#35 The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal

To conclue my trio of films today, i'm ending with
The Day After Tomorrow.

Let me start off by saying that this Blu-ray looks impressive. It makes use of what the films offers best and that is terrific visuals. As with many world disaster films, it has scenes of large scale destruction, all of which look excellent.

As a film, it's all very, very cliched and runs along the exact path many other disaster films do. I don't mind that so much, as long as it doesn't pretend to be better than it is. Watching The Day After Tomorrow, I did get the impression that it knows it's not going to offer anything outstanding and that definitely worked in it's favour.

What the film lacks is a decent script. Some of the dialogue here is really quite poor. Fortunately, it doesn't affect the overall movie experience as much as I would have anticipated. The characters and performances are all adequate with nobody offering anything special enough to warrant a mention.

The Day After Tomorrow is a solid, enjoyable film. It has great visuals and while it may lack any real quality elsewhere, it offers enough to keep viewers entertained, if not blown away.