2012! Roland Emmerich’s Bold Statement: Better Make it the Small Coke at the Concession Stand.
First, before I even broach the subject of the movie itself, I have to say I have a slight ethical problem with the marketing of the film. It’s a minor nag but I have a serious issue with anything that deliberately feeds on the gullibility of the public at large, and the “2012” baloney that has been floating around pop culture since Erich Von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods in the late 1960s is just kind of silly. First and foremost, if you’re a Von Däniken follower and are looking to 2012 as Hollywood’s last laugh on what we’re in for, look elsewhere. While the movie refers a couple of times to the alleged Mayan prophecy, it’s all just a tent peg to let Roland Emmerich destroy the world. I can dig that. I’m down with death, destruction and general mayhem. But how long does it take the world to end anyway?
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