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*sigh* "The Day After Tomorrow" - the movie, that is. Like "2012" and dime-a-dozen others, it incorporated every woeful cliche of the modern theater.

• A "hero" with an I.Q. in quadruple digits who has a dysfunctional family but who is forced by circumstances to reevaluate his priorities and - willingly or not, wittingly or not - rebuild his family. Extremely powerful, dexterous and witty, often simultaneously.


• A kid with an I.Q. in quadruple digits who has a difficult relationship with the "hero" but who is forced by circumstances to ultimately realize he/she really loves the "hero." Extremely dexterous and witty, often simultaneously.


• A floozy attached to either the "hero" or the kid who has at least one near-escape from a certain death and/or watches/helps the "hero" or the kid avoid the same. Begins the movie with an I.Q. in double digits but progresses to high triple digits by the end.


• An anti-"hero" with an I.Q. in negative digits but in a position of high power of authority over the "hero" who ultimately gets put in his/her place by the "hero's" wit, prowess or his/her own idiocy.


• A close friend/associate of the "hero" who dies at some point in the epic (cue corny melancholic music) to either depict the "seriousness" of the situation or provide a stimulus to the "hero" to fight on. Either way, makes the "hero" even more badass and superhuman than before.


• A politically correct cast or, just as often, a token African American and/or other minority representative.


• A politically correct cause being portrayed. (Americans swamping the Mexican border!? Yank the other one!! (No pun intended!))


• A flesh wound - all right, this was missing, kind of. One of the characters - can't remember which one as they all obviously made an indelible impression on me...NOT - did get septicemia or some shit at some point but that doesn't quite count.

I wish there was one major blockbuster movie in which the "hero" is a dumbass who does NOT ultimately succeed in accomplishing and even exceed the mission parameters. Why can't someone try to do something different, yea opposite, from the above jaded formula?!?

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