A lot of reviewers complain how this movie was unrealistic. Lacking a geology or vulcanology degree, I thought the plot was plausible - not necessarily realistic but explaining itself with enough possibility that I could suspend disbelief for 2 hours, which is really all I ask of this type of movie.
After all California is in the Ring of Fire and has a lot of earthquakes, and I have seen video of people standing "too close" to actual lava in Hawaii for example.
Some things were so stupid that they stretched even my willing acceptance, like how the 13-year-old daughter is has the wits of a 6-year-old; how I would never choose to swing over lava hanging off a ladder when there's a perfectly good bus axel to climb up and over; how ridiculous not to mention insulting it is that Mike would tell the female geologist to look for his daughter when she's his only volcano/lava expert; and how at the end of the movie, which technically is still in the midst of an ongoing disaster, Emmet left the Office of Emergency Management to break into Mike's house to drive over with his dog (oh god THAT was weird).
Okay I confess there is a lot wrong with this movie! Nonetheless, it was fast paced and exciting, and I've watched it several times now.
My biggest complaint was that it started with the 70's "soap opera" disaster model of introducing multiple characters, but it didn't commit to them or follow them to the end of the story.
After all California is in the Ring of Fire and has a lot of earthquakes, and I have seen video of people standing "too close" to actual lava in Hawaii for example.
Some things were so stupid that they stretched even my willing acceptance, like how the 13-year-old daughter is has the wits of a 6-year-old; how I would never choose to swing over lava hanging off a ladder when there's a perfectly good bus axel to climb up and over; how ridiculous not to mention insulting it is that Mike would tell the female geologist to look for his daughter when she's his only volcano/lava expert; and how at the end of the movie, which technically is still in the midst of an ongoing disaster, Emmet left the Office of Emergency Management to break into Mike's house to drive over with his dog (oh god THAT was weird).
Okay I confess there is a lot wrong with this movie! Nonetheless, it was fast paced and exciting, and I've watched it several times now.
My biggest complaint was that it started with the 70's "soap opera" disaster model of introducing multiple characters, but it didn't commit to them or follow them to the end of the story.