Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!
Customer Reviews:
ID4???.......2007-09-11
I won't pre-order this until amazon fixes the simplest mistake and replaces the Independence Day cover to The Day After Tomorrow's cover. Really, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to tell the difference.
Average customer rating:
- Good Movie
- Beyond belief
- A decent movie that takes pause to think
- Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable
- It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty...
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The Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen Edition)
Starring:
Dennis Quaid ,
Jake Gyllenhaal ,
Emmy Rossum ,
Dash Mihok , and
Jay O. Sanders
Director:
Roland Emmerich
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005JMXX
Release Date: 2004-10-12 |
Amazon.com
Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global warming as a politically correct excuse for destroying most of the northern hemisphere. Like most of Emmerich's films, this one emphasizes special effects over such lesser priorities as well-drawn characters and plausible plotting, and his dialogue (cowritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff) is so laughably trite that it could be entirely eliminated without harming the movie. It's the spectacle that's important here, not the lame, recycled plot about father and son (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) who endure an end-of-the-world scenario caused by the effects of global warming. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the awesome visions of tornado-ravaged Los Angeles, blizzards in New Delhi, Japan pummeled by grapefruit-sized hailstones, and Manhattan flooded by swelling oceans and then frozen by the onset of a modern ice age. It's all wildly impressive, and Emmerich obviously doesn't care if the science is flimsy, so why should you? --Jeff Shannon
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!
Customer Reviews:
Good Movie.......2007-08-28
Typical "don't believe the scientist until its too late" plot. However, 21st century special effects makes for an entertaining movie.
Beyond belief.......2007-08-23
This is the biggest piece of balderdash I've seen in a while. Environmentalists and climatologists everywhere must be having severe cases of mental diarrhea due to embarrassment from this remarkably absurd rip-off of scientific theories. It makes Night of the Living Dead look like science fact. I suppose if I had seen it on a huge screen the visuals might have been impressive but on a TV screen - forget it. The only thing that saves this loony tune waste is the always exceptional performance of Jake Gyllenhaal. In fact, I suspect the only people who should buy this DVD are die-hard Gyllenhaal fans and folks who think it might someday become one of those "its so bad its good" cult films. Otherwise, don't waste your money or your time.
A decent movie that takes pause to think.......2007-08-09
All of our main characters survive that in reality most if not would have died had these events really happened. They built a pretty good story around a worst case scenario and the acting wasn't bad, not great but 3 stars. I've watched this movie a couple of times and I think that's all the life I will get out of it, worth watching, but not worthy of library space.
Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable.......2007-08-07
If you look at this from the point of view of a film connoisseur, The Day After Tomorrow is simply awful. The plot doesn't really make sense, the science is nonsensical, the acting is nothing special, the dialogue is downright horrendous, and the film sort of seemed like Independence Day and Deep Impact smushed together into one giant cliche.
Well, I enjoyed both of those movies, and I enjoyed this one. There's something endearing about it despite how truly poor quality it really is. You can practically see what's going to happen before it does, yet somehow you still get excited when it does happen. I watched the ending 3 or 4 times in a row. And the special effects, which are really the only remarkable part of this movie, are spectacular. The science is bad, but they twist the explanation just well enough that you can convince yourself that it MIGHT be possible, sort of like Jurassic Park. The acting gets the movie done. The only really awful part is the dialogue, but as long as you're not too finicky, you will probably enjoy this movie.
Two-star film, but I had a five-star viewing experience and would watch it again.
It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty..........2007-08-07
As improbable as `The Day After Tomorrow' really is, it doesn't have to be realistic to fulfill its purpose. It's not there to really engage us emotionally or mentally as much as visually, and in that visual sense `The Day After Tomorrow' soars. Now director Roland Emmerich is no stranger to the science fiction disaster film, and not unlike his previously successful entries, this one also sports some amazing special effects. From twirling twisters to tidal waves and that slowly creeping icy air, `The Day After Tomorrow' sports an amazing lineup of natural disasters. Watching the multiple tornadoes rip through the California city is impressive, and watching gallon upon gallon of water drown New York City is nothing short of breathtaking. So, it's safe to say that what `The Day After Tomorrow' lacks in brains it makes up for in cool CGI effects.
So, what of this plot? Well, it appears that weather patterns are showing an alarming possibility that soon, within the next hundred or so years, we could undergo yet another ice-age. That's where Jack Hall comes in, a climatologist who discovers the evidence to support this. Of course no one will pay attention to Hall and his discovery will prove true, except not even Hall expected it to happen so soon. The real story though involves Jack's son Sam who has traveled to New York with some class mates and ends up in the middle on a flood that destroys the city. Jack then has to race to his rescue before he freezes to death.
As you can see, the plot is plenty far fetched, but the action more than makes up for it. As Sam and his friends try to survive they must find food and medical supplies while fighting the increasing cold, the rising waters and a pack of temperamental wolves who happen to escape confinement during the flood. The wolf pack has been met with mixed reviews, as in some loved it an others found it ridiculous and unnecessary. I loved it. It was an interesting and intense inclusion, even if it wasn't the slightest bit realistic. When the movie as a whole is completely unbelievable and, yes, unrealistic, then there's nothing wrong with adding even more layers of complete and utter fiction as long as it looks good.
As far as the acting is concerned, it's all decent. Your standard action film acting if you so desire to label it. Dennis Quaid is one of those actors who I've always enjoyed yet felt he never really tapped into his potential, save except his performance in 2002's `Far From Heaven', and here he delivers but again it's nothing beyond acceptable. Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor with a future, that's for sure, and his performances are always believable and effortless. Here he does a great job juggling emotions amid a hole-riddled plot. Emmy Rossum should really stick to singing, as her grandest performance was in `The Phantom of the Opera' but at least here she delivers a stronger performance than her `Poseidon' disaster. The strongest performance here though came from the actress with the least screen time, Sela Ward. She is just the definition of class and she manages to instill emotion in a rather emotionless film.
So, in the end `The Day After Tomorrow' delivers some extraordinary eye candy and is worthy of any science fiction action movie buffs library. No, it's not smart, but it doesn't need to be; and to answer the question of some in regards to the movie's title, it refers to the day `AFTER' the calamity, when everything is not what it once was. Come on people; is it really that hard to figure out?
Average customer rating:
- Good Movie
- Beyond belief
- A decent movie that takes pause to think
- Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable
- It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty...
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The Day After Tomorrow (Full Screen Edition)
Starring:
Dennis Quaid ,
Jake Gyllenhaal ,
Emmy Rossum ,
Dash Mihok , and
Jay O. Sanders
Director:
Roland Emmerich
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
Disaster Films
| Action & Adventure
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ASIN: B0002MB7QW
Release Date: 2004-10-12 |
Amazon.com
Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global warming as a politically correct excuse for destroying most of the northern hemisphere. Like most of Emmerich's films, this one emphasizes special effects over such lesser priorities as well-drawn characters and plausible plotting, and his dialogue (cowritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff) is so laughably trite that it could be entirely eliminated without harming the movie. It's the spectacle that's important here, not the lame, recycled plot about father and son (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) who endure an end-of-the-world scenario caused by the effects of global warming. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the awesome visions of tornado-ravaged Los Angeles, blizzards in New Delhi, Japan pummeled by grapefruit-sized hailstones, and Manhattan flooded by swelling oceans and then frozen by the onset of a modern ice age. It's all wildly impressive, and Emmerich obviously doesn't care if the science is flimsy, so why should you? --Jeff Shannon
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!
Customer Reviews:
Good Movie.......2007-08-28
Typical "don't believe the scientist until its too late" plot. However, 21st century special effects makes for an entertaining movie.
Beyond belief.......2007-08-23
This is the biggest piece of balderdash I've seen in a while. Environmentalists and climatologists everywhere must be having severe cases of mental diarrhea due to embarrassment from this remarkably absurd rip-off of scientific theories. It makes Night of the Living Dead look like science fact. I suppose if I had seen it on a huge screen the visuals might have been impressive but on a TV screen - forget it. The only thing that saves this loony tune waste is the always exceptional performance of Jake Gyllenhaal. In fact, I suspect the only people who should buy this DVD are die-hard Gyllenhaal fans and folks who think it might someday become one of those "its so bad its good" cult films. Otherwise, don't waste your money or your time.
A decent movie that takes pause to think.......2007-08-09
All of our main characters survive that in reality most if not would have died had these events really happened. They built a pretty good story around a worst case scenario and the acting wasn't bad, not great but 3 stars. I've watched this movie a couple of times and I think that's all the life I will get out of it, worth watching, but not worthy of library space.
Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable.......2007-08-07
If you look at this from the point of view of a film connoisseur, The Day After Tomorrow is simply awful. The plot doesn't really make sense, the science is nonsensical, the acting is nothing special, the dialogue is downright horrendous, and the film sort of seemed like Independence Day and Deep Impact smushed together into one giant cliche.
Well, I enjoyed both of those movies, and I enjoyed this one. There's something endearing about it despite how truly poor quality it really is. You can practically see what's going to happen before it does, yet somehow you still get excited when it does happen. I watched the ending 3 or 4 times in a row. And the special effects, which are really the only remarkable part of this movie, are spectacular. The science is bad, but they twist the explanation just well enough that you can convince yourself that it MIGHT be possible, sort of like Jurassic Park. The acting gets the movie done. The only really awful part is the dialogue, but as long as you're not too finicky, you will probably enjoy this movie.
Two-star film, but I had a five-star viewing experience and would watch it again.
It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty..........2007-08-07
As improbable as `The Day After Tomorrow' really is, it doesn't have to be realistic to fulfill its purpose. It's not there to really engage us emotionally or mentally as much as visually, and in that visual sense `The Day After Tomorrow' soars. Now director Roland Emmerich is no stranger to the science fiction disaster film, and not unlike his previously successful entries, this one also sports some amazing special effects. From twirling twisters to tidal waves and that slowly creeping icy air, `The Day After Tomorrow' sports an amazing lineup of natural disasters. Watching the multiple tornadoes rip through the California city is impressive, and watching gallon upon gallon of water drown New York City is nothing short of breathtaking. So, it's safe to say that what `The Day After Tomorrow' lacks in brains it makes up for in cool CGI effects.
So, what of this plot? Well, it appears that weather patterns are showing an alarming possibility that soon, within the next hundred or so years, we could undergo yet another ice-age. That's where Jack Hall comes in, a climatologist who discovers the evidence to support this. Of course no one will pay attention to Hall and his discovery will prove true, except not even Hall expected it to happen so soon. The real story though involves Jack's son Sam who has traveled to New York with some class mates and ends up in the middle on a flood that destroys the city. Jack then has to race to his rescue before he freezes to death.
As you can see, the plot is plenty far fetched, but the action more than makes up for it. As Sam and his friends try to survive they must find food and medical supplies while fighting the increasing cold, the rising waters and a pack of temperamental wolves who happen to escape confinement during the flood. The wolf pack has been met with mixed reviews, as in some loved it an others found it ridiculous and unnecessary. I loved it. It was an interesting and intense inclusion, even if it wasn't the slightest bit realistic. When the movie as a whole is completely unbelievable and, yes, unrealistic, then there's nothing wrong with adding even more layers of complete and utter fiction as long as it looks good.
As far as the acting is concerned, it's all decent. Your standard action film acting if you so desire to label it. Dennis Quaid is one of those actors who I've always enjoyed yet felt he never really tapped into his potential, save except his performance in 2002's `Far From Heaven', and here he delivers but again it's nothing beyond acceptable. Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor with a future, that's for sure, and his performances are always believable and effortless. Here he does a great job juggling emotions amid a hole-riddled plot. Emmy Rossum should really stick to singing, as her grandest performance was in `The Phantom of the Opera' but at least here she delivers a stronger performance than her `Poseidon' disaster. The strongest performance here though came from the actress with the least screen time, Sela Ward. She is just the definition of class and she manages to instill emotion in a rather emotionless film.
So, in the end `The Day After Tomorrow' delivers some extraordinary eye candy and is worthy of any science fiction action movie buffs library. No, it's not smart, but it doesn't need to be; and to answer the question of some in regards to the movie's title, it refers to the day `AFTER' the calamity, when everything is not what it once was. Come on people; is it really that hard to figure out?
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!
Average customer rating:
- Good Movie
- Beyond belief
- A decent movie that takes pause to think
- Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable
- It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty...
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The Day After Tomorrow (Two-Disc All-Access Collector's Edition)
Starring:
Dennis Quaid ,
Jake Gyllenhaal ,
Emmy Rossum ,
Dash Mihok , and
Jay O. Sanders
Director:
Roland Emmerich
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
Disaster Films
| Action & Adventure
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
General
| Action & Adventure
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Heroes
| By Theme
| Action & Adventure
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Race Against Time
| By Theme
| Action & Adventure
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Sci-Fi Action
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Disaster Films
| By Theme
| Mystery & Suspense
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Blicker, Jason
| ( B )
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| Stores
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Holm, Ian
| ( H )
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| ( P )
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Van Helsing [HD DVD]
ASIN: B0007PALRU
Release Date: 2005-05-24 |
Amazon.com
Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global warming as a politically correct excuse for destroying most of the northern hemisphere. Like most of Emmerich's films, this one emphasizes special effects over such lesser priorities as well-drawn characters and plausible plotting, and his dialogue (cowritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff) is so laughably trite that it could be entirely eliminated without harming the movie. It's the spectacle that's important here, not the lame, recycled plot about father and son (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) who endure an end-of-the-world scenario caused by the effects of global warming. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the awesome visions of tornado-ravaged Los Angeles, blizzards in New Delhi, Japan pummeled by grapefruit-sized hailstones, and Manhattan flooded by swelling oceans and then frozen by the onset of a modern ice age. It's all wildly impressive, and Emmerich obviously doesn't care if the science is flimsy, so why should you? --Jeff Shannon
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal
Customer Reviews:
Good Movie.......2007-08-28
Typical "don't believe the scientist until its too late" plot. However, 21st century special effects makes for an entertaining movie.
Beyond belief.......2007-08-23
This is the biggest piece of balderdash I've seen in a while. Environmentalists and climatologists everywhere must be having severe cases of mental diarrhea due to embarrassment from this remarkably absurd rip-off of scientific theories. It makes Night of the Living Dead look like science fact. I suppose if I had seen it on a huge screen the visuals might have been impressive but on a TV screen - forget it. The only thing that saves this loony tune waste is the always exceptional performance of Jake Gyllenhaal. In fact, I suspect the only people who should buy this DVD are die-hard Gyllenhaal fans and folks who think it might someday become one of those "its so bad its good" cult films. Otherwise, don't waste your money or your time.
A decent movie that takes pause to think.......2007-08-09
All of our main characters survive that in reality most if not would have died had these events really happened. They built a pretty good story around a worst case scenario and the acting wasn't bad, not great but 3 stars. I've watched this movie a couple of times and I think that's all the life I will get out of it, worth watching, but not worthy of library space.
Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable.......2007-08-07
If you look at this from the point of view of a film connoisseur, The Day After Tomorrow is simply awful. The plot doesn't really make sense, the science is nonsensical, the acting is nothing special, the dialogue is downright horrendous, and the film sort of seemed like Independence Day and Deep Impact smushed together into one giant cliche.
Well, I enjoyed both of those movies, and I enjoyed this one. There's something endearing about it despite how truly poor quality it really is. You can practically see what's going to happen before it does, yet somehow you still get excited when it does happen. I watched the ending 3 or 4 times in a row. And the special effects, which are really the only remarkable part of this movie, are spectacular. The science is bad, but they twist the explanation just well enough that you can convince yourself that it MIGHT be possible, sort of like Jurassic Park. The acting gets the movie done. The only really awful part is the dialogue, but as long as you're not too finicky, you will probably enjoy this movie.
Two-star film, but I had a five-star viewing experience and would watch it again.
It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty..........2007-08-07
As improbable as `The Day After Tomorrow' really is, it doesn't have to be realistic to fulfill its purpose. It's not there to really engage us emotionally or mentally as much as visually, and in that visual sense `The Day After Tomorrow' soars. Now director Roland Emmerich is no stranger to the science fiction disaster film, and not unlike his previously successful entries, this one also sports some amazing special effects. From twirling twisters to tidal waves and that slowly creeping icy air, `The Day After Tomorrow' sports an amazing lineup of natural disasters. Watching the multiple tornadoes rip through the California city is impressive, and watching gallon upon gallon of water drown New York City is nothing short of breathtaking. So, it's safe to say that what `The Day After Tomorrow' lacks in brains it makes up for in cool CGI effects.
So, what of this plot? Well, it appears that weather patterns are showing an alarming possibility that soon, within the next hundred or so years, we could undergo yet another ice-age. That's where Jack Hall comes in, a climatologist who discovers the evidence to support this. Of course no one will pay attention to Hall and his discovery will prove true, except not even Hall expected it to happen so soon. The real story though involves Jack's son Sam who has traveled to New York with some class mates and ends up in the middle on a flood that destroys the city. Jack then has to race to his rescue before he freezes to death.
As you can see, the plot is plenty far fetched, but the action more than makes up for it. As Sam and his friends try to survive they must find food and medical supplies while fighting the increasing cold, the rising waters and a pack of temperamental wolves who happen to escape confinement during the flood. The wolf pack has been met with mixed reviews, as in some loved it an others found it ridiculous and unnecessary. I loved it. It was an interesting and intense inclusion, even if it wasn't the slightest bit realistic. When the movie as a whole is completely unbelievable and, yes, unrealistic, then there's nothing wrong with adding even more layers of complete and utter fiction as long as it looks good.
As far as the acting is concerned, it's all decent. Your standard action film acting if you so desire to label it. Dennis Quaid is one of those actors who I've always enjoyed yet felt he never really tapped into his potential, save except his performance in 2002's `Far From Heaven', and here he delivers but again it's nothing beyond acceptable. Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor with a future, that's for sure, and his performances are always believable and effortless. Here he does a great job juggling emotions amid a hole-riddled plot. Emmy Rossum should really stick to singing, as her grandest performance was in `The Phantom of the Opera' but at least here she delivers a stronger performance than her `Poseidon' disaster. The strongest performance here though came from the actress with the least screen time, Sela Ward. She is just the definition of class and she manages to instill emotion in a rather emotionless film.
So, in the end `The Day After Tomorrow' delivers some extraordinary eye candy and is worthy of any science fiction action movie buffs library. No, it's not smart, but it doesn't need to be; and to answer the question of some in regards to the movie's title, it refers to the day `AFTER' the calamity, when everything is not what it once was. Come on people; is it really that hard to figure out?
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The Day After Tomorrow (Collector's Edition Steelbook)
Starring:
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ASIN: B000O76T9U
Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
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Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global warming as a politically correct excuse for destroying most of the northern hemisphere. Like most of Emmerich's films, this one emphasizes special effects over such lesser priorities as well-drawn characters and plausible plotting, and his dialogue (cowritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff) is so laughably trite that it could be entirely eliminated without harming the movie. It's the spectacle that's important here, not the lame, recycled plot about father and son (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) who endure an end-of-the-world scenario caused by the effects of global warming. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the awesome visions of tornado-ravaged Los Angeles, blizzards in New Delhi, Japan pummeled by grapefruit-sized hailstones, and Manhattan flooded by swelling oceans and then frozen by the onset of a modern ice age. It's all wildly impressive, and Emmerich obviously doesn't care if the science is flimsy, so why should you? --Jeff Shannon
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!
Customer Reviews:
Good Movie.......2007-08-28
Typical "don't believe the scientist until its too late" plot. However, 21st century special effects makes for an entertaining movie.
Beyond belief.......2007-08-23
This is the biggest piece of balderdash I've seen in a while. Environmentalists and climatologists everywhere must be having severe cases of mental diarrhea due to embarrassment from this remarkably absurd rip-off of scientific theories. It makes Night of the Living Dead look like science fact. I suppose if I had seen it on a huge screen the visuals might have been impressive but on a TV screen - forget it. The only thing that saves this loony tune waste is the always exceptional performance of Jake Gyllenhaal. In fact, I suspect the only people who should buy this DVD are die-hard Gyllenhaal fans and folks who think it might someday become one of those "its so bad its good" cult films. Otherwise, don't waste your money or your time.
A decent movie that takes pause to think.......2007-08-09
All of our main characters survive that in reality most if not would have died had these events really happened. They built a pretty good story around a worst case scenario and the acting wasn't bad, not great but 3 stars. I've watched this movie a couple of times and I think that's all the life I will get out of it, worth watching, but not worthy of library space.
Horrible movie, but inexplicably enjoyable.......2007-08-07
If you look at this from the point of view of a film connoisseur, The Day After Tomorrow is simply awful. The plot doesn't really make sense, the science is nonsensical, the acting is nothing special, the dialogue is downright horrendous, and the film sort of seemed like Independence Day and Deep Impact smushed together into one giant cliche.
Well, I enjoyed both of those movies, and I enjoyed this one. There's something endearing about it despite how truly poor quality it really is. You can practically see what's going to happen before it does, yet somehow you still get excited when it does happen. I watched the ending 3 or 4 times in a row. And the special effects, which are really the only remarkable part of this movie, are spectacular. The science is bad, but they twist the explanation just well enough that you can convince yourself that it MIGHT be possible, sort of like Jurassic Park. The acting gets the movie done. The only really awful part is the dialogue, but as long as you're not too finicky, you will probably enjoy this movie.
Two-star film, but I had a five-star viewing experience and would watch it again.
It may not be smart, but it sure is pretty..........2007-08-07
As improbable as `The Day After Tomorrow' really is, it doesn't have to be realistic to fulfill its purpose. It's not there to really engage us emotionally or mentally as much as visually, and in that visual sense `The Day After Tomorrow' soars. Now director Roland Emmerich is no stranger to the science fiction disaster film, and not unlike his previously successful entries, this one also sports some amazing special effects. From twirling twisters to tidal waves and that slowly creeping icy air, `The Day After Tomorrow' sports an amazing lineup of natural disasters. Watching the multiple tornadoes rip through the California city is impressive, and watching gallon upon gallon of water drown New York City is nothing short of breathtaking. So, it's safe to say that what `The Day After Tomorrow' lacks in brains it makes up for in cool CGI effects.
So, what of this plot? Well, it appears that weather patterns are showing an alarming possibility that soon, within the next hundred or so years, we could undergo yet another ice-age. That's where Jack Hall comes in, a climatologist who discovers the evidence to support this. Of course no one will pay attention to Hall and his discovery will prove true, except not even Hall expected it to happen so soon. The real story though involves Jack's son Sam who has traveled to New York with some class mates and ends up in the middle on a flood that destroys the city. Jack then has to race to his rescue before he freezes to death.
As you can see, the plot is plenty far fetched, but the action more than makes up for it. As Sam and his friends try to survive they must find food and medical supplies while fighting the increasing cold, the rising waters and a pack of temperamental wolves who happen to escape confinement during the flood. The wolf pack has been met with mixed reviews, as in some loved it an others found it ridiculous and unnecessary. I loved it. It was an interesting and intense inclusion, even if it wasn't the slightest bit realistic. When the movie as a whole is completely unbelievable and, yes, unrealistic, then there's nothing wrong with adding even more layers of complete and utter fiction as long as it looks good.
As far as the acting is concerned, it's all decent. Your standard action film acting if you so desire to label it. Dennis Quaid is one of those actors who I've always enjoyed yet felt he never really tapped into his potential, save except his performance in 2002's `Far From Heaven', and here he delivers but again it's nothing beyond acceptable. Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor with a future, that's for sure, and his performances are always believable and effortless. Here he does a great job juggling emotions amid a hole-riddled plot. Emmy Rossum should really stick to singing, as her grandest performance was in `The Phantom of the Opera' but at least here she delivers a stronger performance than her `Poseidon' disaster. The strongest performance here though came from the actress with the least screen time, Sela Ward. She is just the definition of class and she manages to instill emotion in a rather emotionless film.
So, in the end `The Day After Tomorrow' delivers some extraordinary eye candy and is worthy of any science fiction action movie buffs library. No, it's not smart, but it doesn't need to be; and to answer the question of some in regards to the movie's title, it refers to the day `AFTER' the calamity, when everything is not what it once was. Come on people; is it really that hard to figure out?
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World Destruction Box Set (Independence Day / Chain Reaction / The Day After Tomorrow / Volcano)
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ASIN: B000HT3PNI
Release Date: 2006-11-07 |
Description
Disc 1: INDEPENDENCE DAY Disc 2: DAY AFTER TOMORROW Disc 3: VOLCANO Disc 4: CHAIN REACTION
Customer Reviews:
3 out of 4 for 16 X 9 TV.......2007-03-07
All the films except Volcano are enhanced for 16 X 9 TV's.
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Sinking of Japan (Standard Edition) DVD
Director:
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Manufacturer: Edko Video (HK)
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ASIN: B000PGKZUE |
Product Description
In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, lowered from a helicopter. Scientists predict that Japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. However, Dr. Tadokoro, who leads an oceanic scientific team that includes Toshiro, calculates that this will happen far sooner, in only 338 days. He presents his findings to Prime Minister Yamamoto who decides to create a new department for impending disaster relief assigning Saoro Takamori to cover the new duties, since of all his ministers she will take it seriously but also bring "heart" to the process. As further earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions devastate Japan, the government pleads with other countries to take refugees. Yamamoto flies to China to negotiate relocations there, but his plane is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Saoro fills the resulting vacuum in leadership and decides that Dr. Tadokoro's plan to blow holes in the disintegrating tectonic tectonic plate is the best remaining hope to not only save the people, but what remains of the country itself. Ironically it was her career that hastened their divorce 20 years earlier. Misaki becomes orphaned following her mother's death from earthquake injuries, and bonds with Reiko who was similarly rescued from, but orphaned by the Kobe quake. Toshiro is offered a job in England and wants Reiko and Misaki to come with him, but Reiko feels bound to help others and refuses to leave. Fellow submarine pilot Shinji Yuki also turns down Toshiro's offer to work with him in England. Drillships place massive explosives deep in the crust, but the detonator is not placed properly and Yuki dies attempting to place it by submarine.
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The Elements 3 Pack (Chain Reaction / Volcano / The Day After Tomorrow)
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Release Date: 2006-12-26 |
Description
Includes the following titles:
Disk 1: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW Disk 2: CHAIN REACTION Disk 3: VOLCANO
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The Day After Tomorrow / Volcano
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Release Date: 2007-02-06 |
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