I'll feel better then.

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2004)

Perhaps the day after tomorrow, I'll get the bad taste out of my mouth from watching The Day After Tomorrow. I kept trying to remind myself that it was just a film and was working for that "suspension of disbelief" that I enjoy when watching a good movie. But I wasn't watching a good movie and I never could get over the leftist-liberal-eco-whacko agendo so poorly written into the script. Was it a script or some political etchings from the latest Barbra Streisand Save the Gay Whales demonstration? Acting was mediocre and direction seemed irrelevant (if I saw one more shot of "lets film the poor victim as the [insert amazing disaster here] approaches and destroys them" one more time I was going to scream). Cinematic clichés ripped from other films (let's stare up at the Statue of Liberty a la Planet of the Apes) or let's sacrifice ourself for the good of the team (The Poseidon Adventure).
It was, however, visually entertaining. Any chance I get to see L.A. or New York City wiped out requires my attendance. If we had dispensed with the script and the left-leaning agenda, it would have be just as enjoyable to see the special effects in a "Look Ma at what I can do with CGI!" vein.
Like a salmonella-laced gourmet meal, The Day After Tomorrow was pleasant to look at, but might a couple of days to get the taste out of my system.