After watching Jake Gyllenhaal fend off a new ice age inThe Day After Tomorrowon Netflix, it’s the perfect time to check out another hit disaster movie by the same director. 20 years after it arrived in theaters,The Day After Tomorrowhas found renewed popularity on Netflix.The Day After Tomorrowmade its way to the number six spot on Netflix’s top 10 most-viewed movies for the week of September 9-15, racking up a grand total of 5.6 million views.
The Day After Tomorrowhasn’t scored as many views asRebel RidgeorFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, but it has toppedGemini ManandEdge of Tomorrow. WhileThe Day After Tomorrowis one ofRoland Emmerich’s best movies, it’s far from his only foray into the disaster genre. Emmerich has also chronicled apocalyptic devastation in contemporary America in such films asIndependence DayandGodzilla’98. One of Emmerich’s highest-grossing disaster movies causes even more widespread destruction thanThe Day After Tomorrow.
Why You Should Watch 2012 After The Day After Tomorrow
They’re Both Big, Entertaining Blockbusters From The Master Of Disaster
2012is the perfect movie to watch afterThe Day After Tomorrow. In many ways,2012is a spiritual successor or companion piece toThe Day After Tomorrow.LikeThe Day After Tomorrow, it’s a big, entertaining disaster moviefrom the filmmaker dubbed “The Master of Disaster,” andlikeThe Day After Tomorrow, it imagines a catastrophic event putting humanity at risk. WhereasThe Day After Tomorrowimagines a new ice age ravaging the modern world,2012wonders what would happen if the Mayans’ 2012 apocalypse prediction came true.
The Day After Tomorrow Vs. 2012: Which Is Better?
The Day After Tomorrow Has A Slightly More Focused Narrative
WhileThe Day After Tomorrowand2012are both such similar movies that their differences are negligible,The Day After Tomorrowis arguably a slightly better film. Although2012made more at the box office, because it tapped into a big fear in the zeitgeist at the time (what if the Mayans were right about the world ending in 2012?),The Day After Tomorrowhas slightly better reviews. It’s earned slightly higher scores from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
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BothThe Day After Tomorrowand2012have mind-blowing spectacle.The Day After Tomorrowhas an entire city frozen over and2012has an entire city crumbling in on itself. ButThe Day After Tomorrowhas a slightly more focused narrative. Whereas2012jumps all over the map with a sprawling ensemble cast,The Day After Tomorrowtells the singular story of Gyllenhaal’s Sam Hall desperately trying to reconnect with his dad, played by Dennis Quaid. It’s easier to engage withThe Day After Tomorrowon an emotional level.
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The Day After Tomorrow depicts the cataclysmic effects of global climate change as a series of extreme weather events unfold, leading to a sudden and severe ice age. The film follows a paleoclimatologist and his son’s struggle for survival amidst the rapidly descending chaos.
