So much has been said and written about "2012," the new movie about the coming end of the world (according to the Mayan Calendar), that I had to go see it.

And there is something so insidious, so beyond-the-pale about it that I felt I needed to use this space to warn anyone who was planning to see it.

It wasn't the fact that the movie was about an hour too long. Or that the plot and dialogue were inane. Or that John Cusack managed to make every traffic light as his car was improbably escaping the apocalypse. And as far as the implausability of having an African-American as president (in this case, Danny Glover) — well, don't you remember David Palmer on "24"? That proves that a black president is possible.

I could live with that stuff. But what really destroyed, for me, any chance of credibility was the scene in which the governor of California, whose accent and physical presence made it clear it was Arnold Schwarzenegger, was telling residents about the impending horrors they were going to face.

Folks, this was taking place in 2012. Arnold Schwarzenegger is TERM LIMITED, and will be out of office after 2010.

I don't know how Hollywood ever expected us to buy into the fact that he was still governor in 2012. That's what makes this movie so unbelievable.

(Look for more movie reviews to periodically appear in Political Junkie.)