The ultimate disaster movie "2012" stormed to the top of the box office on its opening weekend with one of the biggest takes of the year, topping just over $200 million.My Comment: Ah, love good end of the world disaster film - have not seen one since Will Smith's Independence Day (Sequel currently in the works on this one, as well). The premise of the movie has largely associated extreme natural events in a catastrophic end of the world scenario (According to someone's questionable interpretation of the Mayan calendar).
But, The Sky Is Falling!
Classified as an 'Action/Adventure' - this is always a cautious road and the movie has not received favorable reviews.
To begin, the movie stars John Cusack of all people (Presumably, Nick Cage was not available) as 'Last man standing, but only I know how to save the world' lead character in a succession of equally stale world ending cliches that we have all come to know and love.
Greed Is Good
Having said, I believe the movie could have made even greater return if perhaps a more interesting and attractive leader with obvious sex appeal such as Jason Statham, Gerard Butler, or Josh Duhamel were cast in the main role. Because if the world is ending and I happen to be watching a movie about the world ending, I want to see eye candy...
The resounding point of the picture being, what does it really matter if the story is completely deplorable without conviction and/or logic, if the method of delivery is spectacularly senseless (In this case, a generous lobbing of disastrous laden special effects). We do not need to explain or understand scientific or cultural hyperbole and historic rhetoric for our baseless beliefs concerning the end of the world, as it's obvious we have no clue - so, let's just have some speculative fun as we enjoy our last days of the speculative apocalypse...
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