Movie Review - 2012 *SPOILERS*

Dear Reader,


The movie '2012' is basically about the Apocalypse.

This two and a half hour movie's foundation is about the prediction of an ancient civilization, the Mayans, about the end of the world. These people had predicted the end of Time to come on 21st December, 2012 (21/12/2012), according to their calendar which would end on that day.

Supporting this theory are major religions such as Islam and Christianity who also predict that the Judgement Day is drawing ever closer. Nostradamus, who, according to Wikipedia, was a "reputed seer (meaning 'Prophet')" had made predictions which support the theory of 2012. He had written "Les Propheties" (The Prophecies), a three-part collection.



OK, enough background, now to get to the movie.


NOTE : This is a very summarized synopsis and review.


It starts out like any other movie. A guy, a divorced couple raising family, hard times with family, yadda yadda yadda, then things get kinda interesting as he meets the paranoid psycho of the movie, who really believed in the End of Days to happen very soon, and whom was right the whole time.

Due to tectonic plate shifts, many huge cracks are appearing all over the US. Then a place in Yellowstone Park explodes on a Gi-Normous scale, and then followed by collapsing of the Earth's crust in on itself in some places. Panic and anarchy spreads worldwide.

To escape all the chaos, the main character, Jackson Curtis (played by John Cusack) along with his family get in a private airplane attempting to fly to China, because the world governments have built these massive vessels, to save mankind from the floods (caused by tectonic plate shifts) which are mainly the cause of all the panic and havoc.

By this time, all surviving people are at the location in China, for the rest of the world pretty much has been destroyed...

And then comes the stunning climax, when everyone gets into the big ships, and fight against the merciless tsunamis!

And then finally,
mankind...









SURVIVES?!?!







WHAT
THE
FUNK?!



Yeah! You got that right!
We survived. The End of the World. How stupid is that?

Mankind was supposed to become extinct! The entire Earth was supposed to collapse on itself! It was supposed to blow up or something!

See, there are two sides to the theory of the world ending on 2012 : the skeptics and the fanatics.

Sure, the world begins to end, which upsets the skeptics, who deny the theory that the world will end because some ancient people predicted it. But then, the world, and frustratingly, mankind, survive the apparently temporary apocalypse which happened, which then upsets the fanatics of the theory. And nothing at all about Planet Nibiru either!
Because of this, the movie loses in three ways. Not only does it upset skeptics and fanatics, but it also upsets the common movie-goer (like me) who just wanted to see how the real end of the world would look like. There isn't supposed to be hope for mankind to survive. It's supposed to be the END of the WORLD!
It didn't satisfy anyone!

This movie therefore,
serves no purpose!


The only good side of this movie was the awesome special effects that depicted DoomsDay with such graphicness. The huge underground explosion, the enormous tsunamis, the Earth's crust collapsing on itself, the people screaming and falling to their death, the decimating flames, the buildings and cars and even an underground train succumbing to the madness.

It also had good acting and believable characters, with a slight jist of comedy.
But even those were ruined because of the movie's ever disappointing ending. =.="


Though I have been ranting about 2012's bad ending, this movie whollistically is quite good, and is still worth a watch.

Regardless, this wonder turned blunder movie will have you rendered speechless in the end. Either fearful of the near future, or frustrated of the closure.



Summing Up:
Good Acting.
Smooth Storyline.
Great Special Effects.
Bad Ending.


Rating :
6.8 out of 10


Viewing Recommendation :
YES



Peace. Love. Joy.

The Problems of a DoucheBag

Dear Reader,

AAAGH!!!

I can't believe it's already been a month after PMR!
Time sure flies huh?

WRONG!

Time jets by at light speed! Seriously freaking fast!
I mean, now, one week passes by in what feels like a day...
[That Hadith sure has proved itself]

And now, I'm a mess! I have to give my attention to two main things... Well, it was my fault that I didn't give these things attention earlier.

The first one is that I haven't decided what course to take for my SPM.
I'm still not sure whether I should opt for the classic Science Stream, or choose one of the Literary Streams, or even if I should consider Sekolah Teknik! Though, both my parents have discouraged me from going there...
Sure, you might say,"Wait for the PMR results to come. Maybe your teacher can help you choose which stream later."
Well I got news for ya! 'A's in Maths and Science do not confirm me success in the Science Stream!
And then you'll probably say,"Yeah, that's true, but it helps."
No, not really actually. But one thing I know, I'm not good at Seni Visual, though I am interested to go for Tassawur. Eventhough I think my strengths lie at Mathematics and Science, I don't know if that will be sufficient to tackle the tough subjects.

Secondly, I have to plan out the rest of my holidays so it's not wasted away looking at paint dry. (Yes, I know that this is completely my fault. That's why I said that I knew it was my fault earlier!)
Originally, I had some idea of how to spend my holidays. They're kinda personal, but it includes two main things : *this important personal thing* and gaming. You might think that I've abandoned the whole important personal thing and just blurted all my time into gaming. That's what I thought at first. And that's how my holidays began. But now, I find my time to somehow just be used up.
Darn FaceBook and its stupid SocialInterview! And then there's also that darn FriendsExposed! Argh!

What you're thinking : "Tsk. Look at this DoucheBag. Just look at'em. He's complaining about not being able to play video games because he's too busy being online. Why doesn't he just get off the PC and start playing. And he says it all as if being online on the PC is hard labour or something, and then he blames FaceBook. What a Douche!".

Yes, I realise this, but mostly I think my time was used going out somewhere or just doing something else. You know that feeling? That somehow all your time just got used up doing one big thing or many small things? I just hate that, because you (usually) never know what difference all that you did had made, not to mention your time is used up.

And anyway, you can't deny that the PC is an addiction. Well, at least it is for me. There's FaceBook and Gmail and Blogger and Hotmail and Yahoo! and Youtube, not to mention Adobe After Effects that I play around with sometimes.

Not much gaming time = Not much gaming experienced.
I haven't finished three games! Count'em! THREE! LittleBig Planet, InFAMOUS and Burnout Paradise. And LittleBig Planet is supposed to be a relatively short game! I kinda feel sorry for'em. Just lying down in the drawer, not being able to spin, or be read by a laser... And all the other fun stuff a disc should do! It's just no fun when they're left idle.

*sigh*

Oh yeah, that reminds me, my brother's coming back from New Zealand on the 14th, Saturday night, for his annual 3-month break. I asked him to get me some chocolates. I wonder what he'll get me... I like being surprised. Well, you know, the good surprise, not like the "Sorry Luqman, I went to every store. Chocolates out of stock!" kind of surprise.

Anyway, you got better things to do other than reading about the rants of a DoucheBag who's only in distress because he had screwed himself up. Oh well =.=



Peace. Love. Joy.

Ramadhan (Raw-Ma-Dhawn), Raya and Relief from Exams!

Dear Reader,

Ah...

It feels SO good to be back! After weeks of silence, I'm finally unwrapping the package of words in my mind.

Just getting the styrofoam out of the way...

Hmm... Let's see what we got here...

Oh yeah, it's about the fasting month.


This year's Ramadhan passed by pretty quick. Which is actually a bad thing. I mean, it was so fast compared to the Ramadhans of the past. Here's what we did daily:
Sahur (Eating before fasting),
Fast (Prohibition of eating, drinking and committing maksiat),
Iftar (The breaking of fast),
Tarawih [A recommended (not mandatory) prayer that Muslims only practice at night during the Holy Month],
And then sleep. (something we all do)

And then repeat. This process went on and on so fast that before I knew it, there was only one week left. Next thing you know, it's Raya already.
I'll miss Ramadhan. The high reward-rates for doing good deeds, reading the Qur'an on a regular basis, and essentially, becoming a better Muslim. Not to mention the Pasar Ramadhan (Ramadhan Bazaar) that sells all types of delicious food!
Every time this Holy Month comes, we are reminded to make the most of it, and every time it passes, we are reminded that we might not be able to live long enough to see the next one. I just hope I may be lucky enough to reach next year's.


But Ramadhan ending is not all bad...


" Selamat Hari Raya! "
" 'Eid Mubarak! "
" Salam Lebaran! "

Yep. Hari Raya. It's when those types of messages above flood our inboxes and we just can't reply to all of them without having our phone bill shoot through the roof.

Hari Raya is such a fun annual event. Meeting up with all your relatives, catching up on what's new, eating delicious traditional kuih-muih (desserts) and getting duit raya! It's just the atmosphere of happiness you can feel in the air, it makes you happy too. Everyone's smiling, joking and laughing. You know that feeling right?
Whether it's on Hari Raya, Christmas, Chinese New Year or Deepavali, if you join a large group of relatives gathered up to celebrate an event like this, you'll know what I'm talking about.

But this year's Raya wasn't all fun and games.

Oh yeah. Hasif, Shahnaz and me had to think about the coming PMR exam. While Hasif and me took that day off, Shahnaz actually brought her Agama Book!

In the last few days before the exam, it was quite calming to hear my father, who usually pressures me, say that it did not matter what I got. The important thing is, I tried my best. Hearing that from him was quite weird, but relieving nonetheless.
And getting through PMR itself was alright. But I'm sure we'll all agree that Science Paper 2 was the hardest paper ever! So much on Pollination!

But now...

Wooh!!!

Finally, end of PMR! I can soar! I can fly! I can...

Wait.

PMR is over? Wow. That was fast. Feels as if not too long ago I had my UPSR. And that was three years ago.

Hmph. Time sure flies by fast doesn't it? One moment you're having fun on the swings with your friends as a child in pre-school, next thing you know, you're stuck in a dead-end job with three kids and married to a spouse who only yells at you.

Ok, too much.

But seriously though, PMR is over? Dang.
Practically flashed before my eyes.

Now, as I have said on my FaceBook status on the 13th of October 2009 at 10:23 AM, :
"PMR is finally over, and I'm finally back online after weeks! I know it's not the end of the line, but I sure could use some R&R! Wooh!".

So as you can tell, I already know that I've gotta get ready for Form Four, and choose an SPM stream. But maybe not yet. I wanna rest first.

Oh well, 'til the next time!



Peace. Love. Joy.