I gotta say, Volcano had the better "character saves people by jumping into something hot" scene than Dante's Peak, regardless of how silly it was.
There are three scenes that stand out to me in Volcano, in no particular order.
1. Guy saves subway passengers by jumping into lava.
2. The bomb squad guy stays with his partner to demolish the building correctly after they get trapped.
3. Ann Heche breathlessly studying the footage of how quickly the lava is moving underground and Tommy Lee Jones is completely wrong.
I also don't think the intended targets of The Menu are exclusively, or even most predominantly, the food industry
Like, regardless of how well it hit the targets it was aiming for, I have a hard time looking at a film that
includes among its victims a snooty fan who thinks he knows everything but cant make his own thing, a critic, mindless consumers who cant remember the things they consumed, and very specifically a sell-out actor, and going "this film is taking aim at the food industry"
In fact, id argue when it tries to specifically bring the metaphor back closer to the food industry is when the seams started to show for me and when the movie felt the broadest
Yes, yes, we all know Dante's Peak and Volcano. But have you asked yourself, "What if there was a Chinese Jurassic Park, only instead of dinosaurs it was volcanoes? And it had Jason Isaacs in it?"
It's on Hulu and while it's not great, it's worth checking out if you're into that kind of disaster movie.
I also don't think the intended targets of The Menu are exclusively, or even most predominantly, the food industry
Like, regardless of how well it hit the targets it was aiming for, I have a hard time looking at a film that
includes among its victims a snooty fan who thinks he knows everything but cant make his own thing, a critic, mindless consumers who cant remember the things they consumed, and very specifically a sell-out actor, and going "this film is taking aim at the food industry"
In fact, id argue when it tries to specifically bring the metaphor back closer to the food industry is when the seams started to show for me and when the movie felt the broadest
This was why I thought Menu could be about movies, because it could be
the youtuber who can't actually shoot anything but pretends to know everything, entitled critics are somewhat universal, the people who watch movies (especially franchise movies) just to check off a box and not even caring about the movie itself, and sell-out actors
Yes, yes, we all know Dante's Peak and Volcano. But have you asked yourself, "What if there was a Chinese Jurassic Park, only instead of dinosaurs it was volcanoes? And it had Jason Isaacs in it?"
It's on Hulu and while it's not great, it's worth checking out if you're into that kind of disaster movie.
God this looks so dumb (the premise, at least. The action looks fine) The guy getting knocked off the jetski by a flying ball of lava got me good.
I miss when we’d get 2 similar action movies back to back and could do a direct comparison of them.
You will get super hero movies where the third act cgi set piece is so muddled that you could clip in scenes from the other super hero movie released last month and not notice and you will like it mister!
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Yes, yes, we all know Dante's Peak and Volcano. But have you asked yourself, "What if there was a Chinese Jurassic Park, only instead of dinosaurs it was volcanoes? And it had Jason Isaacs in it?"
It's on Hulu and while it's not great, it's worth checking out if you're into that kind of disaster movie.
God this looks so dumb (the premise, at least. The action looks fine) The guy getting knocked off the jetski by a flying ball of lava got me good.
The trailer gives you the gist of the premise - luxury theme park for tourists to come get insanely up close with a volcano that meets with inevitable disaster - but it doesn't at all prepare you for the incredibly dumb family melodrama that makes up the emotional heart of the film.
It starts off with a flashback to 20 years ago or so when a sudden, unexpected eruption on an island kills the geologist wife of volcanologist Li Wentao/mother of Xiao Meng. This causes Xiao Meng to hate her father, holding a grudge against him for the rest of her life. Cue the present day, where Xiao Meng has also become a volcanologist and is now working at Volcanic Park (on the same island! focused around showing off the same volcano!). I can't remember exactly how but they manufacture a way for her father to end up there too, aware of the signs of an impending eruption and desperate to rescue his daughter from suffering the same fate as her mother.
Throw in an underwater marriage proposal gone wrong, a rural village in need of evacuation, and plenty of high speed escape and rescue efforts and it makes for a decently fun time. Not great, but I think you know what you're getting if you watch the trailer.
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alright but that means you have to watch Volcano on youtube
Watching that dude slowly sink into lava haunted me
You know what, sure, yeah.
I can watch Volcano tonight.
There are three scenes that stand out to me in Volcano, in no particular order.
1. Guy saves subway passengers by jumping into lava.
2. The bomb squad guy stays with his partner to demolish the building correctly after they get trapped.
3. Ann Heche breathlessly studying the footage of how quickly the lava is moving underground and Tommy Lee Jones is completely wrong.
I love VOLCANO!
Like, regardless of how well it hit the targets it was aiming for, I have a hard time looking at a film that
In fact, id argue when it tries to specifically bring the metaphor back closer to the food industry is when the seams started to show for me and when the movie felt the broadest
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that is, indeed, a late 90's volcano disaster movie
my favorite sequence was the dog rescue
sadly it does not topple Volcano as my favorite volcano-based disaster movie
Yes, yes, we all know Dante's Peak and Volcano. But have you asked yourself, "What if there was a Chinese Jurassic Park, only instead of dinosaurs it was volcanoes? And it had Jason Isaacs in it?"
It's on Hulu and while it's not great, it's worth checking out if you're into that kind of disaster movie.
yeah there's still a video rental shop in this tiny town too
the big chains are gone but people still rent DVDs
It's about the making of Shadow of the Vampire, but what they don't know is that Willem Dafoe is actually a Nosferatu.
This movie, like Dante's Peak, also rules.
This was why I thought Menu could be about movies, because it could be
Coincidently enough, Tommy Lee Jones plays 3 different characters in Volcano.
Starting with Satanic Panic
I was almost done when I posted about it!
3 of them are She-Devil starring Roseanne Barr
God this looks so dumb (the premise, at least. The action looks fine) The guy getting knocked off the jetski by a flying ball of lava got me good.
You will get super hero movies where the third act cgi set piece is so muddled that you could clip in scenes from the other super hero movie released last month and not notice and you will like it mister!
The trailer gives you the gist of the premise - luxury theme park for tourists to come get insanely up close with a volcano that meets with inevitable disaster - but it doesn't at all prepare you for the incredibly dumb family melodrama that makes up the emotional heart of the film.
It starts off with a flashback to 20 years ago or so when a sudden, unexpected eruption on an island kills the geologist wife of volcanologist Li Wentao/mother of Xiao Meng. This causes Xiao Meng to hate her father, holding a grudge against him for the rest of her life. Cue the present day, where Xiao Meng has also become a volcanologist and is now working at Volcanic Park (on the same island! focused around showing off the same volcano!). I can't remember exactly how but they manufacture a way for her father to end up there too, aware of the signs of an impending eruption and desperate to rescue his daughter from suffering the same fate as her mother.
Throw in an underwater marriage proposal gone wrong, a rural village in need of evacuation, and plenty of high speed escape and rescue efforts and it makes for a decently fun time. Not great, but I think you know what you're getting if you watch the trailer.
Was the last time this happened the two about DC and the president being attacked? And they both got sequels with another famous city being attacked?
White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen?
I can’t think of any since then so it’s possible.