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2012: Doomsday [Blu-ray]

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OMG - worst movie ever. Do not waste your money. Do not waste your time. If you have $5 burning a hole in your pocket for crying out loud, flush it down the toilet. If someone invites you to their house to watch this movie tell them you have a bad case of the cramps, you have the measles or a terrible toothache ... you will hate yourself if you sit through this movie. Bad acting. Bad story line. Idiotic rip-off of Close Encounters. It should have been a comedy - the effects are so bad they will make you laugh, although at the end you will cry because you literally just wasted 2 hours of your life that you will never get back.

As much as I love The Asylum and their steady stream of cheap knock-offs of Hollywood blockbusters, I have to admit that my guys took a big whiff on this one. Most of The Asylum's films are either hilariously bad or, on occasion, even better than the film being ripped off (Paranormal Entity, for example). Something went horribly wrong with 2012: Doomsday, though; this movie just isn't any good at all. It's not all The Asylum's fault, however, as the company made this film in association with a production company called Faith Films. At first, I couldn't understand all of the criticism about this being Christian propaganda (as if there is anything wrong with trying to spread God's message through the popular medium of film) because, believe you me, The Asylum is not in the business of preaching Christianity - and even if they were, this film proves that they're not any good at it. It turns out, though, that Faith Films does have a Christian agenda (2012: Doomsday is part of something they call their End Times collection). I still don't see the problem. It's not like this film is beating you over the head with calls to repent or anything; the Christian angle they tack on to Mayan prophecy is downright weird - I'll grant you that - but the "propaganda" aspects of this film basically consist of some prayer and some discussions about seeing the beautiful side of life and accepting whatever path God has put you on. I don't know about you, but God and prayer would certainly be two of my priorities if an "end of days" was falling all around my head.

Getting back to the story, it turns out that the Mayans were spot on with their prediction of the end of the age on December 21, 2012. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, super storms, and all sorts of nasty natural disasters are happening all over the world as the earth begins to stop spinning around its axis. While most of the people on the planet start to panic and evacuate to safer ground, several individuals find themselves mysteriously drawn to the ancient Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza. The first is an archaeologist who is trying to fulfill the Mayan prophecy he has just discovered (which involves an utterly inane and laughable connection between the Mayans and Christianity). Then there's the missionary in Mexico who believes God has given her an integral role to play in this historic time - and her father, who just wants to find and protect his daughter from the impending global catastrophe. Representing the atheistic crowd is a paramedic from California compelled to go to Chichen Itza for reasons she can't explain. And, despite the reference in the movie summary to four strangers coming together, there's actually a fifth person along for the ride, in the form of a very pregnant Mayan woman.

The whole story is inane, filled with way too much boring dialogue, but it is the special effects that really make 2012: Doomsday such an embarrassment. First off, don't expect to ooh and aah at a lot of harrowing shots of Mother Nature throwing the mother of all tantrums. Every so often, the ground cracks open, but there is almost nothing in the way of explosions, floods, and the like. You can only do so much with a budget of roughly a quarter of a million dollars, but I still expect better than just shaking the camera to represent an earthquake or adding digital snow and hail to simulate the cold temperatures suddenly inundating even the jungles of Mexico. The special effects in this film really are nothing short of laughable.

So there you have it - 2012: Doomsday is one of the most boring and unenjoyable doomsday films ever produced. I think the whole "Christian propaganda" criticism is overblown, but that still leaves plenty of other problems dragging this film down into the ranks of the nearly unwatchable. It's just too bad the Mayans didn't include a warning about this film somewhere in their doomsday prophecies - or maybe they did, and those stinking conquistadors destroyed it.

This is a terrible movie. It is certainly NOT what the cover claims it is. No 'special effects', no real plot, just a bunch of hooey.

I could see why it did not last long in theaters. The poor acting did not help hold one's attention. It was clearly evident this movie was poorly cast.

Four people 'mysteriously drawn' to a Mayan temple for whatever reason! Honestly. Couldn't the screenwriter come up with something to draw these "strangers" to this temple?

Don't waste your money or time.

A cross between the Mayan calendar and the rupture (oops rapture) someone has to get a cross to the temple on time. A woman with a bun in the oven also must get to the temple on time. A paramedic must get to the temple on time. As everyone converges their traveling companions fall prey to natural disasters and most horrible special effects. We have to listen to Ayn Rand length speeches on God and Faith.

The best part of the film is the end credits. Soon the film will be "left behind."

Who knew that there were levels below sub-par. This movie was striving desperately to reach the apparently unreachable sub-par level. Every scene was worst than the previous scene. Horrible e-ver-y-thing, yes, ev-er-ry-thing. With this economy, I couldn't bring myself to just throw this movie out without watching it to the end, however I refuse to pass this 2 hour nightmare (seemed more like 6 hours) to anyone else. Only for pay, and I'm talking a minimum of six figures, should anyone ever consider watching this movie. Waste of Time, Waste of Money, Waste of Film!

Ok. This movie stinks! If you want to be preached at about God through the whole thing, this movie is for you. This movie has more preaching in it than action (which is sub-par at best) Don't waste your money. I wouldn't pay $.25 for this movie. If you are like me and love a B-rated disaster flick, this will REALLY disappoint! This movie belongs in a Christian book store or a church library.

I bought this movie last night. I tried to watch it all the way threw when I got home but fell asleep. I tried to watch it this morning. But was too into my computer. When it ended I started it over and fell asleep. I don't know if I wasn't ready to watch this movie or it just isn't for me.

I can only say one thing about this movie though. I HATE THE ENDING. If 2012 is suppose to end for everyone why don't they make a movie where everyone dies. Not only a few stay alive. I know that if December 21,2012 does happen there will be some people still alive. But it would be nice to see the world end for everyone in the movies for a change.

Mix the bad movies you have seen about the Rapture, with a Mayan calendar, and some Baptist silliness and you get this movie. The only thing scary in the movie is all the scenes where one person is driving and talking to the passenger while looking at them and not the road for minutes at a time.