Monday, November 16, 2009

2012: Best Action Scene?

I seem to be the king of false promises. I'm sorry I didn't get this review up when I said I would, but this is technically not really a review. It's more of an analyzation of the Action sequences to see which is best, because most of the film is in truth, not good or engaging. They spend about 40 minutes before they get to any real action. But the action is truly amazing. Nobody directs disaster like Roland Emmerich and he tops all the disaster sequences he's done in the past with this movie, so I decided to rank the top three action sequences.

3)Washington Washes Away
The best of the mini-disaster sequences that don't last more than two minutes, this one is just so symbolic. Seeing Danny Glover finish the bible reading he wasn't able to in the broadcast as the USS John F. Kennedy rides on a wave to squash out the white house, is just one of the biggest and best contradictions in a single scene, when there seems to be no hope, one man has hope. And he's the fucking president in 2012! (Obvious Answer Alert!) Who is going to be president in 2012?

2) San Francisco Goes Down
Even people who didn't end up going to see the film opening weekend saw most of this sequence with the exception of a few frames, thanks to the broadcast of the scene. Still if there was anything that would lock an audience into going to see a movie it would be this scene. It rather gleefully despenses with 7 million people in spectacular fashion. The friend I went to see it with turned to me during this sequence and said "This is the least tense action sequence ever". It truly is, because we don't no anybody in San Francisco except the people who make it out alive, and we know that they're all going to make it out alive, because lets face it, it's a Roland Emmerich film. Even if we didn't know they'd be alright, we still would care about the characters. We only really care about the shit blowing up. That's pretty much the reason most of us went to the movie in the first place.

1)Yellowstone Eruption
This scene was truly awesome in its entirety. As soon as Jackson found Charlie at the ridge of Yellowstone we all knew that some serious shit was about to go down. Woody Harrelson's character was the only one I really cared about because he was so awesome and had it all figured out (Unlike every other character in the movie), and boy did he go out with a bang. The rest of the sequence was Jackson and his daughter trying to make their way back to the plane. It was pretty awesome but not truly thrilling until right at the end. The final rush of the sequence alone was worth the price of admission. If for nothing else, go to the movie to see this scene.

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