Very good DISASTER MOVIE...

Rating: 4/10 (14 November 2009)

I watched the movie realizing it was a disaster movie. If you read a negative review, it's apparently because some genius thought it might be an art-house flick and they were disappointed.
Yes, leave your brain at the door. Don't over-analyze this one. It's not meant to be.
You have your world leaders, your scientists, and your typical American family trying to navigate through and survive this disaster.
You have your secondary characters, who get minimal screen time but are still key players in the plot, and, because they are secondary characters, you know they are going to die.
You have the assholes thrown into the mix who manage to redeem themselves in their final moments by putting the good of someone else before themselves.
And you the have big-budget special effects.
It's just like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Armageddon, Deep Impact, Knowing, etc., etc., etc.
What makes 2012 better than those movies is because the acting is a lot better than you'd expect in a disaster flick, and the special effects are state of the art. Sure, in a year or so they'll be outdated, but hey, remember "Jurassic Park?" That was in 1993, and those effects were awesome back then.
Just take this movie for what it is. If you don't like disaster movies, don't see this one. You get what you pay for. This is a great movie for its genre, nothing more, nothing less.