Alternate version of the movie 2012:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

It begins the same way: 15-20 minute exposition of the characters. All the way up to the point where John Cusack's character gets to his kids' and ex-wife's house to try to get them to the plane to get them out of LA.

They start driving down the street as it begins to crumble beneath them, and given that their piddly little car can't realistically outrun the earth's crumbling crust, they fall into the crack and all die.

The end, credits roll, some crappy song by Adam Lambert plays.

Call it: "The Realistic Version of 2012"

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. (hoping for a fanboy edit on the internets)

Or, John Cusak waking up at the end, realizing that it was all just a dream. His burly Russian uncle, crazy talk-radio brother, etc. "were all there too!"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Not bad.

I went in knowing that it was a Roland Emmerich film, which I did not hold against it--Independence Day has to be the Number 1 guilty pleasure dumb action movie for me.

But good lord, there was just so many literally unbelievable escapes from death in 2012, even for an Emmerich film.

[leeroysphitz]

3. It is actually one of my 5 year old sons favorite movies.

Right below Alvin and Thomas.

I was watching it, even though I knew it would horrible (I have a new blue ray player and I like special effects.), and about a half an hour in the kid dropped his hot wheels and sat down to watch it with me. He asked SO many questions about earthquakes volcanoes. Non stop curiosity so I ended up using some construction paper and a couple of hot wheels cars and tried to explain plate tectonics to him as well as my meager understanding of the science and my ability to translate it into 5 year old speak would allow.

He asked to watch it three more times before we finally had to to take it back to Blockbuster.

[arcadian]

4. That movie sucked beyond all get out.