5/5 Scary but important stuff . . . definitely controversial
  by Charles J. Garard Jr. PhD (Jilin City, China)
Wow. That this is a scary film is undeniable. To say that is is compelling and worthy of our attention is an understatement.

Maybe people have their doubts about the predictions of Nostradamus, and this is understandable. I mean, how many of us really want to entertain the belief that the world, at least as we know it, is coming to an end in 2012? We would rather put our heads in the sand and tell ourselves that it could never happen -- at least in our lifetime. If we are in doubt about this particular prediction, we should examine the quatrains that he wrote predicting other world events. If none of them have occurred, then perhaps you can cease worrying. As Sherlock Holmes would say, let's look at the facts. Of course, we might also argue that his quatrains are so obscure at to be open to numerous interpretations, as are the many signs around the world which are subject to being decoded according to separate perspectives. Did he, as some have claimed, predict 9-11? Did he predict Hurricane Katrina and global warming?

As this film points out, however, we cannot put all of this into the lap of the famous seer who lived at a time when making such predictions could put one in danger of being burned at the stake as a heretic. One did not then go against the beliefs and teaching of the church. The film, to its credit, draws our attention to other prophecies that have been made since early times by the underrated star-gazing Mayans, the Egyptians, and even words found in The Bible. This film version gives equal attention to all of these.

Many people will have their own opinions about this program, so it is unlikely that anything I write will change their personal views. Some find it funny; some believe it is inaccurate. Many may even think it is foolish to look around to see what we are doing to our own planet. They will dismiss this, perhaps, as easily as they dismiss such films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, based on Whitley Streiber's and Art Bell's book THE COMING SUPERSTORM, as being only fiction.

As my brother stated, this planet is a living entity and will, he believes, protect itself, even if it means disgorging itself of the beings that are inhabiting it and abusing it. My own suggestion would be to examine other books and DVDs on this topic now available through Amazon and arrive at your own conclusions. If you can find a place to hide from own transgressions, then do so. Book a ticket to a flight away from here, or hope that some friendly aliens will rescue some of us, as is shown in the fictional film KNOWING. Some experts, if we wish to call them such, believe that this world will indeed undergo some dramatic changes, but that not all of us will necessarily perish. What we supposedly will see will be a new world, maybe one -- if the optimists are correct -- that will be occupied by people who don't feel the need to destroy each other and the very planet that has supported us for eons.

If I have any complaints about this program, it would be that it lacks subtitles. Because I teach students whose first language is not English, it is a small detriment. That said, I cannot help but wonder how many teachers would actually show this program to their students. I wonder if do so would put them in jeopardy with school boards and administrators, even at colleges. Would they be be treated to a modern version of being burned at the stake -- i.e., terminated -- their teaching contracts, I mean?

1/5 They are wrong about 2012.
  by backcountrybum (BOISE, ID USA)
I do not recommend this movie. They are wrong about 2012. The end of the world is not 2012. There is much evidence from the Bible that Jesus will return in May 2011, and the world will end in October 2011. Unfortunately, movies like Knowing and 2012 are spreading lies about the End and other matters.

Google the phrase "Time Has an End" and read what the Bible says about the End. Make no mistake; you will know when it happens, and you will know that God is bringing the End (it will not be some natural or man-made disaster). Take a moment and read 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, and Revelation 6:14-17. View my profile; visit my blog. May God have mercy on your soul while it is still the day of salvation. "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." (2 Peter 3:10)

5/5 A thought provoking prediction of the End Times
  by Ea Hamilton (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Even if you don't believe that Nostradamus was a prophet, this DVD will make you think seriously about the End Times. Biblical predictions are swiftly being fulfilled in climate change, frequent wars, lack of food and water, serious increase in diseases etc etc and this DVD puts it very clearly that time, as we know it, is running out. It also sheds amazing light on what other cultures believed as well and they all tie in together to bring one to the conclusion that the Rapture and or the beginning of the Tribulation are very likely to happen in December 2012.

5/5 Insane, Illogical Comedy by Poser Intellectuals Creating Fear in Sheep People
  by Paris in Winter (San Diego, CA USA)
If you want to laugh until you cry over the abuse of logic, science and common sense. This is your program. If you want to be amazed at how some people are insane enough to actually believe that an eclipse can cause the end of the world or at least turn the earth upside down. This is your program. If you want to watch poser intellectuals explain how a set of 500 year old cartoons mean that there won't be a December 22, 2012. This is the program to buy. If you want to know 50 ways to leave your planet wrecked beyond recognition as predicted by a bunch of dead civilizations. This is the program to buy.

I give it 5 stars for far-fetched comedy, 5 stars for abuse of logic and 5 stars for revealing a bunch of experts that should be locked up in institutions with wrap-around sleeves so they won't be able to make a sequel and scare all the sheep people who will believe this apocalyptical piece of crap.

5/5 Very Intesting DVD Program!
  by HunnyBear
I felt that this program regarding Nostradamus & 2012 is very intresting, and Nostradamus is warning us all that something will happen around 2012 that will forever change our lives. Look around, and you will see that things are changing big time. Put the news on everyday, and all they talk about is how bad things are getting economically, businesses are shutting down left & right, global warming getting worse, and crops failing to produce enough food to feed us all. Look on the internet on the subject of 2012, Mayans, & the Hopi's. They all prophecy that there will be a big change around 2012 that will forever affect and change humanity. We should all prepare for this great shift that's coming. I recommend this DVD to everyone that wants to survive this change.