2012
 

Is anyone going to see this movie? :)

I'm debating it. The thing is that end of the world movies tend to be crap.

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When I saw the previews I was kinda disappointed. I just want to see it to see if they're gonna show the the things that are based on fact.

Such as?

I think it is going to be a stunningly beautiful movie in terms of computer graphics, but a stunningly stupid movie in terms of facts - like "The Day After Tomorrow." My husband, a chemistry and physics major, literally laughed out loud at the absurdity of the "science" in that blooper reel.

Will I pay to see it - probably, for the graphics (and perhaps the comedy).

I was thinking the exact same thing, "The Day After tomorrow". The thing that gets me though is that a lot of people buy the pseudoscience in movies like that.

I just want to see the Earth, Sun and Moon line up. (they're supposed to) I don't believe 12/21/2012 will be the end of time as we know it. I mean, only God knows that. I think the only reason why the Mayan calender ended on that day was because...well...it just ended. I don't think it has anything to do with the world ending. I honestly think they should have waited to show the movie on 12/21/2012. So, if we're still in the theater watching the movie, then it's a hoax.:p

Here's a pretty cool history channel documentary about it. It's kinda silly and I don't agree with it, but it's still pretty cool to watch, even though it's just man wanting to be God.:rolleyes:

I love the History Channel and this was the same documentary I watched.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4EiFeTQ3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77tRJ6CA5oY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR-ig1zWus0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_R464bAEs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnIDgOpKUno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejPEVmMDhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr_hjCNMLV0

I'm going to see this even though it's against my better judgement! :D

Do you mean all of the planets are going to be lined up?

Because I'm pretty sure the sun, Earth and moon line up pretty much every day :p

ETA: EXACT lineups being eclipses.

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Actually, they don't line up always. I meant lining up with the center of the galaxy along with the other planets.:)

Ha, ok. And obviously the planets have lined up before, but there has never been an EXACT allignment, nor will there ever be in all probability.

They have, but they're all "supposedly" lining up with the center of the Milky Way. According to the Mayans, that's going to cause a disaster. We shall see.:rolleyes:

I was trying to score some free tixs, so I wouldn't feel bad dropping $20+ for this movie, but I doubt it. There are better movies out there, tho'

I'll probably wait until it comes out on video. The only reason I'd see it at all is for John Cusack. ;)

That's the reason I'm going is to see it. The sun and planets can be in a chorus line in the film for all I care.

I have THIS question for the characters as they take off in a plane JUST in time to make it out of LA: Where are you going to land?

Hahahaha...that's why I can't see movies like this.

That part is what kinda makes me think it's gonna be kinda cheesy.

I'll probably go see it on Saturday or Sunday morning (where movies at AMC are super cheap, 5 bucks baby!).

I'm not seeing it because the acting is going to be supberb (did I spell that right?) or because it is so "realistic", but because of the special effects.

Hey this movie is by the dudes who did ID4 and Day After Tomorrow, so you know crap is going to get destroyed.

My question though, why is NYC always destroyed?

NYC is one of the most recognizable cities in the world. But it looked like a lot of well known landmarks were destroyed in 2012.

I still think the reason the Mayan Calendar ended in 2012 was cause they were lazy! lmao. Or it was one of those where they thought 2012 was a good number, cause shoot that was a loooong time away for them.

I'm still iffy on this movie. My cousin and I actually went to the theater cause we were gonna see it and then realized it wasn't out yet.

Just saw it last night with a few sisters. It was very entertaining! Personally, I don't think it was as bad as the reviews led me to believe. The CGI was absolutely stunning. We got there just as it was starting and the theater was packed, so we had to split up and a few of us (including me) sat right in the first row, which was pretty intense. Someone said earlier in the thread that it would be very graphically beautiful, and they were right.

That said, there were lots of "Oh, come on!" moments and some definite plot holes. A lot of things that happened were just too serendipitious to believable. John Cusack and his family are the luckiest people alive, apparently. You just have to suspend your sense of disbelief or you're not going to enjoy it. Granted, it was a movie about the end of the world, so everything's going to be a bit far-fetched. But the science, especially, was pretty ridiculous.

Some parts really were funny... the Russian billionaire is a hilarious character. But on the whole, it was certainly an action movie, and I spent most of the time being very nervous. And 2.5 hours is a long time to be nervous! I don't think there was any part where it lagged, though, despite it being so long.

To those who have seen it... call me a heartless bitch, but I was definitely on Anheuser's side at the end.

My boyfriend and I went to see another movie in the theater when the preview for 2012 came on... near the end of the preview, some guy shouted out "Well, damn, at least we've got three more years!" The whole theater cracked up. That said, I think that's about all I'm gonna get out of the movie.

Um, I think you summed it up pretty well. I have to throw in, from the moment "President Glover" appeared on the screen, I could not stop laughing.

Where do I even start with this movie? UGH...I did like the CGI, which is really why I went to see the movie. I will give away nothing so the rest of you can suffer as did I..oops I mean so you all can enjoy the movie.:D



Smart move.:cool:

I missed it this weekend, but I plan on seeing it next weekend. I keep hearing from people that it's an awesome movie.

They lied.:D

:eek::(

It was okay. Great special effects though!

Yeah that's about what I would expect.

No plot, cool CGI.

Now that football is over for us (son's team got CRUSHED by the defending state champion :(), my husband and I are going to see it one night this week at Studio Movie Grill - 5.00 tickets and alcoholic beverages served at your seat. I think the combination of cheap seats, booze and beautiful graphics (did I mention Chardoney?) will make for a wonderful date night :D

I saw it. ehh.

I'm seeing it this Saturday. I'm SO excited about it because a lot of people at school have been saying how good it was.:) The world ending as we know it in the year 2012? I don't buy that at all. I don't buy it because the Earth is forever changing and based on its history, the major changes took place in million year cycles. It's all based on time periods, like the Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretacious, Early and Late Tertiary, etc etc etc. The last major change took place during the Tertiary period which was about 25 million years ago, and still, now, everything looks similar with very little change. I mean, I know a million years isn't much on a geological time scale, it's just that picking the year 2012 for all of this to take place doesn't add up to me, ya know? However, I do expect some things to change because change is always happening...a few rivers and seas change, and continents only move maybe about 60 miles or so. I mean, the difference is hardly noticable. I honestly think the Earth will look about the same (with minor changes) even when we reach the calender year million. And I'm leaving out a polar icecap or two, and I'm also discounting human macro-intervention. Other than that, I think Earth will look the same IMHO. The year 2012 doesn't even come close.

Oh, but if the numbers or time periods don't add up, then I know I'm going to hate it. I hope it's realistic as in believable based on history, and not all "Hollywood" made up Disney stuff.:rolleyes:

I know this is about the movie, but since this is the "reason" behind the disasters in the movie, my question is why would all the planets aligning (lets face it would only be temporary, just like an eclipse) "destroy the earth"? Why would nothing happen to the other planets?

^^^ Because only on Earth does man exist, and according to Hollywood producers, man is evil and deserves to be destroyed. :rolleyes:

As for the Mayans or the Incans or whoever thought this was it, I guess they had to find some way to end the world. If they're right, then, see you in the next world!!

The gravity effects would have some effect on the other planets too. The bigger the planet the stronger its gravitational pull. It's actually worse on the other planets. Much worse, and I'm just speaking of climate changes, the weather, temperature, etc. alone.

Fixed it for you. ;)

The Mayans weren't aware of the Gregorian Calendar when they developed their own calendars, so they didn't know the year 2012 from Columbus.

FWIW, the Mayans traditionally used two calendars -- the Calendar Round (which is still used by some) and the Long Count Calendar (which hasn't been used in a long time). The Long Count calendar divided time into a variety of units -- 20 days made a uinal, 18 uinals made a tun, 20 tuns made a k'atun, and 20 k'atuns made up a b'ak'tun. Counting from the supposed date of creation, we are now in the 13th b'ak'tun, which will end in December 2012.

It is not at all clear what significance, if any, the Mayans attached to the end of the 13th b'ak'tun. Only a few old Mayan writings seem to associate it with major change of some sort.

The History Channel can be entertaining, but it's definitely not a source I'd rely on when it comes to something like this. The sensationalism and science fiction angles are going to win out over actual history and scholarship every time, I'm afraid.

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Thanks "Mr. Fix it guy." :p

And yes, these are all great points. I agree.

I should add, my fave parts were:

• Special effects
• Woody Harrelson
• LA sank
• the end. *edited*

Edited out

A complete waste of time and money.:mad: