Veni Vidi Vici

Roland Emmerich, director of 2012 has previously directed movies like 10,000 BC, The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot. Well with a director of his credentials, this movie shouldn't be that bad right. Anyway 10,000 BC is a rubbish movie imho.

You are half right. Yes it isn't that bad, the CG effects are indeed over the top and the movie has a great cast. But something just doesn't feel right.

Neutrinos from the sun heats up the Earth's core, making the centre of the earth boil. This causes the crust that holds our tectonic plates to melt. Earthquakes and Tsunamis start occuring at all around the world. Super-countries began a project where they built few of this gigantic ships in China. The project was funded by the rich millionares all around the world, in exchange they were given a ticket or boarding pass for the ship.

It seems that the main characters are having their luckiest year of their lifetime. Plane taking off just before runway collapses, gliding through the sky avoiding all the lava that were spewed out from the volcano, driving just fast enough to avoid being hit by an explosion. It just seems to happen all the time throughout the entire movie.

I can't help but feel that some part of the show were pretty drag-ass with cheesy dialogue even in crunch situations. This explains why the movie is two and half hour long. Well at least we get to enjoy free aircon and a comfortable seat, except that i was seated in the FIRST row... at least i learn never to book movie tickets with a phone again.

Came across this, some of which were pretty hilarious.

100 things we've learned from 2012:
1. If you want to survive in 2012, take a couple of flight lessons.
42. Buy a Submarine before 12-21-2012.
60. If you make a call, hurry up and talk before the line goes dead!
117. When the world ends... the last thing ever made will read... "MADE IN CHINA"