You think you've seen end of the world movies before? Well, this one ends the world, churns it up and rips it apart.Why am i writing a review for this movie? Am not sure about that but am sure that most of us go watch this movie for its insanely spectacular pleasure and not based on a review. What am i going to write about this movie? Am not sure about that too.
Its a Roland Emmerich film, the king of disaster movies (Independence day, Godzilla, The day after tomorrow, 10,000 BC - his last film in itself being a disaster) its about doomsday, its got "never seen before kind of CGI", Its big budget, Its got hell lot of things blown up on screen. Comon, how many more reason do you need to watch a movie of this scale?
Just like the list of reasons to watch this movie, i could easily come up with a list of reasons to hate this movie. Its cliche to most parts. A few HD camera shots took away the drama element from the CGI. No empathy for the characters. No real way to convey hope (for those who love happy endings). Drama is a bore. There were more than couple of instances at which the protagonist's air plane was airborne while the runway was falling apart. 3 times is a charm if you are giving your graduation supplementary exams. Not cool. But, Who cares?
Its been long since I watched a movie pretentiously and 2012 gave me one helluva ride. You might come out of it criticizing every bit, but if it was not for this pleasure, we could've watched "Life is Beautiful". Ain't it?
Ha Ha, 'Life is beautiful' would make my day on any given time :-)
ReplyDeleteWe could've avoided this movie isn't? But how could any one review a thing without testing it :-)
ROFL,agreed that it's cliched to the core,even the so-called brand-new CGI too wasn't anything special,Avathar is light years ahead in that aspect!
ReplyDelete/You might come out of it criticizing every bit, but if it was not for this pleasure, we could've watched "Life is Beautiful". //
What do you mean by this?You mean Life is Beautiful was a good movie or bad one?I liked it though.:)
Ganesh, first- thank you for the comments.
ReplyDeleteThe state at which we audience approach 2012 and "life is beautiful" is miles apart. 2012 is a guilty pleasure which you know that is more commercial and you really go to watch for the huge explosions and buildings tumbling apart and not for its artistic value.
While "Life is beautiful" is a movie that remains in your heart as well as mind for years. Its a movie that makes you think.
My point is simple. We go to 2012 for that guilty pleasure which i mentioned earlier and 2012 doesn't disappoint you. If it was not for that guilty pleasure, we've got better cinemas to watch or watch "life is beautiful" again which can make our day isn't it?
Thanks for the clarification.
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