Grandma does some remodeling in 1997's "Dante's Peak". Grandma does some remodeling in "Dante's Peak".
Premise 3 (took a real disaster and made it terrible) Science 1 (if I could give it negative points, I would) Effects 2 (shoddy) Acting 2 (Newman dials this one in) Thrills 2 (boring) - VEI 2 It did, however, have Ernest Borgnine, who was contractually required to be in every disaster movie 1973-1982. There is, of course, the evil developer/hotel owner who gets his just deserts and the children all get saved, but considering the events that "inspired" the film, it was pretty boring. Somehow, Pelee becomes Kilauea and there are rivers of lava and they decided to build the volcano observatory hanging out over the crater. Supposedly based on the 1902 eruption of Pelee, the movies doesn't even seem to be set in the same ocean, let alone with the right type of volcano. This movie, starring Paul Newman before salad dressing, arrived at the tail end of the 1970s disaster film heyday. Premise 4 (real event, poorly done) Science 1 (nope) Effects 2 (pretty poor) Acting 3 Thrills 2 (a bit of a snore) - VEI 2.4 I couldn't decide on an order, so chronological it is! Here's how this will work - I've scored the films on four major areas: premise, science, effects, acting and thrills - all on a scale of 1 (low) to 9 (high) and then averaged the scores to give the film its VEI - Volcanic Entertainment Index.
Sure, there are some that are such an abomination unto mankind that I can't even appreciate them on a Satellite of Love level, but that is the price we pay, isn't it? It is interesting that there aren't a huge number of Hollywood films that have used a volcanic eruption as a central theme - but we have seen an upswing in made-for-TV movies and docudramas (I've included a couple of these) as special effects become cheaper. and I have to admit, no matter how silly premise or how bad the science, I do get a kick out of most of them. So, I thought I'd try to write a few capsule review/commentaries on the many volcano movies I've seen - and trust me, I haven't seen them all (e.g., 2012, Joe vs. I get a lot of questions about what I think of the various movies that have come out over the years that feature volcanic activity.
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