Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

innerSpaceman · 11-16-2009, 05:59 PM

I didn't exactly hate 2012, but there wasn't all that much to recommend it.

It would make a great double bill with George Pal's When Worlds Collide, of which it was basically a remake. It had that same sensibility, too. In other words, too earnest by half. Except for some scenes with Woody Harrelson's crazy radio host character, the movie was not tongue-in-cheek enough. It didn't need to be farcical, but a touch more self-awareness in a movie this earnest about the end of the world would have made it work better in our post-1953 world of cinema.

I think it only works in the context of a remake of that George Pal film, so a good double bill is possible -- if you've got several hours to spare. 2012 was so long, I felt it was going to be 2012 when we left the theater.

The destruction of Los Angeles, as seen extensively in the latest trailer, is the most fun segment. Followed by the fantastic eruption of, well, most of Yellowstone National Park. Other than those, the film was surprisingly short on fun world destruction scenes. That surprised me. I don't exactly want my $15 back ... but I was expecting something more funpocalyptical.

lashbear · 11-17-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The destruction of Los Angeles, as seen extensively in the latest trailer, is the most fun segment. Followed by the fantastic eruption of, well, most of Yellowstone National Park. Other than those, the film was surprisingly short on fun world destruction scenes. That surprised me. I don't exactly want my $15 back ... but I was expecting something more funpocalyptical.

I hope Sydney got a few seconds of airtime... We're worth destroying, too, ya know !

11-16-2009, 05:59 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I didn't exactly hate 2012, but there wasn't all that much to recommend it. It would make a great double bill with George Pal's When Worlds Collide, of which it was basically a remake. It had that same sensibility, too. In other words, too earnest by half. Except for some scenes with Woody Harrelson's crazy radio host character, the movie was not tongue-in-cheek enough. It didn't need to be farcical, but a touch more self-awareness in a movie this earnest about the end of the world would have made it work better in our post-1953 world of cinema. I think it only works in the context of a remake of that George Pal film, so a good double bill is possible -- if you've got several hours to spare. 2012 was so long, I felt it was going to be 2012 when we left the theater. The destruction of Los Angeles, as seen extensively in the latest trailer, is the most fun segment. Followed by the fantastic eruption of, well, most of Yellowstone National Park. Other than those, the film was surprisingly short on fun world destruction scenes. That surprised me. I don't exactly want my $15 back ... but I was expecting something more funpocalyptical.
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