Just finished watching 2012, the movie

Director Roland Emmerich again shows us how to waste 100 million dollars

MOVIE REVIEW: 2012
Entertaining but stupid

I finally got to see 2012 and all I have to say is that I'm glad that I didn't buy this DVD, and I'm glad I didn't waste ten dollars to see it in the movie theater. 2012 is a movie directed by Roland Emmerich, the man who brought us great movies such as Independence Day, The Patriot, and Stargate; three really great movies. Unfortunately, Emmerich also brought us awesome computer generated flops such as Godzilla, 10,000 BC, Eight Legged Freaks, The Day After Tomorrow. Funny observation here, but is it just me or does this guy have some sick fascination with destroying the earth?

It's not that I didn't enjoy 2012, because I thought overall, the movie was entertaining. But there were so many stupid parts in here, that got your head turning and mouth yelling "REALLY?!!!!" One part that really got me yelling was during the finale of the movie where the ships motors wouldn't work until the bay doors were fully closed. Now if I'm not mistaken, you can fly an airplane with it's doors open, you can pilot a boat with it's doors open, hey you can even drive a car with the doors open. But you can't pilot a multi-billion dollar boat with it's doors open? Come on...Really?!!!

I just wish movie directors and screenwriters, especially for these high-effect-big-budget-movies, would just do a little homework and come up with a better reason for suspension. I mean, just do a little research, to make it believable.

I also didn't really care for the love monologues that happened right before the final action sequence. Why do directors do this? It's completely unrealistic. Do you remember the Lord of the Rings and when those stupid Hobbits kept bringing up "The Shire" every time they got into the a near death fight.

"Mr. Frotto, lets talk about the Shire..." the fat Hobbit would say DURING THE ACTION, then they'd flash back to the Shire for 18 hours and you fall asleep and wake up the next day.

Who cares about the frigging Shire, I know it's awesome, but geez...just throw the damn ring into the volcano already! Same-same with 2012. You're yelling at the "hero" as the ship is filling with water, and he's busy there professing his love for his ex-wife for a good 3 minutes. Hello? The ship is going down! Geez....

This should have been the movie of the year

District 9 is my pick for the movie of the year. It blows away "The Smurfs" a.k.a. Avatar. It's a lot more powerful than the Hurt Locker. District 9 gives us a rather realistic point of view of what may happen of aliens were to land on earth. I don't want to give away any parts of the movie, but lets just say it's good.

NOW THIS WAS A GREAT MOVIE

I also just saw "How to Train a Dragon" tonight in 3D. I have to say, the 3D was much better than Avatar. More so, the story was much more original and honest. The directors did their homework here. The fight scenes were great, and the ending...well, there's a surprise there that you think is honest for a children's movie.

Now I know that you're probably thinking I'm being a bit too harsh on 2012, or Lord of the Rings, or Avatar, and maybe some of that has to do with me being a former screenwriter. But I am not that much a hard grader when it comes to movies. I realize movies are fictional, but with that being said, there's a way to navigate the fictional world to make it believable. Take for example, Ghostbusters. Fake, but hey, the director makes a very believable argument for it to be realistic. Back to the Future, again...was there any part in the movie where you uttered "Yeah right?" or "Shut up and do your job?"

Anyway, just my two cents.

Steven Young