| 2012 [DVD] [2009] | ![2012 [DVD] [2009]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nftOoXUML._SL75_.jpg) | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: £9.85
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 30
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 152 Minutes
EAN: 5035822062030
ASIN: B002T1HIDK
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: March 29, 2010 (In 19 Days)
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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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 FOR THOSE WHO GO TO MOVIES. March 8, 2010
Peter Morrison (Nottingham, UK)
So it is 2012 and the Mayans were right when they send the world was going to come to an end, but this is no film about stalking catacombs or a couple of heroes trying to stop the event and by the way it is not a film for the type of person who wants to spend two hours having their social awareness stimulated.
This is a movie in the original sense of the word.
In the old days they used to put lists on the bill boards of the epic things you were going to see when you paid your money and they put the thrills up there on the screen in return for your money so this film fits right in that corner. You get to see what happens when the San Andreas fault splits and Old Yellowstone blows its top and the Granddaddy of all tidal waves and there are some truly funny running jokes in this visual treat. yes the humour is black, but this is about the end of the World folks. To go to a movie like this and complain about the storyline is akin to going to a Circus and then complaining that the evening lacked the gentility of a night at the theatre watching Shakespeare.
The film is a Roller coaster ride (almost literally). You take the slow ride up to the top and away you go. All it requires is a desire to enjoy yourself. I wonder how many people sat through the original King Kong and moaned about the fake Monkey? and no I am not comparing this film to King Kong.
Yes the script could have been better, but then I am still laughing at the fact that Avatar was nominated for for best film even though being a copy of the old cartoon film - Fern Gully.
Possibly the best written film I watched in recent years was Dark Knight, but it failed as entertainment because I left the film feeling slightly mind raped.
In short then. if you sit down to this just wanting to be entertained, you won't be disappointed. The film delivers just what it promises. No more; no less.
it was entertaining March 7, 2010
falcon (canada)
if nothing else,this end of the world flick form disaster specialist Roland Emmerich was entertaining.there sure was a lot of CGI used here.in fact probably ninety percent of the movie is comprised of it. December 21,2012 is the day that the Mayans predict a cataclysmic event will occur on earth,which has led to speculation that the world as we know will cease to exist.the movie only makes passing reference of the Mayans,and instead just focuses on on the destruction and mayhem side of things.maybe it's just me,but the special effects don't seems to have improved much in the last six years or so since the The Day After Tomorrow another big budget disaster opus,also from Roland Emmerich,which had a nearly comparable amount of CGI.or maybe i'm just jaded,and CGI really isn't that exciting more.either way,2012 failed to fully engage me,on an excitement level.the story.however,in its favour,unlike many flicks of the sub genre,there were no real maudlin or sappy moments,no over the top corn ball inspirational speeches.and i loved Woody Harrelson's character.i also thought Thandie Newton was good as well.the movie wasn't boring.and for a movie that clocks in at 150 minutes before the end credits roll,that's something.for me,2012 is a 3/5
 Go out to Nando's instead... March 7, 2010
B. J. Revett (London, UK)
I wondered out the cinema thinking about the 3 hours i just wasted... The previews looked awesome. The suspense was killing me. I thought The Day After Tomorrow would be built on here but oh no! I almost felt this film borders on mockery - an unserious attempt to make money out of a serious situation. I truly hope this film is consigned to the dustbin of history.
 Good video & audio, lousy film. March 4, 2010
John H. Gruver (Moss Beach, CA USA)
Watched this movie (Netflix rental) in U.S. 03MAR10. Actors don't/can't act (except the dog). Movie's premise is ridiculous. Special effects are weak (e.g., USS John F Kennedy washing onto the White House - doh!). Movie's situations are contrived and disjointed and too many. All-in-all, a lousy film. The video and DTS HD-MA audio are great.
Brilliant! March 4, 2010
Sera69
This is a ridiculous movie in every respect.
Incredibly dodgy science walks hand in hand with miraculous coincidence and appallingly bad story lines. With that in mind, why the 5 stars? Because, with a whole heap of Schadenfreude, this is one of the great comedies of our time.
Oh yes, I really mean it!
2012 is not in the 'So bad it's awful' category of films like the Keanu Reeves remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Nor is it 'So bad it's good' that you have to see it like Plan 9 From Outer Space or Battlefield Earth. 2012 is genuinely funny!
From Woody Harrelson commentating on the greatest volcanic eruption ever "I wish you guys could see what I'm seeing" and what we are seeing is his chunky builders butt; to John Cusack's deadpan "We're going to need a bigger plane" when he finds out he has to fly to China; to the wildly spinning clock that jumps from seconds to minutes, counting down to the moment the tidal wave hits; to a riotous, Oscar worthy, performance by Zlatko Buric who steals every scene as the jowly Russian oligarch Yuri Karpov: "Engine, shtooooooaart!" To truly brilliant, yet absurdly hilarious (here is where the Schadenfreude comes in), special effects: flying trains, USS JFK destroying the White House, Hawaii in flames.
How can you not laugh when every convention of the disaster movie is rolled out before you in such crystal clarity? When every obvious plot developement is followed to the letter? The plane that out runs Yellowstone's eruption. The ex-husband pitted against the interloping new boyfriend for his families affections. The car that is faster than Tectonic quakes. The lowly scientist forced front and centre by his theories. The huge boats that survive the compete shift of earths crust regardless of the unprecedented 'getting out of the bath' kind of tidal waves it would create.
Roland Emmerich has to have made 2012 with tongue firmly in cheek!
The story is clichéd. A great majority of the science is bunk. The effects are great but utterly unrelated to how the events would actually happen. The heroics are impossible. Even the politics are risible. And don't get me started on the emotional subplots in the script!
But 2012 is genuine, genuine fun. With a capital LOL! It's a LOLaster movie! I honestly have not laughed so much since QI's moonwalking bird.
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