 "General Review" | 2008-07-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: ATNHPTIYYP9F6 |
| Product was in excellent shape and arrived in a timely fashion. Thank you thank you thank you ***** |
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| "Great Video!" | 2008-06-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2YKVUKTT1MY6I |
| This was a great video! It shipped fast from Amazon and since it's a Blu-Ray movie, it looks even better than the original DVD. |
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 "An Excuse To Overdo SFX" | 2008-06-21 |
| - Reviewed By steveo2006 |
The Day After Tomorrow was that movie that was simply made as an excuse to have a 2 + hour film filled with ridiculously over the top special effects. The story is nothing to write home about which is really what killed this movie, actually the whole story seemed very cliché as a climatologist races against time in order to convince the world and the government that they need to change their ways or global warming will destroy the Earth. Obviously this was a sensitive subject matter as even now the mass media are still quite hysterical over the possibility of a new Ice Age thanks to global warming.
Dennis Quaid plays Jack Hall the climatologist who once he learns that the climate shift that will bring the new Ice Age is coming much faster than expected, he's in a race against time to make it to New York to be with his son but he may be too late as the oceans rise at a rapid rate flooding New York in a matter of minutes. The real question is, will his son survive and will he make it to New York. Yes, that's it, that's the entire story in a nutshell, there's no other real story apart from a mild mannered love story between Sam Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Laura Chapman (Emmy Rossum) but again that's nothing to really go on about.
Overall this is quite a mediocre film with, sure great effects but apart from that it's really nothing special. If you enjoy films with great effects and not much depth then you may enjoy this, but if you're looking for a film with even a half decent story then this is something you shouldn't really waste your time on. |
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| "The day after tommorow" | 2008-06-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: AUZCGLBRIVSIF |
| the movie takes the facts and twist them to the extreme.The special effects are great. |
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 "plausible aside" | 2008-05-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: ATFYAGLABB5Y1 |
| I liked the movie and have watched it more than 10 times. I like disaster flicks. I didn't have problems with caring for the characters. No movie is perfect, dialog like in ALL movies has its moments but it is entertaining. Different than the asteroid coming to destroy the earth movies. Was a change from that. |
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| "This movie was meant for hi def!" | 2008-05-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2KGMSXFWQED2Z |
| I never saw this movie on DVD. That being said, I cannot imagine the DVD experience being worth the money. This movie was meant to be viewed in high definition. Absolutely beautiful! |
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| "an excellent imagination - but will it only be an imagination?" | 2008-04-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3CUOZERR3BE8M |
good movie - good movie arts. the blueray version is the best that i have collected so far about this movie.
whenever i need to keep myself somber i will take it out and watch again - are we rushing to that end? |
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 "Wasting Today's Time" | 2008-04-03 |
| - Reviewed By amp70214 |
The Good Things
*Smashing special effects. Very detailed, vivid, and exciting.
*Some memorable scenes.
*Storyline is relatively engaging; hardly boring.
*I suppose this is somewhat relevant to today's issues concerning climate change.
*Acting was not too bad.
The Bad Things
*Highly unbelievable. Even if supercell storm systems have some kind of wierd cold air front, there's no way helicopters could freeze over in seconds and crash. Some parts are downright silly; people were literally running away from growing frost.
*Sometimes, the characters act dumb; a few parts where you could yell at the screen for the people to run and seek shelter. However, some of this stupidity is believable.
*Heavy focus on drama can be seen as sappy.
Only a step better than other disaster movies like "The Core," this film has a typical plot with typical characters. It is well made, with fantastic special effects, some interesting imagery, and adequate acting. Some aspects can also be relevant to modern-day issues in climate change (and possibly immigration). It is still a little shallow and highly unbelievable. Fans of disaster films, or people who like good special effects, should probably check this out. Otherwise, it is quite weak. |
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| "Don't go outside...." | 2008-03-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2P2JXU9JEYNV3 |
Here we are with another love it or hate it film. "The Day After Tomorrow" was done by the same crew who brought you "Independence Day".
Well, it's July 5th, and all h**l is breaking loose.
It all starts with the Larsen "B" ice shelf breaking up and falling into the Ocean (which was a real event, I might add). What happens from here, is best described as pure fiction (Science Fiction?).
Baseball-size hail in Japan, snow in India, tornadoes in Los Angeles, Helicopters freezing in flight above Scotland and a 100+feet storm surge in Manhattan. I think the only thing missing was fish and frogs raining from the sky in Kansas! All this leads up to three "superstorms" that signal the beginning of the new Ice Age.
Much time is given in the film to it's actors explaining away these occurrences, with Dennis Quaid leading the charge to think proactively, to protect the citizenry of the U.S. (it seems our government is only interested in money-WOW! big surprise, there!) The dramatization of the characters seems superfluous at times, with dialog that's just banal enough to put one to sleep. All the actors in this film make brave attempts to lend credibility to the story, but just can't get past the weather, which is the real star of this film.
The crazy weather IS interesting, though, especially when the choppers froze in mid air. The guy flash-freezing at the hatch of his helicopter is pretty good, and where better than Los Angeles, to get the "Wizard of Oz" treatment! Manhattan always seems to get the brunt of damage in disaster flicks, and one wonders why it's still standing!
It might seem that I'm bashing this film. On the contrary, there IS one thing that saves this film, and it happens to be my favorite part. It's when the "new" President of what's left of The United States gets in front of TV cameras and microphones, and ADMITS his fault in the handling of the disaster! I love it!!
The Scientific Community essentially dismissed this film outright, because of it's most glaring errors- The weather. Some said it was an "overly severe" example of the coming of the next Ice Age. Some even went so far as to say that many of the anomalies would not even occur! While I'm no scientist or meteorologist, "The Day After Tomorrow" is a pretty good example of "Escapist Reality"!
Some of the extras are interesting. There is a breakdown of the sound elements of a specific scene in the film, the usual deleted scenes, and commentary tracks. The Making-of segment is accessed by DVD-ROM.
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| "THIS MOVIE WAS IMPRESSIVE!!!" | 2008-03-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2WE94927YC3KI |
| I saw this movie at theater and it was impressive. This movie story was excellent. The computer graphic technology was great. I really enjoy this movie. Some scenes are great. I really recommand for movie lovers. |
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