Comments on: Roland Emmerich to Direct 2012 Apocalypse Movie, Now Being Shopped to Studios

By: william

william — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:30:34 +0000

Where will “2012 be filmed? Blue Ridge Motion Pictures in Aseville, NC has a great studio to film in. William

By: neoriah

neoriah — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:18:39 +0000

all this end of the year bullshit is really annoying and has people going crazy.And now theyre making a movie about it,that’ll help

By: Bicael May

Bicael May — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:42:55 +0000

Look, Godzilla was the greatest piece of motion picture history to be thrust upon our (or any) generation. If you can’t accept that then there is no hope for our world.

By: mando

mando — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:55:11 +0000

First of all Ian The global warming is warming the ice caps to a point were they will melt. If that occurs there will be so much water it will completely stop the warming effect of the planet thus creating an ice age… Second of all I think the movie would sell. These days you hear alot of 2012 a movie about the topic will only bring out the curiousity in people.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:47:24 +0000

Ice-apocalypse — so much for global warming!

By: jerry seinfeld

jerry seinfeld — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:47:12 +0000

it’s pretty simple, shora.

i’ve never cared about a single character in a michael bay movie.

technically, he’s astute, but as a story teller, he’s about at the level of the average 7th grader.

does that help?

By: kiko

kiko — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:56:44 +0000

Speaking about dramaturgy, Emmerich has more to give than Bay. Even though Emmerich’s main contents are quite predictable, they give a moral commitment that can be understood and be more accepted by our subconscious feelings. Something that Gustav Freytag teaches as the basic column any kind of opera or theater piece.
In terms of which popcorn size I would buy for the SfX/VfX show, i must confess that Emmerich will lead me to buy a middle-size and Bay a Big-size one.

By: shora

shora — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:23:43 +0000

C’mon… why so much hate for Michael Bay? He has pretty much the best scene composition in the shots in the whole Hollywood. Dunno why people hate him so much

Although the stories that he direct sometimes suck, but he still delivers and here is difference between him and Roland Emmerich. Emmerich just sets up for a big spectacle, and he always fails half way through (although usually the first half of most of his movies are visually pleasant.. hell, even the first half of Godzilla was OK)

By: Cinemaniac1979

Cinemaniac1979 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:43:53 +0000

Roland Emmerich needs to be stopped. GINO was a travesty and the Day After Tomorrow (which I believe is also a Whitley Streiber book) was so bad it actually gave me diarrhea. It’ll be nice to see the movie nerds shred him for a while and give the tired Bay-bashing a much-needed break.

By: Deko

Deko — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:21:04 +0000

Michael Bay isnt terrible at all, he is actually very good making films of pure action entertainment, wich is his job. Nothing more.

Emmerich’s job is just mediocre.

By the way, the end of the mayan calendar is not about the end of the world or apocalypsis, its just the end of a cycle and the beginning of another, but what the hell..

By: Jojo

Jojo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:19:04 +0000

Roland is cooler than Michael Bay. Atleast Roland tries to make different kinds of movies.

Michael only knows how to blow cars up and do chase scenes. He is pathetic. Transformers saved his ass otherwise he was going to end up being a flop director.

By: Canadian DJM

Canadian DJM — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:23 +0000

One makes REALLY terrible movies, and the other one… actually, on second thought, there’s no difference.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:38:39 +0000

bay knows what’s awesome.

By: JFK

JFK — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:37:05 +0000

I prefer neither but Emmrich still has Stargate under his belt even though he might have strayed far from the kind of quality control he exhibited making that flick. If Bay could somehow ween himself off stereotypes but keep his monkeys churning out the epic effects his films could actually be lasting achievements instead of commercial fodder. But we all know thats asking too much.