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San Andreas (2015)
Topic Started: May 28 2016, 05:31 AM (342 Views)
Callie
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A seemingly ideal day turns disastrous when California's notorious San Andreas fault triggers a devastating, magnitude 9 earthquake, the largest in recorded history. As the Earth cracks open and buildings start to crumble, Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson), an LAFD search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) and their only daughter (Alexandra Daddario) to safety.






Before I get to my opinion first off, the tsunami that happened in 2004 along the Indian Ocean, and the Japan tsunami were caused from earthquakes that happened on subduction zone faults. This means the the fault if it slips, it will cause vertical motion along the ocean floor, causing a tsunami. These subduction faults are also farm more violent. SAN ANDREAS FAULT IS NOT A SUBDUCTION ZONE. It may go a little onto the shore, but the motion is horizontal, so no tsunami from the San Andreas fault is possible. If some earthquake happened in Alaska, SF could get one. But not from San Andreas. THE HORIZONTAL MOTION ALONG THE FAULT LINE FOR SAN ANDREAS CAN ONLY GO TO 8.3. Even that is rare. It'll never go to magnitude 9, it's impossible.

Now onto the my opinion:

I stepped into this movie with the lowest expectations, when i say stepped into, i mean metaphorically clicking the filenuke link on primewire. I left this movie, and got what i expected. Living in San Francisco, people don't really fear quakes as our buildings are legally made for safety, disaster can happen, but seeing buildings collapse like this is ridiculous imo and in this movie's case repetitive and boring. With all of these "MAJOR EFFECTS" you lose something called suspense. Disaster films are action films, but they can also work in suspense/thriller, and even spark horror into the lives of the public. You do this with build up. This movie gets started with the over-the-top cgi from the getgo. Second, the characters are every cliched disaster film character you can get. A divorced family with the father being a firefighter to show he's a hero, a rebellious daughter, and a group of scientist. There's cliche situations like a little girl trapped in something, so someone goes to sacrifice themselves to help her. I also never really liked the Rock. This movie is not unique, and is bland af. Anyone saying this is a good action flick is wrong, I posted this thread for post count.

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AHHHH THE ESSAY :icant2: :icant:

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May 28 2016, 05:50 AM
AHHHH THE ESSAY :icant2: :icant:
this film assaulted me so i had to lay down the law

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May 28 2016, 06:00 AM
shiley740
May 28 2016, 05:50 AM
AHHHH THE ESSAY :icant2: :icant:
this film assaulted me so i had to lay down the law

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Lay it down u did :5ip:

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I did enjoy this when I watched it but I'll probably never watch it again. Just a big dumb loud disaster movie.
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I really enjoyed this actually. But I'm a sucker for Ronald Emmrich in general. It wasn't going to win any awards. But it was a lot of fun and a good way to kill a couple of hours.
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Sep 10 2016, 01:36 PM
I really enjoyed this actually. But I'm a sucker for Ronald Emmrich in general. It wasn't going to win any awards. But it was a lot of fun and a good way to kill a couple of hours.
i would've had more fun if it used much more practical effects.

i felt like i was watching a video game

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"BUDDY THE ELF, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?"
Fair enough. :rip:

This is also randomly getting a sequel.
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Sep 10 2016, 04:08 PM
Fair enough. :rip:

This is also randomly getting a sequel.
Much 2 the disdain of Michael, I'm sure :mhmok:

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it's a dumb movie that the public enjoys bc they think it can actually happen and it's important and asdfghjkii cool special effects.[


The Poseidon's Adventure had a small budget, and was composed of all special effects back in the 70's. All of them still hold up today, and the sets look beautiful. I don't know why movies like San Andreas don't put time into production. No set value. No great characters. Nothing. The Towering Inferno, Poseidon's Adventure, they have good characters that you care for. I don't like any of the cliche characters in San Andreas. It baffles me.

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