It really wasn't as bad as they say

If you forget the fanciful speed of events, the offhand way the VP dismisses hundreds of thousands of deaths, and the soppy souped up storyline, The Day After Tomorrow can actually be a rather enjoyable film. After seeing the cut and paste (and yet still enjoyable) Harry Potter on Friday, TDAT didn't niggle me with inconsistencies or method acting. It's clearly not something you go to see looking for a cultural education, but a lighthearted (!) and easy movie to take in. There's nothing challenging about it, it's not a thought piece, but Jake Gyllenhaal does a great job at his part as the lost-in-New York son, bringing the movie a bit of personal interface. Whilst he's no lust object, he's not bad to look at either, making the movie that little bit easier on the eye. The effects are really what make the movie - and they're not really effects that make you stand up and say 'that was an effect', but sequences that appear realistic (to a degree). Though the way three tornadoes ripping the heart out of LA is dealt with casually, the monsters of wind themselves look stunning.
It's a fun movie, an easy movie, a date movie. That's all it is, don't begin to imagine it's anything else: you'd be wrong.
The Day After Tomorrow