Blog Focus: 2012
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The end of the world and John Cusack proved to be hot topics this weekend as the movie 2012 hit theaters and pulled in $225 million worldwide.
General opinion doesn't seem favorable for the acting bits, but it doesn't mean folks aren't keeping the ancient Mayan predictions of the world's destruction from their minds. Bloggers chat it up on what the year 2012 means to them and how the film lived up to their expectations or left them wishing they had saved the ticket fee to put towards bottled water and underground shelters.
Mystagogy: "The end of the world is near—December 21, 2012, to be exact—according to theories based on a purported ancient Maya prediction and fanned by the marketing machine behind the soon-to-be-released 2012 movie.
But could humankind really meet its end in 2012—drowned in apocalyptic floods, walloped by a secret planet, seared by an angry sun, or thrown overboard by speeding continents?"
Danwei: "When I finished watching the movie I regretted it, particularly for the additional mistake of bringing a child with me. This is a movie cooked up out of ancient rumors, so let's not discuss whether or not is finely crafted or impressive! Let's speak only of its social influence: it really is far too shocking."
Geek.com: "The recently released movie, 2012, has generated a lot of interest in conspiracy theories which say that the world is expected to end in the year 2012. There are several theories around why 2012 is the day we all kick the bucket. Several of them include something hitting the Earth in that year including a rogue planet or a meteor. Others include a dramatic polar shift or giant storms resulting from solar activity."
Cinematical: "I dislike adding "porn" or "-sploitation" to descriptive phrases (torture porn, poorsploitation, etc. etc.), but if anything could be called an exploitation of our natural fear of an upcoming worldwide crisis, it would be 2012."
Crunchgear: "I’d make a big stink about Americans having zero taste, but if I could make $80 zillion per movie sleeping through my lines like the cast of 2012 presumably did, you can guarantee I’d be right there alongside them. That aside, the topic on the radio show was this: what is it about disaster movies that make people so excited?"
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