- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005JMXX
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Awsome Movie!,
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This review is from: NEW Day After Tomorrow (DVD) (DVD)
I have quite a collection of DVD movies and when people ask me which one of all do I like best, it always comes down to "The Day After Tomorrow"! The plot is great and believable, the cast is excellent, and the effects are out of this world! This movie got me sitting at the edge of my seat from the start to the end. There are movies that I own which I haven't seen yet, but this one, I've watched 3 times and would not hesitate to watch it again and again.
3.0 out of 5 stars
It was okay,
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This review is from: Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen) (DVD)
Quickly: great effects, good acting, bad science, meh movie.Summary: Global warming causes the next ice age. That's basically it. You follow the story of a few groups of people and how this affects them then it focuses in on one family. The Good: the effects were great, from ice falling on people in Japan to the frozen Statue of Liberty. You can tell this was the main focus of the movie and they do a good job. The acting was rather good in this, and I had no complaints about any performances. The pacing was also good, as I wasn't bored at any one point. The Bad: the preaching. I knew it would be there, but things like the 'evil' vice president giving the 'save the world' speech at the end when he was proved wrong was too much. The fact the plot eventually switched to just the one family and really just the Father trying to save the son was pretty typically Hollywood lame. The father making up with his wife was worse. The plot was alright but really, it's just a giant effects movie, there isn't much meat. The Ugly: the science. I don't know much about weather patterns and such but this was just hokey. The wolves! Why?!? Overall: not the worst I have ever seen, but no where near the best. A typical effects blockbuster and don't expect any more then that. It was OK, the effects were cool, the acting was good, the science was suspect and the plot was contrived.
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultimate Disaster,
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This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow (VHS Tape)
The ultimate disaster movie, The Day After Tomorrow depicts a change in climate that sweeps the globe and triggers a modern ice age. An original premise long overdue for cinematic treatment, it offers astonishing and eerie imagery: multiple tornadoes whipping across Los Angeles, an arctic depression over Scotland freezing all beings in an instant, a tidal surge engulfing Manhattan, and flocks of birds flying south for the summer.Director Roland Emmerich (who thrilled audiences with 1996's Independence Day) clearly delights in scenes of mass destruction. Artfully crafted, these successive calamities come one after another with but a handful of humorous moments to break the tension. At the centre of the story is Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist studying the effects of global warming. His chilling theories are ignored by government officials - a plot point that is all too common in such films - even as the world is ravaged by extreme weather conditions. And after the northern hemisphere is encircled by frigid storms, Hall must journey from Washington to New York to rescue his teenaged son, Sam. Though such an Armageddon would take a couple of centuries to evolve (barring a shift of the earth's magnetic axis), the film compresses developments into just a few days. Thankfully, the scientific interpretations are presented clearly and logically without getting buried in technical jargon. Like Independence Day, Emmerich (who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Nachmanoff) plunges headfirst into the storyline, and populates the film with an enormous number of characters. But they all react rather placidly to the shocking events, with little hysteria or emotion - their hearts seem as cold and unfeeling as the eventual all-consuming blizzard. With the shocking proceedings presented as more fun than grim, any sense of tragedy seems to have been sucked into an atmospheric vortex. The first half of the film also seems disjointed, as if numerous consequential scenes were deleted in favour of a pointless subplot about a pediatric cancer patient. It is only once the glacial onslaught has begun that the story becomes dramatic and energized, with plenty of surprises and innovative scenes of suspense. Dennis Quaid is believable and competent as the dedicated Hall, while Jake Gyllenhaal is charming as the determined Sam. Relative newcomer Emmy Rossum, as Sam's love interest, lights up the screen; this neophyte is a star in the making. (Watch for her later this year as Christine in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.) The Day After Tomorrow is a fascinating and refreshing film that does without the standard elements of most big-budget Hollywood productions. While it lacks the intensity and excitement of Independence Day, it is a tribute to man's will to survive, demonstrating how remarkably adaptive our species can be. Rating: 7 out of 10.
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