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Science fiction involves speculation or rational extrapolation based on current science or technology, so scientific rules have to be obeyed up to certain degree. Then, there is no choice but to classify The Day After Tomorrow as fantasy, because the science was so exaggerated and full of factual mistakes that not even the man-made global warming tribe was willing to defend it. Famous environmentalist George Monbiot called it "a great movie and lousy science." Realclimate.org compared it with State of Fear for addressing "real scientific issues and controversies, but is similarly selective (and occasionally mistaken) about the basic science."

The only positive comment has to do with the special effects, they are as good as their sister movies Independence Day (Single Disc Widescreen Edition) and Godzilla, from the same film Director. Besides from SFX buffs and disaster movie fans, the only others who could really enjoy this movie is the small band of radicals, who in the name of a number of good causes, covertly advocate for industrialization, capitalism and globalization to end as the only means to save our planet. And this film makes their dream come truth, as the modern Ice Age forces most of the citizens from developed countries who survive to march as refugees to the Third World in exchange for their foreign debt. The Independence Day of climate change!

However, to be fair, it has to be noticed that The Day After Tomorrow was a big hit in the box office, so, unquestionably most moviegoers really love the combination of fantasy, good SFX, action, and disaster movies! This also explains the paradox of why so many Amazon reviewers agree on the exaggerations of the movie, but some rated it as five stars while others just one.

This was a great video! It shipped fast from Amazon and since it's a Blu-Ray movie, it looks even better than the original DVD.

The Day After Tomorrow was that movie that was simply made as an excuse to have a 2 + hour film filled with ridiculously over the top special effects. The story is nothing to write home about which is really what killed this movie, actually the whole story seemed very cliché as a climatologist races against time in order to convince the world and the government that they need to change their ways or global warming will destroy the Earth. Obviously this was a sensitive subject matter as even now the mass media are still quite hysterical over the possibility of a new Ice Age thanks to global warming.

Dennis Quaid plays Jack Hall the climatologist who once he learns that the climate shift that will bring the new Ice Age is coming much faster than expected, he's in a race against time to make it to New York to be with his son but he may be too late as the oceans rise at a rapid rate flooding New York in a matter of minutes. The real question is, will his son survive and will he make it to New York. Yes, that's it, that's the entire story in a nutshell, there's no other real story apart from a mild mannered love story between Sam Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Laura Chapman (Emmy Rossum) but again that's nothing to really go on about.

Overall this is quite a mediocre film with, sure great effects but apart from that it's really nothing special. If you enjoy films with great effects and not much depth then you may enjoy this, but if you're looking for a film with even a half decent story then this is something you shouldn't really waste your time on.

the movie takes the facts and twist them to the extreme.The special effects are great.

I liked the movie and have watched it more than 10 times. I like disaster flicks. I didn't have problems with caring for the characters. No movie is perfect, dialog like in ALL movies has its moments but it is entertaining. Different than the asteroid coming to destroy the earth movies. Was a change from that.

I never saw this movie on DVD. That being said, I cannot imagine the DVD experience being worth the money. This movie was meant to be viewed in high definition. Absolutely beautiful!

good movie - good movie arts. the blueray version is the best that i have collected so far about this movie.

whenever i need to keep myself somber i will take it out and watch again - are we rushing to that end?

The Good Things
*Smashing special effects. Very detailed, vivid, and exciting.
*Some memorable scenes.
*Storyline is relatively engaging; hardly boring.
*I suppose this is somewhat relevant to today's issues concerning climate change.
*Acting was not too bad.

The Bad Things
*Highly unbelievable. Even if supercell storm systems have some kind of wierd cold air front, there's no way helicopters could freeze over in seconds and crash. Some parts are downright silly; people were literally running away from growing frost.
*Sometimes, the characters act dumb; a few parts where you could yell at the screen for the people to run and seek shelter. However, some of this stupidity is believable.
*Heavy focus on drama can be seen as sappy.

Only a step better than other disaster movies like "The Core," this film has a typical plot with typical characters. It is well made, with fantastic special effects, some interesting imagery, and adequate acting. Some aspects can also be relevant to modern-day issues in climate change (and possibly immigration). It is still a little shallow and highly unbelievable. Fans of disaster films, or people who like good special effects, should probably check this out. Otherwise, it is quite weak.

A very horrific part of planet earth that repeats itself every so often. This important to see, so that you will know how important global warning is.

Here we are with another love it or hate it film. "The Day After Tomorrow" was done by the same crew who brought you "Independence Day".

Well, it's July 5th, and all h**l is breaking loose.
It all starts with the Larsen "B" ice shelf breaking up and falling into the Ocean (which was a real event, I might add). What happens from here, is best described as pure fiction (Science Fiction?).

Baseball-size hail in Japan, snow in India, tornadoes in Los Angeles, Helicopters freezing in flight above Scotland and a 100+feet storm surge in Manhattan. I think the only thing missing was fish and frogs raining from the sky in Kansas! All this leads up to three "superstorms" that signal the beginning of the new Ice Age.

Much time is given in the film to it's actors explaining away these occurrences, with Dennis Quaid leading the charge to think proactively, to protect the citizenry of the U.S. (it seems our government is only interested in money-WOW! big surprise, there!) The dramatization of the characters seems superfluous at times, with dialog that's just banal enough to put one to sleep. All the actors in this film make brave attempts to lend credibility to the story, but just can't get past the weather, which is the real star of this film.

The crazy weather IS interesting, though, especially when the choppers froze in mid air. The guy flash-freezing at the hatch of his helicopter is pretty good, and where better than Los Angeles, to get the "Wizard of Oz" treatment! Manhattan always seems to get the brunt of damage in disaster flicks, and one wonders why it's still standing!

It might seem that I'm bashing this film. On the contrary, there IS one thing that saves this film, and it happens to be my favorite part. It's when the "new" President of what's left of The United States gets in front of TV cameras and microphones, and ADMITS his fault in the handling of the disaster! I love it!!

The Scientific Community essentially dismissed this film outright, because of it's most glaring errors- The weather. Some said it was an "overly severe" example of the coming of the next Ice Age. Some even went so far as to say that many of the anomalies would not even occur! While I'm no scientist or meteorologist, "The Day After Tomorrow" is a pretty good example of "Escapist Reality"!

Some of the extras are interesting. There is a breakdown of the sound elements of a specific scene in the film, the usual deleted scenes, and commentary tracks. The Making-of segment is accessed by DVD-ROM.

I saw this movie at theater and it was impressive. This movie story was excellent. The computer graphic technology was great. I really enjoy this movie. Some scenes are great. I really recommand for movie lovers.

I bought this movie a year ago but when I got a Blu-Ray I knew this was the first movie I had to have in Blu-Ray. It was totally worth it. It is beautiful, scary, and I wish every adult would view it.

This is the end of the world as told through the lense of the most liberal production team in Hollywood. It comes complete with a cheesy enviromental message and corny special effects.

I can't wait to see the sequel; "The Day After Two Days From Now" It's about when excessive airplane and SUV use knock Mars out of orbit...and send it hurdling straight toward earth. Peter O'Toole and Megan Fox star, Al Gore and Hilary Clinton direct.

I absolutely loved this movie. Even though I don't think global warming is a problem, I thought the plot was interesting, and I loved the cute romance bits. The acting is amazing. The bonus features are a great plus too. I can't stop watching.

Escapist nonbelievable viewing. Why does everybody act stupid and panic in these movies? And why do all the experts die on the way to the rescue? Give me a break. But, suspend your thought process for a couple of hours and it is escapist viewing.

I had a hard time with this one, mainly because I really don't like disaster movies. To me they are likened to watching Jerry Springer. Nothing but that sensationalism of seeing people suffer through mind-blowing tragedy. To me it's a sad commentary on society when disaster movies continue to make a lot of money at the box office. So what's so hard about reviewing this one? Well... in spite of the clichéd disaster stuff in the first half of the movie it ends up not being bad.

Keep in mind I still hate disaster movies and Day After Tomorrow still has a fair amount of the stuff I hate. It seems Roland Emmerich is focusing more on this sort of genre than anything else. Not since Stargate has he made any science fiction movie other than a disaster film type. So essentially Day After Tomorrow has the exact same plot elements as Independence Day and Godzilla what with the lone man trying to warn the officials while they give him the brush off. You also get the same sensationalistic slant from seeing various people die in various shocking ways that only a disaster film can give. And of course you get Manhatten being laid to waste (which also happened in ID4 and partially in Godzilla). Roland, Roland, Roland. You must have more creative ideas than this.

Okay I did say it's not so bad. Most of the crappy stuff I mentioned tended to happen only in the first half of the film. The other half seemed to be a bit more engaging. Once the disaster stuff stopped and it was about trying to put the pieces together you started going away from much of the clichés, but not all. Dennis Quaid gives a fantastic performance as always, as does many of the cast. This is one of the saving graces of the film. The special effects are also very impressive. I do admit by the end of the movie I did stop and think about how bad a situation like this would be. That's more than what most disaster movies can hope to get from me, even if this particular disaster can't seriously happen as fast as it did.

Basically if you like disaster movies you'll love this one as it is really well made. If you're tired of the same old formula I mentioned you might want to wait on this one until it comes out on cable or something. For the average Sci-Fi fan I suppose this is better than most in spite of it getting a little bit preachy with a line of dialog or two. In the end Day After Tomorrow is what it is, with all of the merits and limitations that has to offer.

This is an ok movie with a somewhat redundent plot, but that is not what makes this a great Blu-Ray in the first place. It is the special effects. In the L.A. tornado scene, you can feel the twisters swirling around you. I noticed tons of debree that i did not notice in the regular dvd. Video is a 5+.

Unless you really enjoy extreme weather footage/effects, this movie is not worth it. really cheesy plot, acting was "ok,", and I must say some of the effects were cool - but that's about it. A waste of time if you are looking for a good, fun, entertaining movie. I got bored, and I'm not the type to get bored.

I would recommend this movie to anybody who likes the sci-fi, "end of the world" type of movies. I really enjoyed it. Looks amazing on Blu-ray High Def as well.

Nothing much to say about this Blu-Ray, it looks pretty good and has good sound.

All I have to say is that I loved this movie. Did I believe any of it, no, but there's the problem with the negative reviews... people don't know a popcorn movie even if it hit them right in the face. Anyhow, I love popcorn movies. Movies like this is what keeps me going to the movies. Money well spent.

maybe a little too good as it aplifies the fact the screenplay and acting is a bit on the weak side.....Well worth the cost as i got it when they were BOGO free....

Dont be fooled by the neg's, this movie is great and one of my favourates!

i guess without bad movies we wouldnt have good ones.
i keep thinking that their trying to be beat the two worst ever made.
waterworld and Armageddon.

I couldn't take this movie, and had to turn away after a half hour or so. The acting is just par, the script is unintentionally hilarious (giant hail knocking Japanese unconscious on the streets of Tokyo could be mistaken for a great SNL skit, it's so funny), and the most overbearing, self-righteous eco-paternalism you have *ever* witnessed.

Unless you are hopelessly enthralled with the eco-fascists, skip this one.

this is quite possibly the worst piece of political tripe I have ever seen. global warming never looked so stupid on the big screen. unless, of course, you see this movie as a joke. In which case, this is actually an enteraining movie with such great quotes as "the world is de-salinating". the claims in this movie are so exaggerated and the images so foolish that it looks like a cartoon. Tornadoes in Hollywood? Hmmmmm. New york completely underwater within a matter of hours? It just makes you want to never trust hollywood's version of 'science' again.

The environmentalist whacko left, having condemned millions of Africans to malarial death via "Silent Spring", is now trying to reduce us all to pre-medieval peasant status by a general attack on Western industrial civilization. Behold its latest ouevre, "The Day after Tomorrow". "The Vomit after Diarrhea", in my humble opinion.

This movie is so bad, in so many ways.

First off, the acting is completely overwrought. Regret and sadness practically ooooooooze from everyone's pores. Scene after scene of people staring in glassy-eyed horror at some new disaster, big or small. Gutenberg burned for warmth, as tears of regret flow. Wolves hunting in cities. Monster, city-destroying storms. Americans fleeing to Mexico.

Then, the science is completely wrong. That much climate change, that quickly? Pah! Completely unbelievable.

Finally, Americans feeing to Mexico? Not a chance. The Mexicans would gun down every American crossing the Rio Grande.

I hope MST3K comes back so they can feature this. I wish Amazon had a "minus star" rating, for things like this that actively subtract from the joy of life through unmitigated dumbness.

UPDATE: I'm watching this again on FX (11/17/2007 11:45 PM). It doesn't get any better. I cringe for these people, that they should have survived this. We definitely are living in an age of mediocrity, and these actors are leading the way.

great movie, awsome detail. having problems playing movie smoothly on player, it hesitates every few minutes thru out the movie.

i am working with samsung to fix this problem.

This a great futeristic movie that is haunting to watch because of it's close parallel to our real situation in this world today.

You can almost see the guys sitting around a table planning the movie. They want disasters. Lots and lots of disasters. Lets do a tornado. No, that's been done. How about a bunch of them all at once? Great idea! And there, let's have high winds. What about earthquakes? Do we have time for that, while we're putting all of New York under ice? Hey, Frank, how long did the other ice ages take to start? I dunno Bill, but didn't I read somewhere that geological time is like a thousand times faster than normal time? Yeah. Something like that. Let's see now, do you think we should put in some science to try and explain it? Uh, okay, we'll say it's, uh, that's it's due to global warming! Yeah! And it's believable, that's what I like about it!!

Come to think of it, maybe I'm being too generous with the 2 stars.

I watched this with my wife and parents. By the way, I grew up in Alaska so I know COLD. My Dad and I just started laughing at the helicopter freezing up in mid-flight because the fuel started to solidify. My Dad was also an aircraft mechanic and although oil can get sludgy at low temps freezing aviation fuel is almost impossible outside a laboratory. But of course this is explained by some weird new weather phenomena that comes about in a matter of days, apparently.

The best part was the United States having to ask permission of Mexico to cross their border. I could almost hear Rik from the Young Ones saying "take that, fascist bully-boy!" Please. This thing is a politically correct fable from beginning to end. How else could you explain freezing hurricanes being the result of... global warming?

After browsing through so many reviews about this film, is clear the fact that "The Day After Tomorrow" won both the heart and wallet of the public.

Only the stunning special effects itself made the film worthy to enjoy, and like most I agreed the script was not up to the task, seems the size and magnitud of the history, the Ice Age was to good to handle with a more crafty script.

Spectacular BD and movie! Excellent acting, special effects and story make this one of my all time favorite films. The PQ is beautiful with sharp detail and good solid, natural looking color. Nice solid blacks and the movie is grain free all the way thru. SQ is no slacker! Major Dynamics and fine details to behold in this DTS HD Uncompressed 5.1 extravaganza! Amazing! BD technology is still kicking my butt! I'm still waiting till the day that this format ceases to amaze me. Could be a good long while with releases such as this one coming out. Have a great time with this one! Highly Recommended!