This movie's a disaster!

Rating: 3/10 (21 February 2010)

You could mistake 2012 for being the sequel to The Day After Tomorrow and both films are directed by Roland Emmerich. Sadly, 2012 is one long blunder of a movie.
The movie's themes of faith, hope and unity are hidden underneath the ridiculous action scenes. Of course that's the point of 2012... but the movie goes on overdrive with all the near-misses. Watching 2012 is like playing Russian Roulette with an empty revolver. The film's main characters somehow seem to survive every disaster from taking their lives at the very last second. And you know from the beginning they're gonna survive till the end anyway.
You could appreciate the humor in casting John Cusack as a writer-turned-limo driver, two separate roles he has played in previous films. Beatrice Rosen plays a Russian in this movie as she did in The Dark Knight. And Woody Harrelson's character was fun to watch as well. In fact, he was probably the only one who actually bothered acting. Some of the characters' accents were horrible (Beatrice Rosen, Johann Urb). Also, Cusack's son in the movie had an odd personality. There would be times he seemed wiser than his dad... and for the rest of the movie he was a scared little boy who's very annoying.
2012 is predictable and the action scenes look messy but that shouldn't stop anyone from watching it. It doesn't insult your intelligence as much as some other movies. Unfortunately the movie's chaotic and disorganized scenes make 2012 comical and ridiculous.
You would think Emmerich tried too hard to outdo his previous effort and you could forgive him because he did try.
Sadly this movie is a disaster.