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Dante's Peak (1997)
Topic Started: May 24 2016, 11:58 AM (344 Views)
Callie
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Volcanologist Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) and Mayor Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), finally convince the unbelieving populace that the big one is about to hit and that they need to evacuate immediately, only to discover her two children have gone up the mountain to get their grandmother. With Earth's clock racing against them, they must rescue the kids and grandma before the volcano explodes in a fury of flame and ash a million times more powerful than an atomic bomb.




This movie is the equivalence to Twister if Twister were about Volcanos. Not my fave, but there is one death which feels very Piranha-esque.It's worth a watch.


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Kevin R.
Jun 16 2016, 12:27 AM
My college geology professor actually screened this in class one day as part of an assignment, with the other part being to write a two-page report on it detailing its scientific accuracy or lack thereof, framed as a letter from a geologist hired by Steven Spielberg as a science adviser for a remake of it. I still have a copy of it in my hard drive. It's goofy as all hell, but hey, this is The Writer's Haven, so why not?
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As for the movie itself, it's definitely one of the better disaster movies of the '90s. Not without its cheese, but definitely entertaining.
Whenever I watch this, I'mma have 2 read this report :teriwhat:

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Jun 16 2016, 06:55 PM
Kevin R.
Jun 16 2016, 12:27 AM
My college geology professor actually screened this in class one day as part of an assignment, with the other part being to write a two-page report on it detailing its scientific accuracy or lack thereof, framed as a letter from a geologist hired by Steven Spielberg as a science adviser for a remake of it. I still have a copy of it in my hard drive. It's goofy as all hell, but hey, this is The Writer's Haven, so why not?
Spoiler: click to toggle

As for the movie itself, it's definitely one of the better disaster movies of the '90s. Not without its cheese, but definitely entertaining.
Whenever I watch this, I'mma have 2 read this report :teriwhat:
does that mean you're going to watch this sooner?

:dontdoit:

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Living_Bread
Jun 16 2016, 07:17 PM
shiley740
Jun 16 2016, 06:55 PM
Kevin R.
Jun 16 2016, 12:27 AM
My college geology professor actually screened this in class one day as part of an assignment, with the other part being to write a two-page report on it detailing its scientific accuracy or lack thereof, framed as a letter from a geologist hired by Steven Spielberg as a science adviser for a remake of it. I still have a copy of it in my hard drive. It's goofy as all hell, but hey, this is The Writer's Haven, so why not?
Spoiler: click to toggle

As for the movie itself, it's definitely one of the better disaster movies of the '90s. Not without its cheese, but definitely entertaining.
Whenever I watch this, I'mma have 2 read this report :teriwhat:
does that mean you're going to watch this sooner?

:dontdoit:
Maybe :emilyplz:

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"BUDDY THE ELF, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?"
I wish my geology professor gave me that assignment.

Anyways, I love this movie and FML...
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BUDDY THE ELF
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Yeah so this isn’t the greatest movie, definitely worse than I remembered. The first half is terrible, it’s slow and uninteresting because the characters are terrible. The most interesting thing that happened is learning that Pierce Brosnan has no clue how to do a push-up. However the second half is when this becomes a really entertaining disaster movie and why it’s one of my favorites in the genre.
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Mar 7 2018, 12:24 AM
Yeah so this isn’t the greatest movie, definitely worse than I remembered. The first half is terrible, it’s slow and uninteresting because the characters are terrible. The most interesting thing that happened is learning that Pierce Brosnan has no clue how to do a push-up. However the second half is when this becomes a really entertaining disaster movie and why it’s one of my favorites in the genre.
the wildly diff opinions on the 2 1/2s :icant:

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i always find myself discombobulated at the slasher-like death scene that happens halfway through the film. I mean it foreshadows something well, but the victims of the scene feel very slasher stereotype. Not of the vernacular I'd expect to see in such a film

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Pray for mercy from Puss... in boots.
shiley740
Mar 7 2018, 12:44 AM
Shawn
Mar 7 2018, 12:24 AM
Yeah so this isn’t the greatest movie, definitely worse than I remembered. The first half is terrible, it’s slow and uninteresting because the characters are terrible. The most interesting thing that happened is learning that Pierce Brosnan has no clue how to do a push-up. However the second half is when this becomes a really entertaining disaster movie and why it’s one of my favorites in the genre.
the wildly diff opinions on the 2 1/2s :icant:
I’m fine with the shitty first half since the disaster parts are fun :hellyeah:
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TonyaHarding
Mar 7 2018, 06:39 AM
i always find myself discombobulated at the slasher-like death scene that happens halfway through the film. I mean it foreshadows something well, but the victims of the scene feel very slasher stereotype. Not of the vernacular I'd expect to see in such a film
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Shawn
Mar 7 2018, 11:26 PM
shiley740
Mar 7 2018, 12:44 AM
Shawn
Mar 7 2018, 12:24 AM
Yeah so this isn’t the greatest movie, definitely worse than I remembered. The first half is terrible, it’s slow and uninteresting because the characters are terrible. The most interesting thing that happened is learning that Pierce Brosnan has no clue how to do a push-up. However the second half is when this becomes a really entertaining disaster movie and why it’s one of my favorites in the genre.
the wildly diff opinions on the 2 1/2s :icant:
I’m fine with the shitty first half since the disaster parts are fun :hellyeah:
*tries 2 search brain 4 an appropriate comparable ref, but completely blanks, so, I just nod my head in agreement*
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