Armageddon Wannabe

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2004)

"The Day After Tomorrow" is one of those movies that can be rated as worth seeing, as long as nothing else of importance is going on.
**VERY MINOR SPOILERS**
The only props I can give this movie are for the CGI special effects that quite masterfully give the impression of the disasters at hand, and an adaptable music score. The wolf scene, however, was thoroughly forgettable.
The acting was sub-par, at best. Jake G's character got under my skin more than anything, and I never quite could relate with Quaid's character (he was much better in "The Rookie".)
And lastly....the griping African-American guy with the dog. I seem to recall this scenario being played in another disaster movie...hmmm...what was it? Oh, yeah...Armageddon. C'mon....was this element REALLY required for this movie? And the Vice President's speech was thoroughly not motivating. I got more of a rise from the President's speech in "Independence Day," as cheesy as that one was.
Although you have to take this movie with a grain of salt, I'll begrudgingly admit that I wasn't totally bored with it. It's definitely watchable at least once.
5 out of 10 stars, mostly for the CGI representation.