What are some of your favorite natural disaster AND cataclysm/castastrophe-type movies?
My two current favorite natural disaster AND cataclysm/catastrophe-type movies are The Day After Tomorrow and Knowing:
In fact, I have both of those movies on DVD which clearly showed how much I enjoyed watching them down to this day
P.S. For those of you who saw Knowing, did any of you found the ending to be UNSATISFACTORY? Personally I DID find its ending to be somewhat unsatisfactory but overall I really very much enjoyed watching that movie for me here
The only time I saw a tornado it didnāt hit land until few kilometers. But I was playing in the beach and suddenly the sky turned dark and greenish. The winds were crazy, I was a little kid. Thuderstorn, hail, it last for some minutes and then left. It was the only time. Tornados are supposed to not be that uncommon to happen here but in fact, they wonāt happen.
and also liked Danteās Peak
It reminds me of a town I used to visit while in Patagonia. We only have one Volcano close to there and it behaves pretty well. But Chile has lot of volcanos and whenever they make eruptions itās very bad for us because of the winds, they carry all the ashes here and make disasters =(
Danteās Peak was close to their town as another town I visited in 1994 (In Chile). Itās called PucĆ³n, and the Volcano (Villarica) is still active. The moment I saw a āglowā on itās crater during the night I totally freaked out, until they told me it was more of a lava Volcano.
Volcan Villarica, in Chile. (550 kms from where I used to lived)
@MaruMDQ Youāve got good taste in cataclysm films! Those are the two films I was going to mention!
Yeah, Twister and Danteās Peak have stuck with me.
One thing about Danteās Peak has always bothered me though. The scene where Grandma wades through the last few meters of acidic, boiling lake water to the shoreā¦ she walks all the way to shore, but when she gets there, her legs are gone from the knee downā¦ so how did she wade that last stretch without just collapsing into the water? It makes no sense, except for dramatic effect. I understand and can appreciate that, but itās still bothered me ever since I was a kid. Grandma never made it to shore.
@Iago407 Iāve always just sort of lumped Children of Men into dystopian sci-fi, but the Omega was certainly a cataclysm event. Good call. Great book. If you havenāt read it, Iād check it out.
Working in a repair shop and hearing that Aerosmith song several times a day has made me rue the existence of that film. Itās not the films fault, I acknowledge, but stillā¦
Iām not a huge fan of Aerosmith myself, but the movie is definitely the only one I like that qualifies for this āgenreā. Iād have to dig into Alien-based movies to talk about an apocalypse movie that I like, and I feel like thatās cheating the category OPās asking for.
I donāt dislike Aerosmithās entirety, but I do wish Steven & Co. had closed their eyes, fallen asleep, and dreamed, yeah, cuz I just wanna skip that song.
When I say Iām not a huge fan of Aerosmith, Iām basically saying I wouldnāt pay to go see them at any point in their career. Other than that I like a few of their songs. I definitely get that feeling, mainly with Traptās āHeadstrongā. Itās so grossly overplayed I canāt listen to it anymore.
Itās unmanly to admit it, but same here. I even had to double-check last time I watched it (maybe 4 or 5 years ago) because I thought my memory was deceiving me, but that just made it more distressingā¦
@Ziarist I hear ya, pretty much same here. I like some of their stuff, but I wouldnāt pay for it. If they show up on the radio (aside from the Armageddon song) I probably wonāt change the station, but I wonāt go out of my way to listen to them either.
Thatās a big part of why I avoid the radio as devoutly as I do - even if something I like gets airplay, itāll likely get so much airplay that the song gets stale. I actively chose to avoid the radio after I heard Flobots āNo Handlebarsā for the first time, knowing that would be itās fate. From what I understand, I was right, but I love that song and itās never gotten stale for me, because I donāt listen to it enough to let it.
Because I canāt stand Michael Bay and his cheap stuff (specially the pseudo emotional one). Even though I saw most of his movies at first, I wasnāt sure who he was then. I used to watch Steven Spielberg more, I liked the way he managed drama. Michael bay destroyed my beloved sagas like Transformers and TMNT. Music in TFs was great because itās the same composer of the Gears of War first saga.
But well, I get too nostalgic at times. Nostalgia can blind you, but I can tell you this is not the case.
I understand why most people donāt like his Transformers movies, but I really enjoy them. Itās a nice ādonāt think too hardā series for me and always has been.
Hell. I grew up with Beast Wars being my first Transformers experience.
Here are a few more natural disaster AND cataclysm/apocalypse-type movies that I also really enjoyed watching:
Volcano
Deep Impact
2012
San Andreas (Saw it twice in cinema)
Poseidon
The Core
Danteās Peak
I like some aspects of the movies. The rest is what it doesnāt convince me. Itās like watching Fast and Furious movies, I like what they do with the cars, I just donāt like the rest. I did enjoy the special effect, however the explosions get kid of repetitive XD
And this is the part Iām cruel: Transformers is a science ficition/fantasy movie because that girl would never be interested in that guy.
Somehow. The fact how thereās a lot of eerie and mindscrew parts makes the conclusion quite a bit unsatisfactoryā¦
But you know whatās weird? I first watched this film in a Math class at 1st Year High School in relation to the topic of probabilityā¦ 0_0
Well anyways, if I were to pick one natural disaster movie Iāve watched and liked, itās this:
Based on a true story, it focuses on a family who struggled in the horrific tsunami in Thailand during December 2004, hence, THE IMPOSSIBLE indeed. Highly recommended.
I mean, yeah. There is a suspension of disbelief you have to make, but itās not horrendous compared to other series. Yeah that girl probably would never be with that guy, but personality and convenience (also the fact that itās a movie catering to nerds) is a huge factor in some relationships.
Iām not too far from what would be that character, but Iāve had a couple of girlfriends who I thought were completely out of my league because of likes and dislikes, as well as personality traits. Iām not saying those two worked together, Iām just making an anecdote to compare to.
I understand your stance though. Itās OK to have differing opinions.
Iām no nerd, Iām a videogamer XD lol