| 2012 |  | Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
Category: DVD
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 814
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
UPC: 043396345829
EAN: 0043396345829
ASIN: B003188AJ6
Release Date: March 2, 2010
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Now this is how you destroy the world. Roland Emmerich's 2012 pounces on a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it, gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of Saturday-matinee fun in the process. A scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. Just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan, a novelist (John Cusack) takes his kids on a trip to Yellowstone; later he'll hook up with his ex (Amanda Peet) and her new boyfriend (Tom McCarthy) in a global journey toward safety. If there is any safety. The suitably hair-raising plot lines are punctuated--frequently, people, frequently--by visions of mayhem around the globe: the Vatican falls over, the White House is clobbered (Emmerich's Independence Day was not enough on that score), and the California coastline dives into the Pacific Ocean. Unlike other action directors we could name, Emmerich actually understands how to let you see and drink in these vast special-effects vistas--and they are incredible. He also honors the old Irwin Allen disaster-movie tradition by actually shelling out for good actors. Cusack and Ejiofor are convincing even in the cheesiest material; toss in Danny Glover (the U.S. president), Woody Harrelson (a nut-bar conspiracy-theorizing radio host), Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt, and you've got a very watchable batch of people. Emmerich hasn't developed an ear for dialogue, even at this stage in his career, and the final act goes on a bit too long. This is a very silly movie, but if you've got a weakness for B-movie energy and hairbreadth escapes, 2012 delivers quite a bit of both. --Robert Horton
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 This is just another run of the mill disaster movie July 27, 2010
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
Looks like the Mayans were right. Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is starting to put two and two together. Yep sunspots, neutrinos, and planet alignment spell kaput for the world. However, wait doomsayer Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson) finds the governments of the world have found a way out. Can Curtis same his estranged family and the doctor/pilot that usurped his wife and a half a dozen other assorted characters? Alternatively, do they learn what dust to dust really means? We hope this is not one of those wimpy movies where in the end the people of the earth hold hands and sing Kumbayah.
I only saw the Blu-ray version so I cannot compare. However, you are treated to a seemingly endless Blu-ray and BD live commercial. Then you are bombarded with choices that have nothing to do with the film. All I wanted to do is see the film, not press buttons every time it is flagged.
The fun part is recognizing the different actors and saying, "Now where have I seen him/her before?"
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
 Meh June 24, 2010
Bored Bones (Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie had good visuals, okay acting, annoying children (as usual in any movie with little girls, IE. War of the Worlds)
The movie was just okay, not worth a purchase. It is hardly memorable, and way too long.
 Is it Real or is it Pretend? June 23, 2010
Peter Browne (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The film kept you going and on edge! But, did anyone stop to consider that there is something going on we're not being told about? Or, in this case we are! Put the message out as a Movie, and when Disaster hits, and people question `Why were we not Told?' You were Told: you just thought it was a movie! Look around you and see the lead ups to Dec 21, 2012 as fortold! More violent storms, increasing volcanic activity, earthquakes and people killing people - for what? Go back and watch again and see if you understand the 2012 Movie a little better this time! An Earthquake hits Canada, just as I'm writing this up - coincidence or what?
epic CGI disaster flic, great blu-ray extras (2 disc) May 29, 2010
Cheryl
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Knowing director Roland Emmerich's previous work (Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow) is preparation enough for audience expectations, and his latest disaster film is a CGI masterpiece that deserves to be seen on blu-ray. A very fun film with lots of unintentional comedy, this over-the-top action melodrama is impossible to take seriously. The 2-disc special edition blu-ray set (which also includes digital copy disc) has some great bonus material - the expected deleted scenes, and a number of featurettes, both on the making-of processes as well as the historical and scientific significance of 2012. Also, the Interactive Mayan Calendar gives an astrological-type description to an entered birth date. On the feature disc there is an audio commentary as well as an additional pic-in-pic (which includes repeated featurette material). Thankfully, this gorgeous special effects movie is silly - otherwise, the true science might actually be frightening if one were realistic. Though 2012's "human" moments could use editing as the film is excessively long (2 1/2 hrs.), it's still worth viewing on blu-ray for the fabulous CGI master-disaster sequences alone.
A True Disaster May 8, 2010
Nicholas C. Wise
I was looking foward to this movie and was very impressed with its technical wizardry. As to the plot this was merely a conveyance for the "pyrotechnic majic".
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