2012

[operalover21]

John Cusack. George Segal. Danny Glover. A big fat Russian guy. Oliver Platt.

 

Let's not even talk plot. How do you make a 3 hour disaster film without one hot stud of a guy? You know you are in trouble when the cutest guy in the movie is the young Chinese monk with the nice biceps.

 

This may be the worst film I've seen all year. Completely stupid script, terrible actors, and the least convincing CGI I've ever seen.

 

Thank god it was a matinee and only cost me $6.

[josephga]

I heard it was pretty bad. Some people I talked with didn't care for the ending

[Guest greatness]

well

 

I think John Cusack is cute...

 

John Cusack. George Segal. Danny Glover. A big fat Russian guy. Oliver Platt.

 

Let's not even talk plot. How do you make a 3 hour disaster film without one hot stud of a guy? You know you are in trouble when the cutest guy in the movie is the young Chinese monk with the nice biceps.

 

This may be the worst film I've seen all year. Completely stupid script, terrible actors, and the least convincing CGI I've ever seen.

 

Thank god it was a matinee and only cost me $6.

[Kevin Slater]

The review on NPR is wonderful. http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=120125624&m=120399248

 

(There's a small audio ad you have to listen to first.)

 

Kevin Slater

[+ azdr0710]

sorry to be dense, but what's "CGI".....thanks

[josephga]

sorry to be dense, but what's "CGI".....thanks

 

Computer-generated imagery. example the dinosaurs running around in the actions scenes in Jurassic Park are cgi. when they made the film hulk. hulk was cgi movies where a actor is interacting with a animated character there nothing really there the character is created in post production by the way of cgi

[operalover21]

I heard it was pretty bad. Some people I talked with didn't care for the ending

 

I wish it was only the ending that was bad. There wasn't a single, redeeming moment in the entire film. Gosh, what a complete, monumental waste of time.

 

John Cusack may have been cute at one time (and I emphasize may have been) but he never had a decent bod and that's why he's completely clothed here at all times. I mean when you do underwater scenes you want a guy in a nice t-shirt so that when it gets wet his abs and pecs will just pop out and you and make you hard.

 

It no happen in this piece of garbage. I should have gone to NEW MOON instead. At least I could have drooled in between all the times I'd have to close my eyes when that little girl Pattinson shows up on screen.

[josephga]

I'm going to go to the movies on thanksgiving day. I want too see ninja assassin

[Guest LeoWalker]

Haven't seen the movie yet...purchased 3 tickets but wasn't able to make it. I'll go another time just to form my own opinion.

 

Talking about other movies we want to see...I am really, really, really excited to see Sherlock Holmes!

[AdamSmith]

There wasn't a single, redeeming moment in the entire film.

 

The worst thing I've sat through in half a decade. At least.

 

So without attributes that it barely even inspires any colorful criticism. The NPR thing is the best I've seen. Kevin, thx for the link -- dead on.

[Guest mvan1]

John Cusack. George Segal. Danny Glover. A big fat Russian guy. Oliver Platt.

 

Let's not even talk plot. How do you make a 3 hour disaster film without one hot stud of a guy? You know you are in trouble when the cutest guy in the movie is the young Chinese monk with the nice biceps.

 

This may be the worst film I've seen all year. Completely stupid script, terrible actors, and the least convincing CGI I've ever seen.

 

Thank god it was a matinee and only cost me $6.

 

 

I tried to watch the film today. It just kept getting worse as the time passed. I left and do not know how it ended and do not care.

[+ Hoover42]

I thought the boxer Zultan (Paul Tryl) was hot. Sadly, he was only on screen for about a minute.

[foxy]

I agree. Bad all around. I did like the Russian pilot however. He's killed off. Should have killed off everyone else. Well, the dog could stay... and he did. Woody Harrelson was funny though and we got to see his butt crack.

[AdamSmith]

Right! Woody Harrelson and the Russian pilot were definitely the two bright spots.

 

Also the president's advisor...

 

http://s-fun.com/wp-content/files/2009/11/2012-movie-posters-002-.jpg

 

...I kept thinking, How did Bill Richardson get into this movie?

 

http://newmexicoindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bill-richardson-photo.jpg

[operalover21]

The worst thing I've sat through in half a decade. At least.

 

So without attributes that it barely even inspires any colorful criticism. The NPR thing is the best I've seen. Kevin, thx for the link -- dead on.

 

3 hours and it still goes NOWHERE. Unbelievable.

[Lookin]

Lone voice here: Really enjoyed it!

 

I gave my critical eye the afternoon off and just settled in for a fun ride. The location shots, starting with a creaky descent to the bottom of an Indian copper mine, were great, and all who escaped the world collapsing around them did so by the skin of their teeth. I sprung for the large soda and spent most of the two-plus hours on the edge of my seat, eschewing bathroom breaks and hoping those sitting in front of me had their galoshes on.

 

Woody Harrelson as a rapture seeker was a hoot with his radio transmitter strapped to his back broadcasting the end-of-days from the collapsing hills of Yosemite. He's crazy as a bedbug, and I'm sure it was his idea to show his butt crack.

 

http://media.daemonsmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PK-08-550x308.jpg

 

There wasn't much eye candy, but the piece they offered was very nice. Johann Urb, an Estonian, played Sasha, the Russian pilot who has to get the giant Antonov-An225 off the ground as the runway disintegrates around him. With the film's best line, he coaxes the plane: "Get your big rear end up in the air for Sasha!" He was so sexy and so earnest, he nearly caused me to offend the folks sitting behind me too.

 

http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/177/98/johann-urb-3.0.0.0x0.415x600.jpeg

 

Wouldn't suggest going for the plot and the acting, but I thought the special effects were great. Recommendations from those who have seen better are most welcome!

[uwsman2]

If you're in a major city, see The Messenger instead

 

Instead of wasting money and time on the awful 2012, go to see "The Messenger", a great indy film that just opened. Ben Foster, the male lead, is TOTALLY HOT and cute. Woody Harrelson is buffed up for this one as well.

[operalover21]

Lone voice here: Really enjoyed it!

 

I gave my critical eye the afternoon off and just settled in for a fun ride. The location shots, starting with a creaky descent to the bottom of an Indian copper mine, were great, and all who escaped the world collapsing around them did so by the skin of their teeth. I sprung for the large soda and spent most of the two-plus hours on the edge of my seat, eschewing bathroom breaks and hoping those sitting in front of me had their galoshes on.

 

Woody Harrelson as a rapture seeker was a hoot with his radio transmitter strapped to his back broadcasting the end-of-days from the collapsing hills of Yosemite. He's crazy as a bedbug, and I'm sure it was his idea to show his butt crack.

 

http://media.daemonsmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PK-08-550x308.jpg

 

There wasn't much eye candy, but the piece they offered was very nice. Johann Urb, an Estonian, played Sasha, the Russian pilot who has to get the giant Antonov-An225 off the ground as the runway disintegrates around him. With the film's best line, he coaxes the plane: "Get your big rear end up in the air for Sasha!" He was so sexy and so earnest, he nearly caused me to offend the folks sitting behind me too.

 

http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/177/98/johann-urb-3.0.0.0x0.415x600.jpeg

 

Wouldn't suggest going for the plot and the acting, but I thought the special effects were great. Recommendations from those who have seen better are most welcome!

 

Except the Russian pilot is fully clothed throughout. What's up with that?

 

I suppose there had to be one person somewhere who liked this piece of crap. None of the "locations" looked remotely real. I would have preferred a CGI hunk since they couldn't find a real one.

[Lookin]

 

I suppose there had to be one person somewhere who liked this piece of crap.

 

 

Thank you so much for the validation! As a wise man once said,

 

 

 

We just all respond differently to different things. No right or wrong.

[gregkidman]

I enjoyed it!

 

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie! This is an escapist movie to a capital T. I was totally immersed in this movie and forgot about the outside world. So the plot was corny, none of the actors were believable, and didn't need to be three hours. So what, I liked it!

[jimbeaux]

I wish it was only the ending that was bad. There wasn't a single, redeeming moment in the entire film. Gosh, what a complete, monumental waste of time.

 

John Cusack may have been cute at one time (and I emphasize may have been) but he never had a decent bod and that's why he's completely clothed here at all times. I mean when you do underwater scenes you want a guy in a nice t-shirt so that when it gets wet his abs and pecs will just pop out and you and make you hard.

 

It no happen in this piece of garbage. I should have gone to NEW MOON instead. At least I could have drooled in between all the times I'd have to close my eyes when that little girl Pattinson shows up on screen.

 

Actually, I don't go to the movies to see hot guys in a nice t-shirt. If it happens, that's fine. But I go to movies to be entertained. That may not happen with this movie, but for me it wouldn't be because there are no hot guys.