2012 - review

I like smart, touching, intelligent, thought-provoking films. But I also love a good action blockbuster, and no-one does an action blockbuster like Roland Emmerich. (Let's just forget 10,000 BC ever happened, okay?)
Look at the CV. Did you snooze through Stargate? Tut through Independence Day? Clench your fists through Godzilla? Roll your eyes through The Day After Tomorrow? If you're a yes to all of the above, then move along, there's nothing to see here. If, however, you could see the films for what they were, i.e. mindless action fodder (not to mention great fun) then you're going to love this.
It's the latest Roland Emmerich action blockbuster about the end of the world, and all that that implies. You know what you're getting, and boy do you get it.
If you don't like McDonald's, don't eat there and then complain the food was crap. Same principle here.
I can understand a sniffy critic being forced to watch this, hating every one of its 150 minutes. But if you're a paying punter and complain about what you get here- the problem's not with the film, it's with you. This delivers everything it promises, with a cherry on top. If you're expecting another Grosse Point Blank, you're not superior in your disdain, you're just a f***ing idiot.
10/10