- ‘We Are Family' not a tear-jerker says producer Karan Johar... will it be a hit?
- Death threats don't scare Ram Gopal Varma who is ready with ‘Rakht Charitra'… says he is not guilty of making a violent film! We like.
- "Ranbir Kapoor can be the next Amitabh Bachchan," says ‘Anjaan Anjaani' director Siddhartha Anand… is there anyone who can be Big B? We doubt.
- Writer-lyricist Gulzar diagnosed with Malaria… Ouch, ek machchar…!
- Shah Rukh Khan and Arjun Rampal revive their friendship at SRK's dinner party… yeh dosti!
- "No chance of Shah Rukh and I coming together," says Salman… their spat makes for an interesting script!
- At 67, Amitabh Bachchan decides to do dangerous stunts in his next film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi… the angry young man returns!
- Salman to play Gunmaster G-9 played by Mithun earlier in Nikhil Advani's next film… Salman as a spy?… exciting!
- ‘Robot' film title in controversy… a Delhi-based filmmaker claims it belongs to him… phew!
- Preity Zinta is sweating it out in the gym to act in films again… we so want the dimpled beauty back on screen!
‘2012' is a bore
Director:
Roland Emmirch
Starring: John Cusack , Amanda Peet , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Thandie Newton , Oliver Platt , Thomas McCarthy , Woody Harrelson
OyeG Review
The earth is melting like Vanilla ice-cream dipped in hot chocolate sauce. Run faster than Usman Bolt because the 50 feet tsunami is about to sweep us all. A bunch of creepy scientists have made a wacky prediction… Come 2012 and we all will be washed away; we will be no different than earth’s extinct species - the Dinosaurs. When this is communicated to the US President (Obama’s body-double I assume) he jumps out of his chair as if jolted by an electric shock. We must save our species, he remarks at a G-7 Summit. The Russian counterpart howls with his hideous English accent….. “whaaautt are u sayyyuing?” Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) the greatest scientist on the planet (pun intended) decides that the only way to save our species is to build a space ship that doesn’t fly...Wow!
Meanwhile Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a flop novelist who has only sold three novels, is disgusted with his life. His wife has left him for greener pastures, his children think he is too intellectual and dreary… his world is already upside down. In true Hollywood style, how Mr Jackson (not to be confused with Michael Jackson) saves the planet, forms the rest of the story.
Roland Emmerich (director) builds the screenplay on a wafer thin plot that has been done a zillion times. Loud monologues and jazzy dialogues like “When they tell you not to panic... that's when you run!” make this film a tiresome enterprise. The characterizations are ghastly, especially the Indian character who mumbles in a Mambo Jambo accent saying “Chaloooo Challlllllte hain”… The CGI (special effects) is cartoonish and over the top… It makes me ask one question: Why does Roland Emmerich want to destroy this planet in every film? He did it in Independence Day, Day after Tomorrow and now 2012. The best part being the destruction of the 7 wonders of the world in his every film…
John Cusack looks more like a swindler than a novelist. Throughout the movie he either looks tensed or irritated running helter-skelter, rotating eye balls more than a Bharatnatyam dancer. The climax of the film is unintentionally funny, wherein John gathers his act and saves the spaceship. The other actors are like junior artists begging for screen time.
OyeG Verdict
On the whole, 2012 ends up destructing your mind rather than the planet. Are you ready to take the risk?
