Monday - June 28, 2004

Bwah-Hah-Hah-Ha-Ha-ha ….

I just watched "The Day After Tomorrow". All I have to says is .... (giggle) ....

I can't figure out, for the life of me, what all the fuss was about. It's just a typical Hollywood disaster flick. We have the idealistic scientist trying to convince the evil Vice-President (who does resemble Dick Cheney) that a global disaster is imminent. Of course, the evil politician does not believe him. Then, when the evil weather gods smite the Earth, we have the scientist's son and his teenage friends stranded in New York during the height of the storm and the scientist must trek through the snow to save him. Include some typical teenage goings on between the son and his friends and the script practically writes itself. We also have the obligatory "irony" of the story when Americans start migrating south to escape the storm and "illegal aliens" from America invade Mexico.

Strictly speaking, there is about as much real science in this movie as there is in a Spiderman comic book. Temperature drops down to -150 F. in just a few minutes. Almost instantaneous flooding of New York. 72-hour superstorms. It's all hokum.

But it's a hoot! If you liked "Poseidon Adventure" or "Earthquake" or "Towering Inferno" then you'll absolutely love this one.

By the time the movie was over I was practically rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off. I almost choked on my popcorn. I kept thinking about all those Liberals who were preaching from the rooftops that "this could happen to us" and (sadly) all the Conservatives who fell for that baloney and were distressed that the movie would scare people.

Hogwash!

Go see it! I give it five stars and two thumbs up for (1) being pure escapism, (2) using the same script from any number of other disaster flicks and (3) being hilariously funny. And try not to choke on your popcorn at some of the corny lines (there are plenty).

Example:

Girl: (draping blanket around injured boyfriend and snuggling up to him)
Boy: "What are you doing?"
Girl: "I'm using my body heat to keep you alive."
Boy: "Gee, thanks."
Me: (GROAN)

The closing line of the movie did it for me, though. One of the astronauts on the space station, who had watched the entire disaster unfold below, is gazing out the window after the "super-storms" finally die down says, "Wow. I can't believe how clear the sky looks down there now." Then the camera pans over to the viewport to show the glaciers advancing at almost light-speed across the Northern Hemisphere. I missed the credits, I was laughing so hard. I think Dennis Quaid was in there somewhere.

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