Movie 2012 won't offend Muslims

[bamasoldier71]

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St. Peter's Basilica and Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue get destroyed, along with a lot of other stuff. But not the Kabaa in Mecca. Why not?

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	"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," the filmmaker told scifiwire.com. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, 'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie.' And he was right."

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[RammerJammer14]

[DiamondDust]

It will offend Muslims...

And anyone with half a brain who can already tell this film will be nothing more than tripe. The trailer alone was nothing more than an overbloated pile of CGI fail.

Like the previous film from the same director, "Day After Tomorrow", I have a feeling this one is going to make me laugh for all the wrong reasons. I remember sitting in the theater for that film (Granted, I had free passes so I didn't spend hard earned money on it) thinking "Wolves? Are you freaking kidding me? Well, here's hoping the wolves take down these boring as all get-out characters that we're supposed to care about."

[RammerJammer14]

	Quote:	DiamondDust
	It will offend Muslims... And anyone with half a brain who can already tell this film will be nothing more than tripe. The trailer alone was nothing more than an overbloated pile of CGI fail. Like the previous film from the same director, "Day After Tomorrow", I have a feeling this one is going to make me laugh for all the wrong reasons. I remember sitting in the theater for that film (Granted, I had free passes so I didn't spend hard earned money on it) thinking "Wolves? Are you freaking kidding me? Well, here's hoping the wolves take down these boring as all get-out characters that we're supposed to care about."

Agreed. I have no interest in seeing it. Speaking of exploding statues and stuff, how many of ya'll saw Angels and Demons? Was it any good? I didn't go see it because it looked like another "The Catholic Church is Evil and is Trying to Rule the World" movies, and as a catholic, that plotline just gets old after a while. I did see the DaVinci Code and came out with a "meh" opinion. The detective work just didn't do it for me. Is it worth seeing?

[TideEngineer08]

	Quote:	RammerJammer14
	Agreed. I have no interest in seeing it. Speaking of exploding statues and stuff, how many of ya'll saw Angels and Demons? Was it any good? I didn't go see it because it looked like another "The Catholic Church is Evil and is Trying to Rule the World" movies, and as a catholic, that plotline just gets old after a while. I did see the DaVinci Code and came out with a "meh" opinion. The detective work just didn't do it for me. Is it worth seeing?

It did not follow the book at all, but unless you've read the book, that shouldn't be a problem for you.

Since I'm not a Catholic, I don't know if the movie makes Catholics look bad or not. In a way, I guess it ends up showing them in a favorable light. But I just can't say with any authority.

[KrAzY3]

	Quote:	DiamondDust
	Like the previous film from the same director, "Day After Tomorrow", I have a feeling this one is going to make me laugh for all the wrong reasons.

You mean a movie about how global warming was going to cause giant freezing hurricanes wasn't a terrifying realistic depiction of what might actually happen?

And... because I can:

[DiamondDust]

	Quote:	KrAzY3
	You mean a movie about how global warming was going to cause giant freezing hurricanes wasn't a terrifying realistic depiction of what might actually happen?

The global warming nonsense was inconsequential. It was a horrible disaster movie. Gee... I really want to watch a bunch of stock characters sit around a library in a blizzard. If that movie wanted to have been interesting, they would have focused on L.A. after it got destroyed by the tornadoes... at least that was partially interesting.

[NYBamaFan]

	Quote:	DiamondDust
	The global warming nonsense was inconsequential. It was a horrible disaster movie. Gee... I really want to watch a bunch of stock characters sit around a library in a blizzard. If that movie wanted to have been interesting, they would have focused on L.A. after it got destroyed by the tornadoes... at least that was partially interesting.

I enjoyed it...

[ValuJet]

Reportedly, the movie also has the aircraft carrier USS John Kennedy surfing a giant wave and crashing on top of the White House. I am wondering if they show the slow painful agonizing deaths of Cheney and Karl Rove?

I would think in a disaster film like this, there has to be some goodness in it - something to get the crowd on its feet, cheering and clapping.

[gmart74]

i love crappy science disaster flicks. they are entertaining and i giggle even more when other people believe them.
crappy disaster flicks like- day after tomorrow, the core, that cold fusion flick with keanu, an inconvenient truth, the one about restarting the sun, supervolcano, deep blue sea, waterworld, all the various asteroid flicks

lol they are all awesome as long as you are drunk while watching them.

[CrimsonNan]

Oh so the movie 2012 won't offend Muslims? Of course not! Only Christians and Jews are allowed to be offended/insulted these days.

[NYBamaFan]

	Quote:	CrimsonNan
	Oh so the movie 2012 won't offend Muslims? Of course not! Only Christians and Jews are allowed to be offended/insulted these days.

Oh, they are free to insult them. They choose not to insult them. Fear has always been a primary motivator of religions, but that fear has generally been of God's wrath. I guess Muslims don't think that Allah can handle it on His own?

[rizolltizide]

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	"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," the filmmaker told scifiwire.com. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, 'I will not have a fatwoman on my head because of a movie.' And he was right."

I wouldn't want her on my head either.