Movie of the Week

Last night after I put my computer to sleep, I stuck The Day After Tomorrow in my DVD player. I was pleasantly surprised.

I expected it to be way over the top. It wasn't.
I expected it to be highly manipulative. It wasn't.
I didn't really expect to love it. I did.

Certainly there were some scenes that were pure gratuitous special effects (LA tornadoes) but I thought it was very well told. The love story between the teens didn't overshadow the love story between the father and son. The science was there and respected, not ill-used as just a convenient plot device. I highly recommend it.

It reminded me of the excellent in-the-near future novels by one of my favorite authors, Kim Stanley Robinson, about global warming and abrupt climate change: Forty Signs of Rain and Fifty Degrees Below. If you're looking for a realistic view of what our scientists, politicians and we will face sooner rather than later, read this trilogy (third book yet to come).