Reply To: Talk about FILMS you’ve just seen!
The historians have been sharpening their knives over this film for decades, of course… with all kinds of things wrong… what’s it again? The tartans are wrong, the timelines are wrong, the kilts are basically time‑traveling fabric.
And Horner’s Irish pipes. But yes, who cares? It’s not a documentary. It’s a colorful romance. I haven’t seen it in 30 years either, but I kinda feel like I have, because it’s become such a meme; a reference point in popular culture. One of these days, I’ll need a rewatch. It’s on Disney+ (which I have access to via my brother), so it’s just a click away.
As for Emmerich, oh…he’s one of my alltime favourite directors. And I think THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW is a bloody masterpiece. I don’t go to him for complex characters, but the way he expounds upon the basic disaster film recipe that Allen & co. once established with THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (not the first disaster film, but the first to properly formulate the modern act structure and general style).