History Film / TheDayAfterTomorrow

** Though many of the events depicted in the movie are indeed possible ''to some extent,'' the speed and intensity at which they occur has been greatly exaggerated for entertainment value.

* HollywoodScience: Known for being one of the [[https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/top-10-scientifically-inaccurate-movies-slideshow-903?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADH_J4syoHIsmmPWiy7ACkt4Qh0rEwFVJkryXLL9_wVQ-akLBKrsBOgSlqRFslweDbOd0m_5RCrzEHGRlgbG1OBPVs42WvHEd5kP22dsGSOEO-iLrEBKDD9ujAozQ_1igMz9oZQZ9nJt5kLPpex4Y5M-oVJcfjB_9ZOvGX-vbYDs least scientifically-accurate movies of all time]], ''The Day After Tomorrow'' takes Hollywood Science to the extreme with its overblown and hyper-accelerated climate change scenario. Though it isn’t nearly as ridiculous as ''Film/TheCore,'' numerous real-life climate scientists have taken the film to task for its countless scientific inaccuracies while also praising it for being one of the first blockbusters to ''attempt'' to tackle the issue.

* HollywoodScience: Known for being one of the [[https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/top-10-scientifically-inaccurate-movies-slideshow-903?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADH_J4syoHIsmmPWiy7ACkt4Qh0rEwFVJkryXLL9_wVQ-akLBKrsBOgSlqRFslweDbOd0m_5RCrzEHGRlgbG1OBPVs42WvHEd5kP22dsGSOEO-iLrEBKDD9ujAozQ_1igMz9oZQZ9nJt5kLPpex4Y5M-oVJcfjB_9ZOvGX-vbYDs least scientifically-accurate movies of all time]], ''The Day After Tomorrow'' takes Hollywood Science to the extreme with its overblown and hyper-accelerated climate change scenario. Though it isn’t nearly as ridiculous as ''Film/TheCore,'' numerous real-life climate scientists have taken the film to task for its countless scientific inaccuracies.

* HollywoodScience: Known for being one of the least scientifically-accurate movies of all time, ''The Day After Tomorrow'' takes Hollywood Science to the extreme with its overblown and hyper-accelerated climate change scenario.

*** Creator/RolandEmmerich conceded that the wave would have easily toppled the Statue of Liberty, but chose to have it remain standing in order to illustrate “American values standing up to the forces.” Similarly, none of the buildings in Manhattan get destroyed by the storm surge as a sign of respect for the victims of 9/11, with Emmerich almost shelving the film and giving up on making disaster films entirely after such a [[https://screenrant.com/day-after-tomorrow-movie-disaster-buildings-destroy-no-why/amp/ tragic ''real-life disaster.]]''

*** Creator/RolandEmmerich conceded that the wave would have easily toppled the Statue of Liberty, but chose to have it remain standing in order to illustrate “American values standing up to the forces.” Similarly, none of the buildings in Manhattan get destroyed by the storm surge as a sign of respect for the victims of 9/11, with Emmerich almost shelving the film and giving up on making disaster films entirely after such a [[https://screenrant.com/day-after-tomorrow-movie-disaster-buildings-destroy-no-why/amp/ tragic ''real-life disaster.'']]

*** Creator/RolandEmmerich conceded that the wave would have easily toppled the Statue of Liberty, but chose to have it remain standing in order to illustrate “American values standing up to the forces.” Similarly, none of the buildings in Manhattan are destroyed by the storm surge out of respect for the victims of 9/11, with Emmerich almost shelving the film and giving up on making disaster films entirely after such a tragic ''real-life disaster.''

*** Creator/RolandEmmerich conceded that the wave would have easily toppled the Statue of Liberty, but chose to have it remain standing in order to illustrate “American values standing up to the forces.” Similarly, the reason why none of the buildings in Manhattan are destroyed by the storm surge is out of respect for the victims of 9/11, as Emmerich almost gave up on making disaster films after such a tragic ''real-life disaster.''

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* ArtisticLicenseSports: Celtic are seen wearing blue shirts. As the main colour of their arch rivals Rangers, blue would never appear in any of their kits.

* ArtisticLicenseSports:
** Celtic are seen wearing blue shirts. As the main colour of their arch rivals Rangers, blue would never appear in any of their kits.
** Manchester United and Glasgow Celtic do ''not'' play in the same league. The English and Scottish leagues are wholly separate things. The only way these teams would meet is if they were randomly drawn in a European football competition, or else if they agreed on a pre-season friendly. besides, that was also the wrong team strip for Man U. So - sack the researcher!

* HollywoodNerd: Gyllenhaal's character is too good looking for a real nerd.

The film was made in Toronto and Montreal and is the highest-grossing Hollywood film to be made in Canada (if adjusted for inflation).

Also notable that the "science" used in the film is so inaccurate that [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/trivia NASA refused to officially consult with the filmmakers.]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The HollywoodAtheist character justifies his holding onto a Bible by saying that he values it for being “the first book”. While there is some debate about whether certain parts of scripture are among the oldest texts ever written, but the Bible was definitely not the first book ever written [[note]] What he actually said in the film was the Bible was the first book donated to that particular library[[/note]].

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Water is incompressable and has a density almost 800 times that of air. A "flood" the size and velocity of what is depicted hitting New York is called a "tsunami" and not only would have crushed the Statute of Liberty like a beer can but would have done the same to every building in its path, including the wall of the library and not just the ground floor windows.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The mammoth at the museum is said to have frozen instantly while grazing. Three minutes later, an British pilot freezes instantly when opening the hatch of his crashed helicopter.

* AdultFear: Having your child trapped in a city hit by a disaster. Also, being trapped in frozen Scotland, and [[spoiler: hoping that your wife and infant son made it to Spain in time to be with your mother-in-law]].

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The HollywoodAtheist character justifies his holding onto a Bible by saying that he values it for being “the first book”. While there is some debate about whether certain parts of scripture are among the oldest texts ever written, but the Bible was definitely not the first book ever written.

* ShoutOut: LA's destruction is reported by newsie [[TheSimpsons Bart to anchor Lisa]].

* ArtisticLicenseAwards: The U.S. Academic Decathlon would NEVER offer a ''$1 billion'' cash prize to the national winners. For comparison, that's about 1/16 of NASA's budget, and the highest jackpot in US history is just ''$656 million''.

** The IntimateHealing scene could be quite a bit more intimate/awkward. Sam should lose ''all'' of his clothes (keeping wet underwear on is a poor idea) and Laura, whose clothes are also soaked from the rainstorm and splashing around, should be mostly skin-to-skin. As depicted, this wastes a lot of body heat.

** Also, don't American scientists and universities use degrees Celcius to calculate temperature? This is a universal academic standard, even if the rest of the USA uses the archaic Fahrenheit system.

* RedShirtReporter: Features a reporter giving up-to-the-minute reports on the tornadoes rampaging through downtown Los Angeles. He ends up flattened by flying debris at the exact moment that he looks at the camera instead of his surroundings, of course.