...after tomorrow, after tomorrow...

Rating: 5/10 (30 May 2004)

Spoofing another disaster, "The Day After Tomorrow" takes on an administration run by a balding, slightly overweight vice-president with the look of chronic indigestion. Dismissing the dire prediction of a paleo-climatologist, this dyspeptic veep proceeds to ignore another global disaster. Meanwhile, nature has an even more ambitious plan, proving our favorite paleo-weatherman more wrong. But most wrong was the guy who told me, 'ya gotta see this one on the big screen.' Not!
Director Roland Emmerich takes a Big Apple he destroyed in Godzilla, freeze dries it (in a New York minute no less) and sends its residents south putting an ironic twist to the US-Mexican border problem. Randy Quaid plays super dad to amend his paleo-fatherly shortcomings while son (Jake Gyllenhaal) rescues a motley assortment of New Yorkers ... but that's redundant. Mom (Sela Ward) saves a crew of critically ill patients in hometown DC and girlfriend (Laura Chapman) saves an African immigrant family from drowning in a cab. You know you have to watch out for those New York cabs.
Should I have warned you about these SPOILERS? Nah, remember its all freeze dried so it won't spoil and besides YOU should save your money and watch for 'The Making of TDAT' since the special effects are all that's worthwhile here.
For the rest of you, my advice is (not necessarily in this order) to turn down the lights, crank up the surround, wait for the DVD, sit up close and avoid the idiots sitting behind you who bring their two-year-old and share their comments aloud. Thank-you to those theaters that actually remind their patrons to save it for the post-show bistro. I've got to find one near me... soon
So when deciding on a film for the evening, take the advice on the marquee. Go see it the day after tomorrow. And when you come back, read the marquee again. You'll be glad you did.