A Disaster of a Disaster Movie

Rating: 1/10 (22 October 2004)

I must admit that "Independence Day" was not a really great movie, but it at least provided for dumb fun; it had a sense of humor and if you turned your brain off for a while, it was very enjoyable. I had expected the same from "The Day After Tomorrow" since it was made by the same people. The first obstacle to an enjoyable movie experience was the overt political propaganda of the film--hey, if I wanted a lecture based on lies and/or bad science, I would watch a Michael Moore movie. At the end of the movie I noticed that it was inspired by "The Coming Global Superstorm," a book written by a radio commentator that survives on paranoid conspiracy theories (Art Bell) and an author whose most famous book was about his own abduction by aliens (Whitley Strieber). So in reality, the movie has about as much credibility as a Moore film.
Okay, so getting past the political pap that populates the film--the story is full of inconsistencies and plot holes, the acting is substandard even for the B-list that fills the roster, and the special effects are really not that special. A hundred foot wall of water doesn't pound into New York but instead gently sloshes through the streets like water in a bathtub, for Pete's sake!
I nominate this film for worst film of 2004--not an easy prize to win when we're talking about a year that featured "Garfield," "Alien vs. Predator," and "Fahrenheit 9/11!"