An insult to anyone's intelligence

Rating: 2/10 (21 July 2010)

I never would have thought I'd see a movie that made the Biblical story of the Flood appear credible by comparison, but 2012 is it. This has to be one of the most scientifically bogus movies ever. It starts with the idea that neutrinos from the Sun, which do not interact with ordinary matter, have "mutated" (as if elementary particles have DNA), and are heating the Earth's core like a microwave oven. That alone would leave any physicist in hysterics. This heating causes massive earthquakes that generate massive tsunamis that ultimately drown the entire Earth, including the Himalayas (but not Africa, which somehow floats to the surface unscathed). The oceans end up about twice as deep as they started. Where did all the extra water come from? Even assuming the melting of all the Earth's ice, sea levels would increase by maybe a few yards, not several miles.
I'll give this movie a two only because great special effects have to be worth something.