I saw Ebert's TV review this morning on the movie. He & his co-host agreed that the special effects were great & the story-line/situations preposterous(ie. literally running to Mexico to flee the glaciers. I think they recommended saving the $$ and waiting until the DVD comes out to rent for $3.00. `Seemed good advice to me. Although Shelley Winters isn't in this movie, poor thing, I'm sure we'll see the Leslie Nielsen version soon enough ;-)
Karen
>
> From: David Clark <lawlibrary9601@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2004/06/02 Wed AM 10:39:39 EDT
> To: ruth bodapati <rabtech@swbell.net>
> CC: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Library and librarians in movie
>
> Dear Ruth,
>
> I mostly agree with your review. My wife and I saw it
> last night and I am now seriously considering not
> reading any more reviews of movies that I am initially
> interested in seeing.
>
> The critics, pretty-much across-the-board, panned it
> for being both predictable and full of cliches
> (usually letter-grading it anywhere from B- to D+, and
> mostly in the "C" range), although they all seemed to
> agree that the special effects were first-rate.
>
> Even though I knew (or thought I knew) what to expect,
> as the result of reading those reviews, I found myself
> enjoying the film very much and wondering where all
> the supposedly stupid scenes were.
>
> Had I not read the reviews I don't think I would have
> criticized it at all; and even now, after seeing what
> the critics were alluding to, I think they really blew
> what slight flaws the film did have way out of
> proportion.
>
> The library and the librarians came off very
> believably and, at worst, neutrally; in terms of
> stereotyping. The special effects were flawless and
> not gratuitously used, and the acting (especially
> Dennis Quaid's) was convincing and well-done.
>
> It *was* a little disconcerting to see how quickly
> they seized on the idea of burning books when there
> were all of those great reading-room wooden chairs and
> tables available. Besides, wood burns longer and more
> efficiently than paper; and it leaves a lot less ash.
> :)
>
> Dave C.
>
> (Full ID at the very bottom of this message.)
>
> --- ruth bodapati <rabtech@swbell.net> wrote:
> > Has anyone else seen the movie The Day After
> > Tomorrow in which the world
> > suffers a global weather disaster? Some of the
> > characters take refuge in
> > the New York Public Library. Most of the survivors
> > try to hike out, but
> > some of them stay, including a thin, washed-out male
> > librarian and a
> > gray, older female librarian. Stereotypes still much
> > in evidence! The
> > male refused to burn the Gutenberg Bible and the
> > female looked up the
> > symptoms of an ailing character finding out what was
> > needed to save her.
> > Yeah team!
> >
> > A major giggle occurs when the male librarian and a
> > female student are
> > arguing about whether they should burn a book of
> > philosophy. To end the
> > arguement another student suggests there a set of
> > TAX LAW they could
> > agree to burn.
> >
> > It's got great special effects, unexpected humor and
> > the preaching is
> > NOT piled thicker than usual in a environmental
> > movie.
> >
> > Question: Why did they burn the books when there
> > were plenty of wooden
> > tables and chairs in the reading room?
> >
> > Ruth Bodapati, cataloguer
> > Law Library Association of St. Louis
> > St. Louis Missouri
> >
>
>
>
>
> =====
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