Ralph Nader's Movie of the Year

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2005)

"The Day After Tomorrow" is about climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) who tries to save the world from global warming caused by the Greenhouse Effect. When the Ice Age does come, he must go to New York to save his son Sam Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal) from the natural disaster.
First of all, the plot is terrible. An Ice Age is created because of global WARMING. I thought we got our heat mainly from the sun, not some ocean current! The acting is bottom of the barrel and the dialogue can be found in any other B movie. Also, the makers of this film didn't care about its artistic value, but only wanted to express their twisted ideas and call it art. An interesting thing is that someone involved in the movie's writing process appeared on 20/20 and said that, after nearly three years of research, he and most of the scientific community came to the conclusion that global warming is a hoax. He only wrote the script because Hollywood big shots blacklist anyone who won't cooperate with their propaganda. That is all "The Day After Tomorrow" should be viewed as: legalized propaganda. The main character is surrounded by stupid politicians to make his plight seem more plausible, but even more outrageous is that one politician looks very much like Dick Cheney.
One thing many people give this movie credit for is the great special effects. If you want to see a movie with better special effects and a more believable and unpolluted plot, rent "The Lord of The Rings" instead.
I'll finish this comment with something Robert Duvall once said: "They (Hollywood political activists) should keep their mouths shut." 2/10