Crazy Disaster Movie 2012 | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson, Peter Arpesella, Ayana Haviv, Waléra Kanischtscheff
Director: Roland Emmerich
Genres: Action & adventure Thriller
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[@AwesomeUSMovies]

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[@hinesmaster99]

Check out San Andreas

[@Anakinskywalkerfan1]

@@hinesmaster99 he did it’s on his channel

[@smdownh9]

the people they didn't want to let had passes so there was food for them they paid for it with the billion euro

[@smdownh9]

you should react to Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones

[@superdrummergaming]

"Lift your big ass for Sasha." That's still one of my favorite lines.

[@bravedown50]

Some people believed 2012 was going to be the end of the world because it was the end of the Mayan calendar. There was also an event called “the great galactic alignment” on 12/21/12 .The claim of the event is that on that date the Sun will align with the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which only happens once every 25,772 years.

[@Timmywhimmy]

And this was also the 1st time i heard about the Mayan calendar 😅

[@EfftupSmith]

@@Timmywhimmy It was all over the wrong corners of the internet about that time. The Mayan Calendar thing was based off 1 Stele, and despite other Steles having dates thousands of years into the future, the sort of people who wrote books of unsubstantiated nonsense to make money wrote stuff and even though the current Mayans told them they were talking shit, it didn't stop people spreading it around on the internet, and adding in Annunaki /Nibiru stuff to it as well.

[@titanuscreature4485]

😂😂😂😂 I was in 3rd grade thinking that 2012 was the end of the world

[@rimisark]

well, it was the end of the normal world...@@EfftupSmith

[@dyldog]

I remember that day, me and my friend were on vacation (I was 11 he was 13) at a water park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. We heard that the end of the world was supposedly at 11am or something like that so we timed it that we would ride a water coaster called “The Flyin’ Mayan” right at the set time because we thought it would be a funny way to go

[@rayjones2606]

My problem with them selling tickets to the rich and powerful and not bring in the labors has always been...who do they expect to build their new society. Where are the construction workers, teachers, doctors and nurses.

[@wolf9walker]

They did have workers on there, but they had to have the rich because they needed the money to build the ships. The rich got 1st pick for their money, then workers were selected by profession, but they could only take so many

[@brianmonks8657]

There aren't a lot of billionaires so they would only be a small part of the people on those ships. Most passengers would be there because they have the needed skills. The billionaires are just there to fund the construction.

[@jinphany.]

I don’t think that was the point. I think the point was to convey that the rich can get themselves out of this mess by chucking money at problems while the poor are left to die.

[@dabreal82]

Why would you need money after 99.9% of the population is dead?

[@kosh6612]

oh wow, only yesterday I was thinking that nobody had reacted to this. The total pinnacle of disaster film schlock adn peak CGI (combo of technology and effort/skill). My physicist wife freaks every time she hears "the particles have somehow mutated' lol I particularly love the attention to detail.

[@jrobwoo688]

Same. I was just yesterday searching for a reaction and could only find reactions to specific scenes.

[@christinemclaurin2631]

Same!!

[@EfftupSmith]

@@realdem and TRANSMUTE! Is what they said in Battle f the Planets to change into their costumes as well.

[@nickitacocat]

It's totally unrealistic, but I love this movie. Like, the cars tires never popped....😂😂😂

[@LordLOC]

Not to mention neutrinos "mutating" (though to be fair they can change types, but that's not mutating lol) and causing the Earth's core to get hotter :D

[@RuanAntunes7]

It’s Science Fiction. It’s not supposed to be completely realistic

[@LordLOC]

@@RuanAntunes7 I mean if one watches this and thinks any of it is realistic or even plausible for that matter, Emmerich should win an Oscar :D

[@RuanAntunes7]

@@LordLOCThe events from The Day After Tomorrow is the only one of Roland Emmerich’s movies where some of the events are very possible….. hell during the last Ice Age Mammoth’s froze instantly so it can get that cold during another Ice Age. The only thing unrealistic about the movie is how fast the climate shifted

[@LordLOC]

@@RuanAntunes7 Dude, neutrinos aren't going to "mutate" and heat up the Earth's core and cause the crust of planet to destabilize lol I'd say that is extremely unrealistic, wouldn't you? That being said, the freezing instantly thing has been debunked and found to not be true or how the mammoth "froze". It's so unlikely that the air temperature dropped to -150F to begin with, but the mammoth fell into a glacial crevice, got severely injured and died and because it's much, much colder inside the ice of a crevice like that (usually 30-40 degrees colder depending on the situation) the mammoth froze fairly quickly - hence the food still in the stomach etc. While it is certainly possible in the past some event happened where some creature or bacteria or something froze very quickly - it wouldn't be anything like in The Day After Tomorrow I'm afraid :D (awesome scene though)

[@stanzaloan3454]

This movie wasn't meant to be taken seriously. It was set in a world of fantasy in terms of cause and effect. It would be very different set in reality but not a bad movie to just kick back and watch, it was fun man.

[@jeffreyisbell7471]

It’s a good family fun disaster movie😊

[@marygifford9379]

Temperature and pressure both increase ae you go deeper in the earth. The increase in pressure keeps the mantle from melting, except under certain circumstances that lower the melting point of the rocks. Then it comes to the surface through volcanos. The core is spinning molten iron and nickel surrounded by a shell of solid iron and nickel. The spinning core is responsible for the electromagnetic field around the earth that your compass reads.

[@ScarlettM]

3:39 - "mutated neutrinos" is the cherry on top of this "lets kill science and logic" movie.

[@pietergreveling]

It's already possible, we have indoor greenhouses and livestock farms! 🤷🏻‍♂️ In the Netherlands we even have a floating dairy farm as an experiment! 😁✌🏼

[@RealUnitedStatesOfAmerica.]

"theres something pulling us apart" YEAH, LITERALLY LOL

[@nickitacocat]

Oliver Platt, who played Carl Anheuser in this, is great in everything but was really awesome as Porthos in The Three Musketeers.

[@mandlerparr1]

I had a crush on him in the 90's.

[@stevensauer8539]

Platt's also lots of fun in Diggstown and Lake Placid.

[@brianhale8537]

Best part of that movie

[@youtpfpm6097]

I loved him and the interaction between his character and Brendan Gleeson’s one in Lake Placid. 😂

[@faureamour]

He's great in the show Chicago Med on TV currently.

[@karenlackner192]

Wonderful reaction! I love Woody’s character in this… albeit short 😂

[@bradleyelsken622]

Maybe it's because I'm autistic, but I always agreed with Oliver Platt's character being so pragmatic. I've often been accused of being too coldly logical, but people who act based purely on emotion don't often make the smartest decisions.

[@Ahzpayne]

neither do people who rely solely upon logic. both are part of the human animal, both are required to make any decision or formulate any plan that has any hope of serving our interest and being emotionally healthy. and I would argue anything that isn't emotionally healthy is automatically not serving our interests.

[@daniellaplume3840]

Great reaction to a great disaster movie. I love John Cusak as an actor too. Hope you're feeling better

[@Drake_Dimes]

12/21/12 happened in 2012. The end of the world, according to the Mayan Calender

[@herbyragan8686]

I actually ❤ this film 😅. Roland Emerich really channeled his inner Ed Wood to create one of the most gloriously BAD films that can be enjoyed by all 😅😅😅😅😅

[@MarcoInaros-ns7ut]

Wow you probably are the only one who has react to this movie in all KZbin,thanks

[@craigm3353]

I thought the special effects were cool. I got a movie reaction suggestion for you it's one of my favorites, The Final Countdown (1980) The U.S.S. Nimitz goes back to December 6th, 1941. It's filmed on the Nimitz. It's like Top Gun meets Back to the Future.

[@Lynn7015hb]

Thx for doing this one. (I personally haven't seen others reacting to it.) Cool movie. 👍 ps I subscribed to your other channel.

[@mothermayhem3255]

I love these kind of disaster movies. Absolute suspension of disbelief.

[@greenpeasuit]

Yeah, the Yellowstone Eruption, while am exciting and fun scene, is absolutely ridiculous, and none of them would have lived long enough to know they were going to die.

[@frankiecamacho8739]

Nice to see Dr. Phlox. He shared drinks with some of us once at a Trek convention. A good movie for a bookworm is The Man From Earth.

[@julienielsen4462]

Love this movie, great reaction as always!! I started to read books now trying to get through the classic books like 1984, Bronte sister novels and suspense books.

[@js6729]

I think I liked your reaction to this movie more than the movie itself

[@donovandelaney3171]

Some smaller historical sites would have to be removed in one piece or many pieces and be loaded up into the giant Arks.

[@charcoalberries819]

0:49 love how you just had a full blown conversation with yourself 😂😂

[@terryv2006]

This movie is so much fun. The CGI is amazing. It’s long but it’s unreal how much content they put in it. So many perilous situations.

[@ScarlettM]

31:25 - his constant naivete! The problem is not FITTING people in, it's feeding them, hydrating them, so forth. Space is not the issue. And as a educated adult he should understand. P.S. You literally said that 25 seconds later...sorry, I write comments as I watch.

[@Anakinskywalkerfan1]

James I love this movie John cusack and Amanda peet are awesome in this movie.

[@couch.patati-patata]

Evan Almighty would build a bigger ark.

[@gamerforlife3115]

Hell yeah

[@donovandelaney3171]

2012 was supposed to have a tv series. The people in the Vegas airport, the little girl, the two men on the ship and everyone on the mountain survived.

[@jrobwoo688]

Great reaction. The guy who took over for the president was played by Oliver Platt. He is a great actor. My favorite film that he is in is Lake Placid.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Oh yes! He was also funny in that 😅

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Also great as Oliver Banish in The West Wing

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Babbish or Babish

[@LABdk]

In 1986 Jose Arguelles wrote the book “Mayan Factor” which talks about the Mayan calendar. Interesting. Most of the “2012 hysteria” began with his book.

[@greenpeasuit]

If you watch "A Time to Kill", you will recognize many actors, among them the "chubby faced guy" in one my favorite roles of his.

[@breezy3392]

The thing about letting more people on the boats was that they had closed the doors early. Many of those people had tickets and assigned space, but they were locked out. Ration the food and you can feed more people until a piece of land dries out

[@melainakiss]

I saw this movie as a teenager, but I don't remember it being so sad! I don't know why I got so invested in the characters while watching your reaction. Originally, I just cared about the action.

[@Billsbob]

Happy to hear I’m not the only one who thought the Chief of Staff was more of a hero than the geologist despite being cruel at times. He spared the geologist and let his own mother die alone.

[@californialoverip2pac]

Finally 🎉❤🎉 someone reacted to this great movie… Do the 1997 Volcano 🌋and the taking of pelham 123 (2009) classic next

[@sharpgirl72]

They used to joke behind the scenes and call Unstoppable, Pelham 456. Thanks so much for reminding me of these.

[@aleatharhea]

I don't understand why it was ever about who could afford it and never about bringing a sufficient number of experts in every field. A bunch of rich people with no skills except politics and finance and real estate gamesmanship would die out in no time. I just can't suspend my disbelief that much.

[@aleatharhea]

@Sanne_Mathiasen Well, if they only let the rich people know about the impending disaster, yes. Otherwise, all of human kind would chip in both in terms of money and labor. But I agree that governments do favor the rich and keep everyone else in the dark.

[@donovandelaney3171]

The government really is building giant Arks.

[@SapphireRose93_]

Finally someone reacting to 2012! Been periodically searching for reactions and finally got 2 results, you being the first. ❤

[@PALINDROMA.]

Same! I'm shocked so little people have reacted to this movie, it's so good!

[@RuanAntunes7]

For a movie that came out in 2009 the special effects hold up really well. It’s one of my favourite disaster movies but The Day After Tomorrow is my absolute favourite

[@BiyondoBāsudei]

I think you’re the first person I’ve seen react to this movie on KZbin. This is a guilty pleasure movie for me. When this movie came out (2009) I was around 13 years old and was obsessed with it 😂

[@jinphany.]

As a kid this film terrified me yet I also wanted it to happen to see if I’d survive 😭

[@srbarkerchan]

Found this in my recommendations and your reaction was pretty good! Subbed!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Welcome aboard!

[@kennethcook9406]

You've probably never seen this one either, but the crazy-haired scientist with the vaguely British accent all through the movie, is the same actor who played "Dr. Phlox" in the Star Trek: Enterprise series. His voice is unmistakable.

[@BattleAngelFan99]

You have such a dad personality :D I don't mean that in a bad way. Let's see here, recommendations.. I'm going to recommend Alita Battle Angel (2019) because that's my default go-to. Also, The Shadow (1994)

[@tudorjason]

13:41 - This is the former Saperstein mansion with 45,000 square feet.. Sold for $102 million 10 years ago.

[@JemJam2976]

That was the L.A.'s subway train flying through the air. Back in 2009 when this came out, it wasn't that bad to ride it. But now, since covid. Its barely recognizable. So many drug addicts and homeless folks everywhere on the train. Its sad and unsafe.

[@joshuasmith4879]

2012 was the end of the Mayan calendar and that's when people thought the world ended and it's just like Y2K 2000 when computers were taken over

[@billykulim5202]

thing is mayan not a almyhty people in this worlds, so yeah they prediction are wrong, the world did not end in 2012

[@AliceI7764]

2012 was supposed to be one of the years that the Mayan calendar said that the world was going to end. There used to be a whole big conspiracy theory about it and it came about somewhere in the mid-90s. It was all quite goofy and obviously we lived through 2012 without the planet exploding.

[@donsnover2585]

I saw this when it released but barely remembered anything,thanks for the reminder

[@ScarlettM]

0:50 - you haven't heard all that "end of the world" nonsense with Mayan calendar, scheduling the end to 2012? Basically, someone calculated that Mayan calendar goes only until 2012 and decided that the reason it doesn't go further is the world will end. All arguments that a new calendar should be used fell on deaf ears. So "2012" was a good title for this movie.

[@MisoSilly]

.. but then what happened after that? lol I want to see what went on in 2013.

[@neojc128]

there are only about 3,200 billionaires on Earth, this movie didn't do their research on many things. Still entertaining, but like you pointed out, it's funny a bunch of times for probably unintended reasons. Stay Awesome man!

[@PALINDROMA.]

Love this movie, watched it all the time as a kid!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@alexhaas9653]

Thanks for the reaction. What I always thought is that Anheuser is here shown as a villain. Or at least villain-like. But I stand my ground that in the core he was right in many of his (planned) decisions. Ok, I also like Oliver Platt as an actor very much, but even so, I think in these kinds of scenarios unpopular decisions must be made. And he was mostly right...and you just can't save them all. He wasn't without fault and some decisions more than questionable of course.

[@alextwoliter6510]

Who's ready for this to happen in reality?????

[@madeincda]

It is happening. Slowly. Over millions of years. Fortunately for us, reality doesn't follow a Hollywood production schedule.

[@billykulim5202]

@@madeincda the difference is we not making a ship, but elonmusk build BIG rocket to escape to space

[@madeincda]

@@billykulim5202 And apparently, the wealthy are building themselves huge bunkers as we speak. Maybe they know something we don't then.

[@themanofmovies]

Actually a majority of the heat on our planet comes from its core. That is why places in lower elevations are hotter then those in higher.

[@Ellinor99]

The one you liked the best of the characters is Oliver Platt. He is a really great actor, I really like him. He is in The Three Musketeers from 1993 and he is really fun there. So that is my warm recommendation for next movie, it would be great if you reacted to that one!!

[@thevoidwalker0443]

the fact that yelowstone eruption would take out 2/3 of us in one go. also china and rusha would be covered in ash from the voicano.

[@sirjohnmara]

Hi! It looks like your "feed" has the "soap opera effect" on it, search Tom Cruise and that on YT - there are some "motion smoothing" that's need to be off (or it's just the movie that looks like it). THANKS for watching 2012, I've nagged a lot of reactors, because it's a good reaction movie and a very good catastrophic one. I enjoy your real and frank reactions. You have not been to "KZbinr" school. I think your channel should have at least 50K in six months. Just stay true.

[@LordPinbarren]

Bro missed the whole Mayan Calendar end of the world drama haha

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

To be fair… 2012 was the last decent year I remember ironically before everything started to take a nosedive… first 2014, then 2016, and then 2020… the 3 sour years.

[@llorona7847]

This movie really requires you to suspend reality in order to get through it but it’s a lot of fun!

[@jaxonsjerseys]

Have you seen any film adaptations of books you've read?

[@pleutron]

one of my favorite end of the world movies but one of my lesser favorite movies of this channel.

[@nickhewes6860]

Who here has ever, honestly, paused a movie a dozen times while watching it to Google the authenticity of the plot? Insane cat lady

[@nicolem376]

I was hoping you’d react to this! I’ve been recommending it to all my fav channels (that includes you of course).

[@Josh86_925]

Also, Randy's Donuts gets me every time. Randy's Donuts is in Inglewood, over 13 miles from downtown LA. Impossible that donut rolled for 25miles through LA traffic in 3mins lol wtf

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Roger Murtaugh and George Steinbrenner were both in this film

[@henkebenke573]

If you are interested about volcanos you should see dantes peak, volcano, and supervolcano. Supervolcano is a movie/documentary. Its kinda good actually.

[@76tennboy]

NICE I don’t have time to catch it right now I just noticed it close to midnight so I’ll have to hopefully catch it in the morning

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome Movie and Work Bro, Thanks 👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@moviesbye9294]

I love Käärijä

[@RetroJack]

That massive plane was the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the biggest plane ever built - it was destroyed when it's home airfield was bombed two days into the Ukraine war.

[@kenllixx]

Hi James!!! don't get me wrong this movie is fun but my problem with it (and also ST. Andreas movie) is the earthquakes because I know how they are and there's no way in hell that people would be able to even stand up with something over 9 even less running so the mix of buildings falling and the mass of water combine with people running it doesn't seems very believeable. And same with the blast when Woody dies.

[@mikelows1988]

I always thought this movie came out in 2012 for some reason 😂

[@celticson]

There's so many sequences of cars racing away from catastrophe in this movie, it could be part of the Fast and Furious series.

[@dougsargent51]

I enjoyed your reaction, think I will subscribe. It's rare to find someone who doesn't swear the whole time. If you still love to read, try the book I wrote, "Realm of the seven cities" if you enjoy fantasy genre. 😊

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Awesome thank you!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

If you enjoy these type of books, I HIGHLY suggest the "Titan Series, Author Seth Ring" There are 10 of them. Great MMORPG storyline

[@dougsargent51]

Cool I'll check that out!

[@wearenotamused6455]

Scary thing is.... this can happen, and the process is showing up in geological surveys.

[@anthonyholmes1060]

@22:58....best line in the movie, LOL

[@faureamour]

This is great! One of my other reaction channels just watched The Day After Tomorrow. Now you watch this. Great weekend for reactions.

[@most_sane_comment]

This movie was supposed to be a world ending sci fi movie until this guy decided to react to it and make it a comedy 😂

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

I hope you enjoyed my reaction. Come on, some of those scenes were outright nutty.

[@CoyoteBongwater]

You should check out 1408 another great Cusack movie

[@adinamedrea5303]

Love the reaction, just a normal funny guy reacting to this great movie. 👍

[@robertyeah2259]

This movie is pretty fun, except for Tamara’s death scene which always seemed really cruel. I know the whole movie is grim, but something about the sweet and likeable Tamara being left to drown a room filling up with water on the very ship she traveled all across the world to reach. And same with Gordon. They set him up to be Jackson’s love rival, but then they make Gordon nice and likeable, Gordon’s the only reason they’re able to fly out of L.A., just to get grinded into minced meat.

[@PALINDROMA.]

Tamara and Gordon's deaths are so sad 😢

[@bobriemersma]

Sad so few recognize "Doctor Phlox" here.

[@sirjohnmara]

For a Catastrophic - End of the World movie with a Lottery - Watch - "Deep Impact". Very good - with some actors you may know. Well everybody else knows.

[@AliceI7764]

Oh yeah one more thing, if you like John Cusack check out "Room 1408" It's a horror film from 2007. John Cusack is the main character, but the next biggest character is played by Samuel L Jackson. Excellent film loaded with lots of twists and turns.

[@charcoalberries819]

7:29 cool! Do you own a PSP, or play(ed) other video game consoles? 😄

[@wolf9walker]

I loved this movie, but was also annoyed with it. He kept getting almost killed, then getting out, then almost killed, then surviving, etc etc. Towards the end of the movie, i was like "just die already and lets go on." 😅

[@tallicafan85]

i saw this in the theater when it came out. i was hoping this would come true but one can dream. fun movie but weather doesn't change that fast but who knows.

[@BayAreaPolice]

14:10 The person who played the Governor of California was Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@zerodadutch6285]

I highly recommend watching Greenland, The Day after tomorrow or Geostorm if you enjoyed the disaster Genre.

[@orangeandblackattack]

The whole movie was based on non-existing physics. Neutrinos do not just start clumping into matter regardless of temperature. Lol

[@ScarlettM]

37:35 - it's the dumbest system ever! Can you imagine if your car's engine would stop working the moment the door would be opened.

[@paulrogers4483]

I've seen a few reactors react to this movie and everyone reacts out of sheer emotion. You have to look at it coldly and not emotionally, not everyone will survive, in fact very few will. Carl Anheuser white house chief of staff played by Oliver Platt might be a dick but he's actually the only one thinking rationally. The ships can only keep so many people alive for so long, they only have so much food, water, fuel, and only will only last so long so you have to take only the most essential people that will guarantee earth's survival. A really crappy scenario yes but unfortunately a fact of reality. All this being said this is by far the best disaster movie ever shot as far as reality and graphics go bar none. Epic movie to say the least and god forbid this all ever happens. Peace

[@jh5131]

Is it dumb? Yes? Is it a guilty pleasure and do I love it? Also yes

[@vovindequasahi]

Such a great movie. I hunger for the end-times. Let us all die together! We'll all unite in Spirit!