The one place on Earth not destroyed in upcoming disaster movie '2012'

[celeb_2006]

(Yup, you probably guessed it or close to it )

Movie Talk: The One Place on Earth Not Destroyed in '2012'

When I interviewed director Roland Emmerich a few months ago about his upcoming disaster flick "2012," the first question I asked was, "Why do you like killing the world?" His response: "It makes for a good story."
Over the past fifteen years, Emmerich has crafted some great tales about global doom, featuring some spectacular scenes of destruction. He had aliens zap the White House in "Independence Day," he let a massive lizard flatten New York City in "Godzilla," and he sent killer tornadoes through downtown Los Angeles in "The Day After Tomorrow."
For "2012," Emmerich set his sites on destroying the some biggest landmarks around the world, from Rome to Rio. But there's one place that Emmerich wanted to demolish but didn't: the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure located in the center of Mecca. It's the focus of prayers and the site of the Hajj, the biggest, most important pilgrimage in Islam.
"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."

Emmerich went on: "We have to all, in the western world, think about this. You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have ... a fatwa, and that sounds a little bit like what the state of this world is. So it's just something which I kind of didn't [think] was [an] important element, anyway, in the film, so I kind of left it out." Read the full article >>

Traditionally, a fatwa has meant religious opinion by an Islamic scholar or imam. The term has gained currency in the West after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence in the form of a fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemies in his book "The Satanic Verses" in 1989. As a result, the Indian-born writer was forced into hiding for most of the '90s.
Emmerich has no qualms about wrecking other major landmarks, however. The massive dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican rolls on top of a crowd of churchgoers. The huge Christ the Redeemer statue that looms over Rio de Janeiro disintegrates. And, of course, the White House gets crushed when a wave drops the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy on top of it.
The director was also reportedly approached by people hoping to get their famous landmarks trashed, like Taiwan's Taipei 101, which is the tallest completed building in the world. There's no word yet if that structure will meet the same on-screen fate as the Vatican and the White House. "2012" opens nationwide on November 13.

[Shelly]

He only make stupid "the world is coming to an end" movie, they are all the same, they are all shit!

[bellini]

Yeah I saw a preview. It looked pretty stupid with John Cusack and co-stars flying above the wreckage of the earth imploding.

I was curious where they would land though. Maybe they fly to Mecca.

[greysfang]

Originally Posted by Shelly

He only make stupid "the world is coming to an end" movie, they are all the same, they are all shit!

Not all, Independence Day was the bomb.

[kingcap72]

Originally Posted by greysfang

Not all, Independence Day was the bomb.

True, and The Day After Tomorrow was good, too.

Godzilla wasn't that bad either. *runs from thread in shame*

[msdeb]

Originally Posted by kingcap72

True, and The Day After Tomorrow was good, too.

Godzilla wasn't that bad either. *runs from thread in shame*

**clocks Kingcap upside the head**

[greysfang]

Godzilla was horrible, kc. And I LOVE the Day After Tomorrow, stupid as it was.

And yes, even though this movie looks stupid, my TV boyfriend Johann Urb is in it, so I'm gonna go.

[SVZ]

Originally Posted by greysfang

Godzilla was horrible, kc. And I LOVE the Day After Tomorrow, stupid as it was.

And yes, even though this movie looks stupid, my TV boyfriend Johann Urb is in it, so I'm gonna go.

WHO GETS CHASED BY ICE?!?!? lol

[greysfang]

Dennis Quaid, of course.

[kingcap72]

Originally Posted by msdeb

**clocks Kingcap upside the head**

Originally Posted by greysfang

Godzilla was horrible, kc. And I LOVE the Day After Tomorrow, stupid as it was.

And yes, even though this movie looks stupid, my TV boyfriend Johann Urb is in it, so I'm gonna go.

I hated Godzilla when I saw it in the theater, but I got the DVD for $5 and the movie has actually grown on me after watching it a few more times.

[greysfang]

You watched it more than once? Sad.

[kingcap72]

Hey, I was going to get back my $5 investment.

[caramel]

what was the I don't wanna miss one thing movie.

It was good.

[levitt]

^ Armageddon