Ice Castles

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2004)

At the risk of looking like a loser I will admit that I have been waiting for this movie. Not because I care about the "science" or have a desire to see buildings in my hometown of Los Angeles destroyed but because of the hottie tag team of Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid. I thought, "Hmmmm, so much hotness is a plot really necessary?"
Yes. Even though they were in practically every scene, this did not make up for the lackluster, dare I say worse than Godzilla, craptastic mess that is "The Day After Tomorrow".
Where do I start: The dialogue, such stock. I think they went back over scripts from ID4 and recycled the same tired scenes and lines. If you loved the three choppers meet with an unhappy demise in ID4 well you'll love it in TDAT!!!
Sela Ward's character could easily be the resurrected first lady from ID4 and well I could just keep going.
The special effects were glorious but unfortunately everything good got destroyed early in the film. Sadly, you have to spend the rest of the film squirming in your seat as stock characters exchange stilted and cliché dialogue while wearing what looks to be latest in homeless chic.
Okay so when the big storm comes we're all to dress like bag ladies? gotcha.
Go see it. I dare you. I actually did have a good time while I was in the theater, but felt the stinging sensation in my wallet area as I exited the parking lot.