2012 End Of The World Movie -

Around me, the audience gasped and cheered. There was a giddy energy to it. Watching the world end from the safety of a velvet seat is a primal, guilty pleasure. We were safe. The tectonic plates under Los Angeles were stable—for now.

One reason the remains the gold standard for disaster porn is its visual effects. At the time of its release, 2012 held the record for the most expensive film ever produced in Germany (where Emmerich lived) and featured over 1,500 visual effects shots. 2012 end of the world movie

Directed by Roland Emmerich (the visionary behind Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow ), 2012 follows Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a struggling science fiction writer and part-time limo driver in Los Angeles. Divorced and somewhat estranged from his children, Jackson’s life is a mess—but it is about to get infinitely worse. Around me, the audience gasped and cheered