Movie: 2012 (2009/I)

• Director: Roland Emmerich
• Release Date: 12 November 2009 (Hong Kong)
• Run Time: 158 min
• Country: USA , Canada
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller  
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some language.

Tagline: We Were Warned.  

Trivia: At 158 minutes, “2012″ is Roland Emmerich’s second-longest film, behind The Patriot (2000) starring Mel Gibson. Coincidentally, Gibson directed the Mayan-themed movie Apocalypto (2006) which was also cinematographed by Dean Semler, the cinematographer for this film.
 

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: While the ark containing the main characters is being tumbled on at least 2 axes, the water level in the semi-flooded rooms remains stable, as if the ark were over calm waters.
 

“Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth’s core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world’s population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world’s leaders race to build “arks” to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>”