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Volcano: 20 Years Later

posted 8 years ago by PrimeMinisterX (8859)
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I've been on a disaster movie kick lately and ended up watching this one last night.

It was . . . okay. The effects are good. Tommy Lee Jones is obviously good. But I dunno, the LA setting just couldn't match the beautiful natural scenery of Dante's Peak or the grandeur of New York in The Day After Tomorrow. Nor did the characters have the charm of Twister. And calling it Volcano seemed like something of a misnomer. Lava: The Movie would've been better.

While I suppose it might scratch the itch of a disaster movie fanatic who has seen everything else, I put it pretty low on the list. Go watch Twister or Dante's Peak or even Deep Impact instead.

5.5/10

[–] davodikum (6212) a year ago

Nah this movie is just too much fun. I like dantes peak, but I find myself coming back to this movie more.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8859) a year ago

I doubt I will ever watch Volcano again but I'm sure that I'll not only watch Dante's Peak again, but I'll probably pick it up on Blu-Ray as well.

[–] e3e34ifj (1912) a year ago

Dante's Peak is def the better movie of the two, with better characters and way better special effects. Volcano is really stupid.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8859) a year ago

For sure. The effects in Dante's Peak are amazing and hold up really well. It's another film that demonstrates how practical effects are often better than going the CGI route.

[–] quartz (482) a year ago

the trouble with Dante's Peak is, Pierce Brosnan plays exactly the same character as he plays in Mars Attacks, the clever English dude