cusack had replied "Yeah, but after what I've been through I think I might be needing some Depends sooner than I was planning." The "Engine Start" scene made me laugh out loud (probably the only funny scene in the whole movie). Why does Danny Glover say most of his lines in a whisper? Is that a new acting thing going around? Alec Baldwin does the same thing on 30 Rock. Or is it Adam Baldwin. The successful Baldwin. For what it is I give it 3.75 out of 5.  |  IP: Logged

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