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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
If you've seen the trailer, you've seen it all.
I congratulate Roland Emmerich, he actually made a movie worse than Godzilla, his second effort. This is just special effects in search of a movie. The only decent performances were turned in by Emmy Rossum and Sela Ward. Ian Holm tried but there wasn't much screen time for him.
Come on anyone who has been out in a snow storm for even a short while knows you can't snowshoe it from Philly to the Big Apple during one, much less a "super storm" yet Dennis Quaid and his tag-along colleague make it seeing lots of Popsicles on the way. Give me a break!
This is not a keeper. See the trailers on line and save your dough for a good movie.
Captain from Castile (1947)
Excellent "old school" adventure film.
The first time I saw a version of "Captain from Castile" was on a black and white TV in the late Fifties and it became one of my favorite films which I have seen at least ten times and will continue to pull it out. It was a pleasant surprise to see the full version in color as I thought it was shot in black and white
This doesn't have the spectacular effects of today's films. It is just an excellent "old school" adventure film which deals with honor and loyalty which are pretty much lacking in today's films. It fired my young imagination and encouraged me to read the book by Samuel Shellabarger upon which it was based.
It has a wonderful cast including Ty Power, Jean Peters, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Caesar Romero, and a lot of veterans in minor rolls including Jay Silverheels (Tonto). Alfred Newman's score is good.
Power was great as usual and Jean Peters turns in an excellent performance -- this was her first film.
Much of the film was shot in Mexico following the actual route that Cortez followed when he was conquering the Aztecs. (Check out the live volcano in the background that was erupting while the film was shot. That ain't a painted background.)
I highly recommend this film especially if you haven't seen a Tyrone Power film because this is one of his best.