![]() Take a small pillow for your butt cheeks because almost 3 hours of sitting in an uncomfortable theater seat will make you wish you had. Enjoy the things about cinema that make it great. ![]() It is the same as a weatherman who can deliver his forecast each night without laughing because he truly doesn't know with certainty what is going to happen, but he tries to make us believe nonetheless. You can see it in the actors' performances too: Woody Harrelson, to wit. He obviously doesn't believe any of the prophecy any more than most of the rest of us do. Did I go expecting to be highly entertained by great CGI and action? Yes! And I wasn't disappointed! One thing many reviewers haven't been picking up on while watching this movie is the very slight tongue-in-cheekiness of the subject that Emmerich cleverly wove into the plot. So what? I didn't see this movie to pick up any information I haven't learned from the History Channel, nor do I believe any more than I did before, that anything bad is going to happen on December 21, 2012. The people who sell the books promoting the fear make money, just like the movie producers. ![]() People who tend to be slightly paranoid will no doubt be even more so after seeing the world destroyed according to interpretations of prophecy. Emmerich has taken a fictitious subject he knew would be controversial and woven some drama into it. ![]() But, that is not why we go to movies anyway, is it? That is like going to see Godzilla expecting to learn something about giant lizards that vomit radioactive spray. Anybody going to this movie to learn about the Mayan prophecies for 2012 or for any true science, is going to be sadly disappointed. ![]()
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