a master piece!

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2009)

Let me tell you that i am a big fan of Roland Emmerich.The German director producer begin his career in his native Germany and went on to make epics like independence day, the day after tomorrow, Godzilla.After all the hype about this movie being the costliest a lot was expected from the movie and the movie did live up to the hype. The movie is based single-handedly on the abrupt manner in which the Mayan calendar ends in 2012.Roland Emmerich's nearly three hour (158 minutes) depiction of the end of days, essentially revolves around divorced father Jackson Curtis, played by wide eyed John Cusack, who in the tradition of these doomsday films, gets his act together to play Saviour for his estranged wife and two children.Throughout the film, the four joined by several others during their journey, ensure that they land in all important places across America, so that the audience gets a good look at the tearing up of the earth's surface in Los Angeles, Vegas (right through the Vegas strip), Wyoming, New York city and Washington DC. The destruction of Rio Di Janeiro, Buenos Aires and St Peter's Basilica, is enough to show that the world is suffering too.Sample this - The President tells his daughter, "An unprecedented international venture is under way". Or the scene in which Charlie, the conspiracy theorist tells "You'd have to be Bill Gates or Rupert Murdoch or some Russian billionaire", speculating who all might get away.Everything in this movie was grand. The visual effects were amazing, something never seen before kinds. Movie did had its own share of humor which was nice.The best part about this movie is the fact that its gripping from the very start. All i can say is this movie is a must watch and no one should miss it at any cost!