2012: Over the Top, Even for an Apocalypse Film?
October 1, 2009 by Desiree Washington
Filed under Entertainment, Film & TV, sci-fi
Sony Pictures has recently released extended footage from its widely anticipated apocalypse film, “2012″. The movie explores and exploits prevailing concerns about whether the rumored Mayan prophesy that the world will end in 2012 will actually happen. “2012″ presumes that the world will end, and that it will end in grand fashion, with California sliding into the ocean. Miraculously, one intrepid family man manages to rescue his kin, get to an airstrip, and fly a commuter plane through unbelievably widespread carnage.
From the exclusive clip, which aired tonight on MSNBC during “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” it looks like the creative team went a bit overboard with both the extent of the damage the world undergoes and with our protagonist’s ability to safely navigate out of harm’s way.
Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) exhibits superhuman luck and survival skills, dodging and driving faster than the faultline that forms throughout Los Angeles. Here’s the extended video clip:
The 2012 Mayan prophecy mystery offers fertile ground for cinematic exploration of a possible apocalyptic future. But what makes good films in the sci-fi action genre work is that the chain of events are at least marginally based in science. From the clip, “2012″ appears too fantastical, too much for an apocalypse film. It will be interesting to see how writer/director Roland Emmerich manages to keep viewers engaged when the action sequences stretch believability beyond what even a rabid sci-fi action fan is willing to entertain.
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There isn’t any evidence that the Mayans predicted anything bad for 2012, and a calendar doesn’t predict anything anyway. Everything in the movie is based on an Internet hoax with no basis in fact. Beware of any interpretations. Nobody knows if they are correct without having evidence that proves them beyond reasonable doubt.
However, there *is* evidence that lots of young people are becoming genuinely scared about what they have been told *will* happen in December 2012. Shame on those people who are making money from the scam.
Normally I would agree that a disaster movie is just a movie. This one is different – they have identified an actual date in the future when it *will* happen. Google: “2012 end of world” – you get 17,200,000 hits; search Amazon books for “2012 mayan” in the title – you get 339 hits. The majority of the websites and books will be adamant that there will be worldwide disaster, or even the end of the world, on December 21, 2012. However, ask them for evidence of it and they won’t be able to supply it. They have ‘blind faith’ in theories that don’t have a basis in fact.
(For more info please google: “scientists 2012″)