It's Already The Day After

I should be in bed by now, but there's just a wee bit of insomnia hitting. Plus, this way I got to stay up late enough to see that we've got a tornado watch in effect until 6 AM. Super! And I just watched the disaster flick The Day After Tomorrow last night. Yeah, I know what you're thinking: that movie can't be any good, right? Well, I wasn't expecting a whole lot out of the plot, I was just in the mood for some neo-ice age special effects, and it delivered. Plus, Jake Gylenhaal is a fine actor, proving here that he can bring some kind of humanity to even movies with little to no character development.

I have a few science-minded friends who could probably debunk every theory the movie gives for the sudden climate shift, but hey: it's just entertainment, after all. You're required to suspend your disbelief for any number of sci-fi/fantasy films, so I had no trouble swallowing some of the whoppers Tomorrow threw my way. Except for these darn wolves that just kind've add some extra pointless drama to a scene.

At some point, I also want to compare with you the approach Roland Emmerich took to this effects-laden movie to how Peter Jackson tackled the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. They've two opposite mindsets, and the results speak for themselves, in my opinion.