Why are some saying that “2012” is over the top after seeing the trailer?
Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom! It’s the End of the World as We Know It / Dustin Rowles Trailers | November 13, 2008 | Comments (50) Below is the trailer for the end-of-the-world apocalyptic dystopian blah blah blah thriller (I don’t even know her!) 2012, which is due out in July 2009. It comes from Roland Emmerich, who is kind of like Michael Bay’s depressed cousin. The movie itself deals with the supposed end of the world, according to the Mayan calendar, and the volcanoes, glaciers, typhoons, and aliens that accompany world destruction. The funny thing about the trailer, however, is that it looks a lot like a mash-up of all of Roland Emmerich’s other films, specifically Stargate, Godzilla, Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow. In fact, given that none of the stars (John Cusack, Amanda Peete, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton) are actually in the trailer, I’m not sure that this isn’t exactly what that is: Some old, unused footage from previous films spliced togethe
If you were watching television last night between 10:50 p.m. and 11 p.m. last night, chances are, you saw a new two-minute trailer for Sony Pictures’s upcoming disaster epic “2012.” In a huge commercial roadblock, 90% of all homes watching ad-supported tv — including ABC, CBS, NBC, and various cable, local tv, and Spanish-language networks — were exposed to the disaster-iffic scene, which featured John Cusack attempting to help Amanda Peet and several other actors navigate a crumbling Los Angeles (think airplanes swooping through collapsing buildings and cars zooming over a crushed highway. Directed by Roland Emmerich, who also helmed “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow” and clearly has never met an explosion he didn’t like, the ensemble film revolves around the idea that the world will end in 2012, and co-stars Danny Glover, Oliver Platt, Woody Harrelson and a slew of others. “2012″ will be released Nov. 13. Check out the footage below: Sources:
The movie explores and exploits prevailing concerns about whether the rumored Mayan prophesy that the world will end in 2012 will actually happen. “2012″ presumes that the world will end, and that it will end in grand fashion, with California sliding into the ocean. Miraculously, one intrepid family man manages to rescue his kin, get to an airstrip, and fly a commuter plane through unbelievably widespread carnage. From the exclusive clip, it looks like the creative team went a bit overboard with both the extent of the damage the world undergoes and with our protagonist’s ability to safely navigate out of harm’s way. Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) exhibits superhuman luck and survival skills, dodging and driving faster than the faultline that forms throughout Los Angeles. Sources: http://www.popdecay.
