When I first saw the previews for this movie, I rejected it because it reminded me of the Nicolas Cage movie KNOWING, which scared the hell out of me. And If went to see this movie, it would be the same thing. But I started to have a change of heart. I finally saw 2012, and I really liked it. This film had very little terrifying moments including some moments involving some of the characters losing their loved ones. The first time I saw the scene when Los Angeles gets completely destroyed on YouTube, it freaked the hell out of me. But when I saw it again from the finished film, it added some comedic humor to it. John Cusack (Jackson Curtis), Amanda Peet (Kate Curtis), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dr. Adrian Helmsley), Thandie Newton (Dr. Laura Wilson), Danny Glover (U.S. President Thomas Wilson), Oliver Platt (U.S. Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser), Tom McCarthy (Gordon Silberman), Morgan Lily (Lilly Curtis), Liam James (Noah Curtis), Zlatko Buric (Yuri Karpov), Beatrice Rosen (Tamara), Blu Mankuma (Harry Helmsley), and George Segal (Tony Delgatto) were all terrific in their performances as the survivors who struggle to survive against a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world. And as for Woody Harrelson, his performance as the Yellowstone radio host Charlie Frost was both funny and terrific. The visuals of this movie, from the Los Angeles earthquake sequence to the tidal waves over Mount Everest, were all incredible to watch. Especially the Yellowstone Caldera eruption, I thought that was really incredible. The song “Time for Miracles” by Adam Lambert was very good. Like Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE and THE TOWERING INFERNO, Roland Emmerich, the man who brought us INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, directed the ultimate disaster movie for the 21st Century. And Like ARMAGEDDON, I regret not seeing this movie in theaters when I had a chance.
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