ridiculous... moronic... yet you cant turn away

Rating: 2/10 (21 January 2010)

2012 is cynical, evil, and ironically hilarious. from the first moment that you see the destruction happening, you realize that its an unintentional punchline. i was rolling around laughing in my seat. people are dying and yet the director makes their deaths into some sort of joke. certain people die over dramatically. others die horribly cynically. it really just depends on what color they are! its kind of like the director is saying, "your screen time is OVER, whitey!" and then killing them off in some sadistically playful manner.
the plot is mediocre. the acting is mediocre. the premise of the film would work if it wasn't presented in such an absolutely unrealistic manner. how many times can a plane take off from an airfield with the tarmac dissolving beneath it? how many times can a vehicle full of the main cast of characters dodge falling buildings or chunks of flying lava? finally, the treatment of religion in this film was just atrocious. people who chose to pray were viewed as foolish and then crushed by debris mercilessly... oh, i mean only the white Christians. the director wouldn't show the Muslim relics crumbling to bits and crushing those kneeling in prayer around them. the director seemed to take particular joy in destroying the statue of Christ in Rio- it was all slow motion and over the top (which is saying something in this film).
if you can get past the racism, anti-religious imagery, and just plain ridiculousness of it all, there is some comedy in this film. its worth seeing if only to laugh at the stupidity. there are some really hilarious one liners which i wont spoil for you.