2012 The Odyssey
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Movie Reviews of 2012 The Odyssey
Movie Review: Wasn't Very Inspiring
Summary: 2 Stars
Kinda reminded me of Janus Joplin traveling across the U.S. without any real purpose or significance...Movie Review: Bland and Unfocused
Summary: 1 Stars
This amateurishly shot and rather poorly edited film, does not have much to offer those who already have some familiarity with this subject and it is not clear and organized enough to serve as a good introduction for those who do not.
The description on the DVD sleeve which I received from Netflix stated that "this documentary explores the metaphysical reasons for modern humankind's fascination with apocalypse". Unfortunately it doesn't really do anything of the kind.
Sharron Rose, the narrator, seems to wander through the film in a sleepy daze, albeit an apparently happy and blissful one. She repeatedly gets sidetracked on things with essentially no bearing at all on 2012 such as the Georgia Guidestones -- an anonymously built, Stonehenge-like monument in that state -- and even by some paintings or murals on the walls of the Denver airport! Her narration attempts to make these things seem Significant and filled with Cosmic Import, but really that just makes them seem all the more ridiculous. There is also too much time devoted to close-up shots of her driving down the road in her silver Ford or whatever it is.
Although some interesting subjects are touched upon, they are generally not examined with any depth. Too much time is spent, both by Rose and those she interviews, on trite platitudes everyone has heard countless times and which, while perhaps unobjectionable, do not serve to actually inform or enlighten the viewer.
Most of the interview subjects are, I believe, far more interesting and have far more to say than comes across in this movie. Actually, probably the most interesting and thought-provoking parts of the move are recordings, played at the beginning and end of the film, of the late Terence McKenna, to whom the film is dedicated.
Fortunately, however, these days one can follow up on any of the subjects mentioned and on the interviewees themselves on the Internet. Actually, far more knowledge on this subject in a far more coherent form can probably be gained in the equivalent amount of time by simply reading and watching interviews on this subject on the Internet rather than watching this in the first place.
Movie Review: Absolute nonsense. Needs -5 stars.
Summary: 1 Stars
What can I say about a program like this? This is nothing but stupid New Age gibberish but if you're a hippie I'm sure you would eat this up. Hippies love to say nonsensical mystical incoherent psuedo-profound statements because then you can't refute it. It's impossible to nail down any concrete meaning to whatever these people are saying. This DVD doesn't reveal anything you haven't heard before from this crowd. Some of what I found includes garbage like "Mayan calendar," "progression," "planetary gestation," "challenge authority," "cosmic energy," "layers of reality," "power of belief," "ending of cycles," "conscious shift," "galactic synchronization." Western society and religion are primitive and destructive and the truly mature and enlightened will not be satisfied with such trivial perspectives. Those who don't quantum leap into who we are becoming in 2012 will suffer for it. Everything comes from the same source, we're all made from the same energy. In 2012 humans will become telepathic. They will lose their individuality and through them the Earth will attain consciousness. We are so worried about losing our possessions and that's why we have walls and armies and police.
This DVD is such a joke and a waste of time. My copy was given to me. Thank goodness I didn't pay any money for it! After I watched it I through it in the trash were it belongs and where it came from. Bottom line; NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2012! Stop soiling your pants over it. Life will go on just as it always has. Just because some dude has long hair and/or a beard doesn't mean he has anything profound to say. The 60's are over! Grow up, get a haircut and a job, and get back to normal.