"Retarded Epic!"

Rating: 7/10 (14 November 2009)

After today's showing, my boyfriend summed it all up..."2012 is retarded epic".
What he meant was that 2012 is just completely over the top destruction. And that is what we paid for. Destruction. We were definitely not expecting an Oscar worthy movie, but something anyone would enjoy.
Of course the movie had its silly moments. Come on, we all expected it. In the trailer, John Cusack says, "Holy...", but was cut off by a massive explosion! This movie was obviously not made to be any deeper than an "end of the world" flick, folks. It was meant for entertainment and millions of audiences will be satisfied. I am a very tough critic, but I enjoy action movies especially like 2012. I enjoy movies for "what it is".
The acting was mediocre. A stronger cast would have been better, but they did their thing and we loved it.
As far as the action, most of the sequences were humanly impossible for anyone to survive...but very fun to watch. It had many "edge of your seat" moments...times that by 100!
Realistically, 2012 will never happen and has been the folk tale of humanity for years. I was actually very impressed that the movie had a few intense and emotional moments. I applaud the director for that. For a second it made me think what *I* would do if it was the end of the world.
Overall, it was a very fun movie. If you walk in expecting a serious and dark journey to survival...don't. Because this movie is an over-dramatic-blow-crap-up Blockbuster flick.
Enjoy it because I'm sure you will.