Short movie review: 2012

Knucklehead
Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
edited January 2011 in Music & Movies
Just finished watching it. Awesome special effects, a real workout for your H/T. I liked it, not tremedously, but enough to add it to the collection if for nothing else a possible demo disc for the H/T. Id give it a 7 out of 10.

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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2010
    I approve of this review.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited March 2010
    Just picked this up today in Blu Ray for $22, can't wait to get my TV back from the shop so I can watch it. Saw it in the theaters and it was pretty good, but can't wait to see how my rig can handle it.

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2010
    I got it sitting here from Netflix. Over 2 1/2 hours so didn't get around to it tonight with Lost being on. Checkin' it out tomorrow.

    Was it a typical human beings suck disaster flick or not?
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited March 2010
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Was it a typical human beings suck disaster flick or not?

    It was a "typical" end of the world type movie, but I must say Woody's character was a hoot, lol. IMHO, I think The day after tomorrow was better, but this movie was pretty good too. Can't wait to check out the Blu Ray though, the audio should be killer.

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited March 2010
    Just watched it, one hell-of-a kick **** ride. The Blu-ray is tops, fantastic a/v.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited March 2010
    the A/V saved this movie.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2010
    I agree Knuckle....it should SOUND awesome on blu-ray if recorded well! I didn't think that much of the film over all though.

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2010
    This movie was an hour too long. I was able to be entertained, but it was hard to leave the brain at the door on several occasions.

    Worth a rental for the audio.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited March 2010
    While the audio is fantastic there are many, many other Blu's that are just as good if not better, this film is all about the effects, some really killer CGI in this one. Not as good as Avatar's CGI but most of it was pretty damn impressive.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2010
    I was most disappointed with them ignoring the whole Mayan calender angle other than a brief mention. Kind of would have been nice if they would have weaved a time period piece in with present day stuff.
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited March 2010
    Demiurge wrote: »
    I was most disappointed with them ignoring the whole Mayan calender angle other than a brief mention. Kind of would have been nice if they would have weaved a time period piece in with present day stuff.

    I agree this movie could have been a lot more..... But I must admit that the Audio was spectacular on my system and I did enjoy the movie. Not in the same league with Ironman for example but entertaining. The story line and plot are a little weak but I tend to watch Sci-Fi for special effects, sound and to be entertained. This movie delivered for me and I would give it a solid 3 stars for that reason.
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited March 2010
    Ron-P wrote: »
    While the audio is fantastic there are many, many other Blu's that are just as good if not better, this film is all about the effects, some really killer CGI in this one. Not as good as Avatar's CGI but most of it was pretty damn impressive.

    Hey Ron, what other movies would you recommend for the SQ. I did enjoy the effects of this movie and would be interested in your picks. Thanks in advance.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited March 2010
    The Movie was OK,,,Good sound on Blu-Ray but not Great sound!
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited March 2010
    My girlfriend and I saw this at the theater, it was a waste of $20.00.

    I would rate this as barely worth a rental..and I mean barely!
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited March 2010
    Roy Munson wrote: »
    My girlfriend and I saw this at the theater, it was a waste of $20.00.

    I would rate this as barely worth a rental..and I mean barely!

    Wow Roy....I felt the same way. Except I spent 30 dollars. I was bored to tears with it, it was at least 30 minutes to long. Yes some of the effects were nice, but there is no way I will ever sit through this movie again.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited March 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    It was an awesome special effects movie.
    The road and earth fault visuals were amazing.
    The sound was riveting.
    For me, it is definitely a must have in a Bluray collection.
    I had 5 PSW505's operating with the LSi's on this one.

    All I can say is wow!:D

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  • Montoya
    Montoya Posts: 506
    edited March 2010
    The visuals and the sound are really good.
    The movie itself I thought was really really bad.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2010
    I wonder if they will get a set of sda's on the "ship" for future forum members?

    no more pull ups..........Nice
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  • mhmacw
    mhmacw Posts: 832
    edited March 2010
    i got up to make some more popcorn and didnt bother to pause it. cgi was fair but scenes were too long and lent a very unrealistic attitude. for a "oohhh scary end of the world " idea it was more like a glorified comic book movie. some decent names in it though. the wifes words at the end were "with that cast you would think one of them would have said something about how fake it was". to me that pretty much sums it up.
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  • rcrook317
    rcrook317 Posts: 280
    edited March 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    While audio is certainly worthwhile, IMO it is not anywhere near enough to justify a movie. Any fool can add booms to a movie. The question is, did the audio enhance the acting, plot, etc? Or was it gratuitous? Was the plot even semi-believable? Was the acting close to being good?




    No...and no......and no.
    This movie sucked...acting sucked....plot sucked.......only point of whole movie was the special effects.....save for a demo disc and nothing more.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited March 2010
    Bleh.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
    edited March 2010
    I saw it last night. From a geologic perspective, completely believable:rolleyes:

    The only good thing it was watched via Netflix, so it came out to costing us .95 to watch.
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    Thanks for the heads up folk! My local "mom and pop" video store loaded up on 2012 (about a dozen copies) and it has been rented out since. Your collective comments suggests that many copies will be on their for sale rack once the hoopla from the initial release dies down.

    I'll buy it unwatched for the $10 (the cost of a movie ticket) they ask when moving new release DVDs off of their shelves to make room for more incoming DVDs once the initial rental action dies down. Based upon what everone says here, something tells me that it will for this DVD.
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited March 2010
    I am gonna watch this either today or tomorrow. I am not really looking for a great movie and really just want to hear/see the effects. After the comments here i am noty expecting too much from it.
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  • moodyman
    moodyman Posts: 45
    edited March 2010
    Special effects aside...easily one of the worst movies I ever saw. I'm not even gonna rent it to see how it sounds at home.

    I refuse to spend another minute of my life associating with this movie...which is what I just did by responding to this thread...:mad:
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited March 2010
    Solid "Meh." from me.

    3/10. Mindless action flick that was twice as long as it should have been. Decent CG effects, but not near as good as i was hoping.

    Won't watch again. Ever.
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    I watched it last night and checked out certain scenes this morning. This has got to be one of the ultimate cheesy end of the world/disaster movies. Not only was a single city done in, but multiple ones. Whole continents!

    This is not not high drama, but along the genre of how well the disaster special effects are shown (if I am expecting "Gone with the Wind" drama, I don't buy/rent "Volcano"). About the only thing unknown in the movie, if you have watched a few of these, is whether or not the hero will survive to the very end (these types of flicks vary on that outcome). Everything else is pretty well predictable from a plot standpoint.

    I thought the special effect scenes and HT sound was pretty awesome. Sufficiently so, that I will probably pick up the BD, if for anything, for HT reference purposes. Something to demo what gear can do when auditioning.

    One technical thing not understood about the flick was the lack of menu audio choices. All it had was "English" - not the subvarients that dealt with decoding (5.1, 7.1, THX, etc) issues.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited April 2010
    With the stature of the actors involved (including John Cusack and Danny Glover, whether you actually like them or not BTW) and a Director that was behind the 1994 Stargate movie, as well as Independence Day in 1996, I was not expecting this to be so dismally horrendous as it was.

    I was surprised to find that I actually enjoyed it, maybe because I was feeling ill and didn't want to have to think too much that night, but this was so bad it is shocking IMO. I'd rate it 2 out of 5, maybe 3. I wouldn't say "don't watch it", but I wouldn't bother to own it. Just leave your brain in another room for safe keeping: it won't be needed.

    There's a second review thread here: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91182&highlight=2012
    Wikipedia page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2010
    I know I'm a bit behind on this one, but I just got around to watching it. I can't believe people actually liked this movie. What a steaming pile of dog ****. I like mindless action sometimes, but this one didn't have any redeeming qualities. Not funny. NOt an interesting story. WAY too long, and I only watched HALF before shutting it off. The special effects that you guys are somehow raving about were HORRIBLE, and I didn't even watch it on BluRay where I'm sure the ridiculously cheap-looking effects were even MORE noticeably bad. I only made it halfway through the movie, and in that HALF of the movie, FOUR separate scenes involved some mode of transportation (limo, then prop plane, then RV, then jumbo jet) trying to outrun some sort of natural disaster, being enveloped by said disaster briefly before emerging unscathed. What a load of hacky, uncreative crap.

    I give this movie negative two stars. That's two stars less than no stars at all.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2011
    Crap I was loooking forward to this. Now I don't even want to watch it...
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