Deep Impact + Great SFX = 2012

Rating: 5/10 (3 December 2009)

2012 had so much potential, it had everything from a big budget, the catastrophe director Emmerich, a nice cast.. and above all, the actual hype about 2012.
Still, the movie has failed to impress me, why? I'll tell you why, this movie is a lot like a movie called Deep Impact, which released like a decade ago, everything I saw in 2012 resembled DI. If only they used spaceships in stead of the Arks, that would make it different. Roland Emmerich uses the same special effects, as he did in The day after tomorrow, repetitive SFX though still nicely executed.
Acting wise, John Cusack stood out along with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Amanda Peet. The Russian dude was quite funny. All in all, I am very disappointed with the outcome, commercially this movie might be doing well (because of the hype of course), but critically I believe this movie fails in the eyes of a lot of its customers.
I am rating this movie 5 out of 10 solely for the SFX and John. Avoid this movie if you are looking for a nice story, go for it if you want a nice popcorn flick with good SFX.