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Kyle Smith (Twitter: @rkylesmith) is a film critic for The New York Post and the author of the novels Love Monkey and A Christmas Caroline. Type a title in the box above to locate a review. Find an alphabetical listing of The New York Post's recent film reviews here.

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    “2012″: Disastrously Funny

    By Kyle | November 13, 2009

    The audience I saw “2012″ with the other night laughed merrily throughout. My esteemed colleague Lou Lumenick, who gives the film two stars here, and I disagree about whether it is intentionally funny or not. Lou thinks Roland Emmerich has a dry wit; I think Emmerich is so tone deaf he can’t see how ridiculous it all is. Everyone in the movie keeps talking about how important and profound an obscure novel written by the John Cusack character is — as literally billions of people are dying all around them. Nevertheless, a laugh is a laugh and this movie is awash with them. I also appreciate that the film hammers California rather than New York for a change. Not that we needed yet another scene of the White House getting zapped, especially as President Danny Glover lies there telling his dead wife, “I’m coming home!” Sheer camp.

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    4 Responses to ““2012″: Disastrously Funny”

    1. JimmyC Says:
      November 13th, 2009 at 11:38 am

      For the record, the “I’m coming home” line was stolen from Deep Impact.

      And speaking of which, Hollywood seems to be convinced that whenever a massive disaster strikes, it will be on a black President’s watch. How are the PC police letting them get away with that?

    2. Brandon Says:
      November 13th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

      “Hollywood seems to be convinced that whenever a massive disaster strikes, it will be on a black President’s watch. How are the PC police letting them get away with that?”

      Nice catch. I think Hollywood thinks all Presidents should be black unless they are corrupt then they have to be a middle aged white Republican.

    3. Patrick Says:
      November 13th, 2009 at 10:26 pm

      I tend towards the no sense of humor school of thought. I think the determining factor here is that he was born in Stuttgart. He’s German! Case closed. I’m not sure Germans even understand the concept of humor. (I’m half German, I can say that, right?)

    4. Morris Says:
      November 16th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

      Check this out from breitbart:

      http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/07/independence-day-2-exhibit-13987-proving-hollywoods-not-money-driven/

      “In Independence Day, it was about a king who leads his country into a fight against an outside invader. I didn’t want to make that movie during the Bush years. It was not thought that George W. Bush would have made a great king. Now with Obama, it’s another story.”

      Also check out the picture behind him (it’s from Roland’s home).

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