Who knew the apocalypse could be so much fun?

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2009)

If you're looking for a big, BIG movie experience filled with fantastic visuals and a lot of white-knuckling the armrest, then you need to see "2012". Go with friends, because there's a lot of humor to be shared between scenes of planes and cars dodging the apocalypse. Don't wait for this on home video; it is meant to be enjoyed on the big screen. This is a big Hollywood movie, so be prepared to suspend reality for a couple of hours; check your inner critic at the door. It's more fun if you don't focus too much on the head-scratching "science" and other unlikelihoods. But who cares? You get to watch Woody Harrelson steal the show as Charlie, the crazy Yellowstone conspiracy theorist. The special effects thoroughly bring you into the story, better than any movie I've seen in years. Oliver Platt is a terrific bad guy, and John Cusack is perfectly cast as a dad seeking redemption with his kids. It shouldn't be this much fun to watch the Earth implode, but I would watch this one again on the big screen.