Jaw Dropping Special Effects

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2004)

I walked into "The Day After Tomorrow" with both excitement and caution. I love disaster films, but I'm not a fan of Emmerich's work. I sat down and had one of the most enjoyable 2 hours in a theatre I've ever had.
The special effects were simply amazing, and it raised the bar for impressive effects. The FX are so convincing and look so real that I wasn't thinking of mistakes (because I couldn't see them), I just sat back and watched in complete awe as the world began a new ice age.
The detail put into the graphics is amazing... from cars being pushed away from the NYC wave before the wall of water reached them, to the sparkling snow on the statue of liberty, to the shattering windows during the Deep Freeze. This was incredible work, and I recommend seeing in the theatre... you won't be able to catch this detail on a TV.
The story was typical, but it wasn't terrible. And there's some good morals behind it all.
4 1/2 out of 5