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Better than that other volcano movie with James Bond ;)
I've watched this movie dozens of times, the first being at an ampitheater in Indiana on a cold fall day. I hadn't heard of it before but the tickets were free, so I checked it out. Wow! What a movie! I couldn't believe it, the entire time I was sitting on the edge of my seat, I left with no fingernails at all. All the actors were just terriffic, especially Tommy Lee Jones, who just adds flair to any film he's in. I'm not sure where people get off saying that this movie is too fantastical, either. As they say in the film, one day in Mexico a man saw a smoking fissure in his field; the next day there was a volcano growing there. That story is completely true, and it's happened repeatedly throughout the world. Why couldn't it happen in LA, the most geologically unstable major city? That's like saying that an earthquake can never hit New York City because it just can't happen. And as the current quote on the page said, you can't fight nature? The techniques used in Volcano are used constantly in Iceland and Greenland, which are all highly geologically unstable places with many volcanos. Anywho :) off my soapbox, if you've got a second, check this out on a large TV with a huge sound system! And skip that Dante's whatever, Volcano is the bomb... literally.

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**yawn**
I'll give one extra star for Tommy Lee Jones since I like him as an actor, but there was nothing memorable or exciting about this movie. Ya, movies don't concentrate too hard on realism, but this was just too far-fetched. The special effects were typical, but nothing worth getting excited about. Anne Heche's character was too monotone, & the other characters weren't very memorable either. Good movies hold your attention & keep you watching, no matter how many times you've seen them... but I get too distracted with this one. I don't even remember if I saw this in the theater or not... & I usually remember that, since I don't really see very many. I prefer Dante's Peak which goes without saying, since I've seen that one many times, & also saw that in the theater. It seemed like to me that this one was trying to outdo Dante's Peak, but bigger doesn't always mean better. Catch this on cable when you're bored if you must, but skip over it, or see Dante's Peak instead to satisfy your volcano craving.

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Haha, what were you people expecting? Pyroclastic flows?
I think, overall, this is a good disaster movie. I mean, are you ever REALLY looking for a realistic scenerio in an action flick? I think the plot progressed smoothly (not one of those movies where the screen comes on and starts with people running around getting fried), and the music was great.

Obviously this is a small volcano, considering that if it was a Mount St. Helens thing with pyroclastic flows and lava all over, then yeah, LA wouldn't stand much of a chance, but its fun to think how a major city like LA would face a little volcano deciding to pop up in the middle of the city.