| Re: 2012 movie [message #410680 is a reply to message #410534] |
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NukeIt15
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"The disaster movie that will never be beaten?"
Not likely. Good action makes a good action movie. Good special effects make good eye candy. Intelligent writing featuring human tragedy and will to survive... that makes a good disaster movie. Action is entirely superfluous when the ideal focus of the genre is not what people do but why they do it. which is, incidentally, why we have an entire action genre for when folks just want to watch shit blow up. 2012 is not a disaster movie, it is an action movie with a disaster in place of a human protagonist.
Here's an example of doing it right.
The only reason- and I mean the only reason- why 2012 is getting so much attention is because it is shamelessly cashing in on the latest societal armageddon prophecy fad. That's why Day After Tomorrow did so well, too. These are not movies which will endure past our own generation. I'm sure it was entertaining enough, but I really don't see anything particularly revolutionary here. Don't get me wrong, watching mass destruction is really cool, but this is not the best thing that's ever happened in the field of Earth-smashing.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.
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