2012 (2009)

I just got back from watching this movie and have to say that I thought it was pretty good. I like "end of the world" movies - especially ones that don't just destroy NYC as the majority do. The special effects in the movie were also good.

One scene I didn't think portrayed what the director had wanted to show was when the scientist is trying to convince all the leaders to open the doors to their ship to the people outside. The scientist says it will make them more human. What really gets me about that scene is that all of those people (except for a handful of Chinese workers) had paid billions to be on the ships in the first place so it wasn't as though they were going to do any charity (ie for people who couldn't pay.)

I also didn't think Danny Glover was that good of a President as some others I have seen. I also do not think the leaders of the Western World would allow the ships to be in China since it would mean trusting the Communists with their own survival.

Also none of the "Russians" in the movie were real Russians. The guy who played Yuri is really Croatian. The woman who played Tamara is really French and the guy who played Sasha is really Estonian (although he is the closest to a real Russian as the movie got.) When they spoke Russian even I could hear a strong accent.

Despite these small things the movie was good and full of action and special effects.