Good summer stuff

Rating: 10/10 (27 May 2004)

I don't know why people can't just watch a film and not dissect it. 'The Day After Tomorrow' is a summer blockbuster, not a treatise on the effects of global warming. and as a summer blockbuster, I really enjoyed it. Okay, so the subplot about the kid with cancer was pretty lame, but they had to give the Mum something to do while the Dad went off to save the kid. and as for that - why wouldn't Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) go to save his son (Jake Gyllenhaal)? He has the knowledge of how to protect himself against the elements and has a belief that he can save him.
Dennis Quaid is actually pretty good in the film, though I think that it's really made by the subtlety of Gyllenhaal's performance. He manages to be believable as a 17 year old kid who is forced to be heroic, all whilst trying to romance the girl (who might be blind - why didn't she snap him up sooner?).
It isn't the best movie ever made, but it certainly isn't the worst. Anyone see 'The Phantom Menace'? 'Godzilla'?