Meg and I watched the movie 2012 last night because we were in the mood for something deep and meaningful.</sarcasm> We knew going into it that it might be a little painful, sort of like that feeling you get right before you yank a band-aid from your arm. But seriously, how bad could it be, right? RIGHT!? Let me tell you how bad — it was like yanking a giant band-aid off of your entire face, over and over again, for two hours straight.

I think the term “every cliché in the book” has become a bit of a cliché in and of itself, but if there were such a book, these guys found it, read it, reread it, and then plagiarized it. All of it. Every cliché in the book, as it were.

Just one more thing and then I’ll shut up. I’ve noticed that every natural disaster movie that’s released tries to out do its predecessor in terms of death toll. Twister (96) and Dante’s Peak (97) both wipe out various sized towns. Volcano (97) wipes out a major city. Deep Impact (98) and Armageddon (98) wipe out half the planet. The Day After Tomorrow (04) wipes out most of the planet. 2012 (09) …… I can’t say what happens, it would spoil the movie. Let’s just say, to beat it, the next natural disaster movie is going to have to wipe out the entire planet, repopulate it, then wipe it out again. I can’t wait.