They don't give a scientific reason for it. Neutrino's heating up the core to the point the earth cracks. Carl Sagan may you rest in peace, I'm almost glad you weren't here to see this.
Saying that special effects are a placeholder is an unbelievably snobbish thing to say. Movies are visual art and when special effects are done really well (like LOTR or Avatar) they are a very important part of the atmosphere of the movie. Of course too much tasteless special effects (as in 2012) are not good, however you can never say that special effects are just placeholders, it's stupid.
you answer to your review on 4:15 - 4:30 about the plane is that the earth is moving all the time in that scene... so he would have difficulty manuvering through all that..
t mobile i wanna be able to text 24/7 and run over people that get in the way of my car as im texting, and talking about my nut rash at the same time. oh and t mobile i want a lawyer too.
2012 is a guitly pleasure movie, and anybody looking for story and plot in this movies clearly aren't paying attention, while the movie is dumb and repetative, it deliver's on what most people came to see anyway, what if? destruction.
@BrokenPuzzle lol do you watch Supernatural? I loved in the future episode where the world was really fucked up (I think it was 2015 though) and there's a newspaper with a headline that says something about "President Palin".
The earth hums at around 8Htz in frequency. So does the human brain. Coincidence? So if the earth starts humming faster, will the Human Mind? Nikoli Tesla knew about this humming. When the galactic plane alignment occurs, the earth will easily go through such forces we never thought were out there. And time will be recycled.
God, the movie lost me when I heard the reason the apocalypse is coming about.
Solar neutrino's pass through us all the time. In fact, about 50 trillion pass through the average human body each second! And that's ok, because they barely interact with matter. A leaden plate a lightyear thick would only stop about half of the neutrino's that pass through it.
I know realism is not something to look for in this movie, but at least think of a good concept if you are going to spend millions anyhow.
My sister went to see it with my mom. Her review "The world ended, there were earthquakes and volcanoes. Is the world going to end?"
I'm getting the feeling she didn't like it that much, because when we went to Independence Day her review was "Aliens blew up the White House! Then Will Smith Punched an alien and said something funny! ...Are aliens going to blow up Kentucky?"
Two reviewers apart from Cenk are pretentious douches. They went in thinking it will be a serious documentary on the state of affairs, tsk tsk. Worst movie of the year!! WTF..
Don't listen to them, the movie was a blast and would come seriously close to beating out Dark Knight.
I'm not saying "2012" or "12/21/2012" is real. I'm saying Polar Shifts are real.
People just think Polar Shifts will happen on that day.
Polar shifts were suppose to happen to use thousands of years ago, but didn't. This left people to believe it will happen on that day.
Polar shifts is when the earth shifts. "North Pole becomes South Pole. South Pole becomes North Pole." That's the basics of Polar Shift. If that makes it causes Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and etc.. like the movie.
The movie was okay in my opinion. The effects were nice.
My only issue is the plot. The way that an average family somehow got to a random location in China to be safe, and also saves the day in a way is hard to believe.
But the idea of the "2012" really happening is facts. Polar shifts are real people. If you don't believe Google it. Our last polar shift is overdue meaning we were suppose to have one thousands of years ago, but didn't. So now people think its going to happen on 12/21/2012.
i just came back from seeing it and i thought it was great, i liked the research that Roland Emmerich did because he included the galactic alignment, polar shifts and solar flares which is all real and wasnt just some made up end of the world movie, it was great go see it!!
se ha visto de todo en el mundo tanto que ya no hay que mas inventar, pues solo les queda ver como se destruye el mundo... tan apurados por ver el fin , que hasta fechas le han puesto...este es un mundo loco...peliculas. por eso se les llama pelicula.........
2012 is so phoney, just like the whole Y2K thing, 2000 came and ppl got scared. ppl woke up the next day and everything was alright...then ppl were like ohh the calenders are off by a year 2001 it will all happen...woke up the next day were all stil here. thats what it will be like. ppl will think ohh its suppose to happen 2013...we will all wake up the next day. nothing changed. ppl will go to work...ect...you get it.
Don't even get me started on that one. I know first hand that Y2K wasn't a hoax. Nothing happened because people were hard at work to ensure that there were no issues when the time came.
I (a person who enjoys mindless entertainment at times) watched it yesterday, and I have to admit it is one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen in my entire life. Not to mention it had possibly the worst and most hilariously obvious Biblical reference ever.
Not to be an ass but there is a christian movie out by the same name 2012. it did suck ass with the bible references. over and over again. just want to make sure you didn't see the other one.
The chief silliness of this film is the core premise, that the alignment of the Earth with the Sun and center of the galaxy will melt the Earth. But as that very cosmic event happens EVERY WINTER SOLSTICE, the idea that THIS TIME it'll destroy the planet is "infinitely stupid," which is Hollywood's slogan.
I would like to see a remaking of the classic 50's disaster movie when worlds collide..to see how are they going to redesing the spaceship that tekes the survivors of earth to a new planet.
I'm still going to this movie, many of the critics that said the movie was good have said you will be amazed,be in suspense, and laughing at the same time.
You guys are way too fucking critical about this movie. Jesus fucking christ, you all are being severe douchebags.
It's a fucking movie. You know why it's not reality? Because it's a fucking movie. Turn your fucking mind off and just watch it. You guys are way too fucking critical about this movie. Jesus fucking christ, you all are being severe douchebags. It's a fucking movie. You know why it's not reality? Because it's a fucking movie. Turn your fucking mind off and just watch it. Jesus.
They are critics and its their job to critique the whole, not just pick and choose.
I believe they made their point at the end when they say while it was enjoyable, they shouldnt be satisfied with enjoying crap.
We can do better, and assuming you enjoy better things, then why not have an end of days movie thats actually good in many ways and not just in special effects and lousy suspense.
Its the critics job to rise above mindlessness
As they pointed out, better end of the world movies exist
3rd transformers movie I would like to see an evolution of the Characters.
Like the "hunt" for Megatron. And take the Film to space a little bit. or have the autobots search for a new home.
Also, the evolution of Sheia Lebuf's (Spelling, I know) characters where he has more say/role. Like him taking up the role of being the Ambassador for the autobots and also the autobots trusting the knowledge of their technology to him alone. Transformers 2 just felt more of the same. "Run run run fight win
...let me get this straight...you have EXPECTATIONS for a Transformers film? Not just expectations but the type of expectations that reasonable people have for substantive films? I am utterly baffled by this comment.
My friend keeps going on about how awesome this movie is going to be, but then again he loved Transformers 2.... Too bad I'm going to see it later today.
I find so often that the people in these 'end of world' movies are the sort that I can't give a damn about. Therefore, I just don't care if they all die. I'll watch this, but I won't pay for it. So it'll be a while. I prefer after the 'end of the world' movies, like Mad Max.
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Sorry folks I don't go to the movies for the great storyline. I go for the special effects and the action. If I want story I read a book. Movies are to entertain they are for fun. Not for me to learn a life lesson. The matrix wasn't a hit for the storyline. It was the effects. shawshank redemption wasn't good for the story but how they conveyed the story thru the action.
also, i think independence day had a real story line. there was jeff goldblum's dilemma, the president's dilemma, and randy quaid's character's dilemma.
in reference to the "subversiveness," if you watched the day after tomorrow, most of the countries that survived were third world countries--in other words, no white countries, all minority countries-except for australia.
Why all the compunctions guys. Come on admit it. Liking a certain movie cannot and does not effect your level of intelligence whatsoever. It's ok. You can admit you just enjoyed the film. Why start justifying why you liked it or didnt. Come on.
LIke Transformers 2. I enjoyed it. It wasn't the best story, sure, but it was enjoyable to watch. Same thing about Battlefield earth. Another really bad movie. But I enjoyed it.Cave peoplw who learn to fly f-16 planes in a weeks time of training. Killer.
I think we should go a little easier on films like this. I know there's no plot and it's basically just special effects and vending machine suspense, but a lot of people just want to have a nice night at the movies with their friends and see something like this that's fun. They're tired from being at work all day and a movie is a treat you get once and a while to enjoy, so why not do something simple and fun? No crime in that.
Well, I agree 28 days later is an awesome movie, but it's not really in the same category as this type of end-of-the-world-films. I'd say zombie-movies are a different category.
Anyway, lolwut?! The movie had nothing to do with the Mayan calendar? Why name it 2012 then and not "Neutrino Core" or something?
Ooooh, right, because they hope to sucker in those 2012-idiots...
I'm glad TYT basically refined what I was thinking the movie would be.
The biggest thing that pisses me off is that even if you use the Mayan calendar idea and all that, 2012 is NOT supposed to be about the end of the world!
it's stuff about consciousness and spiritual ascendance... NOT the actual physical destruction of anything.
can't expect a retard Hollywood crowd to ever, EVER understand something like that, though...
I would consider watching this movie if someone payed me.... otherwise I would never waste my own money on crap like that. And I heard it cost 200 million dollars to make this crap movie.... if that's true it's just ridiculously absurd!
You see I knew this 2012 movie was going to be bullshit I can tell from the trailer. I said to myself that this was going to be a shitty movie like day after tomorrow and I didn't even know that the same guy directed the both films. I haven't even seen the movie and I know that G.I. Joe movie is still the worst movie of the year.
Ray Harryhausen did it first in "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers" circa 1956. D.C. gets creamed by, (you got it!), flying saucers.
I'm sick of fans of this sort of crap telling me to turn off my brain and forget it, "It's just a movie!" Any creative endeavor that cost as much as the GNP of a developing nation becomes significant when most cultural media outlets are going begging. This kind of movie has it's origins in the pulps, the cheapest print media in history, now it's state of the art.
SKY IS FALLING the world will end 2012 when USA elect Palin/Bachman for president.
Dinosaurs will walk the earth, Zombie banks will eat the freedom of the ppl and Ronnie Raygun will raise from the dead to sponsor more islamic terrorists.
Remember do headshots on the zombie banks, else are you a goner.
forget what its called but one of the best end of world movies ever was when a virus spread worldwide taking away everybody's eye sight. could be called blind?
They don't give a scientific reason for it. Neutrino's heating up the core to the point the earth cracks. Carl Sagan may you rest in peace, I'm almost glad you weren't here to see this.
bunkmasterflex 5 months ago
Saying that special effects are a placeholder is an unbelievably snobbish thing to say. Movies are visual art and when special effects are done really well (like LOTR or Avatar) they are a very important part of the atmosphere of the movie. Of course too much tasteless special effects (as in 2012) are not good, however you can never say that special effects are just placeholders, it's stupid.
Ylviste 1 year ago
@Ylviste very true
bbphnix 11 months ago
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tahokeaafag 1 year ago
You know what? I enjoyed 2012. Why? I watched it for FUN! I knew it would be crazy and stupid but it was enjoyable! Suspension of disbelief folks!
dvader999 1 year ago
That cant be right... i have a yogurt that expires in 2013 O.O
MrMWProductions 1 year ago
you answer to your review on 4:15 - 4:30 about the plane is that the earth is moving all the time in that scene... so he would have difficulty manuvering through all that..
theMickBrittle 1 year ago
Seeing it again, I just wanted the main characters to die, and everyone else to live.
m22k3yt 1 year ago
I just liked the earthqrake part XD That was pretty bad A effects!
stsars13 1 year ago
t mobile i wanna be able to text 24/7 and run over people that get in the way of my car as im texting, and talking about my nut rash at the same time. oh and t mobile i want a lawyer too.
mm89f 1 year ago
2013 will be set in Cape of Good Hope...Wonder where the black people will be?..lol
Or is it going to be a whitewash like The O.C.?
mad8london247 2 years ago
I heard they are going to make a series called 2013.
Invincible5972 2 years ago 4
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28 days later or whatever the fuck itscalled sucks too
fattonyd232 2 years ago
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lol every credict hates every movie that come out
6183078 2 years ago
2012 is a guitly pleasure movie, and anybody looking for story and plot in this movies clearly aren't paying attention, while the movie is dumb and repetative, it deliver's on what most people came to see anyway, what if? destruction.
TheDalinkwent 2 years ago 2
The world will end in 2012 when Palin gets into the white house :)
BrokenPuzzle 2 years ago 20
@BrokenPuzzle lol do you watch Supernatural? I loved in the future episode where the world was really fucked up (I think it was 2015 though) and there's a newspaper with a headline that says something about "President Palin".
savieandkay 1 year ago
@savieandkay D: No I don't watch it, but maybe I should start.
BrokenPuzzle 1 year ago
@BrokenPuzzle not really the world... american supremecy
hansson2000 1 year ago
Go see The Road instead.
ERoBB1 2 years ago 2
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80% of this "review" was just the two of them providing background on the director and making humorless metaphors
WOW.
TheSubtleNinja 2 years ago
UNDERRATED!!
Kalahridudex 2 years ago
if these guys thought 2012 was bad, then it must be absolutely horrendous.
a1m7e7r6ica 2 years ago
2012 is for people who think the end of the world is coming soon
BalooDumptruck 2 years ago 8
The earth hums at around 8Htz in frequency. So does the human brain. Coincidence? So if the earth starts humming faster, will the Human Mind? Nikoli Tesla knew about this humming. When the galactic plane alignment occurs, the earth will easily go through such forces we never thought were out there. And time will be recycled.
911sheeple 2 years ago
Whhhattt I must be one of the few ppl that liked the movie. I really enjoyed it!
xyjah 2 years ago
i believe in 2012 but this movie was CAPITAL BULLSHIT HAHAHA
flow267 2 years ago
Am I the only person who kind of sees a vagina in this video somewhere? lol
Sorry it's just really distracting ...
(Maybe it's just my dirty mind)
333vonvon 2 years ago
God, the movie lost me when I heard the reason the apocalypse is coming about.
Solar neutrino's pass through us all the time. In fact, about 50 trillion pass through the average human body each second! And that's ok, because they barely interact with matter. A leaden plate a lightyear thick would only stop about half of the neutrino's that pass through it.
I know realism is not something to look for in this movie, but at least think of a good concept if you are going to spend millions anyhow.
dramorez 2 years ago
This is one of the worst movie ever, it makes Jason X seem like a masterpiece.
Viking251978 2 years ago
favorite part was seeing obama XD "this has scard me so much that i turned 100% black" hee hee
oh and when the kid says the plain is big the russian guy says "cause its russian
GodAthie 2 years ago
the movie sucked but my fav part was either when the russian chick flipped off the annoying fat russian, or when the fat russian died hahaha
flightlessnerd96 2 years ago
i want godzilla 2, :(
godzillaislarge 2 years ago
The best part of the movie was at the end, when it was stated that the continent of Africa had the new highest mountain AND rose up
strongpimphand 2 years ago
2012 was total science fiction. It had a "B" grade movie script with an "A" grade budget.
FlatulenceFox 2 years ago
Ben! You're cool.
polarizedEnemy 2 years ago
that's kinda what made the Dark Knight overly amazing. you expect a sequal to batman begins, which was good.
but then you get some amazing shit, so it's over you expectation, waaay over for me, and it becomes even better.
brawllucas 2 years ago
BEN!
Ben is such a bad ass.
Uhhxhi 2 years ago
watching John Cusak in a movie, reminds of stuffing your mouth full of dry, tasteless crackers. I cant think of a more boring actor.
andron333 2 years ago
i thought the movie was kick ass!
quite picking out the little hairs and whatnot and just enjoy the ride
LcoolJfiveoh 2 years ago
My sister went to see it with my mom. Her review "The world ended, there were earthquakes and volcanoes. Is the world going to end?"
I'm getting the feeling she didn't like it that much, because when we went to Independence Day her review was "Aliens blew up the White House! Then Will Smith Punched an alien and said something funny! ...Are aliens going to blow up Kentucky?"
Scardy 2 years ago
Two reviewers apart from Cenk are pretentious douches. They went in thinking it will be a serious documentary on the state of affairs, tsk tsk. Worst movie of the year!! WTF..
Don't listen to them, the movie was a blast and would come seriously close to beating out Dark Knight.
ciberwarrior 2 years ago
YEAH RIGHT
ownafied 2 years ago 2
The world "really" ended in Knowing. In this movie , the world survived through Noah's arc.
ciberwarrior 2 years ago
What's with John Cusak playing the (failed) writer characters ?! SERIOUSLY. EVERY MOVIE.
seaorijade 2 years ago 2
Godzilla "end of taste "
hahahah! good one
BlackpeopleLOL 2 years ago
2012 is a cgi spectacle. full price ticket or matinee, it doesn't matter, it deserves a single viewing and then buy the dvd
...and the rotten tomatoes guy is always an excellent guest, pls tyt, have him more often!!!
suchAnoob 2 years ago
I'm not saying "2012" or "12/21/2012" is real. I'm saying Polar Shifts are real.
People just think Polar Shifts will happen on that day.
Polar shifts were suppose to happen to use thousands of years ago, but didn't. This left people to believe it will happen on that day.
Polar shifts is when the earth shifts. "North Pole becomes South Pole. South Pole becomes North Pole." That's the basics of Polar Shift. If that makes it causes Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and etc.. like the movie.
NigguhJason 2 years ago
ಠ_ಠ...No.
Recovermin 2 years ago
The movie was okay in my opinion. The effects were nice.
My only issue is the plot. The way that an average family somehow got to a random location in China to be safe, and also saves the day in a way is hard to believe.
But the idea of the "2012" really happening is facts. Polar shifts are real people. If you don't believe Google it. Our last polar shift is overdue meaning we were suppose to have one thousands of years ago, but didn't. So now people think its going to happen on 12/21/2012.
NigguhJason 2 years ago
all that it would affect is our compasses it wouldnt make the earths crust shift and stuff like in the movie
marcos139589 2 years ago
i just came back from seeing it and i thought it was great, i liked the research that Roland Emmerich did because he included the galactic alignment, polar shifts and solar flares which is all real and wasnt just some made up end of the world movie, it was great go see it!!
hatefriends 2 years ago
se ha visto de todo en el mundo tanto que ya no hay que mas inventar, pues solo les queda ver como se destruye el mundo... tan apurados por ver el fin , que hasta fechas le han puesto...este es un mundo loco...peliculas. por eso se les llama pelicula.........
lunazabad 2 years ago
2012 is so phoney, just like the whole Y2K thing, 2000 came and ppl got scared. ppl woke up the next day and everything was alright...then ppl were like ohh the calenders are off by a year 2001 it will all happen...woke up the next day were all stil here. thats what it will be like. ppl will think ohh its suppose to happen 2013...we will all wake up the next day. nothing changed. ppl will go to work...ect...you get it.
89leviathan 2 years ago
Don't even get me started on that one. I know first hand that Y2K wasn't a hoax. Nothing happened because people were hard at work to ensure that there were no issues when the time came.
cjh8 2 years ago
No, i can't confirm that. That's not to say that on (rare) occasions there were issues, but nothing worth more than a short online article.
ComeLeVent 2 years ago
it isnt an end of the world movie unless everyone dies and it doesnt end well, unlike the day after tomorrow or independence day.
GodzillahGodzilla 2 years ago
More like a reboot. Everything got wiped out so civilization, for the most part, is forced to start from scratch. That's pretty darn detrimental.
cjh8 2 years ago
i just dont want the mayans to be right again.
tahthedon 2 years ago
saw the movie.
it sucked ASS!
sacking3 2 years ago
I (a person who enjoys mindless entertainment at times) watched it yesterday, and I have to admit it is one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen in my entire life. Not to mention it had possibly the worst and most hilariously obvious Biblical reference ever.
iamthegreatest1234 2 years ago
"solar neutrinos melting the Earth's core"
yep, totally scientific
DontHurtTheIntersect 2 years ago
@DontHurtTheIntersect
"melting" lol
dardonZ 2 years ago
Not to be an ass but there is a christian movie out by the same name 2012. it did suck ass with the bible references. over and over again. just want to make sure you didn't see the other one.
occhamsrazor 2 years ago
No, don't worry, I watched the John Cusack one with all the scientists whispering "my god..."
iamthegreatest1234 2 years ago
lol
CmdrTobs 2 years ago
Everytime I Hear Someone Refer To A Movie As Being Fake Or Absurb, I Always Say, "It's A Movie It's Not Supposed To Be Real Dumbass".
07liberian 2 years ago
She spent all of their vacation money on a dress ?!?!?
shlarg 2 years ago
The chief silliness of this film is the core premise, that the alignment of the Earth with the Sun and center of the galaxy will melt the Earth. But as that very cosmic event happens EVERY WINTER SOLSTICE, the idea that THIS TIME it'll destroy the planet is "infinitely stupid," which is Hollywood's slogan.
Randy
fantagor 2 years ago
The movie was lame!!!!! too many characters
and the movie was just CRAP!!!! seriously
it's based around one crazy family
jalonzo31 2 years ago
"Is Rolan Emmerich black?"
LOL!
banonKING 2 years ago
28 days later FTW
tunit20 2 years ago 2
@tunit20 best zombie series ever
dardonZ 2 years ago
I am enjoying the movie reviews by TYT
stewart0312 2 years ago
2012 would make a cool ride at Universal Studios but that's about it
Shadowlit001 2 years ago
i thought the movie was awesome so sue me!
GAMEZILLA50K 2 years ago
i just watched this movie tonight
it was epic bullshit, a CGI orgy
TimesNuRoman 2 years ago
I don't know. I just went for a fun time and this movie didn't disappoint. I see a lot of movie and enjoyed the hell out f this movie
johnsonb2007 2 years ago
thank you for this, I have saved myself some money and time
CUREZERO 2 years ago
craptacular
and im not just talking about thandie newton's acting
cherrydog9 2 years ago
everything's destroyed in this movie like there's no tomorrow.
baddmanaz 2 years ago
Yes and the day after tomorrow....bitter bitter bitter.
Frenchie1985 2 years ago
Cenk is a magnified yes man. He always agrees and changes his opinion.
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
I thought failed Sci-Fi writers formed Hollywood religions.
Oh, and Jackson Curtis? What the HELL, man... How much of a movie name is that?
This movie looks like a particularly bad Emmerich movie. I have a way to see it free from work, and I'm still going to pass on it.
dEdGrimley 2 years ago
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Gjeorje 2 years ago
2:52 isnt that 50 cent's name???
dominic970 2 years ago
this movie was terrible. Worst movie ive seen since the last roman emmerick movie.
david5076 2 years ago 2
This movie doesn't even worth downloading with torrent
deviladvent 2 years ago 2
you wouldn't download it to see the cgi?
FuriousPumpkin 2 years ago
In my opinion, Stargate was the only decent movie on the list. I bet there will be plenty special FX in this one.
fret2424 2 years ago
and i dont mean the film
griff9899 2 years ago
i was thinking the same thing
arofluv 2 years ago
this is poor,very very poor
griff9899 2 years ago
lofl i find this funny since i just left vagas and am at home now and can finally keep up with my subscription
ha bisky upload love tyt
kazooga1234 2 years ago
Ejiofor was great in Serenity
Drewboy64 2 years ago
Geez, just admit that you loved this movie.
ultranol1983 2 years ago
I would like to see a remaking of the classic 50's disaster movie when worlds collide..to see how are they going to redesing the spaceship that tekes the survivors of earth to a new planet.
CmdrSloanne 2 years ago
Ben is an idiot! Get rid of him!!
Nikolauslaus 2 years ago
When the movie comes on DVD in march (latest), there should be a large warning label "not for impressionable people, physicists, or thinking people"
Tounushi 2 years ago 3
I'm still going to this movie, many of the critics that said the movie was good have said you will be amazed,be in suspense, and laughing at the same time.
GoggleMan25 2 years ago
You guys are way too fucking critical about this movie. Jesus fucking christ, you all are being severe douchebags.
It's a fucking movie. You know why it's not reality? Because it's a fucking movie. Turn your fucking mind off and just watch it. You guys are way too fucking critical about this movie. Jesus fucking christ, you all are being severe douchebags. It's a fucking movie. You know why it's not reality? Because it's a fucking movie. Turn your fucking mind off and just watch it. Jesus.
NoobZandwich 2 years ago
@NoobZandwich
Whoa man; calm down.
Danamoth 2 years ago
Repetitive much? Repetitive much? Repetitive much?
onomuknub 2 years ago 4
Cenk is on the mark. 28 days later ftw.
GnosticAtheist 2 years ago
End of the world movies are all the same :
Big Disaster
Ignore any character development
Throw in CG
Somehow the human spirit prevails in the end.
rushindulen 2 years ago 3
you forgot about ignoring the laws of nature.
Tounushi 2 years ago 4
Everyone knew what it was guna be about.. so why are they critiqing about the story and plot?? its called 2012 for gods sakes
WindyCityFly3r 2 years ago
They are critics and its their job to critique the whole, not just pick and choose.
I believe they made their point at the end when they say while it was enjoyable, they shouldnt be satisfied with enjoying crap.
We can do better, and assuming you enjoy better things, then why not have an end of days movie thats actually good in many ways and not just in special effects and lousy suspense.
Its the critics job to rise above mindlessness
As they pointed out, better end of the world movies exist
waltermh111 2 years ago
Comon', 2012 is going to be the best comedy in the theaters this fall!
gaiyabum 2 years ago
haha. I can't see it unless I am on drugs. An even then I am probably going to be unable to identify at all at any level.
GnosticAtheist 2 years ago
28 days later ruled all. good call Cenk.
DTMTroy 2 years ago
Stephen Colbert was right. Black Presidents are a threat.
clownpenisfart 2 years ago 2
thanks for the review. saved me some money.
Pelonetillo 2 years ago 2
transformers 2 was great if you are a fan of the story.
yes it was a CGI fest, but bringing in skyfire and soundwave was great.
kinda don't want a 3rd movie out though. its enough.
padre1917 2 years ago
it's JETfire, not skyfire.
AmericanNohbuddy 2 years ago
3rd transformers movie I would like to see an evolution of the Characters.
Like the "hunt" for Megatron. And take the Film to space a little bit. or have the autobots search for a new home.
Also, the evolution of Sheia Lebuf's (Spelling, I know) characters where he has more say/role. Like him taking up the role of being the Ambassador for the autobots and also the autobots trusting the knowledge of their technology to him alone. Transformers 2 just felt more of the same. "Run run run fight win
Lastknownuser 2 years ago
...let me get this straight...you have EXPECTATIONS for a Transformers film? Not just expectations but the type of expectations that reasonable people have for substantive films? I am utterly baffled by this comment.
onomuknub 2 years ago
My friend keeps going on about how awesome this movie is going to be, but then again he loved Transformers 2.... Too bad I'm going to see it later today.
Brudof 2 years ago 3
These folks are wasting their time - going to see this idiotic movies and then spending 15 minutes analyzing them.
telephilia 2 years ago
Thats not a waste of their time, they are paid to be critics.
The people who waste their time are the ones interested in what they have to say.
If you dont care about raising the bar for movies, why care about critics?
I mean, I appreciate them, but just like when you go watch a movie, you gotta know what to expect when you go read/listen to a critic
waltermh111 2 years ago
Standards are so low today that this is going to be a great film to a lot of people.
7d7e7f7 2 years ago 2
I find so often that the people in these 'end of world' movies are the sort that I can't give a damn about. Therefore, I just don't care if they all die. I'll watch this, but I won't pay for it. So it'll be a while. I prefer after the 'end of the world' movies, like Mad Max.
jotunobsidianeyes 2 years ago 3
CGI porn.
This 2012 movie sounds really boring. I'd rather stay home and watch a few documentaries on my computer. At least I'd come away a better person.
WellIAMScottish 2 years ago
'Day After Tomorrow? He made that? We are talking about that 80's flick right?
yuukisama2001 2 years ago
no we're talking about...the 2004 one.
laloxortiz 2 years ago
@laloxortiz
Ohhhhh...
yuukisama2001 2 years ago
Is there a dog in the movie (which is saved after being lost) ?
If not, all clichee are not in the movie.
Melpheos1er 2 years ago 4
Actually, yes there is.
Raizhen010 2 years ago
no way... They have this one too ???
Holy cow, i must see this movie...
Melpheos1er 2 years ago
TOO MANY SPOILERS!
Malachai2012 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Sorry folks I don't go to the movies for the great storyline. I go for the special effects and the action. If I want story I read a book. Movies are to entertain they are for fun. Not for me to learn a life lesson. The matrix wasn't a hit for the storyline. It was the effects. shawshank redemption wasn't good for the story but how they conveyed the story thru the action.
occhamsrazor 2 years ago
The shawshank part cracked me up.
bahahahah
todoke 2 years ago
well no matter waht critics say - Im see'n it...and buying the dvd
rextrek 2 years ago 2
If you saw The Gay After Tomorrow, then hopefully you won't have wasted your time watching this 2012 funny business.
odetoinsolence 2 years ago
Ben > Rotten tomatoes guy
lonelygreenteagirlie 2 years ago
It does sound repetitive.
LtShock 2 years ago
also, i think independence day had a real story line. there was jeff goldblum's dilemma, the president's dilemma, and randy quaid's character's dilemma.
queenofbuttercream 2 years ago
in reference to the "subversiveness," if you watched the day after tomorrow, most of the countries that survived were third world countries--in other words, no white countries, all minority countries-except for australia.
queenofbuttercream 2 years ago
ok. 28 days later was brilliant! 28 weeks later, to my opinion, was even better. Far more brutal and visceral.
I think when Americans and Brits put their heads together, they can come up with brilliantly made films.
Domzdream 2 years ago
actually 28 weeks later was a British/Spanish movie.
socarulz 2 years ago
Yeah but 28 weeks was crap. I like to pretend it doesnt exist.
Fangtorn 2 years ago
@Fangtorn
indeed
tommysch 2 years ago
What didn't you like about it?
Domzdream 2 years ago
I had no idea! I loved it. I thought it was even better than the 1st one. Scarier.
Domzdream 2 years ago
Why all the compunctions guys. Come on admit it. Liking a certain movie cannot and does not effect your level of intelligence whatsoever. It's ok. You can admit you just enjoyed the film. Why start justifying why you liked it or didnt. Come on.
LIke Transformers 2. I enjoyed it. It wasn't the best story, sure, but it was enjoyable to watch. Same thing about Battlefield earth. Another really bad movie. But I enjoyed it.Cave peoplw who learn to fly f-16 planes in a weeks time of training. Killer.
Domzdream 2 years ago
Neutrinos blowing up the earth?! Come on... I could put up with the Day After Tomorrow's ice age in a week but that's just too ridiculous.
HalfAssHorse0 2 years ago 2
Yes kmartmask
Bedtime for Bonzo is a movie starring Ronald Reagan and some chimp.
No. Not the one who tore the face offf the lady.
bogsidebunny 2 years ago
28 Days Later sucked Cenk.
CeraSeptem 2 years ago
Why?
What didn't you like about it?
Domzdream 2 years ago
I think we should go a little easier on films like this. I know there's no plot and it's basically just special effects and vending machine suspense, but a lot of people just want to have a nice night at the movies with their friends and see something like this that's fun. They're tired from being at work all day and a movie is a treat you get once and a while to enjoy, so why not do something simple and fun? No crime in that.
darmokandgalad 2 years ago
Really? Most of the people I know are sick to death of movies with crap writing that rely on nothing but special effects to pull it off.
dawn0293 2 years ago 4
2012 don't sound exciting to me.
I'd much prefer Bedtime for Bonzo.
bogsidebunny 2 years ago
Is that a movie!?!?! It sounds SO MUCH more exciting than this piece of shit.
kmartmask 2 years ago
I bet the theater's concession stand looked like a scene from 2012 after young turk and his fat slob friend got thru ravaging it
friction00815 2 years ago
@friction00815
You think Ben is like "The Young Turk"?
Lol.
XopXproxyX 2 years ago
FUCKING ADDS! I've already seen this add, why do I have to see it twice?! Fucking retarded
sweYoda 2 years ago
all you get at "theaters" are germs and disappointment. kind of like this show. plus the germs.
ddamico3 2 years ago
going to the theater...? HAS DIED, in this country.
MpowerdAPE 2 years ago
Well, I agree 28 days later is an awesome movie, but it's not really in the same category as this type of end-of-the-world-films. I'd say zombie-movies are a different category.
Anyway, lolwut?! The movie had nothing to do with the Mayan calendar? Why name it 2012 then and not "Neutrino Core" or something?
Ooooh, right, because they hope to sucker in those 2012-idiots...
gagaplex 2 years ago
Mecca and Vatican landmarks destroyed... rejoice!
One positive of earth biting the dust: man-made religion goes with it.
TAz69x 2 years ago 7
Hell yeah!!!!!!!!
naddzdangle 2 years ago
Why is it that when there are black presidents in movies the wolrd always seems to end?
BigWill83 2 years ago 14
But then the world winds up surviving impending doom, kinda like art imitating life when you look at the last administration we had.
Newssnoop 2 years ago 2
good call
phr0 2 years ago
Lol. Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are gonna have field days with that when they make that observation.
koalalauncher 2 years ago
GEEZUS!
this looks like such a fucking terrible movie!!!
I'm glad TYT basically refined what I was thinking the movie would be.
The biggest thing that pisses me off is that even if you use the Mayan calendar idea and all that, 2012 is NOT supposed to be about the end of the world!
it's stuff about consciousness and spiritual ascendance... NOT the actual physical destruction of anything.
can't expect a retard Hollywood crowd to ever, EVER understand something like that, though...
Drey4ltur 2 years ago
I would consider watching this movie if someone payed me.... otherwise I would never waste my own money on crap like that. And I heard it cost 200 million dollars to make this crap movie.... if that's true it's just ridiculously absurd!
MrKennyKRH 2 years ago
You see I knew this 2012 movie was going to be bullshit I can tell from the trailer. I said to myself that this was going to be a shitty movie like day after tomorrow and I didn't even know that the same guy directed the both films. I haven't even seen the movie and I know that G.I. Joe movie is still the worst movie of the year.
PoliticalControversy 2 years ago
Please bring in Ana and remove that boring guy to the left.
TheDeviousDeception 2 years ago
Ben actually reviews movies dude. He "replaced" Ebert and Roeper in their At the Movies show for a period of time.
Hobbitgoth 2 years ago
I agree with Cenk's end comment. 28 Days Later is a far more worthy film than anything Emmerich can crank out.
Hawdkoah 2 years ago
2012 looks like a pure visual movie, and with pretty awesome visuals
funnycatsvid 2 years ago
Ray Harryhausen did it first in "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers" circa 1956. D.C. gets creamed by, (you got it!), flying saucers.
I'm sick of fans of this sort of crap telling me to turn off my brain and forget it, "It's just a movie!" Any creative endeavor that cost as much as the GNP of a developing nation becomes significant when most cultural media outlets are going begging. This kind of movie has it's origins in the pulps, the cheapest print media in history, now it's state of the art.
facelesshorseman 2 years ago
Before this video even begins, I...just wanna say thank you advertisers for giving me something others than those fucking Geico commercials. Thanks
Benzenering1004 2 years ago
Yeah, uhh, neutrinos don't work that way. If they did we would have been dead billions of years ago. It is Roland Emmerich however, so whatever.
zmeier01 2 years ago
SKY IS FALLING the world will end 2012 when USA elect Palin/Bachman for president.
Dinosaurs will walk the earth, Zombie banks will eat the freedom of the ppl and Ronnie Raygun will raise from the dead to sponsor more islamic terrorists.
Remember do headshots on the zombie banks, else are you a goner.
Gripen1974 2 years ago
the guy on the left needs to STFU cuz he's a fucking kill joy.
mbozza 2 years ago
forget what its called but one of the best end of world movies ever was when a virus spread worldwide taking away everybody's eye sight. could be called blind?
RollJob88 2 years ago
why the prez had to be black?in all of this end of the world movies the prez is always black....motherfuckers....
buakawkaoklai 2 years ago 2