Constanza Boutter (constanzaboutter)

This is a fantastic production based on the infamous prediction coming out of the fascinating civilization of the Mayas, the Earth's destruction-- their long count calendar, it is theorized, ends in 2012, suggesting our world also. The prediction has been minutely examined, discussed and analyzed over the years during which archaeoastrologers asserted it, metaphysicists supported it, and geophysicists found it dangerously plausible, even government scientific experts have been forced to consider the terrifying assertion.
2012 takes that and builds out of it a hulking near 3 hours of entertainment. It is a tour de force of special effects-- as tectonic plates begin sliding into the Earth's mantle, setting off myriad earthquakes, destroying Los Angeles and the rest of civilization, in the process,
tracing a certain author, Jackson Curtis and his family as they throw themselves wholeheartedly, as do millions of others, into a desperate race for survival. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton and Danny Glover in the cast all do fine work.

Affable, old-fashioned and surprisingly effective family comedy in which Charles Grodin plays an impatient, stressed-out dad whose loving suburban family persuades him to let them adopt a cute puppy. When it grows into an oversized, slobbering St Bernard the inevitable havoc ensues. A sharp script and a cast of oddball characters including an ingratiating yuppie played by David Duchovny keep the film fresh.

Classic Hollywood, several magnificent, memorable scenes, the chariot race, the galley, one of the greatest films.

One of the very last of the great Hollywood musicals, it is a supremely elegant screen. The film was a huge commercial success, grossing over seventy million dollars. The film certainly has plenty going for it.