day after tomorrow 2

Rating: 4/10 (26 November 2009)

well first of all, I entirely agree with you in saying that this movie completely lives on its special-effects. neither the story nor the acting is of any positive significance and therefore not worth mentioning.
However, it's more than obvious that the guy from Paris, who gets blown up in his car, is the director of the Louvres. Were he to survive, he would have informed the whole world about the fact that serious preparations concerning the preservation of important, historical artifacts were taking place - via the press conference he intended to hold. Ultimately, this would have led to the discovery of the building of the arks.
Now, I don't know what Roland Emmerich thought about doing another movie like "The day after tomorrow". In fact, this movie shows so many similar features, that I wonder whether directors believe people to be so ignorant, that they are just blinded by the special effects. Some examples:
Day after tomorrow: Beginning: scientists find out that the sea temperature is rising. They inform the president of the USA.
Rising action: The sea level increases drastically. Eventually the oceans overflow parts of the world. The father of an unimportant family is trying to save his son.
Catastrophe and Happy End: Parts of the world are buried under massive pieces of ice. The father manages to save his son. It turns out that not all of the world is lost. The Western civilization finds refuge in Africa, which could withstand the catastrophe in some parts of the continent.
In comparison:
2012: Beginning: Scientists find out that the earth's core is heating up. They inform the president of the USA.
Rising action: The earth's crust becomes unstable. The family flees from the USA to the Tibetian mountains by airplane. They manage to get themselves on board of one of the arks. Huge Tsunamis overflow parts of the world.
Catastrophe and Happy End: Humanity including the family survives and finds refuge in Africa (who would have expected that?!), which could withstand the catastrophe in some parts of the continent.
How cheap is that?