Sad endings are passe

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2004)

The Day After Tomorrow is what you'd expect from this director, big expensive shots, big expensive CG and lots of characters. It's not as bad as ID4 due to the fact that there are no "heroes saving the world", just people not dying. It's very preachy and can at times make you wince (did I mention the down-and-out black NY street bum teaching the silver-spoon-in-mouthed white rich kid how to insulate himself with paper?).
The CG is almost flawless and I think that's what people really see these movies for, 2 hours of boom, crash, snap, crackle and pop.
We need a break from depressing films like 21 Grams and House of Sand and Fog every now and again and it's good to see a movie without $30M USD per movie A-List actors.