I went to see The Day After Tomorrow with Ryan and a bunch of other friends (this is looking to turn into a semi-regular thing, which could be really fun). What could be even more fun is the bloggers’ (myself and Ryan) collective reviews.

Ryan has already posted an audio and regular review (busy boy).

Much like Van Helsing, this movie needs to be set in context. This is an “end of the world” movie. It stands alongside other such movies as The Core and Armaggedon (thankfully, the cast doesn’t go around singing cheesy love songs in this movie!). So, before you do anything, think back to how bad (and yet entertaining) these types of movies generally are. You don’t go to see dialog, you don’t go to see plot points…

In fact, an End of the World movie is really just one thing: a story with great special effects.

And, really, that’s what TDAT is. A decent story with spectacular special effects. The dialog has weak points, the story has at least 1 needless ‘suspense builder’ and there are several times where you have to suspend disbelief (maybe even consciously). But, as a story it is a decent story.

Some of the visuals will kill you in different ways. Some are incredibly scary, others are incredibly touching and others might just shake you.

As a story / visuals movie, I’d easily recommend this. If you can’t go to a movie with very bad dialog in choice places, or where the plot is slightly disbelievable at a few places, grab this on DVD if only for the story.

But, if you do want to experience this movie in all it’s glory, you could do much worse in the theatre this season than TDAT. It didn’t meet my expectations, but everyone who walked out of the theatre walked out laughing and talking and jibing. Not a bad way to end a movie.