Volcanologist Pierce Brosnan is sent to do a routine investigation on a
gigantic dormant volcano somewhere up in a northwestern state. Nestled down
below this sleeping giant is the peaceful town of Dante's Peak. Aww. Once
he takes a few readings, Pierce starts to get worried and wants to evacuate the
town, BUT THEY JUST WON'T LISTEN!!!! Why? Whyyyy?!!! Anyway, his team shows up
and they do some more investigating in the daytime, but once the sun
drops...it's time for ol' Pierce to try and pierce Mayor Linda Hamilton's meat
curtains, if you know what I'm saying. Nudge nudge wink wink. Say no more! A
nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat, eh? Time passes and things look pretty
grim. A few people start to listen, but by then it's too damn late and
everything just blows the fuck up.
DANTE'S PEAK was in direct competition with
VOLCANO
for the "Best Volcano Disaster Movie of 1997" Award and I'm voting for DANTE'S
PEAK. The special effects on VOLCANO looked kinda crappy (as did the story), but
here on DANTE'S PEAK, things look impressive (for the time) and the story is
actually good. In fact, I would've been fine if the film had been even
longer! I really enjoyed the build up scenes. Hamilton and Brosnan
have good onscreen chemistry, the supporting cast is interesting and the
town/scenery is gorgeous. Oh my god, I would love to live somewhere as beautiful
as the town in this movie.
But not everything is perfect...even though the tone of the movie is serious
there's plenty to laugh about and I certainly did. The two most ridiculous
scenes, without a doubt, have to be the grandma in the lake-turned-to-acid scene
and the truck successfully driving through lava scene. Neither one of them made
a lick of fucking sense, but their corniness just makes the movie more
enjoyable. It's awesome!
DANTE'S PEAK is not the greatest disaster movie ever, but it's a lot of
fun to revisit every so often...even if the cute skinny dipper never got
naked. Boo!!!
A few post-review questions... 1) what's up with that scream when the dude falls
in the river? 2) what's up with that one guys hair?!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
THE FINAL DESTINATION (2009)
If this film had been the first FINAL DESTINATION movie...there wouldn't be a franchise right now. Four completely forgettable dorks go to a race car track. One has a premonition about some poorly rendered CG race cars flying into the stands and exploding into cable channel quality CG flames. The dude freaks and runs out of the stands taking various people with him. They're all saved, blah, blah, blah. Death's design.
I'm sure the makers of this film meant well, but the movie looks fucking terrible. The special effects are so bad you can actually tell when something is about to happen before it happens. That's unacceptable. As entertainment, FD4 is passable (to laugh at), but that's really it. The kills are boring, the characters I wanted to murder myself, the special effects suck and there's absolutely nothing added to the FD story. Even the one brief topless scene was a yawner.
Only worth watching if you are really, really bored.
Part 1 - Final Destination (2000)
Part 2 - Final Destination 2 (2003)
Part 3 - Final Destination 3 (2006)
Part 5 - Final Destination 5 (2011)
I'm sure the makers of this film meant well, but the movie looks fucking terrible. The special effects are so bad you can actually tell when something is about to happen before it happens. That's unacceptable. As entertainment, FD4 is passable (to laugh at), but that's really it. The kills are boring, the characters I wanted to murder myself, the special effects suck and there's absolutely nothing added to the FD story. Even the one brief topless scene was a yawner.
Only worth watching if you are really, really bored.
Part 1 - Final Destination (2000)
Part 2 - Final Destination 2 (2003)
Part 3 - Final Destination 3 (2006)
Part 5 - Final Destination 5 (2011)
Thursday, August 18, 2011
FINAL DESTINATION 3 (2006)
The series hit the wall a little with this one. Instead of an airplane crash or
an awesome highway pile up, we get a lame looking roller coaster crash. On the
bright side, the girl who has the premonition and saves everybody is hot. I
guess they learned their lesson when they killed off the hottest girl at the
beginning of the second film. Anyway, she sees everybody dying and freaks out.
Other people miss the ride because of her freakout, which ends up saving their
lives. Naturally, Death comes looking for them.
Everything you would expect happens. The deaths are amusing, but the entire thing kinda was not as much fun as Part 2. Maybe that's just me or maybe it's because there was only two main characters whereas in Part 2 the entire group hung out a lot together at the same time and it kept you guessing as to who was going to die next. This time around the two leads went around visiting people right about the time that they died. That's weak and leads to zero suspense. But whatever, it's still a entertaining watch and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is nice to look at.
Worth a viewing, but it's nothing to get overly excited about. Oh yea, here's the topless chick at the tanning salon.
Part 1 - Final Destination (2000)
Part 2 - Final Destination 2 (2003)
Part 4 - The Final Destination (2009)
Part 5 - Final Destination 5 (2011)
Everything you would expect happens. The deaths are amusing, but the entire thing kinda was not as much fun as Part 2. Maybe that's just me or maybe it's because there was only two main characters whereas in Part 2 the entire group hung out a lot together at the same time and it kept you guessing as to who was going to die next. This time around the two leads went around visiting people right about the time that they died. That's weak and leads to zero suspense. But whatever, it's still a entertaining watch and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is nice to look at.
Worth a viewing, but it's nothing to get overly excited about. Oh yea, here's the topless chick at the tanning salon.
Part 1 - Final Destination (2000)
Part 2 - Final Destination 2 (2003)
Part 4 - The Final Destination (2009)
Part 5 - Final Destination 5 (2011)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
FINAL DESTINATION 2 (2003)
This is one of those rare situations where the sequel is actually better than
the original. Not that the original was bad, I thought it was really good,
but part 2 is just better.
Instead of an airplane disaster, this time it's massive highway pile-up that was so badass, I actually watched this movie twice in the theater just to see that scene again. Anyway, this chick saves a random group of strangers by jamming up the entrance ramp and now Death is all pissed off...or maybe the story is even deeper than that.
An engaging story is nice, but we're mainly here for the kills and FD2 fucking delivers! Some of the best of the entire series actually. I can't decide which one is my favorite, but the dentist office one is great and really funny. One of the things that makes Part 2 so successful is the ground rules are already laid and it just gets straight to the action and never really lets up for the entire movie. A fun ride from beginning to end (especially during that first hour), hilarious kills, fast pace, some tits, minor blood/gore and in my opinion the best entry in the entire series. Check it out!
Part 1 - Final Destination (2000)
Part 3 - Final Destination 3 (2006)
Part 4 - The Final Destination (2009)
Part 5 - Final Destination 5 (2011)
Instead of an airplane disaster, this time it's massive highway pile-up that was so badass, I actually watched this movie twice in the theater just to see that scene again. Anyway, this chick saves a random group of strangers by jamming up the entrance ramp and now Death is all pissed off...or maybe the story is even deeper than that.
An engaging story is nice, but we're mainly here for the kills and FD2 fucking delivers! Some of the best of the entire series actually. I can't decide which one is my favorite, but the dentist office one is great and really funny. One of the things that makes Part 2 so successful is the ground rules are already laid and it just gets straight to the action and never really lets up for the entire movie. A fun ride from beginning to end (especially during that first hour), hilarious kills, fast pace, some tits, minor blood/gore and in my opinion the best entry in the entire series. Check it out!
Part 1 - Final Destination (2000)
Part 3 - Final Destination 3 (2006)
Part 4 - The Final Destination (2009)
Part 5 - Final Destination 5 (2011)
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