2012

Tagline: We Were Warned

The story basically goes like this:

Based on the Mayan's theory, the world will come to an end on 21st Dec 2012. This is the story of how a small family struggle to escape the catastrophe by smuggling themselves to join in with the rich and powerful to take refuge in a specially build ship when the world comes to an end. The movie starts with an introduction on the signs that the earth is very sick few years before 2012 and as 2012 approaches, all earthquakes and tsunamis hit the earth causing massive destructions on buildings and mankind..

Read more of it here.

My take:

I think the movie will be better if it goes the other direction. Instead of telling the story of how the rich and powerful people can build a ship and escape, why not just zoom into the life of normal peasants like you. The sad stories on how people prepare to face an event like that. Throw in some emo moments, like Tsunami At Haeundae. So when the story focus on the special huge ship it becomes like a sci-fi movie. Who wants to see a sci-fi movie when the world ends? Show la how a family bidding farewell to each other.. or how people react on such thing.. the tears, the farewell etc... And the movie gives me the impression that rich people's life is only worth saving? Mona Lisa portrait is more important than human lives? sigh.. Anyway, the special effects are awesome.

Food to go along with this: International buffet spread. What? This is an international disaster what...

I rate this movie 4/5 buttered popcorns.

So, try to enjoy the movies!