Bad Astronomy Movie #6 - 2012

We are now about halfway through 2015, so all of those ridiculous 2012 doomsday scenarios proposed by conspiracy theorists were proven wrong over two years ago.  That didn't, however, stop a movie from being made about death and destruction on Earth taking place on December 21, 2012.  2012 is a blockbuster Hollywood movie starring John Cusack.

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I've seen this movie several times and find it enjoyable to watch, but boy is there a ton of bad science!!!  I won't give too much away, but there's a car driving scene as the ground is crumbling all over and huge sections of land are dropping into deep pits.  In addition, buildings are falling, cars and trucks are flying everywhere, yet the car makes it all the way through the city to the airport.  This wasn't a fast race car either.  This was a limo!!!  ROFL!  Students and I loved the ridiculousness of those scenes.  Later a large RV is careening down a mountain, avoiding flaming rocks crashing down left and right.  Another LOL moment!  

Let's see, what else.  There's a huge tsunami reaching 1500 meters in height, as stated in the movie, however, the water from this tsunami reaches a height of 29,000 feet, nearing the height of Mount Everest.  Uh...1500 meters is only 4900 feet.  How did this water 'climb' another 24,000 feet?  

There are several ridiculous, impossible airplane scenes, not to mention the whole premise of the movie being based on fake science.  A planetary alignment causes solar neutrinos to change somehow such that they heat the interior of the Earth?  Uh...sure.  LOL!  

Again, it's an enjoyable movie based on the pure ridiculousness of it, but every minute contains some bad science.  If you haven't watched it, please do, but just understand that most of it is fake science.