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Over the Friday-Sunday period, The Day After Tomorrow will make over 70 million dollars.

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I realize I'm bumping a long-dead thread, but since I saw it over the weekend, I figured I'd do it to piss you off.

 

I came in expecting pretty much nothing considering how much the conservatives (read: Mike) shat on it, but the lady wanted to see it. And I enjoyed it with the lowered expectations. The ending was pretty "...wtf?", but the rest of the film was fun. Lots of great special effects and the love theme wasn't overbearing at all. It lead to a few laughs, and if I wanted to see an intellectual film, I'd watch the fucking Discovery Channel. I wanted to see shit get ruined, and it delivered. Bravo.

 

Nothing special, but it was a good time. Forgettable but enjoyable.

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Did anyone see the review of this one on Ebert and Roeper this weekend? It was remarkable in its blandness.

 

Roeper: It had a ton of special effects and not much of a plot. Thumbs down.

 

Ebert: The special effects were really cool. Thumbs up.

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I realize I'm bumping a long-dead thread, but since I saw it over the weekend, I figured I'd do it to piss you off.

Don't lie -- you just want to talk about something other than Reagan's death. Commie.

 

I came in expecting pretty much nothing considering how much the conservatives (read: Mike) shat on it, but the lady wanted to see it.

 

If you were expecting anything from the guy that created ID4 and Godzilla then you still need a vacation from Dean's campaign. BTW: Have you now joined America's Vietnam Hero forces, or are you just a disgruntled greenie weenie now?

 

And I enjoyed it with the lowered expectations.

 

I'll probably watch it on DVD just to goof on it...

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The movie was good though, but yea, some of the parts in the movie were a little far fetched. I still can't believe that the father walked from DC to NY...in such a short time...

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Guest MikeSC
Well there probably wasn't that much traffic, except for the polar bears or whatever was there causing trouble...

Well, with this director, people can routinely outrun fireballs and explosions --- so apparently, people are hella-fast in his world.

-=Mike

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I saw it. It was ok, pretty much the typical disaster movie. I'd say it was better than Godzilla and Armageddon, but that ain't saying much. Basically, good SFX, bad acting (by Quaid in particlar, Gyllenhall wasn't too bad, but his crush, whateverhernameis, was really bad too).

It wasn't great, but i dont see where the uber-hate comes from. I'd put it directly in the middle right on the "exactly what you expect when you hear about an SFX-laden disaster movie by Roland Emmerich" line.

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Guest MikeSC
I came in expecting pretty much nothing considering how much the conservatives (read: Mike) shat on it, but the lady wanted to see it.

I pissed on people like Gore trying to use the movie as a political tool. I didn't NEED to trash the film's quality.

-=Mike

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Here is my big problem with the movie, besides the political stuff which is more of rant against those who would use this to push their agendas despite being about as scientifically accurate as Star Wars. The problem is that it tries to be something more than a big dumb disaster movie and tries downright to get away from that after the first act, yet ends up being nothing more than a big dumb disaster movie. It fails at what it is trying to do. That's more or less it. Something like Deep Impact, which is a flawed but better movie which tries to be a serious disaster flick, was at least smart enough to save the explosions 'til the end.

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I'd like to say one thing, heh. I checked this one out last night, and it is without a doubt the WORST film that I have ever seen in my entire life. It make pretty much every mistake that a film could make. I haven't seen a film this poor, in every single aspect, in many years. I am not going to list just why I hated it so much right now, only if people request it, simply because my post would be very very long.

 

While I did hate the movie, there were a few things about the experience that I actually enjoyed. One, it was quite possibly my favorite theater going experience. It had already been moved out of the huge theaters, into the smallest one, so those of us who were in there together, it was something of a more personal experience since we were so close together. Pretty much everyone in the theater were making cracks about the film through the entire thing. It was just great, laughing at this and that, making fun of lines, and on and on. It was just one great big joke of a movie.

 

The sad thing, the "comic relief" that was put into the move on purpose, wasn't amusing at all. The funny parts, some of which made me laugh just as hard as I ever have, were the very serious moments, the moments that were meant to be the dramatic and suspenseful moments.

 

Simply put, what was meant to be funny was just sad...and what was funny wasn't meant to be. When the DVD comes out, a huge quote should be on the front saying "The greatest unintentional comedy in years!".

 

SFX do not a "good movie" make.

 

Everyone who was a part of it should hang their head low for being a part of this POS, my God what a horrible film.

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Oh, the TV ads for this movie...

 

The movie that is taking American "by storm!" (rolls eyes...HAHAHA--so funny! KILL ME!!!)

 

"Totally Cool." - Gene Shalit

"What a ride!" - Joel Seigel

 

Those are apparently the best blurbs that they could find that were somewhat positive. Why do movies like this have quotes like those attached? They're so transparent that anyone who pays attention to them would see them as gigantic red flags.

 

And Ebert sorta/kinda liked it, but he also liked both Tomb Raiders and Speed 2. :P We're all wrong sometimes.

 

Although seeing the credited director was enough for me to not even consider seeing it.

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