Try as I might I couldn’t come up with something to blog about today. Whenever I run dry I go to the movies and tonight it was The Day After Tomorrow.

Not sharing political beliefs usually spares me having to hear the rantings of others. If only Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh followed this credo. That being said, the Day After Tomorrow is a very political film. Never have so many characters been used as a mouthpiece for an agenda. And what is the agenda?

Let me double check the agenda/plot here. Burn fossil fuel > bad environmental juju > Ice Age. Riiight. OK, got it now.

That having been said, there’s some phenomenal eye candy in this film. Really, really incredible effects. But as amazing as the effects are, the dialog is not. It’s downright awful. The story? Sorry captain we blew all the budget money on effects so nothing left for writers. Maybe Walt the Janitor can whip up a draft after he’s done sweeping.

This is not a film one goes to see to bond with the characters or identify with their plight. This film is about turning Manhattan into a very expensive ski slope. Approach it like that and all will be fine.

So because this movie is all about eye candy and it does it so well, I’m going to rate it on that basis.

Go see The Day After Tomorrow. It’s at least Saturday matin�e grade entertainment.