Row M Seat 30 # 2 'The Day After Tomorrow' rated M

Suspend belief and be prepared to enjoy the traditional escapist drama that is this environmental blockbuster movie!! While the first segments of this film are amazing effects and a plausible exploration of our own abuse and misuse of the environment, the rest in up to the viewer as to whether you enjoy the film or not.

The Paleantologist and the Vice President argue over the severity of recent developments whilst rare changes in the weather are taking place in other parts of the world as well. “Hailstones the size of baseballs and bricks rain down on the unprepared and scared citizens of Tokyo. Then at a scientific station in Scotland, Professor Terry Rapson (Ian Holm) notices unusual drops in the ocean temperature in several locations, too many to be a malfunction or coincidence. Then multiple tornados roar through Los Angeles erasing the familiar Hollywood sign and the Capitol Records building. Now the White House starts to pay attention.

Hall says that the melting polar caps have upset the balance of salt and fresh water, affecting the warming flow of the North Atlantic current. He predicts a swift descent into a new Ice Age. A hurricane specialist working with NASA joins Hall and his Scotland compatriots and they discover much to their dismay that precipitous temperature changes are taking place all over the globe. And it is happening very rapidly. Instead of the years they thought it would take, they now have only days and there is no way to stop it.”

“The Day After Tomorrow is based on The Coming Global Superstorm written by Whitley Streiber and Arthur Bell. Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff have adapted this pop-apocalyptic work for the screen and admit that they have sped up the time frame for a change from global warming to deep freeze for dramatic purposes. Whatever you think of the scientific explanations given for the phenomenon, the movie deserves praise for making one thing very clear: humans, especially in the industrialized countries, are the evil-doers who are responsible for the destruction of the good earth.” spirituality/health culture watch review

Not sure whether to laugh or cry when Dr Hall attempts to honour his promise to “come and get” his son in New York but essentially lots of people will be seeing this film for many reasons and its worth the admission just to see how they handle its global scale. The CG and SFX when a tanker floats down 5th Ave and stops when the temperature drops to [-150 degrees]. The helicopters dropping from the sky and crew snap freezing, the shooping centre roof and the scenes of a frozen New York are amazing.

What do we learn from 'The Day After Tommorrow'?
Of all the characters we see which ones do you relate to/find interesting/struggle with?
How does this story challenge you/give you hope?
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