Day After Tomorrow

Viewed: 3.19.05 Rental
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Comment: The movie wouldn't have been so bad if there wasn't so many unbelievable character moments. Take for example the smart girl who helped the son keep warm (because she "paid attention in health class"), but didn't realize she was about to die from an infection. Or the father surviving while others were dying outside (that had to be some good gear, even the President couldn't make it). Why couldn't his dad see proof of their fire, and how hot would that fire have to be to have kept that cold freeze from entering the chimney? Or what about that boat...how did it get there, wouldn't it have had to weave through all the buildings like the previous scenes of the waves? Honestly, I also found it hard to believe an ambulance came to get the mother and patient. I would like to believe the Statue of Liberty survived all that, but it doesn't seem reasonable. The weather seemed to be the most believeable aspect. The situation of temperature changes does make you think, and historically looking at how animals froze almost in action, makes you ponder if an ice age would hit as shown by the three helicopters. But after the first half hour, maybe forty minutes, the film justs asks you to accept too much of its characters. The sly jab at Dick Cheney is brief, and not quite the hype everyone made it appear.

Rating: D