2012 – Directed by Roland Emmerich – Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson
As a movie, 2012 is featuring hilarious and more last-minute rescues than an old time serial. People going to “2012” as a movie will be disappointed, but if you going to it as an amusement park ride you will have a tremendous time, because it has a special effects extravaganza about the end of the world where you have a ringside seat.
It is about the Mayan calendar prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012. In a few quick scenes filled with important-sounding scientific mumbo jumbo, we learn that the Earth’s core is overheating. Scientist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) brings this to the attention of top presidential aide Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt) and suddenly finds himself planning to save a remnant of humanity before it’s too late.
The film quickly skips from the present to 2012, where things are heating up… literally. A crazed radio broadcaster (Woody Harrelson) tries to warn people, but the only one taking him seriously is divorced science fiction writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), who figures out something odd is going on while camping with his kids at Yellowstone National Park. When they’re picked up by the Army for trespassing in a restricted area, Helmsley recognizes Curtis as the author of one of his favorite books.
Then Curtis is trying to get his ex-wife (Amanda Peet) and his kids to the “arks” the government is building, even as the roads start crumbling away just feet behind his car. This is repeated later as a runway disintegrates just behind their plane as they’re taking off. Director Roland Emmerich doesn’t expect you to take this seriously. He wants you to enjoy the thrill ride.
The special effects are incredible. You can watch Pasadena collapse block-by-block, and even though part of your brain knows it’s all done by computer, it’s still edge-of-your-seat excitement.
So wanna see the film ? 
