It's not that bad!! Or is it? (Possible Spoilers)

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2004)

--SPOILERS AHEAD: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED-- Steady on everyone! If people are going to complain because their part of the world wasn't in the film then where does this end? I don't recall George Lucas being berated because no Jawas were in The Empire Strikes Back. What purpose would it have served to feature endless landmarks from around the globe? It wouldn't have made this piece of nonsense any better, so get a grip. Having said that, some of the film does take place near where I live so maybe I am biased. It's refreshing to hear Scotland used in a movie context without Mike Myers hamming it up....
Anyway as we all know, the rest of the world don't solve problems when trouble faces the Earth, Americans do. But, in fairness to the film makers, they don't solve this particular problem, they just deal with it. In fact, it's the other countries in the world who help out in the end. But I stray from my point.
So, the film is a bit rubbish. Big deal. Amazingly they manage to kill off the Royal Family with not much comment on it. It was quite subtle which, for a film like this, was pretty astounding. Apart from that, if you've seen the trailer then that's about the whole film right there. People have been praising the FX but do not be fooled. Independence Day and Deep Impact/Armageddon have not really been bettered by this film, merely matched. A lot of it is too CG, the wolves for instance. They were so fake that I wondered why they bothered at all.
Although the script wasn't engaging, at least there were no gung ho speeches and jingoistic sentiments. Compared with Van Helsing, it was flippin' Shakespeare. The acting was fairly tedious with only Ian Holm really convincing, again though, compared to the recent Jackman FX-fest, it was Oscar-worthy.
My one big gripe about the film is the ship that sails perfectly down 5th Avenue. It was unmanned and conveniently ground to a halt outside the library. How did it get there without some pretty special steering. Anyone familiar with NYC will know it could not have come up form the harbour area as 5th stops in lower Manhattan. Try to tell me the wave washed it in? It was barely damaged! It's almost as ridiculous as a computer virus from Earth infecting an alien spaceship....almost.
Still, I went thinking it was going to be awful and was surprised. It's bad but not that bad, don't get too excited by it. Get someone to take you and then laugh at them for paying.
Lastly, why did they call it THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW? The film takes place over a series of days, the storms hits at various different points and times. So for some people the day in question was pretty normal. Nobody agrees to meet on that day, no reference is made to it either. They should have called it, "The Storm That Wouldn't Quit" or "Weather Day" or "Donnie Darko 2: This Time it's Meteorological" or......