2012

2012

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Critic Review - New York Observer

2012 is reminiscent of yesteryear '80s shlock-tastic blockbusters -- total popcorn entertainment with ridiculous dialogue and impossible situations and special effects that will boggle the brain for a good two-plus hours.

December 7, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comments (2)
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Derrick

Derrick Blakely

uggghhh... true... I guess...

But that still doesn't make it a good movie!

Mar 24 - 06:26 PM

Chip F.

Chip Fox

As a Sci-Fi buff and "End of the World" Groupee, I thought this film was so bad, so terrible, that I enjoyed it.

It was like watching an original Ed Wood movie ... but without his creativity.

The scenes on an enhanced Antonov An-22 (look it up, I did) will always live in my memory of bad films â?¦. If Iâ??m not remembering the Space Monster in a gorilla suit.

Yes, of course you can just shoot down the convenient jet ramp in a car onto a glacier to escape a crash. Didnâ??t Indiana Jones use a raft to ride down the Himalayas?

And, how hard was it to anticipate that the Jet balanced on the edge of a cliff was going to fall?

After missing by seconds, the giant cracks in the runway during takeoff, brushing a building as it rose in the air, losing all 4 jets for reasons unexplained, not crashing in the ocean a thousand miles from their destination because the crust conveniently shifted a thousand miles to put them exactly at their destination â?¦ the good times had to end.

And who knew that the new underwater breath holding record of Shelly Winters in Poseidon Adventure was going to be broken, first by a teenager, and then by his father, John Cussack.

How droll, in having the human race begin again in the continent where we first arose â?¦ Africa.

Iâ??m disappointed that they could not get Willie Mandela to do a voice over at the films conclusion.

It is a gift that will keep giving.

Aug 10 - 05:06 PM

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