Great special effects! Awful script and directing.

Rating: 1/10 (4 June 2010)

The single most disappointingly moronic big-budget sci-fi movie since Independence Day.
I'm stunned. How do these people get jobs in the movie industry? I feel genuinely insulted by this movie.
So much money. So, SO much money. On what? There were probably 3 characters out of the 20 or so the movie focuses on that I actually gave the slightest smeg about, and that was purely because of the actors in question's previous roles prior to this movie, not because 2012 had given me any reason to like them.
So many great actors, such a feeble script.
I'm struggling to find the words. I'm simply blown away by the sheer scale of this trash movie.
The special effects are superb, don't get me wrong, but it's like a couple-of-hours-long advert for a special effects company, seemingly made in the prime vacation period for all of the good scriptwriters and directors in the world.
Insulting? Yes, insulting. It's every movie cliché you ever rolled your eyes at, tied together into a feature length bundle. I couldn't have felt less insulted if a flock of doves had appeared next to the ship at the end, carrying the dog and the Indian scientist guy to safety.
Has to be seen to be believed! How much did this cost? What's the combined national debt of Africa again?