“2012″ coming in Nov, looks to be the disaster movie to end all disaster movies. Roland Emmerich, the director, has toyed around in the past with disaster. He has blown up historic buildings of note (Independence Day), overseen the chaotic rampage of a mythical beast (Godzilla) and really, really screwed around with Mother Nature (The Day After Tomorrow).
But now, Mr. Emmerich has stopped fooling around. He brings his game face to the story of “2012″, a story of the ancient Mayan prophecy of Armageddon. It is in the year 2012 that the Mayan calender ends. In Roland Emmerich’s calendar, our world will end too as a giant piece of space rock settles into Earth’s orbit and let’s just say really throws it’s weight around.
No country knows disaster movies as well as the Japanese. So it is fitting that we have a new trailer, subtitled in Japanese, for your enjoyment. The movie looks really put together well but I find the trailer quite depressing. Let’s hope that budget cuts do not limit our abilities to really catch one of these big rocks before it ruins our real calender. 2012 stars John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Thanks to ComingSoon for the heads up.
