After that, the hailing in Tokyo is interesting as the hail stones are as big as tennis balls. The hail stones are larger than real life as they are exaggerated in the film to make it more exciting. The use of exaggeration is typical in a blockbuster movie. In this particular scene, there are also things like people hit by the hail stones, destruction and car crashing etc. Usually, quite a few of incidents like these happen at the same time in a blockbuster movie. One more fascinating thing is that the director focuses on one man. He was talking to his wife on the mobile phone while the hail stones are falling from the sky. He was being hit but his wife keeps shouting on the other side of the phone. The focusing by the director makes the scene more emotional but also serious at the same time.
Moreover, there are small incidents which are unrealistic and exaggerated. They are: five in Los Angeles tornados, snowing in New Delhi, and the falling down of the Statue of Liberty. In addition, the head and the “torch” of the Statue of the Liberty are not being frozen because the director wants to give us a sense that even though there is a disaster happens in US, they will survive. For instance, we will know this is a blockbuster movie as it is happen in America and how could the Statue of the Liberty won’t be frozen even though the weather is extremely cold? Absolutely, there is nothing serious in it.
The sound effects in this film make us more interested. Like the sound of lightning and thunder are very loud which built up tension. This is totally exaggerated and it is used in a typical blockbuster movie like “The Day After Tomorrow”. Secondly, the director amplifies the sounds of the five tornados happening in Los Angeles because he wants to make us more anxious and scared. These two examples show us that the film has a lot of blockbuster elements. However, sound effects are also used in serious films but are usually used in blockbusters.
In the film, there are also quite a few of romance elements in it. Firstly, in the Los Angeles Observatory, the researcher is having a relationship with a lady while the weather is turning worse and worse. This is definitely happen in a blockbuster movie because there is nothing serious. Secondly, the love rivals between the main characters. These romance elements interest the audience and make them feel involve in the characters story.
Frankly, there are a few seriousness in the film “The Day After Tomorrow”. The global warming effects will happen soon which warn us that they are coming. Secondly, the scientists talked to the President again. He told the president that the storms would get much worse. The scientists said that he advised to evacuate half of America to warmer places like Mexico, but for all the northern states it was too late. This shows us what will happen if we just ignored the seriousness of global warming. Thirdly, there is a happy ending in this film. The father of the university student walked all the way to New York to rescue his son. At the end, all people are safe and the main characters are fall in love. This shows us that it is something typical to be found in a blockbuster movie.
The main characters in the movie are a group of university students on a trip to New York for an inter-school quiz competition. They are all looking good and young. I may say, almost too perfect for a blockbuster movie.
Last but not least, what I think about the movie? I think the film “The Day After Tomorrow” is definitely a blockbuster movie but not a serious film about global warming. Despite the fact that it is a blockbuster movie, the director also tries to convey a message about the current global warming situation.
