2012

PG-13

Released Nov 13, 2009

2 hr. 38 min.

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.

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Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length.

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Blu B

Terrible. It's a Epic Disaster Movie Pun fully intended. The acting isn't good. Cusack is ok and Chiwetel is actually not that bad ans some good moments. He;s probably the best thing in the film. Everyone else is just ok because there is too many characters with generic backgrounds, half the time are just doing plot expose dumps. Cusack is made out to be the main focus but honestly halfway through I forgot he was even in it which is crazy given the runtime. The music also isn't good. It's either boring, generic, and forgettable or sleepy and lifeless. I swear it alternates between the two like clockwork. The editing also is subpar. It jumps around constantly with pointless subplots that never tie together. You could honestly cut pretty much any given storyline save for maybe Pratt/Chiwetel with the Arcs at the end and nothing would be lost. It feels like none of the subplots add anything. Even though they are meant to give a human touch to it. Everything else about this is terrible. The cinematography is so lifeless at points, oversaturated with CGI, lacks any tangibility with its destruction, over the top action scenes that are ridiculous, tons of product placements, so dark you can barely see things half the time, and alternates between plot expose dumps and ridicoulous boring/over the top scenes like clockwork the entire runtime. And this drags terribly even with the action scenes because nothing ties together, you don't care about any of the characters, and it's so lifeless throughout at certain points. This is trying to be a epic film but doesn't justify it's bloated runtime in the slightest. Especially if your familiar with any of Emmerich's work it follows all the key plot points of so many of his other better films. From setting up the destruction with pointless stock characters, over the top destruction, the Command and control center, the "Area 51" secret area, and the cliche unlikely heroes saving the world. And of course "Boomer..." If your a DIE HARD Disaster & Emmerich fan than I guess you'll already know what to expect and you'll maybe get some enjoyment out of this. But even with that, he's done significantly better and more inspired work. Most should just skip this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Carlos T

Filme: 2012 Elenco: @johncusack @amanda_peet13 @chiwetelejiofor_ @woodyharrelson @morganlilyyy Tom McCarthy @realliamjames @beatrice_rosen Modelo: #catastrofe #ficção #ação #comedia #aventura Duração: 2h 38m Ano: 2009 Minha opinião: Um filme gostoso de assistir, apesar das mintiras ou forçação de barra. Um filme bem feito, bons efeitos usados e em quase todo filme. Você da boas gargalhadas e atambém segra na poltrona. Trouxeram uma boa pitada cômica, com Jackson e Gordon; Jackson com seu patrão Yuri e seus filhos, Sasha e Charlie. E como disse somado a bons efeitos especiais. E temos Kate e seus filhos. Acredito que esta química destes atores foi a cereja do bolo. A estoria conta Jackson que trabalha de motorista para Yuri e tem que cuidar das pestinhas de seus filhos. Temos Kate que é ex de Jackson e com seu atual Gordon. Jackson ouve uma conversa estranha de yuri e seus filhos de uma arca, mas sem enteder, até que começa uma chuva de meteoros que o Mundo tentou destruir porem não conseguiu, então haverá um grande diluvio. E Jackson que salvar sua família da morte e começa a correr atrás da arca, que descobre que esta na China. Aí começa toda a aventura com terremotos, chuva de meteoros, Correr da morte, ter de ir até o parque Yeloston e procurar o mapa para arca e ver Frost ser acertado por um meotoro. Com várias reviravolta e que somente os ricaços e políticos iriam sobreviver na arca. Como Jackson salvará a sua família? É aventura do inicio ao fim. Roteiro e enredo Apesar de uma aventura, eles não se perderam. E boas atuações fazem do filme uam boa proposta, para assistir com a família. Vale apena assistir? Com certeza Nota: 8,5

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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FLOOF

Really great movie! I personally think that the plot is amazing as well as the VFX. The action is really cool and, aside from Charlie and the blowing up of Yellowstone, which weren't the best, this is a really great movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Bruno V

O filme aborda o comportamento mesquinho da elite mundial diante do "fim do mundo", não o fim do mundo em si.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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logan w

You should watch this movie if you love destruction, like i do

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/15/24

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Kevin M

C'est exactement ce qu'on attend d'un film de fin du monde ! Une histoire légère, de beaux effets spéciaux pour un film de 2009 et une fin qui tiens la route !

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Roland Emmerich

Director

John Cusack

Jackson Curtis

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Adrian Helmsley

Amanda Peet

Kate

Oliver Platt

Carl Anheuser

Thandiwe Newton

Laura Wilson

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Rated: 1/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Joshua Rothkopf

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Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

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Cusack, with his one-of-the-guys face and his nice way with child actors, does creditable work as an Average American Dad trying to put things right.

Rated: B

Sep 7, 2011

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Brian Eggert

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Everything you’re expecting from 2012 is exactly what you’re going to get…Utterly impossible by any stretch of the imagination, the movie is a cheesy, one-dimensional, epic-sized spectacle that does exactly what it promises to—destroy the Earth.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 5, 2023

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

If you put your brain in neutral, you can enjoy an unprecedented scale of beautifully rendered destruction and learn that science isn't an exact science.

Rated: 3/5

May 24, 2023

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Danielle Solzman

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A good disaster thriller must contain both thrills and massive destruction--2012 has both in great quantity.

Jan 26, 2022

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Synopsis

Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.

Director: Roland Emmerich
Executive Producer: Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Michael Wimer
Screenwriter: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Centropolis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Disaster Sequences)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $166.1M

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