Short review of "The Day After Tomorrow"

Rating: 8/10 (28 November 2015)

"The Day After Tomorrow" is a disaster movie directed by Roland Emmerich, released in 2004. The director of this movie is well known for "2012" and "10000 BC" which are also related to the environment or changes happening to the earth. The most attractive aspect of this movie is the setting which shows extreme situations well. In addition, the film reminds us that people are weak beings who have no power in front of Mother Nature.
Jack Hall, the main character, is played by Dennis Quaid and he has two important duties; as a climatologist, and as a father to his son, Sam Hall. As unexpected weather events like falling hail and a rapid drop in temperature happen to the world, it implies that something very strange is going on and some terrifying disaster is coming. Eventually, the awful calamity occurs on the American continent, which is the main background of this film, and people all around the world are in confusion. Jack is torn between performing his task to save the world and leaving to save his son in New York.
Because The Day After Tomorrow is focused on climate disaster, most of the scenes take place in extreme conditions such as buildings which can not be recognized because they are buried with a snowdrift due to a heavy snow storm, or the sudden strike of a tidal wave. So it does have some tremendous visuals and awesome special effects which make the scenes more realistic and audiences can be absorbed in the screen. Despite all the climatologists' efforts, they cannot do anything against nature. Thus, the film makes the point that people are very weak, so we should not harm the earth for our selfish advantage and convenience.
The Day After Tomorrow warns us that if we don't follow the flow of nature, nature will swallow up our lives some day. I would like to recommend this movie so that audiences can experience the lively and exciting action with great special effects, and think about the Earth's environment.