'2012' Makes Audience Wish for End
John T. Johnson
Issue date: 11/16/09 Section: Features
Actually, in all fairness, the effects are worse than some of the video games that are out there. The bigger the effects get, the worse they look. Roland Emmerich's "Independence Day" contained special-effects that were mostly done using practical effects with some CG elements, and they still look better than the effects contained within this flick.
Another big problem with the film is that it is all over the place. There are too many characters, and it is hard to follow any one storyline, even Curtis'. At any given point in the film, it follows Curtis for a bit before jumping to the White House officials before then moving on to two old men on a cruise liner which then jumps to some old fart who seems more worried about saving famous art pieces than human lives. If that long sentence made your brain freeze for a second, then you know how I felt throughout the entirety of this film.
The first thing negative about all of these characters is that it drives the film's running time up to an unbearable two hours and 40 minutes. Had Emmerich decided to cut a few of the storylines, such as the man who is trying to save the art pieces or the two men on the cruise ship, the story would have been tighter and, at least, a little more entertaining.
Well, that is if Emmerich and fellow writer Harald Kloser had made their main characters more relatable and sensible people. Curtis himself is one of the worst fathers who has ever appeared in film. He has no problem with putting his children in danger when he should have made them stay behind with their mother. His ex-wife, Kate (Amanda Peet), also does nothing in the film to be proactive. All she can do is scream bloody murder when Curtis runs off into danger with one of her children.
The film is a CG-laden mess with too many characters and sub-plots. There are a hundred ways to spend $200 million, and this is one of the worst films of the year.
Another big problem with the film is that it is all over the place. There are too many characters, and it is hard to follow any one storyline, even Curtis'. At any given point in the film, it follows Curtis for a bit before jumping to the White House officials before then moving on to two old men on a cruise liner which then jumps to some old fart who seems more worried about saving famous art pieces than human lives. If that long sentence made your brain freeze for a second, then you know how I felt throughout the entirety of this film.
The first thing negative about all of these characters is that it drives the film's running time up to an unbearable two hours and 40 minutes. Had Emmerich decided to cut a few of the storylines, such as the man who is trying to save the art pieces or the two men on the cruise ship, the story would have been tighter and, at least, a little more entertaining.
Well, that is if Emmerich and fellow writer Harald Kloser had made their main characters more relatable and sensible people. Curtis himself is one of the worst fathers who has ever appeared in film. He has no problem with putting his children in danger when he should have made them stay behind with their mother. His ex-wife, Kate (Amanda Peet), also does nothing in the film to be proactive. All she can do is scream bloody murder when Curtis runs off into danger with one of her children.
The film is a CG-laden mess with too many characters and sub-plots. There are a hundred ways to spend $200 million, and this is one of the worst films of the year.
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posted 11/17/09 @ 10:46 PM CST
First and foremost this a bad review the special effects are quite amazing while the acting is so-so who cares this movie had everyone in the theater I was in on the edge of there seat your just bad at reviewing movies
Lewis Agrell
posted 11/18/09 @ 10:16 AM CST
First, and foremost, this is a popcorn movie. It is escapist fare. It is exciting. It is fun. And, the special effects were extraordinary - it looks positively, absolutely like the real thing, which is why the CG guys make the big bucks. (Continued…)
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