Entertaining, annoying, far fetched...where have all the writers gone??

Rating: Null/10 (10 June 2004)

Well, Well. Another disaster movie. I, for one, liked Independence Day. The dialogue was a tad cheesy but the effects where good and I cared about the characters. The Day After Tomorrow however was different. The opening where Dennis valiantly leaps across the ice to retrieve...what was it again? Oh, yeah...ICE CORE SAMPLES is so over the top that I actually twitched and said out loud, "What the hell!??". Not a good start. Then we flip to the UN meeting about weather and the all to heard environmentalist Left about global warming and the utter doom the planet and the humans inhabiting it are going to face. Blah, blah, blah...yadda, yadda. Of course, all the claims come true...blah, blah.
Then we delve into the lousey script. People in the theatre actually laughed out loud during some of the dialoge. Poor Sela Ward. She was the major victim in the script factor. After they come back for her and the sick kid she says, "Thank you so much for coming". I think not, "Get us the hell outta here!" is more like it! The acting was wooden and stale. Although I have to say, I didn't see it for the story I wanted to see it for the effects. The story just got in the way. Getting back to the plausibility of the story...oh, I forgot there is none. Even mainstream scientists are cringing. The movie was blatantly political, jabbing away at the government and their policies. As if they aren't doing anything to help. All in all, not a good movie. You want a good ride, see it. Want a good movie without your intelligence insulted , skip it.