"...Sheer, cynical, mind-numbing, time-wasting, money-draining, soul-sucking stupidity." Rolling Stones, Peter Travers and his review of the new Roland Emmerich movie, 2012.

As much as I'd LOVE to agree with him, my mind is falling victim to this utterly speechless work of terror, destruction, emotion, fear, and hope. I've never before walked out of a theater so tense. I've never before laughed, shaked, jumped, or cried in the same movie. It's very difficult to talk about how this movie is because my thoughts are being overrun with scenes and scenarios that I just witnessed. Remarkable.

I'm not going to lie, I was very reluctant to be dragged to the movie theater to see this movie because to say the least, I'm SICK of worrying about how I could possibly die. As soon as the first scene opened, and the film began to turn, I was oddly drawn to this frightening plot for a movie. Although you enter the theater room planning to see your doom, Rolland has managed to intertwine a corky sense of humor within the script-- breaking the ice as I liked to see it. (Or at least that's what it did for me) ((I really needed it)).

2012 has beat out the movie that ruled the top spot (in my book) for the best disaster graphics, which was 'Knowing'. (Another movie I vow never to watch again for the sake of my sanity)

*********CONTINUE READING IF YOU DON'T MIND KNOWING SOME OF THE DISASTERS THAT TAKE PLACE********









For the opening catastrophe, L.A. tectonic plates are majorly shifted of course due to continuous heating of the earths core. What does that mean? You got earthquakes, cracks a mile in width, falling buildings, screaming people, and John Cusak and his family trying to get to the airport. From all the homes crashing to the ground, the crazy poop-infested limo drive through a smashing building, and a plane ride over Earth's crumbling crust, things start to get intense.

From here on to the next memorable disaster scene, they managed to keep my attention, don't worry.

My favorite scene/graphics of the whole movie took place in the eruption of Yellowstone's super volcano. Yea, Yellowstone National Park is a super volcano. (Super volcano = end of the United States of America) In my point of view, smoke is a very easy target to tell whether a movie's graphics are worthy of being commended, and I commended this scene A LOT. The crazy camper ride around blazing fireballs and over more crackling crust almost made my heart beat it's last beat. I was genuinely scared. (NO-- dying a fiery death is not one of my O-KAY ways to leave this wonderful planet) Let me reveal, that the best shot I have ever seen in any movie takes place during this madness. It's a view of John Cusak running for dear life with a massive cloud of lava/smoke/ash/rock barreling toward him. Sadly, it is only in the movie for a split-second but I do hope you feel the same rush that I felt.

The rest of the movie is full of more havoc, and yes, the emotional parts are EMOTIONAL. (Duh, the world is coming to an end)

Even though the the destruction that takes place in this movie is logically impossible to happen all at once, I felt the fear and anguish that the majority of the population of the world felt in this movie. I felt humor/fear/anger all jumbled up into this thing we call '2012'. SHOULD you worry about it in the real world? No. I've become comfortable with the idea that humanity might actually live to see 2013, so don't pee your pants just yet.

MUST I rate this movie? CAN I rate this movie? No. I have a big problem with comparing and rating movies amongst different genres.

But of all the other 'end of time' movies I have scene,

10/10

Go spend your money kids, you won't be disappointed. ;]