[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Movie Deputy Reviews, where we are here on day 11. I'm running out of fingers. I've only got 10, so 10 plus one could have been 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, doing it all the way. But then yesterday was 10 and I don't have 11 fingers. So here we are, but on day 11 on Christmas Eve, Eve, December 23rd.
Wow. I can't believe we're at this point already. Yay. This is so exciting. And keep the answers coming in. I love this. I want to clarify something. I've. I've had a couple people reach out and ask me. It's like we would love to subscribe to you, but we don't want to pay the fees. Well, subscribing to me on YouTube or on rumble, there is no fee for that. It's just you. When you subscribe and you turn on the little bell notification, you just get notified when I post new videos to either YouTube or Rumble. And if you subscribe to the podcast, all that means is that you'll just be notified as soon as a new episode goes live.
So, yeah, there's no fee for our subscriptions and no plans for that, at least in the immediate future. But I, trust me, I would let you know that with plenty of time if that's something that was going to change.
But what are your plans day after tomorrow? It's going to be Christmas after all, so it's kind of a big deal. Maybe you don't celebrate Christmas, which is fine, too, but Christmas is my favorite holiday.
And as we get a little bit closer, I'm going to share a Christmas memory that, in a way, it kind of broke my heart, but it's something that really has made me appreciate Christmas that much more as I've gotten older. It's not. And don't get me wrong, I'm not thankful for the bad, bad part of it, but it just really made me thankful for even the little things. And I've tried to pass that on. And our son has the same basically, ideas and stuff with that as I do. So. So we did something right. He's 31 now, so. And yes, I'm that old now, you may be wondering, I look a little bit different. Well, I haven't lost weight since the last thing, but I have lost inches, about six of them, to be honest. So if you can see that I look a little bit different.
But I, believe it or not, I get my haircut here at home. My husband actually cuts it for me. Yes, I trust him to do that.
His is easy. I take the liberty of mine, not so much. But he did a great job. He's been cutting it now for a couple years for me and he does an awesome job. So a shout out to him. So he's my sweetheart.
But back to talking about the Day After Tomorrow. Not only is it Christmas, but it's also the title of today's movie. Today we are talking about the Day After Tomorrow, a movie from 2004.
This is a disaster movie.
It is.
You know, I've really been debating, it's like what I wanted to do with this one. Guilty. Innocent. There's no inappropriate scenes in the movie. There's a few intense scenes. There is some strong language. But just because of the tone of the movie. And I'm going to get into that a little bit more. But I am going to be giving this movie a guilty rating now. Like I said, I'm going to get into that a little bit more. But before we get into that too far, I want to share with you the original trailer that came out for this movie. Again, had to hunt a little bit as the TR as this came out 21 years ago. Wow. It's been a long time. There's people that are listening to this podcast right now that weren't even alive when this came out.
Wow.
But let's jump over and check that out.
As you can kind of tell from the music, it's a bit ominous as it's kind of opening up and it's showing like birds that are flocking and flying kind of escaping the area. And just this very ominous tone and look, looks on people's faces. You know, it's going to be a very serious, somber thing that's getting ready to happen.
What's going into them?
[00:04:04] Speaker B: They're all worked up today.
We've planned something extraordinary.
Extraordinary and disturbing, that is. You recall what you said about how polar melting might disrupt the North Atlantic Current?
[00:04:20] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:04:22] Speaker B: Well, I think it's happening.
[00:04:26] Speaker A: Folks. We've hit some unusual turbulence.
A cloud layer that's abnormally high. All right.
[00:04:33] Speaker B: He's afraid of flying.
[00:04:37] Speaker A: I can relate.
Government has to start making long term preparations now. Jack, all you have is a theory.
[00:04:44] Speaker B: It's been raining like this for three days now.
[00:04:50] Speaker A: Mr. Vice President, if we don't act now, it's going to be too late.
[00:04:56] Speaker B: I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend.
[00:04:58] Speaker A: What can we do?
[00:05:00] Speaker B: Save as many as you can.
[00:05:10] Speaker A: For those just listening in on the audio side of our podcast, a lot of this ominous Music and everything that you're seeing are these apocalyptic events that are. And so I do invite you to come over here to our YouTube channel or to our rumble and check out this video because you get hearing it is one thing, but actually seeing it is entirely something else. So I do invite you to come over and check that out.
Storm is just going to get worse. What should we do?
I will come for you. Do you understand me?
Where will you be the day after tomorrow? Is a question to ask in the trailer. And hopefully you will be at home with your love, friends and loved ones.
My I'm me. On the other hand, I am going to probably be here at home or here in my office. We when we built our home a few years ago and my recording studio slash office is part of our home, as is my theater. I mean, being a movie critic, I have to have my own theater. It kind of goes with the thing of that. But my husband works in transportation and he helps keep America moving. So there's a good chance he will not be home on Christmas. But I knew that a long time ago when I married him. And so it's just kind of part of the life. But I am thankful. A lot of people think about our trucker, but the truckers and other people like that that keep America moving. But my husband is a railroader and a lot of people don't realize that there's so much of everything that keeps this country going travels by rail. And so I.
It's gonna insert this little thing of look, listen live.
Expect a train on any track at any time. If those rails are shiny, there is likely going to be a train coming. So just to be safe, stay clear. I always like getting that message out, especially this time of year because there's just so many tragic events that keep happening.
But don't, don't, don't worry, don't worry. I'm getting back on track. You're back to the movie. Now you may be thinking, why did you give this movie a guilty rating if there's nothing really in that inappropriate with this?
Well, this entire movie is a doom and gloom. Now, mind you. Oh, let me say this. It's entertaining. It's entertaining from start to finish. There's, there is something going on as this whole thing goes. But the amount of errors in this movie, the story is not enough to overcome. I mean, you've got continuity errors and you have just mistakes in how it's all kind of playing out and story gaps or, or something is happening along up to here. And then Something happens and it completely like, changes like what's happened in the past or what's happening in the future. And it's just okay, it's not like a time travel or thing or anything like that, but where the mistakes just kind of throw the continuity of not just how things are playing out and inconsistencies, but it changes the story as well.
Now, along all of that, this entire movie is basically an infomercial for climate change, AKA global warming, AKA global cooling. I mean, I'm old enough. I remember our little weekly readers in elementary school and middle school and talking about the fact that we were coming up on the next ice age. And then you give it 10, 15 years and there's global warming, and then you gave it another 10, 15 years and it's climate change.
And that's all man's fault, man, that we were doing all this and we're impacting them. No, we're not.
Okay. And maybe in small pockets, people are having an impact, but stories like this, they sensationalize the whole thing of, like, it's man's fault that the world's coming to an end. And if you can look past all of that, the story is entertaining. I mean, it's, it's fun to watch. It's just one of those ones that you put on in the background if you're in the middle of doing something else and you look up occasionally.
It's, it's, it's not a cinematic masterpiece by any means. The graphics in some parts of this are pretty spectacular, but the, just the overall essence of politics, Politics, politics, politics, politics, politics throughout. The whole thing of what's happening and some of the action scenes are, I mean, that'll, they'll draw you to where you're like going. Like you're just on the edge of your seat and your, your eyes are bugging because you're not sure what to expect.
And I think one of the, probably the best lines in this movie is that what's happening here because of what's going to be hap. Because of the things that are happening with the planet and the Earth. And don't you know me? No spoilers. I'm not going to give away the details, but as you can tell by the poster, I mean, the Statue of Liberty is underwater.
Come on.
Even with any stretch of the imagination, that takes a pretty good stretch of the imagination.
But just with kind of everything here, it's kind of said that you're basically, you've spent your entire life preparing for a future that no longer exists because the future from here on out is just.
And then, okay, back in 2004 when this came out, I mean, there's always been an issue with illegal immigration. And this even touches on that and just kind of the whole stance of like where Hollywood has decided to.
Megan's statement on that, like I said, it's. It does that for the entirety of the movie. It's about. I think it's just a little over two hours long. And it's just a.
It's an entertaining story mixed with a bunch of gobbledygook. And there's. There's a few heartwarming moments. There's a few just face palm moments where you're just like, come on.
But believe it or not, I actually know some people that this is their favorite movie. And I'm like, but I don't really have room to talk considering my favorite movie of all time is Ghostbusters. I mean, come on. But I was 10 years old when it came out and it was so much fun. I got to go see it in the theater and it was just. It was an awesome. And it just. I rewatched it I don't even know how many times since, but. And that's probably kind of where we are with this one. I've seen this on TV and on instant video a few times and then just re watching it. I actually just rewatched it again last night to review this. For this.
I was surprised. I'd never actually reviewed this before. I had to go through back to my records. I'm like, I've never reviewed this because I've done well over 2000 movies. So it's like, okay, well, did I. Did I not? Nope. I went back through all of my notes, all of my. I've got a big library list on Excel that kind of keeps track of all the movies I've ever reviewed and their scores and just kind of the information of which ones are in this format, which ones are in this format. So kind of a complicated thing, but like I said, story wise, it's entertaining. If you don't pay attention to the details, it's fun. If you don't pay attention to the politics, it's a disaster movie that's honestly a bit of a disaster.
So score wise, you may be wondering where I'm coming in at on this one. Now, this one actually might surprise you a little bit. I'm coming in at a 5 out of 10 on the deputy scale.
Not great, but not awful. I was honestly debating in the fours, but honestly, four is watchable but forgettable. And there's honestly nothing in this that is forgettable. It. I kind of wish it were at times because of just some of the tone of the movie, but it's just when you're pushing your agenda that hard, that far for something like this, it needs to be something at least watchable. I mean, the story has to be enough to carry it beyond some of that. And unfortunately, this just wasn't so.
Five is. It's a decent story. Significant flaws is an understatement.
I debated almost dropping into the threes. I was kind of like, okay, 3.75.
I was like, okay, if, if this was just coming out today, would I recommend that people save their money and go just wait for it to come out on video or instant video?
Honestly, yes, I probably would have. But I'm also just trying to acknowledge the credit for, like I said, with the Deputy scale. Staying true to the Deputy scale.
I.
I'm still kind of debating that's okay. Personally, I would probably give it maybe a three and a half, but critically, I do come in right at a five. Now, you may be wondering what our day 11 question is. There we go. I'll do that because I don't have like, I only have 10 fingers, but I've got two index fingers and I can make them up and that looks like a 11 at least. So.
But our day 11 question is. Is one. That's.
I was kind of surprised. I've talked to a few people about this, and I've had some mixed answers and I'm like, okay, this one is easier than it seems. I, at least in my brain, I would think it's easier than it seems.
But it's how many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
You've got, of course, I mean, Ebenezer, Scrooge, and you've got all of them. But how many ghosts show up in that movie?
Now, again, it seems simple, but maybe it's not as simple as it seems.
I can't wait to see the feedback and the things I get on that. So again, keep the answers coming in. You can email
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But with the cost of what it takes to go to a movie nowadays, four tickets a month for a year is a lot. And think about how many movies you could go see. Maybe it's. Maybe you just want to go by yourself. Maybe you want to take your girlfriend or wife or your husband or boyfriend and you want to just go with the two of you. Or maybe you have a family and just money has been tight and so you want to just do something like that and go out and check out the movie. So this would make things a lot easier. And all I'm asking you to do is to like and subscribe and of course share and invite all of your friends to subscribe as well. I mean these are awesome. You get spoiler free reviews, you get. Okay, you get my opinion which kind of goes with it. But it's a, it's a lot of fun and we do different types of games and giveaways and things like that throughout the year. So. And this is our second year of doing our 12 Days of Christmas. And of course I think I'm going to make this an annual event because this is a lot of fun.
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