"Contains scenes of extended peril"

Went to see 'The Day After Tomorrow' last night. It was my way of taking my mind off the fact that while all my friends were out clubbing I still have work to do and I'm not allowed any fun until I finish.

The film was okay. I don't think it was any better than okay but it wasn't particularly bad. I went to see it because on the trailer that they've been playing on TV it says "Contains of extended peril" and I was in the mood for a little peril. The special effects are pretty good and seeing LA and New York being detroyed is fun. But the film doesn't have much except for effects. The main storyline running through the plot is fairly generic, one guy's a hero, wants to save his son, son is a bit of a hero too and the wife gets her moment of glory. At the start of the film there was a scene in Tokyo so I thought that maybe they'd look at the effects of global warming all over the world but they mainly concentrated on America (the UK was pretty fucked but they didn't say too much about it).

The ending (as was expected) was cheesy as hell. It dripped of American heartwarming endings, everyone had a smile, the President of America apologised to the rest of the world for being an arsehole for so long (oh the irony). If the story hadn't been so dull I would have enjoyed it more, it was pretty much the same as watching Armageddon or Independence day except with a few tweaks here and there.

But the cyclones and the tidal waves (I love tidal waves) were exciting enough. So if you can be bothered sitting through the cheese its worth seeing. And if you do want to see it, it -has- to be seen on the big screen. On a television set it will be really bad.

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