Marty-G

Terrible plot, awful dialog, appallingly bad acting, wooden script... I loved every minute of it!

I know it's fashionable to talk about being into things that are "so bad they're good", but I believe The Day After Tomorrow actually lives up to this premise quite well - and I mean that as praise! It's terribly hackneyed stuff, but it's almost like the movie is aware of how bad it is, and deliberately plays on that. So instead, it actually becomes pretty interesting seeing where the hell it's going to turn next. My favorite part: the irrelevancy of the ravenous wolves was a masterstroke. Totally random, but such fun. Also, the fact that the folks in Europe (Ian Holm and his crew) kind of just... well, disappeared - died maybe? Who knows? It wasn't explained, or did I miss something? The dude in the library saving the Guttenburg Bible... priceless. Rent this mindless entertainment because you know what? It's complete and utter FUN.

No doubt about it, Winged Migration is a stunning achievement technically, and I had high hopes for it. And yes, it's quite mesmerising to see the birds close up and in flight... some shots are truly breathtaking. However, the new age music that plays throughout is horribly grating and spoils the atmosphere somewhat, and the narration is weak and doesn't offer any information. If they intended this movie to be a learning device, they should've made more effort with the narration. If, however, they wanted this to be purely a 'visual feast', perhaps they should've left the narration out altogether. A lack of passion and some sloppy editing spoil what could've been a spectacular film, as well as the movie's overt political agenda showing trapped birds in the Amazon, hunters shooting ducks, some great big threshing machine powering along... screw that! I didn't learn too much about migration from the film, even though the title suggests this.

I still keep What Time is it There? in my DVD collection because I find it to be a wonderful sleep aid. For a film of two hours it feels more like three days, and I have never been able to watch the entire thing all the way through. But when I do decide to give it another viewing, I find myself slowly drifting off again and again - so it's the perfect tranquilizer.

I must say, I love some slow-moving films, and I don't mind a bit of art-house cinema here and there, but unfortunately What Time is it There? is not even engrossing enough to keep the viewer vaguely interested, unless you like watching some guy wee in a bottle.