The Day After Tomorrow could've been much better if it weren't for the sappy, emotional baggage moments the movie carries along, all the way to the end of the film. For some reason, Dennis Quaid's character is determined to rescue his son from New York City's icey landscape. It's not just he's going to to save his son and that he moans about it a little more than what I would have preferred, but he goes on this rescue mission, taking only a few of his coworkers. Just doesn't make sense, and it deters greatly from the movie's message. It seems in many environmental disaster movies, they always get saturated with emotional men and women who ruin the premise of the film by all their crying, whining, and display of helplessness in one moment, then utter hero in the next.

Feature-wise, I was impressed. The Two Kings And A Scribe: A Filmmaking Conversation and The Force Of Destiny: The Science And Politics Of Climate Change were a great addition to watch. Just these two features alone were about two-hours of bonus content, so I'm not complaining. Other really interesting additions were the Audio Anatomy section, where you could hear individual sound tracks, and then hear them played all together. The bonus features of this collection gave a lot of information about the making of the movie, and certainly adds value to this 2-disc Steelbook Edition.

So, overall, I give The Day After Tomorrow a Recommended Plus. It's saving grace is two-fold. Special effects. Bonus Features.