2012 (2009/I)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers (WGA):

Roland Emmerich (written by) &
Harald Kloser (written by)

Release Date:

13 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

We Were Warned.

Plot:

An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. |

Plot Keywords:

Cataclysm | Future | Boob Job | Scientist | Geology

US Showtimes:

The Bridge: Cinema de lux

11:55am | 12:55pm | 3:20 | 4:20 | 6:45 | 7:45 | 8:30 | 11:55am | 3:20pm | 6:45 | 8:30

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Cast

John Cusack	...	Jackson Curtis
Amanda Peet	...	Kate Curtis
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Adrian Helmsley
Thandie Newton	...	Laura Wilson
Oliver Platt	...	Carl Anheuser
Thomas McCarthy	...	Gordon Silberman (as Tom McCarthy)
Woody Harrelson	...	Charlie Frost
Danny Glover	...	President Thomas Wilson
Liam James	...	Noah Curtis
Morgan Lily	...	Lilly Curtis
Zlatko Buric	...	Yuri Karpov
Beatrice Rosen	...	Tamara
Alexandre Haussmann	...	Alec
Philippe Haussmann	...	Oleg
Johann Urb	...	Sasha

Also Known As:

Farewell Atlantis (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some language.

Runtime:

158 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44575) | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Norway:11 | Japan:G | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Sweden:11 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Iceland:10 | Brazil:12 | Malaysia:U

Filming Locations:

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

The doomsday theory has sprung from a Western idea, not a Mayan. Mayans insist that the world will not end in 2012. The Mayans had a talent for astronomy, and enthusiasts have found a series of astronomical alignments they say coincide in 2012, including one that happens roughly only once every 25,800 years. Once every 25,800 years, the sun lines up with the center of our Milky Way galaxy on a winter solstice, the sun's lowest point in the horizon. The next time that will happen is on December 21, 2012; which happens to be the same day the Mayan calender expires. In addition to the Mayan calendar, the modern doomsday myth is bolstered several ostensibly scientific reasons for a disaster. Examples include a pole shift, the "return" of Planet X or the Sun's sinister counterpart Nemesis, a galactic, planetary, or other celestial alignment, global warming, global cooling, a massive solar flare, a new ice age, and so on. None of these have any basis in respected science. For example, the "galactic alignment" between the sun, Earth, and galactic center happens every December. The best alignment was reached in the 1990s and was accompanied by its own set of doomsday theories. Alignments since then have been increasingly poor.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Near the beginning of the movie, a massive and sudden tide hits the ocean liner Genesis while she is preparing to sail, making her collide against the docks quite hard. Such an impact would have caused significant damage to the ship and the need for immediate repairs; yet the trip is neither delayed nor canceled. (Furthermore, when we later see the Genesis at sea, the ship shows no signals of having crashed.)

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Jackson Curtis: It's not just California... it's the whole world!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Zombieland (2009)

Soundtrack:

Time for Miracles

Good cataclysmic Action, but waayyy to much bad kitsch

I loved the first half of the movie with Roland Emmerich seemingly back to form (from his disastrous "10,000 B.C."). But as the movie drags on, even the smallest character gets his "i have to say goodbye to my loved ones"-scene - which becomes quite annoying after you've watched this for the 5th time in a row. then comes a great destruction scene and then we're back in soap-opera territory. don't get me wrong, basically that can be said about most of Emmerich's movies - they are just popcorn cinema - leave your brain at the ticket counter. still, i enjoyed the likes of "Independence Day" or even "The Day After Tomorrow". But the one thing, he can't do properly is "good"-emotional cinema - which works fine in some of his other movies when his pathos-laden, goofy dialogue writing doesn't get in the way of the big explosions - it fit's, makes them funnier to a point. unfortunately this doesn't work for 2012. if somebody could actually cut this movie down to 90minutes running time, i'd even be lining up for a second ticket.