The Biggest Disaster Movie Ever

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2010)

First of all I would give this movie 7.6 if I could.
Acting = 8: The acting is good for the most part with some giving better performances than others. The little girl acts scared very good and Chiwetel Ejiofor is my top performer.
Storyline = 9: This beats all other disaster movies as it has the almost total destruction of the world with billions possibly killed.
Graphics = 9: The CGI is first rate and watching giant fireballs and waves crashing down along side buildings and cities is fantastic.
Execution = 6.5: Unfortunately the big problem with this film is there is so much going on at once and too many characters piled up that it is hard to feel sympathy for the main characters. Also having children and pets ruins most of these movies because when they are rightfully afraid and screaming or barking (the dogs of course) we have this anger towards them because we are not in that situation, we are only watching a movie and we know it. It also doesn't help that the kids are always annoying. These gigantic films cannot suck us in so we don't feel what they wish for us to feel. When it's over all the viewer asks is "What would I do?"
This movie is far too long at 2 hours 22 minutes and repetitive. Somehow the main characters are involved in almost all catastrophes that occurred and are only 1 metre in front of all road splits and building collapses - why does everything fall down just as they are approaching?
2012 is a great disaster movie with many flaws, but I'm still glad I saw it.