2012 (Ed)

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world. Written by Jim Beaver

Well what can I say about 2012…going into this movie I thought, “Okay Roland Emmerich is doing this movie so it’s gonna have some lame Hollywood global warming aspect to the show. Well that didn’t come out in the movie so I was happy about that. The acting was okay at best and I even found that the CG was lackluster at times. My daughter was watching it with me and she said a few times, “That looks really fake!” There were parts of the movie that were pretty cool…the “Escape from Los Angeles” scene was kind of fun to watch but still had a cheesy factor of about 7.5 out of 10. I mean how many times are they going to fly in between a building that is about to fall on their plane and they just BARELY make it out alive. I kept thinking, “Just pull back on the gear and fly straight up you idiot to avoid all the falling objects!!”

The acting was mediocre and probably the worst acting in the movie was by Danny Glover who played President Thomas Wilson. Every time the guy was on screen it was like pulling my thumbnails back it was so painful. Surprisingly the most annoying character was also one of my favorite characters and that was Charlie Frost (played by Woody Harrelson) who plays the radio personality that knows what’s going on and tries to warn as many people as will listen to him, and when the time comes for him to meet his doom he does so with joy and happiness.

John Cusack pretty much acted like he acts in EVERY role he plays, whether it’s an action movie or a romantic comedy. He does a good job but I’ve seen his acting before in every other show.

The plot was pretty basic for me and didn’t keep me excited to watch the movie. In fact it took me about 4 days to get through the entire movie cuz it didn’t grab my attention.


The ClearPlay Experience
I actually thought that ClearPlay did a pretty good job of taking out the language and excessive violence in the movie. There wasn’t many “skips” in the show which made the movie flow well. Most of the stuff it took out was language. I never felt as if I was missing out on some plot point so that’s always a bonus.


Rating of whether I would see the movie again:
1 = Definitely not!
2 = Probably not.
3 = Maybe.
4 = Probably.
5 = Absolutely!

Would I see the movie again? 2
Would I buy the movie? 1


(2012 is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action, some scary images, and language)