Is Dante’s Peak a “serious” film? Who’s to say? But it does belong to a specific subset of cinema that I take…perhaps more seriously than I should: mid-to-late 90s disaster movies.
I've re-watched this within the last couple of years and I would dare say that it still holds up. I saw this in the theatres in 1997 and I can still remember the cringe I felt during the "row, row, row your boat" scene and the facepalm-inducing decision by the grandmother to jump ship into the acid water when it looked pretty obvious to me that the boat was close enough to the opposite bank that her decision was stupid and unnecessary.
There's some silliness like that for sure, but I do think it really works as an action/adventure film! Lots of memorable set pieces and a good blend of practical effects and CGI.
That makes so much sense about Y2K. For the record that disaster movie essay collection sounds rad, would read!!
You're too kind, Abigail. I'm hoping I'll have the time to devote to a project that size sometime soon!
HUGE ditto. I love disaster movies.
If you can convince me that The Mummy is a disaster movie, I'll let you ghostwrite that chapter.
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I've re-watched this within the last couple of years and I would dare say that it still holds up. I saw this in the theatres in 1997 and I can still remember the cringe I felt during the "row, row, row your boat" scene and the facepalm-inducing decision by the grandmother to jump ship into the acid water when it looked pretty obvious to me that the boat was close enough to the opposite bank that her decision was stupid and unnecessary.
There's some silliness like that for sure, but I do think it really works as an action/adventure film! Lots of memorable set pieces and a good blend of practical effects and CGI.