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post Nov 3 2009, 10:57 PM


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Wat a nice movie...look like very scary.....


Added on November 3, 2009, 11:02 pmReally want to see how this movie ended...

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QUOTE(Lowyat @ Nov 3 2009, 10:57 PM)
Wat a nice movie...look like very scary.....


Added on November 3, 2009, 11:02 pmReally want to see how this movie ended...
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It ends with some ridiculous advice on that 'auspicious year'. Almost as if it wants to scare the movie goers AFTER the movie has ended.

Yes. I haven't watched the movie. That is what I truly believe they will do.

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post Nov 4 2009, 03:23 PM


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Emmerich reveals fear of fatwa axed 2012 scene

Roland Emmerich, the director of the 'end of days' disaster movie, had wanted to depict the destruction of Islam's holiest site, but was persuaded not to

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Islam's holiest site … Muslims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca during
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He blew up the Empire State Building and the White House in Independence Day, sent a giant monster careering through the heart of Manhattan in Godzilla and destroyed the famous Hollywood sign in The Day After Tomorrow. But it seems there are places even Roland Emmerich will not go - the German film-maker has revealed he abandoned plans to obliterate Islam's holiest site on the big screen for fear of attracting a fatwa.

For his latest disaster movie, 2012, the 53-year-old director had wanted to demolish the Kaaba, the iconic cube-shaped structure in the Grand Mosque in Mecca that Muslims the world over turn towards every day when they pray and which they circle seven times during the hajj pilgrimage.

But after some consideration, he decided it might not be such a smart idea, after all.

"I wanted to do that, I have to admit," Emmerich told scifiwire.com. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie. And he was right.

"We have to all, in the western world, think about this. You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have ... a fatwa, and that sounds a little bit like what the state of this world is.

"So it's just something which I kind of didn't [think] was [an] important element, anyway, in the film, so I kind of left it out."

But Emmerich acolytes need not fear that the film-maker is pulling his punches on 2012, which arrives in UK cinemas on 13 November. The movie depicts a global doomsday event supposedly predicted by the Mayans more than a thousand years ago – in order to highlight his opposition to organised religion, the director decided to use CGI to destroy the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro instead. For good measure, he also blew up the Sistine chapel and St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, plus, on a secular note, the White House (again).


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Just found out this movie is more than two and a half hours long. I'm going to train myself to not piss in that amount of time.

Most end of the world movies kinda suck... The Day After Tomorrow, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Happening, War Of The Worlds (the Tom Cruise one), etc. Knowing was ok though.
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First review out: http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/104/1041326p1.html

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We haven't laughed so hard in a long time. The latest global disaster movie from director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) throws so much stupidity at you in such rapid succession that it's practically a torrential cliché-maelstrom; the kind of bloated, silly cinematic disaster that is so unintentionally hilarious that actually flips over and becomes a redeeming factor.

1/5 stars


DAMN WELL EXPECTED THOSE SCORES.

After the great debacle of TF2 I won't be seeing this one for sure, even if it gets 'Fresh' on RT.

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From the reviews that I've gathered, it looks like this is going to a "so bad it's good" movie. Definitely going to watch it.
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post Nov 7 2009, 10:52 PM


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I like most Emmerich films, bar 10,000 BC. He knows his limitations and he works within them. While Michael Bay uses new babes in each of his movies, Emmerich uses recycled MILFs. tongue.gif
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QUOTE(Deathward @ Nov 4 2009, 03:23 PM)
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highlight his opposition to organised religion

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what a coward.

only attack those who dont fight back.

just because Muslims are shown to be more violent in their response, he chooses to poke those who dont seem to want to fight back.
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He's just a scaredy cat and a loser...
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QUOTE(Mgsrulz @ Nov 8 2009, 12:07 AM)
what a coward.

only attack those who dont fight back.

just because Muslims are shown to be more violent in their response, he chooses to poke those who dont seem to want to fight back.
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QUOTE(smallbug @ Nov 8 2009, 11:36 AM)
He's just a scaredy cat and a loser...
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So I supposed those people in my signature are opposites of what you said about Emmerich, right?
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i m going to watch 2012...
in cinemas 12 november rite?
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QUOTE(Deathward @ Nov 8 2009, 12:24 PM)
So I supposed those people in my signature are opposites of what you said about Emmerich, right?
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that goes without saying
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He toasted to Manchester United. I'm okay with him biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(Deathward @ Nov 8 2009, 12:24 PM)
So I supposed those people in my signature are opposites of what you said about Emmerich, right?
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I fail to see the relevance.
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QUOTE(sanderz @ Nov 8 2009, 12:38 PM)
i m going to watch 2012...
in cinemas 12 november rite?
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Applied leave for 13th oledi biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(kobe24bryant @ Nov 7 2009, 10:52 PM)
I like most Emmerich films, bar 10,000 BC. He knows his limitations and he works within them. While Michael Bay uses new babes in each of his movies, Emmerich uses recycled MILFs. tongue.gif


recycled milfs? hahaa! good one mate... rclxms.gif

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Oopsy. Kinda expected "below average" ratings. "10,000 B.C" anyone?

I think 2012 is Roland unleashing his absolute maximum of destruction. I can imagine our John Cusack surviving the aftermath... become an hero for the new "civilization".

Then again, I told myself way back then if someone were to do a 2012 movie it would be Roland (same for Tim Burton for Alice In Wonderland... tongue.gif )

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Watched it y'day morning. Media Premier... biggrin.gif


9/10 ranking for me.... duration 2hrs+

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just booked it at Pavilion GSC THX hall..yea..
so hard to login just now..hahaha..
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QUOTE(teikwei @ Nov 11 2009, 11:07 AM)
so hard to login just now..hahaha..
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I got that problem too. Browsing as an anonymous is smooth, but the nightmare starts when i try to login.

Anyway, booked tickets for this Friday's screening at GSC Alamanda. Hope the movie is somewhat decent (given it's length). laugh.gif
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