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Day After Tomorrow is probably my favorite disaster movie. I like all of it, from beginning to end.
Other faves are: 2012 -- But only the first 3/4, really. The last 1/4 doesn't much appeal to me. But I like the disaster scenes, even if it is obvious in a lot of places that they are faker than fake. Deep Impact -- Armageddon was probably the more popular of the two asteroid movies, but I liked Deep Impact better. Volcano - Bad and cheesy, I suppose, but I liked it. Liked it better than Dante's Peak, which came out at about the same time.
I don't really think of Independence Day as being a disaster movie, even though the aliens unleash massive destruction.
Dean & Roland said that ID4 was meant to be a throwback to disaster movies of yore when it came out.
I would argue that Armageddon is not a disaster movie. It was more of a straightforward action flick. It didn't follow the storylines of anyone not involved with planning and executing the asteroid destruction. It's like what The Towering Inferno would be if it only focused on the fire dept. fighting the fire.
I like the really old cheesy ones like Earthquake, The Posideon Adventure, etc.
It's available on Youtube in it's entirety. It's the only place I've been able to find it.
Unfortunately I'm stuck with a sucky net connection at present and streaming is nigh near impossible...........but I'll keep it in mind for later - thanks
It's available on Youtube in it's entirety. It's the only place I've been able to find it.
Annika, just wanted to update to say it appears I was able to stream all 12 parts of Threads on youtube with only a couple of "buffering" pauses..I started watching part 1 and I was still in front of my pc at 4 am watching the ending..........sigh
I have to say though that it comes across as more "real" somehow than being what I think of as a "disaster movie" - it was certainly thought provoking and chilling. I'd still love to be able to have it as a dvd.
My favorite slow disaster movie is "Testament" about the effect of nuclear fallout on a small town and one family in particular. While you never see the blast and while you never see what's happening outside of the town, you are aware of the bigger impact on the country, as people in the town slowly get sick and die off after you get attached to the characters and they try to live life as normally as possible. It's probably the saddest movie I've ever seen.
The most wildly popular disaster movie in my day was "The Day After" a two night 1983 TV movie about a nuclear attack - the story takes place in Kansas.
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Best disaster movie?
