The Day After Tomorrow, * * *

[cleolinda]

So. The Day After Tomorrow. I hate disaster movies. But if you absolutely, positively can't get out of seeing a disaster movie, go see the one with Jake Gyllenhaal. I enjoyed it as much as I was physically able. And I was pleasantly surprised by the girl in the movie, Emmy Rossum, who will be playing Christine in the Phantom of the Opera movie. Dennis Quaid was studly in a "STAY ALIVE! I WILL FIND YOU!" sort of way. Sela Ward went to college with my mom. (That has nothing to do with anything. I just thought I'd say.) Also, poor Dr. Bilbo.

When we went into the theater, it was a bright, sunny day. When we left the theater, a pile of thunderclouds had built up. So thanks a lot, man. Now I'm afraid of weather. Dammit.

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[waywardstranger.livejournal.com]

I literally just posted a mini-entry about this movie. Spooky. I'm glad to hear it's relatively okay (I haven't seen it yet). And Sela Ward is purty.

[rockgeisha.livejournal.com]

If your mom went to college with Sela Ward, then she went to college with my dad, too!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Whee! I would ask what his name is so I could go ask her if she knew him, but I could understand you not wanting to give out that info online.

[cellardoor28.livejournal.com]

emmy rossum looked amazing at the premiere on wednesday. lovely lilac dress. am just sharing this cos i thought you'd like to know.*








*not cos im still pimping the fact i went to the premiere and saw jake. no, not at all.

Same Thing Happened After My Screening!

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

I went in and it was hot...I left and it was cold (there had been a thunderstorm, hail, and a few tornadoes in the area).

Anyway, I didn't enjoy my screening quite as much you did...There's good bad cheese (Van Helsing) and bad bad cheese (The Day After Tommorrow).

So, yeah, I think The Day After Tommorrow is bad bad cheese ( with the exception of the shot of thousands of US citizens trying to get into Mexico *tee-hee*).

[gornishka.livejournal.com]

Good to know.

Dennis Quaid was studly in a "STAY ALIVE! I WILL FIND YOU!" sort of way. ::drifts back from Daniel Day-Lewis reverie:: Heh. But did he run around in slow-motion with his shirt flapping artistically in the wind? That is the question.

[vodou-chile.livejournal.com]

A Roland Emerich movie lacking substance?
Whoda thunk? ;p

Roland and Dean are all about the popcorn, so I'm not going to this one with expectations of anything but great FX.
And being the FX junkie that I am, I know that even that can be hit or miss with those guys.
I'm still twitching over Godzilla's lack of the use of motion blur.

Gads. Sometimes I really hate being so attuned to this stuff.
Normal people get to just enjoy a flick.
Me? I get consumed by the fact that Amidala's chrome ship didn't reflct the ships passing over head on Coriscant, or the fact that Jar-Jar never left footprints in the sand on Tatooine.

*grumble*

[queen-medb.livejournal.com]

Also, poor Dr. Bilbo.
Ahahahaha... Dr. Bilbo. Too funny.

When we went into the theater, it was a bright, sunny day. When we left the theater, a pile of thunderclouds had built up. So thanks a lot, man. Now I'm afraid of weather. Dammit.
Hehe, that happened to me after I saw Twister because I live in a very windy part of Canada. For about three weeks I was terrified all the time. We'll start a weatherphobics support group.

[madamotaku.livejournal.com]

Does Donnie Darko count as a disaster movie? The world WAS supposedly coming to an end in it, after all.

Aw, hell, like I really care what movie it is, just so long as I can leer at Jake Gyllenhaal. I paid to see Bubble Boy for chrissakes.

[(Anonymous)]

Faolan, you rock. And that's coming from someone who's read every issue of Cinefex since 1987... Trust me, there is any number of faults you can find with TDAT (if you are really into dissing disaster-movie-level scriptwriting) but the effects work is hands down amazing. It's my hot favorite to win the Oscar next year, except for the fact that ILM did a huge chunk of it, and ILM just doesn't win Oscars anymore (see my old, old Dailydigest entry called 'Havo dad, ILM', if Cleo still has it online)....

Very nice to meet you.

- Vladimir

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

For you and cleojones both: thunderstorms form on warm days in the afternoon, so it's just a coincidence that it was stormy for you both when you came out of the theatre. 'Tis the season.

That said, I fully buy my paper's 1.5 star rating and declaration that it's a pile of crap. I've been against seeing it since I realized how far from science the plot actually is. The pain of being a meteorology geek...

I'm glad you enjoyed it, though. *G*

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

The best disaster movie, I think, is Deep Impact, but I'll admit that I haven't seen that many films of that genre.

I do plan to see this on Monday simply because I love weather phenomena. I know, I know, the movie is bad science, but I think it would be cool to see LA destroyed by tornados. And they always thought earthquakes would drop CA off the map...

[edda.livejournal.com]

Disaster movies are scary, boring, and depressing, all in one go. Hate them. Genuine horror movies are so much more fun.

Though Dennis Quaid does good studly, I'll give him that.

And just to amuse you...I finally saw Troy and privately renamed it Hot Manly Thighs Of Valor. And your synopsis was spot-on. *giggle*

[carolz.livejournal.com]

Those kind of movies give me the creeps, I am not going to see it, even though my boyfriend really wants to.

[bakednudel.livejournal.com]

I love Deep Impact! I rented it for the hobbity goodness and came away a convert. Not that I've seen that many disaster flicks. I don't really care too much about the science--it's a movie not a science lesson. I'll probably go see TDAT at a cheap matinee this weekend.

Really looking forward to HP3!!

[lapsus-0-calami.livejournal.com]

we saw it last night, and I was pleasantly suprised to find it less crappy than I was expecting!! the wolves were rather odd, but no one could deny that the effects were spectacular....a pretty good way to spend a couple of hours!

[lapsus-0-calami.livejournal.com]

was she the girlie in the film? I thought she was stunning.....

[vodou-chile.livejournal.com]

Right on!
Always glad to meet another FX junkie!
I was an avid reader of Cinefex for many years, but I haven't seen it in a while.
Oddly, I was just thinking about subscribing (I used to just get it at the news stand).
When I was 11, John Dykstra was my hero. LOL.
Of course, back in the age of optical FX (or the "spaceship-on-a-stick" period, as I like to call it), there was no hope for a young east coast geek to get into the biz as it was all about where you were and who you knew.

But that didn't stop me from fantasizing about working for ILM one day.
Now that computer technology has leveled the playing field, I've made some minor inroads as a freelance digital animator/motion graphics artist.
I no where near ILM caliber, but hey, one day at a time.

Anyhoo...
I found your article on Cleo's site.
Awesome commentary.
I was pretty pissed about the whole Matrix/Phantom Menace shake-up (was I the only one who, upon seeing Trinity do that first 3D pan, thought, "Who put a GAP ad in the middle of this movie?". Not only was it completely gratuitous and, as you pointed out, not at all integral to the story, but it was not original either. This gets an award over the most groundbreaking integration of digital characters into a live action film ever seen?!), but I had no idea about the Richard Edlund connection.
I all makes sense now.
At the time, I just thought the academy was trying to pull it's version of a federal anti-trust suit by giving the nod to Gaeta since he was the "little guy".

Again, glad to make your acquaintance.
Feel free to email me anytime at my LJ address...
faolan_dubgall@livejournal.com
I'll reply back with the real address.
It would be great to be able to "talk shop" with a fellow enthusiast.

Re: Same Thing Happened After My Screening!

[gniko.livejournal.com]

You must live in Seattle, or at least, I do and I went in to the movie, it was hot, left it was cold and there'd been two tornadoes.

I was totally expecting it to be freezing out for some reason, like the End of The World As We Know It had happened and was angry that no one else in Seattle shared my sudden fear of tropospheric death, but it was just mildly cold.

[gniko.livejournal.com]

I went to the theater expecting to see the Space Needle fall, was this cut out? or did I miss the scene between groans and eye-rolling at the "determined" Quaid? He was in most every scene where they show the actor with a thoughtful expression in response to an action or line? you know the Knowing Smile Nod or the Head-Tilting Confusion?

The wolves made me cry!

[ararejul.livejournal.com]

was that the one with elijah?? I definitly did not dislike that one. I also remember liking it better than the alternative (armageddon) because at least it had some actual science in it.

[doortoriver.livejournal.com]

*giggling* "Dennis Quaid was studly in a "STAY ALIVE! I WILL FIND YOU!" sort of way."

SO well put. As usual. ^_^

[katesti.livejournal.com]

Psst. If you like Emmy Rossam, check out Songcatcher. Beautiful movie, beautiful girl, beautiful and ethereal voice.

Go now. Go.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

That's where I first saw her. And why I knew she'd be great for Phantom of the Opera. :)

[katesti.livejournal.com]

I may have to go see that. Even though Webber is my own personal anti-Christ. *sigh*