Monday, November 16, 2009

2012





Sinopsis : In 2009, American scientist Adrian Helmsley travels to India to meet his friend Satnam, who has discovered that neutrinos from a massive solar flare have penetrated the Earth and are causing the temperature of its core to increase rapidly. Adrian returns to Washington D.C. to inform White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser and US President Thomas Wilson that this will instigate a chain of events that will bring about the end of the world. At the 36th G8 summit in 2010, other heads of state and heads of government are made aware of the situation. They collaborate to begin a secret project intended to ensure the continuity of human life, strategically choosing 400,000 people for admission on a series of gigantic arks to be constructed in the Himalayas. To help fund the venture, additional individuals are allowed to purchase tickets for one billion euros apiece.

In 2012, Jackson Curtis is a divorced father who works as a limousine driver and writer in Los Angeles. His ex-wife Kate and their children Noah and Lily live with her new boyfriend, plastic surgeon and amateur pilot Gordon. Jackson takes Noah and Lily on a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park, where they meet Charlie Frost, a radio show host and conspiracy theorist. Charlie supports a theory that suggests the Mayans predicted the world would come to an end in 2012. The family return home as cracks begin to develop along the San Andreas Fault in California and earthquakes occur in the San Francisco Bay area. Jackson grows suspicious and rents a private plane to rescue his family. He collects his family and Gordon as the Earth's crust displacement begins, and they escape Los Angeles as it collapses into the Pacific Ocean.

As millions begin dying in apocalyptic earthquakes worldwide, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve from Charlie a map detailing the location of the arks. The group narrowly escapes as the Yellowstone Caldera erupts. Charlie, who had elected to stay behind to witness the eruption, is killed by the blast. Realizing the arks are in China, the group lands in Las Vegas, where they meet Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov, one of Jackson's limousine clients. Yuri, his twin sons, girlfriend Tamara, and pilot Sasha join the group as they secure a larger plane and head across the Pacific. Also bound for the arks aboard Air Force One are Anheuser, Adrian, and First Daughter Laura Wilson. President Wilson decided to remain in Washington D.C., and he is soon killed by a tsunami that sends the USS John F. Kennedy crashing into the White House. With the Vice President dead and the Speaker of the House missing, Anheuser appoints himself acting Commander-in-Chief.

Yuri, who has purchased ark tickets for himself and his sons, deserts the Curtis family, Gordon, and Tamara upon arriving in China in a crash-landing that kills Sasha. However, the abandoned group is picked up by Nima, a Buddhist monk. Together, they begin sneaking onto an ark with the help of Nima's brother Tenzin, an ark project worker. Learning that a tsunami is approaching, Anheuser orders the arks be sealed before the boarding process is complete, trapping thousands outside. Adrian manages to convince the other G8 leaders to let the remaining people on board. As the ark's drawbridges are lowered, Gordon is crushed between the gears, which soon become entangled with a thick cable. Yuri sacrifices his life to get his two sons on in time, but the cable prevents the gate from closing, rendering the ship unable to start its engines. The tsunami arrives and begins to flood the ark, drowning Tamara and setting the ark helplessly adrift. Jackson and Noah work together to fix the closing mechanism. The gate closes and the crew regains control of the ark, preventing a fatal collision with Mount Everest.

When the floodwater from the worldwide tsunamis eventually recedes, satellite data shows that Africa rose in relation to sea level and may not have flooded at all. As three arks set sail for the Cape of Good Hope, Jackson reconciles with his family, and Adrian starts a relationship with Laura. The movie ends with a view of the Earth showing the dramatically-changed African continent.

Nota Jase : Bila keluar panggung memang terasa puas meskipun plot sebegini adalah plot kitar semula propaganda Hollywood (tiada beza dengan Independence Day, Armageddon dsb). Saya menonton dengan hati terbuka. Enjoy akan teknik CGI yang digunakan. Ada banyak kebetulan yang memang telah di sangka. Sang hero bukanlah daripada keturunan yang terlalu baik (watak putih). Menjadi penyelamat dunia dan spesies manusia akan datang. Happy Ending sudah tentu - adakala seperti filem Bollywood yang menjadi escapism kepada realiti. Ada watak naif. Ada watak antagonis. Tiada yang baru kecuali teknik canggih yang membuatkan kita melopong. Ada banyak ciri-ciri jalan selamat (dari sudut skrip) yang digunakan seperti kemusnahan tidak melibatkan Kaabah. Filem ini memang ditunggu-tunggu dan memang akan jadi BOX-OFFICE.

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