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By Chris Snellgrove | Published
The famous poet Robert Frost once wrote: “some say the world will end in fire, others say in ice.” Given the effects of climate change and the fact that each year is hotter than the last, the world ending up in flames seems like a pretty safe bet. But one movie has a very different idea: Day after tomorrow is now streaming on Disney+, giving you the chance to watch an icy apocalypse where every day feels a lot like Christmas.
Day after tomorrow
Day after tomorrow is a film in which the effects of climate change are advancing incredibly quickly and threatening to freeze the world. We follow characters who first try to prevent the effects of this frozen apocalypse and then simply try to survive. As the characters try to survive what could be the end of the world, all of them (not to mention those of us watching at home) must consider exactly what they are willing to do to survive.
the cast of Day after tomorrow has some big Hollywood names, including Dennis Quaid as a pessimistic paleoclimatologist and Jake Gyllenhaal as his son. Sela Ward plays Quaid’s pediatrician wife and Emmy Rossum plays Gyllenhaal’s love interest. Ian Holm also appears as an oceanographer, giving the film some of the noble gravitas that underlines his best on-screen performances.
The master of disaster
Beyond the cast, it’s worth noting that Day after tomorrow It is brought to us by a kind of master of the past when it comes to cinematic apocalypses. It is directed by Roland Emmerich, best known for directing Independence Day and its admittedly disappointing sequel. He also directed stargate and godzillaso he is definitely the right person to direct a sci-fi movie about the end of the world.
While Day after tomorrow Although it has largely disappeared from our cinematic discourse, it was a huge hit when it was released in 2004. With a budget of $125 million, it grossed a healthy $552.6 million. It even won the MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence, which might give you an idea of how ubiquitous this strange apocalyptic film was when it was released more than two decades ago.
Big box office but not much love
The film’s financial success is all the more impressive considering that it failed to attract either critics or audiences. About rotten tomatoes, Day after tomorrow It has a 45 percent critical rating, with critics generally noting that the film’s clunky dialogue often undermines its killer special effects. The film also has a Popcornmeter audience rating of 50 percent, indicating that moviegoers overall weren’t much more impressed than critics.
Now, it’s time to answer the burning question (at least something burns amidst all this ice): if this movie didn’t exactly dazzle critics or audiences, why do I recommend you see it? On the one hand, the special effects sequences are really cool and have aged surprisingly well. Also, it may be morbid, but I watch disaster movies because I want to see everything fall apart, and a movie that destroys the world in style is one that will keep my attention.
Additionally, while it’s true that the dialogue could be better, the inherent charisma of the cast helps sell each and every scene. Quaid, Gyllenhaal, and the rest make the characters’ various relationships believable, even as they ground the special effects with relatable human moments. My personal favorite is a scene in which the characters in the library debate whether they should burn Friedrich Nietzsche’s books to keep warm before deciding to burn some texts that no one wants to protect: the writings on the tax laws of the United States. .
Day after tomorrow It’s not a perfect movie, but it could give you the perfect night of entertainment when you’re wrapped in your favorite blankets on a cold night. Of course, you won’t know until you stream it on Disney+. If nothing else, watching this frozen apocalypse is one way to channel the Christmas spirit by watching a movie where “it’s starting to look a lot like Christmas” now describes most of the planet.
