just curious

[urgeok]

walking on thin ice here with this lot of ruffians ... but ..

did anyone here see Day After Tomorrow ?

I watched it last night expecting to absolutely hate it .. but to my suprise i didnt.

It actually affected me. Probably because it presented itself as almost a documentary .. very limited unnessessary drama .. You got a sense that these things very well could happen.
The effects were pretty damn convincing too.

I felt tired and depressed at the end but that is actually a testament to how very real the movie seemed.

Not being a scientist or meteorologist I couldn't tell you
how feasable any of those things were but it sure seemed well thought out.

Am i the only person who thought this was actually a very well made effective movie ?


Kind of ironic that the movie based on a factual event (Titanic) came off as far more fictional, than Day After ..an actual piece of fiction.

[dantehorrorfan]

Originally posted by urgeok
walking on thin ice here with thos lot of ruffians ... but ..

did anyone here see Day After Tomorrow ?

I watched it last night expecting to absolutely hate it .. but to my suprise i didnt.

It actually affected me. Probably because it presented itself as almost a documentary .. very limited unnessessary drama .. You got a sense that these things very well could happen.
The effects were pretty damn convincing too.

I felt tired and depressed at the end but that is actually a testament to how very real the movie seemed.

Not being a scientist or meteorologist I couldn't tell you
how feasable any of those things were but it sure seemed well thought out.

Am i the only person who thought this was actually a very well made effective movie ?


Kind of ironic that the movie based on a factual event (Titanic) came off as far more fictional, than Day After ..an actual piece of fiction. I agree i thought it was going to suck the first time i watched it but i was suprised now its one of my favorite movies.................

[allmykids]

I really liked it as well. You do know we have had alot of globel warming. I think it could happen but not in our life time!!

[Vodstok]

I also enjoyed it. Plus, its pretty hard to hate Jake Gyllenhal(sp?)

The only thing i didnt like (outside of the cgi wolves :rolleyes: ) Was the guy cutting himself loose into the mall part. Unnecessary "loss of a goodguy" scene. kinda like Kristy dying in Alien Ressurection. Just blatantly kill a character to remind people that it may happen to a character they actually care about.

I really got a kick out of the obvious bush/cheney reference with the president and VP.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I also enjoyed it. Plus, its pretty hard to hate Jake Gyllenhal(sp?)

The only thing i didnt like (outside of the cgi wolves :rolleyes: ) Was the guy cutting himself loose into the mall part. Unnecessary "loss of a goodguy" scene. kinda like Kristy dying in Alien Ressurection. Just blatantly kill a character to remind people that it may happen to a character they actually care about.

I really got a kick out of the obvious bush/cheney reference with the president and VP.


i noticed something odd about the wolves too ..i suspected CGI but I wasnt sure..

I can see what you're saying about the guy who cut himself loose ..
My impression was that they were trying to stress the danger these 3 guys were in ... it did seem like they were having a relatively easy go of it until then.

I can see what you mean though .. either way i was still overwhealmed by how real the storms looked .. and the possibility of this coming to pass ...

[Vodstok]

Same here. The helocopters freezing and falling out of the air opened my eyes to something i had never even thought of. Cool effect to :D

[newb]

I also didn't hate this movie. Great effects.....story got a little sappy but it didn't ruin it.I give this movie 3 1/2 beers out of 5.

[Preacher]

Heard it was turd but will give it a go now.

Latas
Ash

[taylorsmommy]

Loved it!! Saw it in the theater and then rented it when it came out on DVD cause I wanted to see it again. If I don't get it for Christmas I'll buy it myself.

[tachii]

had lots of good information, came off as believeable
thought the story was a bit weak though

[Arioch]

I thought it was a pretty cliched disaster movie.....and the cg wolves were fucking WRETCHED....

did NOT like quaid in this movie AT ALL....and frankly though the only decent part of it was Mr. Donnie Darko ( i forget his actual name) but he kinda outshined everyone else....

Alot of predictable scenes and it's all been done before.....im tired of seening our world end in CGI rendering....i want the real thing damnit!!:mad:

[ShankS]

The film was okish.... to much cg

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Arioch
I thought it was a pretty cliched disaster movie.....and the cg wolves were fucking WRETCHED....

did NOT like quaid in this movie AT ALL....and frankly though the only decent part of it was Mr. Donnie Darko ( i forget his actual name) but he kinda outshined everyone else....

Alot of predictable scenes and it's all been done before.....im tired of seening our world end in CGI rendering....i want the real thing damnit!!:mad:

Cliched in the way that there is a disaster and people try to survive ?
I thought this movie was a stand out at how many cliches there weren't - other than the ones that would occur exactly as they happened.

I thought quaid was fine .. very low key. Check out Cold Creek Manor if you want to see him embarass himself .. he sure didnt in this film.

And re. the CGI ... well ....that was the first time I've seen anything quite like that ... there would be absolutely no other way to come anywhere near that degree of realism..

miniatures and matte paintings wouldnt have worked .. you'd still need CGI even if you used miniatures anyway - for the freezing ...
oh hell .. for anything in this movie.