Morgan Lily (left), Amanda Peet and Liam James witness ultimate destruction in "2012," from the filmmaker of "Independence Day." By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer n "2012," it’s the end of the world as filmmaker Roland Emmerich knows it, …
Read Original Story: Even special effects won't save this silly movie – Tulsa World
The ancient Mayans predicted that a world cataclysm would occur on the winter solstice in 2012, and so have enough conspiracy theorists to spur a swelling industry of doomsday books and TV shows. In the new thriller 2012, those lunar or just lunatic …
Read Original Story: '2012' Review: Doomsday Porn with Cusack, Harrelson – TIME
Sorry, TS Eliot, but this is how the world ends in Hollywood: not with a whimper, but a KA-!@%#-BOOM!! In 2012, opening Friday, the planet gets another cataclysmic wedgie from disaster filmmaker Roland Emmerich…
Read Original Story: '2012': 'The thrill of destruction' without any of the real-life fear – USA Today
Review in a Hurry: Beyond ridiculous and overstuffed with dizzying computer effects, director Roland Emmerich’s 2012 is a disaster pic that pulls no destructive punches. But at more than 2.5 hours, it’s close to one earthquake too many. …
Read Original Story: Review: 2012 Is Total Disaster-Porn Overload! – E! Online
Roland Emmerich directs this look at a global disaster and the people who manage to survive. By Dan Kois If a film critic awards four stars to a movie directed by Roland Emmerich — Hollywood’s reigning king of catastrophe, the critically scorned …
Read Original Story: Movie review: '2012' is a perfect disaster – Washington Post
Lily Morgan, left, and John Cusack star in Roland Emmerich’s new disaster film, “2012.” Columbia Pictures/Sony “It’s ‘Apocalypse Three Years From Now’ as simple spectacle – with moments of humor and humanity tucked into a downbeat ‘Roland Emmerich…
Read Original Story: 'Master of Disaster' strikes again – The Spokesman Review
Opening worldwide today is Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster porn movie 2012 and the word is, it’s his most loony, over-the-top, self-indulgent and hollow piece of film-making yet but which Jeff Wells claims is “ certifiably insane and must be seen …
Read Original Story: Why I'm not seeing 2012, and INDEPENDENCE DAY sequel moves closer – Obsessed With Film
In every Roland Emmerichdisaster flick, there are always the digital money shots that not only sustain Emmerich’s inexplicable filmmaking career but seemingly redeem the poor audience members who plunk down their hard-earned scratch to …
Read Original Story: Review: '2012' truly a disaster – Sanford Herald
The end-of-days extravaganza 2012 isn’t just the disaster porn that the movie trailers and TV advertisements promise. Massive shifts in the planet’s crust result in the leveling of entire continents — yet cell-phone service remains …
Read Original Story: Movie Review | 2012: Doom dummies – Columbus Dispatch
We’re three minutes into 2012 before someone mutters the phrase: "That’s impossible." At least the business of believability is taken care of quickly. The remaining two-and-a-half hours can now safely be devoted to the destruction of Earth without …
Read Original Story: Review: 2012 (2 stars) – National Post
