2012

cheerfulgreek · #1 11-11-2009, 03:40 PM

Is anyone going to see this movie?

Psi U MC Vito · #2 11-11-2009, 03:41 PM

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

cheerfulgreek · #3 11-11-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

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

lol
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.

Psi U MC Vito · #4 11-11-2009, 03:46 PM

Such as?

cheerfulgreek · #5 11-11-2009, 04:10 PM

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Such as?

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.

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.

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

ASTalumna06 · #6 11-11-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I just want to see the Earth, Sun and Moon line up. (they're supposed to)

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

ETA: EXACT lineups being eclipses.

cheerfulgreek · #7 11-11-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

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

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

ASTalumna06 · #8 11-11-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

lol
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.

epchick · #9 11-12-2009, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I think the only reason why the Mayan calender ended on that day was because...well...it just ended.

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.

littleowl33 · #10 11-14-2009, 11:14 AM

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.

NinjaPoodle · #11 11-14-2009, 04:15 PM

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.

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Originally Posted by littleowl33

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.

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

Smart move.

srmom · #12 11-11-2009, 03:50 PM

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).

Psi U MC Vito · #13 11-11-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by srmom

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.

NinjaPoodle · #14 11-11-2009, 04:11 PM

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

Leslie Anne · #15 11-11-2009, 07:54 PM

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