Hot Chick: Emmy Rossum

Hot Chick Factor:give us another couple of months on that one

Synopsis -- Humanity's irresponsibility dealing with natural resources causes a sudden crazy storm, complete with tonadoes in LA and a tidal wave in NYC, culminating with a nice little mini ice-age that only Dennis Quaid can traverse.

Short declaratory phrase in an attempt to get quoted in TV trailer, ad, or cover box --

"If you're a whining, screaming, tree-hugging, ACLU card-carrying liberal, or you're Ed Begley Jr., you will love this movie!"

Be sure to check out Tim's Preview Review of this movie

Nate's review:

Well, I won another radio contest and I got to see this movie early. However, in quite a turnabout, this time the radio station called me. The thing was, I thought it was Jason calling me from work since I didn't recognize the number. Trying to be funny, I answered the phone by saying, "KROK only plays the hits!" The voice on the other end told me that I had won a contest for some free tickets to the show since I correctly recited the "phrase that pays," and I thought it was just Jason trying to be funny. So I continued on. "Hey man, what's going on?" "Well... you won!" "Yeah, I know, that's great. Seriously though... What's up? What are you up to this weekend?" "Well... you won so you can go to see 'The Day After Tomorrow' early for free since you answered the phone with the phrase that pays!" "Seriously, dude, it's over. It was funny for like the first couple seconds, but WTF is up?" "Okay, well, I'm not sure what is going on, but you can come pick up the tickets at the station anytime before six." "WTF???" "What station only plays the hits?" "I have no idea..." This was followed by a click. I then called Jason back and we got it all figured out... At any rate, this movie was terrible. There are quite a few roles that I can believe Dennis Quaid in-- A test pilot flying a microscopic ship all over Martin Short's body, a high-school baseball coach turned major leaguer, a flight student in that Discovery Wings Channel show, "Learning to Fly," and Jerry Lee Lewis, for some reason. Hell, I can even believe him as Sam Houston. However, I just can't believe Dennis Quaid as an ice-exploring scientist. Perhaps this is just because I am seeing this occur in a so-called "disaster movie," and the (correct) general rule of thumb is that disaster movies suck. Although the science behind the disaster may be somewhat correct in the film, there is no way this could occur in real life in the timespan in the movie. This film is a thinly veiled treatise on global warming and environmental issues, and that kind of politics has no place in a disaster movie that is supposed to be somewhat stupid. The digital effects, although adequate, were nothing spectacular, and the extreme melodramatic nature of the screenplay makes it difficult to take the actors' performances really seriously. The only thing cool about this movie is seeing guys freeze to death, and the fact that the story was suggested from a book by nutty-but-crazy-intriguing radio talk show host Art Bell and nutty-but-crazy-intriguing alleged alien abductee and author Whitley Strieber. Don't pay for this movie, and be sure who you are talking to when you answer the phone.

Rating: 4 out of 10 zones of crazy cold air! Ohh, watch out!

Jason's review:

Jason has yet to review this film.

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Tim's review:

Tim has yet to review this film. Whatever!

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