When The States Freeze Over

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2008)

This is perhaps one of the most unintentionally funny, illogical, ridiculous, pretentious and trashiest piece of crap to emerge as a Hollywood blockbuster. 'The Day After Tomorrow' pretends to be the ultimate disaster movie but instead ends up being one of the ultimate disastrous movies. Roland Emmerich seems to have stolen an elementary schoolkid's story that he had to present as homework. The plot and characters are terribly clichéd. His direction is pretty amateurish and obviously people would go and watch it for the special effects (which aren't so bad). Of course there are some hilarious sequences, such as the state forgiving Mexico's debt in exchange that they allow American refugees to seek refuge. Poor Europe (America's current rival) is already under ice and Asia (America's current 'enemy') and Africa (whom America does not give a damn about) too experiences the same fate. The performances are equally bad. Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum and the rest of the cast act as though they are playing with little children. Sela Ward is the only one who gives a suitably restrained performance (as long as she's not crying on screen). Basically, this is just another one of those films that shows how America equals the world and it's all that matters and that needs saving. Forget the rest of the world. So okay, it's just a movie but it only entertained me at the cost of being a hypocritical piece of garbage.