If “2012″ seems like an average blockbuster movie, you might be surprised to hear the critics are giving it good reviews. Dan Kois from the Washington Post has this to say:
If a film critic awards four stars to a movie directed by Roland Emmerich — Hollywood’s reigning king of catastrophe, the critically scorned director of “Independence Day” and “Godzilla” — will the world come to an end? That’s a question the ancient Mayans never asked, but it’s the one facing me after the enormously satisfying, astonishingly accomplished, reprehensible-yet-irresistible “2012,” the crowning achievement in Emmerich’s long, profitable career as a destroyer of worlds.
Make your own judgement call in theaters this weekend, and let us know what you think.
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