thrilling and astonishingly entertaining‏

Rating: 7/10 (26 November 2009)

2012 is an almost 3-hour movie made near entirely out of spectacular visual effects set pieces. The film story is based upon on the notion that the world is going to end in 2012, as already foretold by the Mayans. The movie has first some short character introductions but most of all the delights of special effects supersede the drama (that is not so bad though). Thanks to a huge millionaire budget, visual effects are the most breathtaking I've ever seen. The destruction of LA, as well as of other spots (Hawaii in particular) is rendered perfectly and in a terrifyingly detailed way. As every disaster/catastrophic movie there are plot holes, many things are unlikely (luckyly for us..) but on the whole the viewer is caught by the events and never gets bored. Acting performances are good, though not excellent, but the main thing is the story working, gripping and arousing emotions, as far as I can see.