2012
I’ve been waiting and waiting for this movie to arrive. I ordered it from CH Canada on March 2nd or 6th, and I finally got it 3 days ago. I was beginning to think there was some fuck up and that I’d never get it.
Anyway, this is one I wanted to see at the theatre because the effects looked good, but agoraphobic me, never got around to it. So I was forced to watch on a 52″ screen which I thought was good enough.
The story line is roughly the same as War of the Worlds. In this one, the estranged father is John Cusack, not Tom Cruise. And, of course, the son has problems relating to the absentee dad and prefers the new husband/boyfriend; that is, until the old dad becomes a hero. And this movie is no different than that one in it’s “dad the hero” conclusion.
There are no aliens ready to attack the world in this one, instead, the earth’s crust is shifting and so the world is going to end – sooner than was predicted by the experts, so there’s the big rush to get on those ‘arks’ that were built to house the elite who paid $1 billion euros to have themselves saved.
Usual happy ending, or usual somewhat happy ending in some movies, and the arks withstand the tumultuous weather, tidal waves brought on by the shattering earth, yada yada yada.
The only reason you’d want to see this movie is for the effects. However, with that said, you get to see some of the same effects again and again and again. And again. I liked the effects, but *yawn* what can you do next?
I own the movie so I like it. I’d watch it again just for the effects, but it is overly long. Is every stinking movie 3 hours these days? Is that supposed to make us feel that we got our money’s worth?
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Female, taken, fire, Sagittarius, Monkey, Toronto, two kids, one grandson, IT.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
Wow!! I didn’t know CH was still around, it’s been long time since I’ve heard them mentioned.