As the December 21st date comes up, there a lot of questions about this date that the Mayan calendar supposedly predicted would be the day the world ends. So what is going to happen on December 21st? What's up with this Mayan calendar? Will there be a December 22nd? My personal opinion is that nothing much will happen. That said, 2012 is an interesting film about people trying to survive on this day. Frankly, it is one of the most plainest action films I have ever seen and quite disappointing.
It does have a nice cast that includes John Cusack, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson but there are just way too many characters in this film. You can still follow the movie but less characters would have been better here and maybe have caused it to be a little more realistic.
As a film idea, this is somewhat original and there appears to be a good amount of effort that was put into this film but frankly the screenplay is weak. It's an unrealistic film with characters doing too much and an ending that seems rather impossible. The first act of this film is also very slow without any excitement and it seems dead.
Billed as a big blockbuster, you would really expect some great action scenes. The action here is visually appealing but really the scenes are just ok and could have been better. There isn't much to the action scenes and these should have stood out more considering the subject of the film.
The ending has some worthwhile action to it and it also might be a bit scary for some. While the ending may have some problems, it might be one of the film's few highlights. It does show what this film really could have been and the potential that it had.
As doomsday comes, there are some questions without answers. The film 2012 provides it's answer but I didn't care for it. I see it as a film with bad ideas from 2009 that really missed it's mark.
2/5
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