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[personal profile] loracs and I went to see 2012 at the Bayfair. It was mainly my fault, [personal profile] loracs didn't particularly want to see it, but I like a movie with lots of explosions and then there was John Cusack. So I was going to see it no matter how many people thought it was horrible. Guess what? I liked it quite a bit. I will not defend the premise because there just isn't any defense. It's stupid stupid stupid. Oh and did I say it was stupid? Mutated neutrinos superheating the earth's core and from what I could gather from the plot the neutrinos "melted" the core? Anybody know that the earth's core is already "melted"? So much silliness! Anyway I don't require my action movies to make a whole lot of sense, so ignoring the premise was standard operating procedure for me.

The movie doesn't really rate a thoughtful review, so I'll just give you some of my likes and dislikes. The first escape from the cascade of disasters was the best one. John Cusack driving the limo through a disintegrating LA. Managing to grab a plane and getting his ex's husband to fly it out was just fun to watch. Love John Cusack. Love Amanda Peet, although they didn't give her much to do. Oliver Platt plays a great bad guy and Chiwetel Ejiofor who plays a geologist is getting to be a great favorite of mine. There's some real subtlety in his acting that manages to come across even in this big loud movie. I also thought that the kids of John Cusack's character were real fully formed and well acted.

I loved the Russian pilot and really wished the Russian mistress would've lived. Loved the little bit of Buddha talk. I really wish they hadn't connected it up to the Mayan calendar stuff.

Okay let the derision and throwing of rotten tomatoes commence. I have the regulation headgear.
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