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2012 [DVD] [2009]

2012 [DVD] [2009]Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 258 reviews
Sales Rank: 42

Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), English (Audio Description), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 152 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5035822062030
ASIN: B002T1HIDK

Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: March 29, 2010
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Now this is how you destroy the world. Roland Emmerich's 2012 pounces on a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it, gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of Saturday-matinee fun in the process. A scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. Just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan, a novelist (John Cusack) takes his kids on a trip to Yellowstone; later he'll hook up with his ex (Amanda Peet) and her new boyfriend (Tom McCarthy) in a global journey toward safety. If there is any safety. The suitably hair-raising plot lines are punctuated--frequently, people, frequently--by visions of mayhem around the globe: the Vatican falls over, the White House is clobbered (Emmerich's Independence Day was not enough on that score), and the California coastline dives into the Pacific Ocean. Unlike other action directors we could name, Emmerich actually understands how to let you see and drink in these vast special-effects vistas--and they are incredible. He also honors the old Irwin Allen disaster-movie tradition by actually shelling out for good actors. Cusack and Ejiofor are convincing even in the cheesiest material; toss in Danny Glover (the U.S. president), Woody Harrelson (a nut-bar conspiracy-theorising radio host), Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt, and you've got a very watchable batch of people. Emmerich hasn't developed an ear for dialogue, even at this stage in his career, and the final act goes on a bit too long. This is a very silly movie, but if you've got a weakness for B-movie energy and hairbreadth escapes, 2012 delivers quite a bit of both. --Robert Horton

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3 out of 5 stars 2012   September 2, 2010
Scotch Tilly

This was supposed to be a film right up my street.
The sort of film I`d put my feet up, settled down
on my own and really enjoy. Unforturnately not so.
I bought it on the back of such films as The day
after to-morrow and Flood etc. But although the
special effects and the graphics generally were
excellent the storyline dull in the telling
*** The arks were an inspired touch.



3 out of 5 stars Effective, but genre bound   September 2, 2010
Mr. C. Moore (England)
2012 is a 'blockbuster' movie. As others have said, don't expect deep messages (although I can't help wondering about the politics of the film), character development or plot twists.

As a disaster movie it does its job well. Thrilling CGI, tension, romance and, of course, lots of disaster. And John Cusack (Love him!). But I still wanted a bit more. Some odd twist or angle on the disaster movie genre. But no, 2012 faithfully reproduces every cinematic cliche going; the countdown to disaster, the troubled romance resolved by facing death, cute kids, boffins, the 'bad' guy; they're all here.

I don't mind a film simply being entertaining, but to become an interesting or even great film it has give me something new. For that reason I find post-apocalyptic film more interesting than disaster epics.

But it does have jaw-dropping effects and thrilling cliff-hangers. And John Cusack.


1 out of 5 stars Watch the trailer and save your money.   September 1, 2010
Simon McMahon (Chelmsford, Essex, UK)
I love disaster movies, and I have a soft spot for big summer popcorn films like this. I hated this film. Why? Because it's a terribly "un-fun" film. It's almost like Emmerich looked back at Independence Day and said "with current technology I can do the blowy up cities better". And that's what he tries to do.

Essentially the film is a series of disaster set pieces. We have a massive earthquake tearing apart LA. A super volcano. A couple of tsunamis (a ship capsizes in a nod to the Poseidon Adventure). The trouble is this film has no heart. John Cusack is estranged from his ex wife (original) who is now living with their kids and the stereotypical Very Successful Man. Can you take a wild guess how this family situation turns out? The only original thing here is that the VSM is actually likeable. There's also the American president (dignified), his daughter (professional but caring), a fellow who might be a geologist (passionate and caring - I wonder who he'll end up with) and a Russian millionaire (a bit of a selfish scumbag - who has the deepest voice I have ever heard, if the Earth ever spoke it would sound like him).

Despite all the action the film really drags. I thought we were nearing the end and realised we had over an hour left (in fact we had to stop the film and continue it the next night as we really did struggle with it). This could have lost 40 minutes and possibly worked better. Most of the set pieces go on a bit too long and as such end up losing their sense of threat and danger. Each one could easily have been trimmed here and there.

One of the biggest issues for me was the visual effects. Check out the trailer. You'll see the best bits. In fact it's almost as if they decided which shots would be in the trailer and spent more time working on them than the rest. The shots of LA when the earthquake hits in particular are just not very good. The 14 year old model work of Independence Day probably works better. There's no sense of weight in the 2012 scenes and it's almost as if they bit off more than they could chew and ended up with so many effects shots and not enough time to finish them off to a high standard. I found these weaknesses were very obvious on Blu-Ray.

In the end I found myself bored with this film. And as this is meant to be an action packed disaster film that's not right at all. It may not seem like it but I really was looking forward to this film, I loved Earthquake, The Towering Inferno, Twister and the Poseidon Adventure. I ended up feeling really let down. This tried to do so much in one film that I think it's lost its way and ends up being evern duller than The Day After Tomorrow. Like I said, download a high def version of the trailer and watch that back to back a few times. You really won't be missing that much.


4 out of 5 stars predictable on a spectacular scale!   September 1, 2010
Paul James Treslove (London)
I read many reviews on this movie before seeing it and so, according to the vast majority of negative ratings was prepared to watch a b class movie with good special effects. The main characters are likable but you can tell who is going to 'get it' and who will make it. The vehicles just ahead of explosions and just missing deadly obstacles are predictable. The people with no honorable intentions that get their comeuppance is predictable but the because the good guys are so good and funny and the scenes so epic the movie really hits the mark. I really enjoyed this movie and I dont generally take prisoners with films.


4 out of 5 stars 2012   August 30, 2010
Mr. A. Mcainey
What blockbuster is without holes and somewhat farfetched...this a typical blockbuster which my grandchildren love just for the CGI episodes of which there are many.It uses pretty well nearly every cliche in the book but as entertainment it succeeds hands down.Would love to see it on a 60 inch screen.

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