5 Stupendously Dumb Moments In Roland Emmerich Movies
Special Mention: 2012 - The Whole Damn Thing 
Special mention categories usually go to runner-ups, candidates that just didnt have what it takes to make the list proper. Not so with 2012, Emmerichs 2009 release that desecrated more famous landmarks than Clark Griswold. This overheated pile of implausible drivel burning through the multiplex at the speed of dumb actually transcends the list; nay, it obliterates it. After trying several times to decide if taking time out from preserving mankinds very existence to rescue a cute little dog was any sillier than the general premise that shifting poles would cause Yellowstone to projectile vomit giant meteors and the Vatican dome to roll like around like a spinning top, it became apparent that 2012 is, itself, probably Emmerichs stupidest moment, all 158 minutes. Personally, I found the movie just a bit too overcooked to enjoy, but points to Emmerich for going against the naysayers who accused him of ruining promising concepts with big disaster moments by ditching the idea of functional narrative and just making a series of escalating scenes of destruction strung together by John Cusack doing the constipated face. When your movie makes The Core look scientifically accurate, you are either doing something very right or very wrong, and the audience will decide that for you.