2012

roland emmerich has been making disaster movies for decades. some of his biggest ones are 'independence day', 'godzilla', and 'the day after tomorrow'. he's been blowin' stuff up real good for a long time now. well, this movie seems to be a culmination of all of that destruction as he goes for broke in destroying the entire planet. the story follows a bunch of different people as they begin to realize that the ancient mayan prediction that the world would end in 2012 is coming true. fortunately there is a scientist, played by chiwetel ejiofor, who saw it all coming and warned the world's leaders in time. the story is pretty unbelievable, but the special effects are breathtaking! on first look the film seems like just a hollow excuse to see stuff destroyed, but due to the actors involved, there is a level of weight to the destruction. thanks to ejiofor, oliver platt, danny glover and others, the story is made personal. its not a great movie, but it is better than i would have suspected.