day after

The Day After Tomorrow (Two-Disc All-Access Collector's Edition)
$26.98
Michael Bay is sometimes the whipping boy of film fans for being the poster boy for movies with little "artistic quality", being movies that have explosions and special effects, flawed with lame characters, plot holes, no plot, stupid humor, being devoid of anything that makes a movie good. Sure, I'm not a fan of Michael Bay's movies, as most of them really do suck (although if you know my reviews, Transformers film series are a lot of fun). However, Michael bay doesn't even come close to sucking as much as Roland Emmerich. Okay fine, granted, Roland Emmerich doesn't exactly suck at directing. I don't think it takes no talent to orchestrate disaster scenes like he does.

First off, this isn't a terrifyling awful movie. The special effect scenes are amazing, as well as the many aerial shots. Watching the Tornadoes rip through LA, watching things crack, and the whole flooding scene of New York are all amazing scenes. New York City when it is frozen in ice near the end is another great site. There are some good shots and scenes that are cool to watch, but that's really the only thing they have going for it. I mean, the production values are fine, the settings and good, and the acting isn't that bad either. The actors are cool for the most part, but the actors give me absolutely nothing to grab onto regarding plot. This is the prime example of how money doesn't always make something good. The movie has absolutely nothing else to offer.

The Day After Tomorrow fails on the scientific front, filled with so many gaping plot holes and scientific inaccuraies that make the plot hard to deal with. It's another reason why this movie sucks, as this movie doesn't create interest about global warming and nature. What's the point of listening to the ramblings when you know most of it is absurd. At least Independence Day didn't fall back on much science, instead of being about Aliens. Aliens are science fiction and speculation, sometimes a fantasy creature, so there's no way that movie can fall into the trap of pure fantasy. Sorry, even as somebody who is sketchy about realistic fictional entertainment does not deal with the excuse of scientifically inaccurate.

Another thing wrong is the story. Oh dear god the story. The half assed, cliched father and son story is extremely cookie cutter, and even having Jake Gyllenhaal as the son doesn't even make me like the protaginist. Personally, his latest had me rooting for the protagonist (which actually wasn't that bad of a movie) being the fact that it's __________ John Cusack (he was cool in the movie too), but I don't really care about Dennis Quaid one bit. These characters are just so one dimensional and cardboard, so "realistic" that it makes me realize that watching these boring people has as much point as watching cooke cutter characters that are fictional. Oh wait.

The Day After Tomorrow's flaws are very obvious from the beginning. Just remember that if you are watching it for science, it is ultimately bull_____ . If you are watching it for a story, why do you care about fictional father and son? Don't you have your own son. if you are watching this for the disaster sequences, remember that there is about twenty minutes of cool forces of nature scenes in a two hour movie. While Roland Emmerich had sank even lower than this with Godzilla, this is still a poster child for intelligently insulting big budget disaster movies. There are better blockbuster movies out there, and then again, summer blockbusters aren't that great of movies anyway.

D+

The Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen Edition)
$14.98
Michael Bay is sometimes the whipping boy of film fans for being the poster boy for movies with little "artistic quality", being movies that have explosions and special effects, flawed with lame characters, plot holes, no plot, stupid humor, being devoid of anything that makes a movie good. Sure, I'm not a fan of Michael Bay's movies, as most of them really do suck (although if you know my reviews, Transformers film series are a lot of fun). However, Michael bay doesn't even come close to sucking as much as Roland Emmerich. Okay fine, granted, Roland Emmerich doesn't exactly suck at directing. I don't think it takes no talent to orchestrate disaster scenes like he does.

First off, this isn't a terrifyling awful movie. The special effect scenes are amazing, as well as the many aerial shots. Watching the Tornadoes rip through LA, watching things crack, and the whole flooding scene of New York are all amazing scenes. New York City when it is frozen in ice near the end is another great site. There are some good shots and scenes that are cool to watch, but that's really the only thing they have going for it. I mean, the production values are fine, the settings and good, and the acting isn't that bad either. The actors are cool for the most part, but the actors give me absolutely nothing to grab onto regarding plot. This is the prime example of how money doesn't always make something good. The movie has absolutely nothing else to offer.

The Day After Tomorrow fails on the scientific front, filled with so many gaping plot holes and scientific inaccuraies that make the plot hard to deal with. It's another reason why this movie sucks, as this movie doesn't create interest about global warming and nature. What's the point of listening to the ramblings when you know most of it is absurd. At least Independence Day didn't fall back on much science, instead of being about Aliens. Aliens are science fiction and speculation, sometimes a fantasy creature, so there's no way that movie can fall into the trap of pure fantasy. Sorry, even as somebody who is sketchy about realistic fictional entertainment does not deal with the excuse of scientifically inaccurate.

Another thing wrong is the story. Oh dear god the story. The half assed, cliched father and son story is extremely cookie cutter, and even having Jake Gyllenhaal as the son doesn't even make me like the protaginist. Personally, his latest had me rooting for the protagonist (which actually wasn't that bad of a movie) being the fact that it's __________ John Cusack (he was cool in the movie too), but I don't really care about Dennis Quaid one bit. These characters are just so one dimensional and cardboard, so "realistic" that it makes me realize that watching these boring people has as much point as watching cooke cutter characters that are fictional. Oh wait.

The Day After Tomorrow's flaws are very obvious from the beginning. Just remember that if you are watching it for science, it is ultimately bull_____ . If you are watching it for a story, why do you care about fictional father and son? Don't you have your own son. if you are watching this for the disaster sequences, remember that there is about twenty minutes of cool forces of nature scenes in a two hour movie. While Roland Emmerich had sank even lower than this with Godzilla, this is still a poster child for intelligently insulting big budget disaster movies. There are better blockbuster movies out there, and then again, summer blockbusters aren't that great of movies anyway.

D+

The Day After Tomorrow (Full Screen Edition)
$14.98
Michael Bay is sometimes the whipping boy of film fans for being the poster boy for movies with little "artistic quality", being movies that have explosions and special effects, flawed with lame characters, plot holes, no plot, stupid humor, being devoid of anything that makes a movie good. Sure, I'm not a fan of Michael Bay's movies, as most of them really do suck (although if you know my reviews, Transformers film series are a lot of fun). However, Michael bay doesn't even come close to sucking as much as Roland Emmerich. Okay fine, granted, Roland Emmerich doesn't exactly suck at directing. I don't think it takes no talent to orchestrate disaster scenes like he does.

First off, this isn't a terrifyling awful movie. The special effect scenes are amazing, as well as the many aerial shots. Watching the Tornadoes rip through LA, watching things crack, and the whole flooding scene of New York are all amazing scenes. New York City when it is frozen in ice near the end is another great site. There are some good shots and scenes that are cool to watch, but that's really the only thing they have going for it. I mean, the production values are fine, the settings and good, and the acting isn't that bad either. The actors are cool for the most part, but the actors give me absolutely nothing to grab onto regarding plot. This is the prime example of how money doesn't always make something good. The movie has absolutely nothing else to offer.

The Day After Tomorrow fails on the scientific front, filled with so many gaping plot holes and scientific inaccuraies that make the plot hard to deal with. It's another reason why this movie sucks, as this movie doesn't create interest about global warming and nature. What's the point of listening to the ramblings when you know most of it is absurd. At least Independence Day didn't fall back on much science, instead of being about Aliens. Aliens are science fiction and speculation, sometimes a fantasy creature, so there's no way that movie can fall into the trap of pure fantasy. Sorry, even as somebody who is sketchy about realistic fictional entertainment does not deal with the excuse of scientifically inaccurate.

Another thing wrong is the story. Oh dear god the story. The half assed, cliched father and son story is extremely cookie cutter, and even having Jake Gyllenhaal as the son doesn't even make me like the protaginist. Personally, his latest had me rooting for the protagonist (which actually wasn't that bad of a movie) being the fact that it's __________ John Cusack (he was cool in the movie too), but I don't really care about Dennis Quaid one bit. These characters are just so one dimensional and cardboard, so "realistic" that it makes me realize that watching these boring people has as much point as watching cooke cutter characters that are fictional. Oh wait.

The Day After Tomorrow's flaws are very obvious from the beginning. Just remember that if you are watching it for science, it is ultimately bull_____ . If you are watching it for a story, why do you care about fictional father and son? Don't you have your own son. if you are watching this for the disaster sequences, remember that there is about twenty minutes of cool forces of nature scenes in a two hour movie. While Roland Emmerich had sank even lower than this with Godzilla, this is still a poster child for intelligently insulting big budget disaster movies. There are better blockbuster movies out there, and then again, summer blockbusters aren't that great of movies anyway.

D+

The Day After Trinity
$24.99
The Bottom Line:

The Day After Trinity (which incidentally would make a great companion piece to The Atomic Cafe) is an interesting and exceptionally insightful documentary about the creation of the atomic bomb which features your standard collection of talking head interviews and archive footage but the quality and depth of the material belies the stale set-up; if you're at all interested in the subject matter, watch this film.

3.5/4