The day after tommorow was pretty bad

[commander bunnypants]

I thought I would enjoy the movie. The special effects were cool, but that was avbout it.

Now waiting for I, Robot and The Redyck chronicls

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DDQM

[Southsideirish]

1. I didn't think it was nearly as bad as some of the critics were saying

I enjoyed it and 'think it got a bum rap from the conservatives and their allies in the media as it stated that global warming is a critical issue today.
The only criticism I had was they speeded things up too much in the beginning.
They should have done more to set up the oncoming scenario - little hints and peeks into things about to happen. For example, the way they set up the fire in the "The Towering Inferno" when the fire was simmering away in that storage room and the audience knew about it - only the big conockers in the penthouse party didn't - audiences love to be "in" on the secret.

[qb]

2. I appreciate the review.

I like the specials effects, but hate sitting through the garbage in between.

Popular Science did a good article on the science in the movie:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,638224,00.html

Three experts pretty much agreed that climate change disasters are inevitable, but the timeline is on the order of years or decades, not days (this is still completely unnerving). The director conceded that his timeline was unrealistic: "The scientific community will say, 'too fast.' And that's OK. Otherwise there is no movie."

[commander bunnypants]

3. The new IceAge in 3 days

That is where I lost interest. But it was fun to watch LA get chewed up.


DDQM

[qb]

4. Another good quote from the article:

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,638224-2,00.html

(Richard Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State)

ALLEY: Well, it wouldn't be anything like in the movie, with people freezing and shattering and such at minus 150°C--that's just an exaggeration.

WRITER: Thank goodness, because--

ALLEY: Western Europe might come to resemble, say, Siberia. But people don't shatter in Siberia.

[Az]

8. A slight shift would chill Great Britain pretty quick

They are on the same latitude as Iceland after all. Its the warm currents that keep them warm and the land from freezing over.

[Az]

5. It lost all credibility in LA

6 tornadoes strike LA. And the News chopper is out flying around in between them. Does the director even know what a tornado is? Meanwhile on the ground news reporters are standing a few feet away from multiple twisters bearing down on them gleefully reporting the destruction. Again... does the director know what a tornado is?

The next "oh for crying out loud" moment was when we first find out about the nature of the superstorms. 3 military choppers are frozen out of the sky in seconds. And yet what advanced arctic vehicle does the hero choose to make the trek to New York through the storms? An SUV.

Sure the special effects are fun. But the sense of logic comes from the James T Kirk shoot a monitor and the entire planet blows up sense of reality.

The flat out most unbelievable part: The Cheney clone admitting he was wrong in the end.

[Melodybe]

6. The movie is based on my Granpa's theories. He got invited to the premire

but decided at the last minute that he wouldn't see it, so that he would have to be mean if the science is bad. You can google him, Wallace S. Broecker and the Day After Tomorrow, about 150 things come up. Plus he was on Nightline last week.

I am proud to say the least, but I have yet to see the movie myself.

[Az]

7. Very interesting

You should share some of his ideas here so that the movie won't be his sole exposure to the general populace. The very core idea behind the movie is vital. Its such a pity it had to get so Hollywooded to be sold to the public.