Review of 2012 (2009) by Dylan D — 27 May 2015
A few years prior to the movie's namesake, audiences are treated to a big but not completely dumb End-of-the-World flick that itself is far from being a disaster, even if anyone who seems hellbent on faulting it for not being the next Gone With the Wind would otherwise have people believe.
No, 2012 isn't Gone With the Wind -- nor does it want to be -- but darn it if it isn't big, fun, and even a bit moving in places, a perfect popcorn movie that's everything it promises to be and even just a little bit more but without reaching for unattainable or unreasonable heights.
2012 has its flaws -- few movies don't -- but they're easy to ignore considering they're positively dwarfed by the film's scope, scale, special effects, sound, and even just a little bit of heart amidst the disaster movie clichà (C)s and formula construction.
2012 is easy to dismiss outright but hard not to enjoy once the lights dim and the curtains open, Director Roland Emmerich's picture the bearer of bad news but the bringer of one of the year's most entertaining and surprisingly effective movies.
This review of 2012 (2009) was written by Dylan D on 27 May 2015.
2012 has generally received mixed reviews.
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