If you are looking for a movie that's a feast for your eyes, then look no further. The special effects within The Day After Tomorrow is one of the most gorgeous I've ever seen. From the subtle hail storms in Tokyo to the tornadoes in Los Angeles, from the freezing blizzard in Scotland to the great flood and the aftermath of the catastrophe in New York City, every scene will leave you breathless.

Now for the negatives. To be honest, this movie was probably never made with the intention of having people sceond guess the plot or figure out what is going on, so if you are looking for a philosophical, intellectual type of end of the world movie, you will not find it here. I can't say the movie was crystal clear, but most of the plots were highly predictable, and the few parts that they did try to make it into something, it doesn't really contribute that much to the movie. It just flowed like a beautiful picture book, but with few words or substance in it. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great story, just not one that you need to ponder about or second guess the plotlines.

It's a fantastic movie for younger viewers, but due to its lack of substance, sophisticated adults will likely find it lacks a certain charm that makes a movie a classic. None the less, I still think it's worth a buy for movie(DVD) collectors (like me) because it's just too beautiful of a motion picture to pass up.

I enjoyed this movie. It is what it is! It takes the premise of an ice age happening literally over the course of a few months, then shows what the earth is like when it happens. Climates change, people die, survivors move on to build again.

Directed by Roland Emmerich, this mega-budget, special-effects-laden epic revolves around the onset of an international series of crises brought on by the long-term results of the greenhouse effect. At the eye of the storm is paleoclimatologist (a professor dedicated to the study of weather patterns throughout the ages) Professor Adrian Hall (Dennis Quaid), who voluntarily takes on the preservation of the world in the dawn of the next ice age and all the disaster that comes along with it - violent hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tidal waves, massive floods, etc.

Hall must also contact his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was in the middle of an academic competition in New York City when the chaos begun. In addition to facing the largest-scale onslaught of natural catastrophes in the history of humankind, Professor Hall, in his journey north, must contend with the masses fleeing south in an attempt to resettle in a warmer climate.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for Dennis Quaid's smile (shrug)....but I actually liked this DVD. I'd heard over and over what a dud it was from my co-workers, but, since I'm not apt to make my choices based on movie reviewers, I gave it a go. The dialogue wasn't bad....the special effects were fine, and the story line interesting. Gave me stuff to think about even though I might not buy the premise wholesale. All in all....a good movie ride.

I spent a year watching this movie once. Couldn't even get excited about the special effects which were mainly been-there and done-that (think Deep Impact with Morgan Freeman).

The world (at least the industrialized, Western-Civilized portions of it) is coming to an end, and it's all our fault. We're bad, bad, BAD overconsumers, and now we must pay the price. Best of all, at the end of the movie the U.S. Vice President (formerly depicted as a meany) is humbled & grovels for forgiveness to 3rd world countries who "graciously" took in ice age refugees, in exchange for the U.S. forgiving billions of dollars in 3rd world debt.

Made me want to run out, buy a Hummer, start smoking, and shellac my hair with Aquanet.

I got this movie on PPV but it would of been great at the cinema or HDTV.

It has a great story! The Disators are the best you will see in a movie before 2004. The twisters are better then the ones in Twister. The tidel wave in New York will blow you away!

The politics of it are off because of the vice-president. Other then that the movie is great!