The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
PG-13 | 26 May 2004 (USA)
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After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

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Redwarmin

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

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Phonearl

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Calum Hutton

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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Mandeep Tyson

The acting in this movie is really good.

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eismoc

To say first, it is one of the most underrated movies I could think of. The movie attempts to deliver an imagine about how global weather will be in the (perhaps very) near future. Regardless the faults from rigid science facts about the size of this and the nature of that, the movie gives a glimpse about the possible troubles humanity might face if the changes in the global weather kept going on at its present rate. It is not a science movie, but a science fiction one. Indeed the story took wrong the sizes of somethings and natures of a few stuff, but the main line of the story is perfectly scientific, clearly stating that one bad effect can lead to another bad effect, and that leads to another, with no upper limit but possible total destruction of life itself; making the movie as an absolutely entertaining and definitely thought-provoking. The Day After Tomorrow is the first of a kind in this area of movies, rightfully gained its position due to the perfect sequence of events, directing and acting. I love it!

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merelyaninnuendo

The Day After TomorrowIt's high on vfx explosion, drama and survival nature but at the end it is just pointless if these are the only thing that a movie is dependent on.

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Mike LeMar

Just like Dante's Peak, the climax is pointless. Dennis Quaid takes his buddies all the way out to "save" his son and it didn't even really do anything but get one of them killed. And this is so thriller-typical!: Jake Gyllenhaal's babe cuts her leg, causing major infection, and when it jolts in sudden pain while collecting books from the shelf, the other girl asks if she's OK, to which she replies, "Yeah, I'm fine." You're NOT fine. You KNOW you're not. I'll never understand what the point is of characters ignoring their actual status and pretending to be "fine" when they're anything BUT. They're just letting their problem snowball and in THIS movie, it would've KILLED her if everyone hadn't found out for themselves the hard way after awhile to then make a plan to get supplies from the passing ship. What's so hard or embarrassing about being forthcoming about your sudden health problem? Just speak!

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Sofia Sifnaios

This film follows the paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall (Dennis Quad), and couple of his colleagues in Antarctica. The disaster begins when Larsen Ice Shelf breaks as they are collecting data. He presents this phenomenon to the United Nations, and blames it on the increasing climate change the planet is experiencing, but no one takes him or the potential threats that could unfold after this seriously. However, his claims are backed by Professor Terry in Scotland who has picked up data from buoys in the Atlantic Ocean that show a massive drop in ocean temperature due to the polar ice caps melting, which disrupts the North Atlantic current. This dramatic shift in ocean temperature as well as salinity causes violent and bizarre weather patterns around the world such as Japan having a massive hailstorm, India with snow, and LA experiencing a series of tornadoes. This all builds up to three massive storm systems spanning across the northern hemisphere. The eyes of these storms hold temperatures close to -150°F, which instantly freezes anything— including jet fuel in this movie. These storms affect the entirety of their given continents within days and are projected to last between 7-10 days. An evacuation is ordered of the southern United States, with most of its refugees headed to Mexico, while the northern half is instructed to seek shelter until the storm passes The rest of the movie follows Jack as he seeks to reunite with his son who has found refuge in the New York Public Library.Although it is believable climate change has a dramatic effect on the planet, the effects would not be experienced within a matter of days. If anything, it would take years to see the impacts depicted in the movie. In this film, we see the ice caps melting and sea level rising at a rapid rate, which is the cause for all the weather anomalies. Many countries experienced weather patterns that were outside their typical climatic norms (Japan with hail, India in snow, and LA with tornadoes), which is also hard to believe. If anything, regions would experience more intensified and severe versions of the weather patterns they already are subjected to. Another aspect of the film that raises questions is the extreme cold associated with the storms. In order for temperature to decrease at such a rapid rate that causes jet fuel to freeze, it would also need to occur over a matter of years, not days let alone seconds. This indicates how the time-scale of the events that occur in the movie are catalyzed and magnified by Hollywood and the resulting weather anomalies are just inaccurate.

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