Questioning the Science!

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2005)

I'll keep this short as all the long comments have covered all the positive or negative aspects to this film already. I was enjoying the science and special effects in the early part of the movie, when to my dismay I noticed the large presentation screen at the multinational weather conference. Quaid was giving a detailed analysis of the possible effects of global warming, explaining how the gulf stream kept the northern countries warm. He explained how global warming could stop this gulf stream or as is known "turn off the tap" of the gulf stream. Meanwhile however, in full view of all concerned, the visual display had the gulf stream going in reverse! My understanding of the global effect is that it might stop the flow but not reverse it. Either way it looked ridiculous as it never was explained that the reverse process was being discussed. It looked like someone got the graphics wrong and nobody was aware of the "mistake".
Apart from this, and some other meteorological anomalies the film is reasonably enjoyable.