2012 : Movie Review

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We all know of the long old prediction by the Mayans that the world will witness total destruction on the the 21st of December 2012 and our imagination has run a long way thinking about "the" day! There have been so many movies with the concept of destruction of the world, Armageddon was jaw dropping, war of the worlds was decorated with superb performances and then there was The day after tomorrow which was a good effort. But here comes 2012, which probably was expected to be the best of them all. Unfortunately apart from special effects, the movie is a waste. The performances by the actors are dull, the concept is no big surprise. If I'm applauding then the applause is only for the special effects team who did a AWESOME job. But somewhere I feel there were a lot of glitches in the story. To point out one, in the movie, it was said that the Mayans believed that total planetary eclipse will occur on 12.21.12, so that means there will be total darkness on almost each and every planet. Nowhere in the movie is there night time or even darkness except for a few scenes, and even those scenes are before the calamity starts. Another, is the cracking of ground or in technical terms - the crust of the earth! There are so many scenes of ground just tearing apart that it gets boring to see it again and again, and again. And even worse was to see the ground tear apart so dramatically. I felt I was watching another Final Destination movie. Enough cons, a few pros are also there. The movie has a at par performance by John Cussack and Thandie Newton. Special effects where jaw dropping and superbly defined. Verdict : 6/10