One Good Movie, One Bad Movie
"2012: Doomsday" and "The Apocalypse" are on this double-sided DVD. They portray two different interpretations of Christianity, one Calvinistic and one more free-will.
"2012: Doomsday" is all predestined and predetermined, so the movie is a road trip movie that concludes at a Mayan pyramid. Little suspense or surprises exist; the characters have no free will and are not believable or compelling. The dialogue is preachy and impossibly frustrating to hear. And the ending of the movie contradicts everything that happened before, which undermines the literal interpretation of the book of Revelations has been hammered home for 90 minutes. Two stars maximum, possibly only one star because nothing happens.
"The Apocalypse" is far more dramatic and unpredictable. Pseudo-scientific explanations are proposed, and characters behave in a believable way. "The Apocalypse" is a relationship movie between the characters and between the characters and the Christian god...
Doomsday on a small budget
First let me say I am a major fan of disaster movies; they are armchair adventures for me and I watch a lot of them. This movie, for plot, acting or special effects in no way comes even close to matching 2012, the major movie release of last year. This particular movie is made on a very small budget; if you have watched any of the disaster movies shown on the SYFY channel, you have a good idea what you are in for here. There are computer generated special effects, some pretty good, some pretty obvious, such as the subzero blizzard in the tropics that doesn't seem to bother the plants at all or make the actors appear to be particularly cold in their tropical clothing. On the plus side, the movie was largely filmed in Belize using at least some footage of a Mayan temple, which helps a bit there. The basic plot of the movie has various people attempting to get to a Mexican Mayan pyramid by Dec. 21st in order to fulfill a Mayan/Christian prophecy. There are some major holes in the...
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