Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Roland Emmerich - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Emmy Rossum, Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom D'Andrea, Dash Mihok, Ian Holm, Austin Nichols, Tamlyn Tomita, Sela Ward more
Advantages: Awesome special effects Disadvantages: Infantile plot and poor acting
~ ~ The mad cabbie and daughter went to watch the latest in a long line of Hollywood ‘Armageddon’ movies last night, the new blockbuster “The Day After Tomorrow” (henceforth DAT) from Director Roland Emmerich, who also gave us such classics as “Independence Day” and “Godzilla”.
For his latest offering Emmerich has had New York and various other American cities rapidly rebuilt after their practically total destruction in his other movies, in order ...
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05.06.2004
Floody Hell! Review ofThe Day After Tomorrow (DVD)by
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Advantages: Incredible effects, lots of action Disadvantages: It's a disaster movie so... bye-bye plot, intelligence, normality etc etc
...ice shelf breaks away from the main ice cap. Fearing that this may suggest an abrupt and dangerous change in the world’s climate, Hall sets about trying to analyse and model the effect of the shift in frozen water. When his worst fears are confirmed, he goes in front of an advisory council to express his grave concerns. His words fall on deaf ears – he has little in the way of actual evidence and although the implications of what he says ...
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...I had high hopes that the new flick would be different; particularly stemming from quotes such as the film would be “eye opening” to say the least. Indeed, the film was “eye opening”, broadening my mind on issues featured, such as the careless burning of fossil fuels and its effect on global warming and the impending melting of the polar ice caps ; unfortunately, concurrently, the film was head-slappingly stupid and terribly clichéd. What had promised ...
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Advantages: The story, the awesome CGI effects! Disadvantages: The actors performances and the characters in general.
...for xmas! She loves the flipping thing and is buying DVD films left, right and centre.......including the next one I'm about to review.....
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
***ACTORS AND ACTRESSES***
Dennis Quaid - The Alamo, Cold Creek Manor, Dragonheart
Jake Gyllenhaal - Bubble Boy, Moonlight Mile, Highway
Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera, Nola, Mystic River
Sela Ward - Runaway Bride, Catch a Falling Star, The Badge
***CHARACTER ...
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Advantages: Great special effects and good interesting characters. Disadvantages: I wasn't to keen on the ending and also felt that some things were cut out.
...this one and after seeing the trailer it was on my top 10 list of films to see. Though I actually was going to see Harry Potter on that day but it was sold out.
The film opened in the US with a very respectable $70 Million Dollars into the number 2 spot of the Box Office as Shrek 2 still was hoilding the no 1 slot on it's second week and totaling up $238 Million. 'Day after Tomorrow' was made on a $125 Milion budget so it will easily get it's ...
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Advantages: Special effects galore Disadvantages: Everything else is substandard
...one of my jaunts to the cinema and it immediately appealed to me. Disaster movies are a tricky genre, even the most noted such as 'The Poseidon Adventure' and 'The Towering Inferno' haven't exactly gone down as classics. Aside all of this, I was still hopeful, Jake Gyllenhaal (a male lead) starred in one of my favourite ever movies 'Donnie Darko' and with Hollywood maturing 20 years or so since the last big time disaster flick, I was sure this movie ...
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Advantages: Great special effects Disadvantages: Not very special performances
...witnessing a massive chunk of the Antarctic Ice Shelf breaking off, climatologist Jack Hall is very worried. Prolonged global warming has come full circle and is set to cause global cooling. A series of freak weather conditions around the world (heavy snowfall in Delhi and giant hailstones in Tokyo) herald the beginning of a huge storm that will usher in the next Ice Age. He warns the US government, but his advice goes unheeded. Then New York floods, ...
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Advantages: A good film with great special effects Disadvantages: A little predictable in places
...'The Day After Tomorrow' DVD.
From the director of Independence Day, Stargate and Godzilla The Day After Tomorrow was first released on DVD in 2004. The movie genre is Sci-Fi/ action/ adventure/ thriller. The film has a run time of 118 minutes and designated a category 12.
The DVD is a two disc special edition with a whole host of special features, trailers, commentaries, in depth looks behind the scenes and the special effects.
I never watch these ...
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Advantages: Stunning effects Disadvantages: Some questionable scenes; plot lines
The “Other” film blockbuster released last holiday weekend has to be “The Day After Tomorrow”. Directed by Roland Emmerich, (who directed Independence Day and Godzilla), this film is somewhat different from his previous blockbusters – in that this plot is much closer to a real issue facing the world today – that of global warming.
Certificate 12A and with a run time of 124 minutes, the film is set in the present day. The fact that it is not decades ...
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Advantages: Excellent Special effects Disadvantages: A slightly saggy second half
...for years now, claiming that the damage we have done to Planet Earth will be our downfall. The Day After Tomorrow takes that threat seriously, and pits Scientist Jack Hall against the weather. When the Polar Ice Capsules start to melt, Jack tries to warn the governments in the Northern Hemisphere that within years humanity will face destruction. Naturally, the powers that be dont believe him. As Jack's son Sam takes off to New York with his classmates ...
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Advantages: Looks fantastic, Decent soundtrack, easily enjoyable for the weather effects Disadvantages: The story line is so bland and one dimensional, You couldnt care less about the characters
...finally sat down to watch the Day After Tomorrow last night. I’ve read a number of reviews on it, with opinion seemingly split down the middle. I’d really put off seeing it as I wasn’t entirely convinced I’d really enjoy it all that much. It was the special effects that convinced me to watch it in the end. I’ve spoken to a number of people about it and although the opinion on the film varied they all seemed to say the same thing about the special ...
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Advantages: special fx, story idea Disadvantages: all the garbage thrown into the original story
The Day After Tomorrow is not, by anyone’s standards, typical Hollywood fare. I mean sure, they churned out some weather horror stories (most notably The Perfect Storm), but to turn global warming into a top 10 film worldwide and to make it an action flick on top of that, is no easy feat. The film, written and directed by Roland Emmerich stars Dennis Quaid as Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist who’s area of expertise concerns weather changes ...
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Advantages: Great effects.... The cast try, even if they do usualy fail. Disadvantages: Has horrible pacing and a boring plot.
...bloody rain cloud strike at the most inappropriate of moments, and if that is such a popular scenario, then THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW could have been a very relatable film. I mean, sure, in true Hollywood tradition it is a highly exaggerated version of that situation, but you can still imagine the frustration of a character as one minute he's on a school trip trying to get in with the girl of his dreams and the next he's drowning in a flooded out library. ...
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Advantages: Excellent SFX and thought provoking Disadvantages: The Hollywood ending
The next time you relax at home and think to yourself,'I know I think I'll burn some fossil fuel', think again, as who knows what could happen tomorrow.
The concept of our misuse of planet earth has been highlighted on numerous occasions and the 'greenhouse effect' that delivers us hotter summers and harsher winters stands as a testament to our destruction of the ozone layer and all that that will bring with it.
The idea here follows this train ...
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Advantages: Very futuristic, makes a very moralistic point whci should brin the messgae home Disadvantages: very fantastical
...people's reviews and many of the comments include 'poor acting', 'not very realistic' and 'a shabby plot'.
But I think if you look at the directors aim of this particular movie, i don't think that the quality of the acting was meant to be ( not to be insulting) in line with the acting or 'realism' of many hollywood movies and their stars. Lord of the Rings was a fantastic film and has been recognised as so because of the special effects and the ...
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say that director Roland Emmerich isnt willing to take his chances. And whileThe Day After Tomorrowdoes ask you to suspend fair chunks of disbelief, it is both a...
say that director Roland Emmerich isnt willing to take his chances. And whileThe Day After Tomorrowdoes ask you to suspend fair chunks of disbelief, it is both a...
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