Nostradamus: 2012 (2009 TV Movie) User Reviews

Irritating, but has some nice information.

[toomas321 · 4/10 · 8 September 2009]

Weak title, it has a lot of interesting information, but the way it is presented made me quite angry. I don't like when me as a viewer is believed to be a sheep.

Some things that should be explained by physicist are explained by astrologist and some things are explained WAY too many times.

In total there is interesting information, but there are also some weird assumptions that sound like "It is like that, because it is like that" It seems they lack ideas and information to present so they have filled up these one and half hour by presenting same information many many many times.

I suggest if you are interested in Nostredamus prediction and 2012 doomsday prediction you stick to wikipedia. You won't lose as much IQ doing some reading. I give four points because i liked some of animated scenes and part about Freemasons.

Very disappointing..

[WhiteHawkDerp · 4/10 · 13 August 2009]

I thought I was going to hear something interesting about Nostradamus' predictions in this History Channel documentary. Sadly, I was very disappointed seeing that the documentary only stated about "galactic alignment". Every 10 minutes or so, we hear the narrator talking about galactic alignment, which is quite disappointing as this is a 90 minute documentary! On the other hand, it was good to see Gregg Braden, who is the author of the Divine Matrix and the interviews were kinda okay. However, seeing this documentary made me realize that the History Channel is very biased. I mean, the end of the world?! Didn't Nostradamus predict something in 1999 about Genghis Khan? The documentary should have taken an alternative side as to what else might have happened, which angered me.

I really knew this was gonna be total BS but it saddens me to think that mass-media notions still fool modern people into believing the end of the world.

Highly Biased

[kranav · 6/10 · 13 June 2009]

Don't get me wrong History is one of the best broadcasting channel on television but the documentaries shown are somewhat inclined to only view the other side of the spectrum is not mentioned. This is almost true for Nostradamus 2012. It gives a revelation of the upcoming catastrophic events before and in the year 2012 as predicted by the prophet Nostradamus. Although on paper this sounds compelling but the theories produced are not practical in nature. I ask, why are all the predictions about are future so dire and disturbing? Year 2012 is no different from any other the views put forward don't have any scientific backing. Is a decent view but should not be taken as the truth.

Logic problems.

[fatalforcek · 1/10 · 9 August 2009]

I found this program to be more comical than entertaining. It basically tries to scare people that the world is going to end in 2012 through repetition, if you keep telling someone that it's true. eventually people will believe it, that is what this program is attempting. There are no real facts or any kind of academic research. 5 minutes of real content is reworded over one and half hour...

All the people in the film are basically fictional authors who make money off scaring people. Odds are these people will jump onto the next 'end of world' fad once 2012 pass without event.

One of the authors even goes as far as to use a Star Trek metaphor...I actually wanted to punch him in the face.

Almost worthless

[Lovecraftesque · 1/10 · 5 August 2009]

A documentary clearly made to stir fear and uncertainty. No scientific basis or common sense to it. Nostradamus's quatrains have no predictive power whatsoever, but a lot postdictive one, as people reinterpret them to fit historical events that have already happened. This documentary just dwells on the most sensationalistic aspects of Nostradamus's nonsense, letting imagination go unrestrained on the basis of some verses that can be interpreted to fit just about any event.

In a nutshell, this is an almost worthless program. No doubt the History Channel will be making money out of it (which is of course the idea) because of the many gullible viewers out there who have yet to develop any critical thinking. However, the seriousness and credibility of the History Channel are now seriously besmirched.

Extremely annoying and without real information

[Theodor16 · 1/10 · 10 August 2009]

Don't we know the really stereotype movie trailers that are all made the same way:

• a man with a deep voice "narrates" what the film is about, but actually makes sentences of pseudo-important platitude and nonsensical statements and questions;

• an over-dramatic background music (drums, horns, yes, even choirs!), suggesting a drama and greatness that later proves to be a forgettable popcorn movie;

• hundreds of small and rapid cuts in a two-minute trailer, bits of pictures and scenes that you are supposed to make sense of.

And now, dear audience, we extend this bad habit of the film industry to full-feature size! The background music never stops, and the "narrator" is only interrupted by tiny incoherent statements from pseudo-experts - who tell us what? I couldn't summarize the hard facts as there were almost none.

According to my principle that every movie gets 30 minutes to prove itself, this was shut down exactly after that period. It's a waste of time. Go read some good books, even about Nostradamus if you want.

Slightly disturbing, yet nothing new

[terryyy · 7/10 · 5 August 2009]

Although I would be slightly inclined to agree with kranav's comment, I still feel that the History Channel did a fairly good job delving into this topic as it is very controversial. To be quite honest, I was hoping it would be longer than it was.

There is always one person saying "I can predict the next 500 years and I'm sure we'll be able to match an event up with at least on my predictions", the different is, Nostradamus has accurate predictions. Although his method with his drawings may seem ambiguous to some, there can only be so much that they can define. If someone is able to match up an event that has taken place or and event that will take place with his Quatrains then the only thing you can really do is consider it a possibility. All I can say is, be open to the possibilities when watching this movie and don't think that Dec 21st 2012 will be the end of the world as it can also be start of a new beginning.

Unbearable 1.5hr of BS

[Brunnen_G · 1/10 · 14 December 2010]

Center of the galaxy and Nostradamus - at the time of Nostradamus (1503-1566) wasn't even concept of the galaxy. "Flat Earth centre of the universe" was the major heavily guarded by church idea at that time. Giordano Bruno was burnt for "the Earth revolves around the sun" statement by bible fanatics in 1600.

The Milky Way galaxy has 100 billion stars with planets - millions of them aligning with the centre of the galaxy at any given moment. It's not a big f***ing deal! Nostradamus catrenes - just read them in their original language, they are written in such fuzzy symbolic language that you can put any meaning you like in their interpretation.

Just another lunatic "end of the world" raving waste of resources. I can't believe it's sponsored by History Channel.

wow

[xdave72 · 2/10 · 15 November 2010]

if you like a pseudo science and hour and a half maybes then this is a movie for you. the people they interview are not scientists and they are talking a lot of crap through out the movie. every prophecy by notradamus (which is already very vague) is explained with a maybe this maybe that, basically, after watching this movie i learned only one thing - people are able to interpret everything into anything. some of their facts are wrong (the bible codes have been widely discussed and refuted), they talk about pictures and connect them to something that we know today (spiral in the book??? no!! nostradamus knew that is out galaxy!! what a genius).

if you need to kill time without learning anything this is a movie for you. if you don't want to destroy your brain, don't watch this.

btw - i'm also a prophet - i see that 2012 will be like the other end days people foretold (2006, 2000, 1999 and so on). i can also see that the people who made this movie (which already say their not sure) will make another movie and find another date to hang on too.

A Movie Like No Others

[Twhite001 · 10/10 · 8 August 2009]

This close as you can get to Nostradamus Quatrains. It gives a revelation of the upcoming catastrophic events before and in the year 2012 as predicted by the prophet Nostradamus. I feel the History Channel did a fairly good job delving into this topic as it is very controversial. To be quite honest, I was hoping it would be longer than it was. All I can say is, be open to the possibilities when watching this movie. As a spiritual message, the film is overwhelming, bringing tears of renewal to the believers in the audience. Even if you are not a believer, though, I still think there is something in this for you. This film will rock your world, and that's an understatement. In conclusion, not everyone will like this movie. Some will love it, and some will hate it. But, I think that if you should at least see it before you judge it. My opinion: 10/10

The History Channel? I thought on Fox News was the only biased channel!

[thesar-2 · 2/10 · 30 August 2009]

Thank goodness they all picked December 21, 2012. In all honesty, I am a VERY late Christmas shopper, in fact, my usual day of choice is Christmas Eve, so I am going to save a bunch of money that year! In fact, I think I'll go out and max out credit cards and buy a home I can't afford. Even if they're wrong, everyone else seems to be buying homes that can't afford, hence the reason for the housing problem. I digress, that's irrelevant, but what should be relevant and obvious is that I don't buy into the whole Sun & Milky Way on 12/21/12 = something really bad…perhaps…maybe…might happen theories. Though I appreciate this semi-documentary not officially taking a stance, I heard not a one like me. Not one person to discredit Nostradamus or the other worried cultures. (On a side note, thankfully, they predicted the end times way out of their own future as well as their children's grandchildren's future. Hmmm.) To me, though it tried to remain unbiased, I didn't hear the other side say this is all rubbish. A little background: I am Christian, and I believe that there are to be 7 years of Tribulation until Christ's return. This of course, would mean 2012's out the window, it's too soon. Where were those people? In all arguments/documentaries that simply cannot be proved, I appreciate both views, even if I don't agree. Here, you get the Michael Moore, albeit more professional and a heck of lot less humorous, version. And it's boring, to boot. I wanted to see what they think was going to happen, but alas, no one knows. They range from asteroids, war, famine to the actual end itself. All talk. At least it ended on a positive side with the Hopi's "survival" outlook.

Crappiest movie ever

[ipselute · 1/10 · 19 January 2010]

On a scale 1 to 10 i'd give this movie a -1 (a mean MINUS one). It's a complete waste of time, more yet it's an insult to one's intelligence. Those quatrains they keep on quoting could mean anything, but no, they just had to interpret it their way. No one could ever decipher a quatrain to actually predict anything. It is a complete idiotic film, it doesn't even worth the value of the disc it is printed on. Those lunatic, drug-addicted people sees disasters everywhere and anywhere. I think the only disaster it's (in) their heads. This film is such a mess i don't know where it begins and where it ends. There are absolutely no narrative guidelines, just some patched flash-episodes stitched together. The mixing of the antique cultures is incredibly awful and the decoding of the Nostradamus' lost pictures is so hilarious that it won't foul not even a 3 year old kid. I wish i could write more about this movie but i'm simply out of words. Don't waste your time on this movie, not even if you got a death wish.