"So tonight we're gonna party like it's 2012..." Yeah, the movie didn't work either. Damn solar flares! Just when you think you have the whole 'end of days' stuff down, the Mayan calendar comes along and within minutes, predicts the end of the world as we know it and I don't feel fine. So much buzz on this movie and SO much disappointment. Basically, the earth turns into a big pond and hurray, John Cusack and his family survive. Don't get me wrong, I love John Cusack and Amanda Peet, but come on. Yeah, that may be a spoiler, but too bad. If you can sit through that much of this film then you at least deserve to know the stupid and unreasonable and unrealistic ending. At 158 minutes, "2012" is Roland Emmerich's second-longest film and needs editing. Some of the special effects are kinda neat looking, but nothing groundbreaking or thrilling to watch. The characters are unbelievable and make likewise decisions during the course of the film. It just doesn't make sense. The realization of what is going on behind the special effects is sickening and for there to be some hint of a happy ending doesn't work. This was just a really poorly executed (bad pun) film with throwaway characters (except Woody Harrelson who was fun but wasted) (wasted as an actor not stoned) (although he might have been, who knows). I'm just glad I got the movie from Redbox and only had to pay a dollar. It wasn't worth it, but better than $9 at the theater.
Lack of a bite: Really bad movie
