My boy cornered me into taking him to see 2012.  I did everything imaginable to get out of it.  I failed.  Now, the reason I had no desire to go see this movie is because I debunked 12/21/2012 a long time ago.  The Mayans didn’t predict anything, they just got bored counting.  They were smarter than whoever made this movie.  They knew when to quit.  This movie moves at a breakneck pace for about two hours, then just pretty much stops dead in its tracks.  A ship that is built to withstand the absolute most horrific and destructive force Earth can unleash gets hung up over a simple cable.  It takes people several tries to remove this cable while scientists are using satellites to scan the Earth and plot a safe direction to go.  They have cameras everywhere on the ship except a very vulnerable spot that just so happens to be where this cable jams the most powerful hydraulics man can build.  Two tsunamis race towards the ships parked real close to Mount Everest, in Tibet.  Yup folks, that’s two 30,000 foot high tsunamis.  Luckily the people building the ships anticipated that the planet’s crust being ripped apart by worldwide volcanic eruptions which would create a 30,000 foot high tsunami in Tibet that they could ride safely on.  And, just as oddly, although Asia is completely absorbed by the oceans, Africa is just fine.  And, to wrap up the movie, the complete and total destruction of Earth only lasts one year.

Now I hear they’re planning a tv series.  Until it’s ready for the airwaves, you can pass the time watching 2012: Supernova.  I hear it sucks incredibly badly.  However, it is a LOT shorter, and cheaper.