Archive for November 15th, 2009

Short Take: Incredible to look at but sells itself a little short

Director: Roland Emmerich (Independence Day)

Screenwriters: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser (10,000 B.C.)

Cast: John Cusack (1408), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men), Amanda Peet (Whole 9 Yards), Thandie Newton (Crash), Oliver Platt (The Ice Harvest)

Length: 2h 38m

Synopsis: In 2009 geologists discover that abnormally large solar flares from the sun have begun to heat the earth’s core to higher temperatures than it’s meant to withstand. They calculate that in a few years the earth’s core will reach such high temperatures that the crust will become unstable and completely reorganize itself, resulting in mammoth earthquakes and tsunamis. The Mayan calendar ends on December 21^st, 2012. As it turns out, they weren’t far off.

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