I've read lots of books about 2012 and I really think there's something to it. This movie is just a formula disaster movie - not big deal. A friend recommended a book which I'm about halfway through and I love it! PW2 2012: The End of the Beginning - it's a novel, great story about why 2012 is going to be a big deal. It's all about this probability wave that is causing strange things to happen - so probability is all messed up. Great imagination here, and really good writing, so it's easy to read. The author website is www.bizarromundo.com - I read an excerpt there and then went to Amazon to buy it.