Escape to the Movies: 2012

[Ancientgamer]

Moviebob has been my favorite escapist feature for a while now.


Its also nice to see MB actually knows some stuff about film-making. It's nice to see a movie that makes use of interesting shot compo instead of the "Hurr Durr same 3 film textbook shots for every scene in the damn movie" we are getting a lot of.

 

[Lenny Magic]

I don't care what he says, Godzilla is F***ing awesome. The whole reason I would want to see this movie is because it is by the same director as the remake.

Now I'm going to go stick my head in a bucket and cry, I hope you are happy

 

[Highlandheadbanger]

I was shocked the low score 2012 got at ign, I was looking forward to it for awhile and I was planning on avoiding it, or was until I saw moviebob's review. Also 2012, it's the whole Y2K in a snappy new package.

I agree, the Mayans did a good job of setting up their calender for the next thousand years or so. I think it's more an issue of "you know, we've set up the calender for the next thousand years or so, why not take a break?" then any warnings of foreboding doom. I've researched numerology, geomancy and other stuff of the sort, you'd be shocked at the scale of Religious figures, New Age diviners, Mathmeticians who've predicted the end of the world and which have now passed us by already.

I think the audience is big enough for it, The Escapist talks alot about the psychology of games and related philosophy and psychology all the time, this would be a good addition to what they already do.

 

[DaBozz]

Woah, Mr. Chipman makes an appearance in real life. 2012 is possibly made for people who believe in this doomsdate.

He's appeared before, back before he had his own weekly video he showed his face in "The escapist presents" where he talked about the bafta's and the lack of batman.

 

[orangebandguy]

The Michael Bay shot actually made me slobber some of my drink down my front. I wasn't expecting to laugh like that.

It seems silly but you're right, nobody sees those movies for the plot just for the destruction.

 

[The Real Sandman]

It's about fucking time someone else other than me called out the bullshit of the 2012 theory.

And besides, even if the world really will end come 2012...what-chya gonna do?

We have NO control over the apocalypse (SRSLY SRPRIZD FACE11!), kinda like how we have no control over whether your family dies in a car crash, or your best friend contracts cancer, or if someone goes on a shooting rampage in your local mall. If you're not afraid of these things happening, then by that logic there is no reason why you should be afraid of the end of the world. Feeling nervous about it is fine, but if you're out right terrified, then you should NEED to chill the fuck out and have some ice cream.

If the total genocide of humanity starts 2012, next year, or tomorrow even, I say let it come.

 

[Dan Shive]

I'm not afraid of the world ending in 2012. I AM afraid of people who THINK it's going to end acting like nutjobs with nothing to lose in a manner reminiscent of Y2K and causing all sorts of trouble and danger as a result of it.

So yeah, my counterpoint to MovieBob's assertion that people who believe this deserve to get advantage of is maybe they do, but plenty of other people might suffer for their idiotic hysteria and this movie is not helping.

At least, I suspect it's not. A potential benefit could be the idiots in question seeing this movie, realizing how ridiculous their assertion is, and calming the heck down in time for the actual year 2012. This is assuming idiots will have intelligent realization, however, so that may be optimistic at best.

 

[Archaon6044]

lol win! i want to se this now, pity it won't be out in the UK for a while
great review!

 

[D4rkLigh7]

I'm planning to see this today, good to know that its an actually good movie.

 

[Herr Wozzeck]

Yeah, the whole 2012 thing will probably blow over. If the Mayan calendar said anything about it ending there, well, it would join the hundreds of other apocalypse predictions that have not come true throughout human history. I don't see anybody talking about those things at all.

As for seeing 2012, I had already made my mind up to see it seeing as how I enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow immensely as an action movie. It's improbable, but it's still very fun to watch. And 2012 looks pretty much like exactly the same deal with the improbability of the disaster's scale but the fun times of watching stuff get destroyed/ characters outrun natural events, so I was sold on this pretty much while everybody else was speculating it would be bad.

And plus, there's no denying that Emmerich, as Bob says here, knows how to set up a shot. Hell, I still remember the final shot of Day After Tomorrow like I've seen it yesterday!

As well, it sees we see the face of the man who talks fast. Now all that's left is to figure out where he frequently hangs out so I can catch a glimpse of him. (please let it be close to Symphony Hall, please please please please pleeeeease...)

 

[theownerer]

Haha that was great. Loved the beginning and il probly go watch this movie now.

 

[Macar]

I'm not going to see this movie, like so many films MovieBob has given rave reviews. I know it's not something I'd really enjoy. That said, I'm still always fascinated by the anylisis and the interesting observations that you cant get anywhere else

 

[BenzSmoke]

Wha? I was expecting this to be a bad movie. Well, I'm pleasantly surprised.

I also agree with the opening bit. If you think the apocylapse is going to happen 2012 you should be smacked. Also, the image break-down was a plus.

 

[The Great JT]

I'm still hesitant to warm up to 2012, mostly because of Godzilla. Yeah, you can say that it's petty of me to be like that, but I can't help it. It was JUST THAT BAD.

 

[Raregolddragon]

But I am paranoid person on a normal day.

I think shit is going to go down all the time.

I have a min-vault in my backyard made of an old cold-war bunker that now has means to grow plants underground and to purify water and a stockpile of military rations that have a shelf life of 70 years. I also have guns and lots of ammo.

 

[The3rdEye]

Damn! Whats with the stars of the videos of the escapist looking nothing like their voices let on, and a bit on the hideous side of the handsome/beatiful spectrum!?

On a more serious note, nice review, even if your appearance did fill me with a sense of shock, awe, and disgust.

It's not PC or even "nice" but damn did I laugh. Flashbacks to Wayne's World 2 and Handsome Dan anyone?

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Even if this movie is shite I'm still going to see it. I love seeing crap being blown up, and have a certain love for visual effects and it certainly won't be the first time I watched a movie for purely aesthetic reasons only to be let down in every other regard... Transformers... Matrix Revolutions... Wing Commander...

And for all the people going "Wah, why do you think the world is going to end in 2012, it so isn't!", why stir the pot? Unless you're worried about a sudden rush on bottled water and canned beans at the supermarket, there's really no advantage to speaking against doom sayers. There are a lot of things that make little to no sense that are widely believed and if you don't include yourself in that particular group of believers that just grin and bear it.


It's a god damned movie, people.

 

[A random person]

I was very surprised to see it get a good review from moviebob. Still on the fence about seeing it, though.

Also, where's 2012 won't happen when you need him?