Dante's Peak - Good Bad Flicks

[@roninkraut6873]

I had no idea that people thought this was a bad movie. I watched this when it came out and would occasionally rent it. I’ve always liked this movie

[@KhailSOLO]

Same. But Tbf. I was a kid in the 90’s and there’s no such thing as good or a bad movie. It wasn’t until I’m older watching some of them again that I could agree that they were indeed bad. Case in point: Space Jam 😂

[@candrian7]

My high school geography teacher had us watch this in class, believe it or not but at the time (about 2000) this was actually the most accurate portrayal of a volcano eruption in film, even the bit where they drove a truck over the patch of lava.

[@terriquinlan7683]

I have a warm little coal in my heart for Dante's Peak. The cringey moments are fun. The Dreyfus reaction to coffee time...I dunno, cheap laughs, maybe.

[@kennethschlegel870]

Your point of the effects is spot on, Whenever i talk to people about how CGI has gone to far and how movies should be, i use this as the perfect example of the golden age of effects where CGI was good enough to get the huge effects needed, but directors didn't completely rely on it for everything. i love that the dam,the bridge,the interstate destruction, the volcano eruption, minus the last one ,everything is real and practical effects.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Kenneth Schlegel Thanks! Unfortunately CGI has gone from being a tool to a crutch. So many movies rely way too heavily on it and most look so unbelievably phoney.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Yep. Instead of using CGI only where it was planned, if they have any shooting problems, instead of fixing them on the set, they send the messed up footage to the CGI guys to (try to) fix, with varying results.

[@brandonpage7087]

Yeah, the CGI was used correctly in this film, to help enhance the practical effects.

[@ashleygalyean9418]

We had great movies in the 90s. They took real effort and creativity. In many ways they were more realistic than movies now

[@evilcam]

I've always liked Dante's Peak, but I have never heard anyone else, in real life or on the internet, ever do anything but shit on it. I think this review is the only positive thing I've ever seen about that movie on the internet. So, it's cool that at last, I find out I am not the only one.

[@royblekman8186]

The special effect are amazing in this movie.

[@guitarman0365]

i love it. the best disaster film in my opinion

[@Fridgemusa]

I loved it too, you're not alone :)

[@MrUberKewl]

I like Dante's Peak too in fact, this makes me want to watch it tonight. And I will with my babe!

[@craigmartin3827]

Curiously VOLCANO had a release around the same time and, to my amazement, it received more critical love than DANTE'S PEAK, which is the superior film. DANTE'S PEAK manages to create such an immense sense of scale and the devastation is so utter that it really is (pardon the pun) an unmitigated disaster.

[@sandroilpelato7153]

Apparently the Volcano works for Skynet...and Spectre. This is why it's trying to kill both Sarah Connor and 007.

[@GeneralG1810]

I thought Spectre was using it as a hideout

[@Dr.Strangelove_MD]

That was dr evil

[@Dibol1987]

Dr Evil was Blofeld’s distant cousin.

[@joshuafrohm921]

"Hold on Rocky Dennis?" Priceless...

[@axelfoley133]

100% agree about the 'movies you goof on are the movies you watch over and over again'. Pretty much defines my experience with this movie.

[@MegaCrocosaurus92]

James Bond + Sarah Connor + exciting volcano action + awesome special effects = winning movie in my eyes

[@SilverTheGamerRPmaster]

and a traumatic boat sequence that left me feeling uneasy for 2 weeks.

[@brandonpage7087]

Absolutely!! Those internet reviewers who love to make fun of this film, must have pretty shitty taste in movies.

[@_al.mu_]

I lived in Wallace, Idaho for around 12 years (it’s a tiny town, less than 1,000 people lived there at the time). This movie was filmed before I was born, but the town continued to make a big deal about it having been shot there. A restaurant called the red light garage, where I spent quite a bit of my childhood, used to have a ton of Dantes Peak memorabilia it in. My elementary school music teacher would also constantly talk about being a very small extra in the movie with a great deal of pride.

[@nobodyshome4633]

What a beautiful Movie. Absolutely fantastic. Brilliant acting and amazingly written. The Score is phenomenal and the special effects are some of the best I’ve seen. One of my all time favourite Movies. SUPER underrated. X

[@lynnor9435]

for 8+ years now the only scene i could vividly remember was the bodies in the acidic hot springs one. I've had that image burned into my brain but for the life of me could not remember where I had seen it from. i finally found the movie, thank you.

[@dreamersdisease2481]

This and twister where the best natural disaster movies

[@guibox3]

Yes, despite some of the problems, I really enjoyed this movie along with Twister and Deep Impact. Great disaster movies.

[@GranTruismo4head]

This film as well as daylight, twister are some of my favourites for disaster flicks, so good

[@JeddtheJedi]

"It's coffee time! Coffee coffee coffee!" Guy is now an Oscar winner. Grant Heslov was one of the producers of Argo. He's also remembered for his role in True Lies.

[@here7ic]

And Congo, don't forget :D

[@chrisdufresne9359]

@@here7ic He didn't deserve what happened to him in Congo

[@DarthVader-1701]

He was also Corey Hiam's sister's commie boyfriend in license to drive.

[@chronowolf4734]

The two snogging teens getting melted and grandma's sacrifice are scenes that stuck with me ever since I saw this movie as a kid

[@poontang3zizo]

I remember back in high school our Geography teacher showed the class this little disaster movie. It was the best Geography class I ever had.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

Seems like if you wanted to make grandma make a compelling sacrifice, have the boat still be somewhat far out from the dock but taking on water. Grandma figures that if she jumps out, the removal of her weight would make the boat buoyant enough to make it to the dock and save her grandkids. So she tells her grandkids she loves them, jumps out, gets burned, and drowns.

[@midlandredux]

The key to a movie like this is having characters you want to spend time with doing stuff plausible enough to believe. Twister and Dante's Peak had good characters doing reasonably smart things to survive. Volcano was dopey from beginning to end and the characters were mostly annoying.

[@wesltall1]

You know, speaking of "living near a volcano", Quito, Ecuador is actually built on the flanks of Mt. Pichincha. There was a spectacular eruption in 1999, there was a mushroom cloud and a bit of ash fallout afterward. It's just a fact of life in some parts of the world...

[@guyincognito2512]

You're right. The effects are just as good as anything seen today.

[@kevin_ramirez2529]

To me this movie is great! One of those movies that I can rewatch many times and not get tired of it.

[@finian9581]

I saw this on TV in my parent's room when I was younger, and the skinny dipping scene had stuck with me for so long that I thought it must have been a dream I had, until a few months ago when I found a video mentioning this movie and it sounded so familiar that I had to look it up. So even though I've never really seen this movie, it holds a place in my heart!

[@bdavis24fan]

To be fair Brosnan's singing in this is better than his singing in Momma Mia.

[@falke_blade9341]

I remember watching this as a kid and its still a great movie and cast

[@Kid_Ego]

I grew up in Wallace Idaho and remember when I first saw the scene where the bridge is about to go out, I was totally amazed in wonder as to how they did that shot. Still an extremely impressive scene even today. Thanks for the great video!

[@midlandredux]

Definitely one you tend to watch again when it turns up.

[@asifmetal666]

this Movie is the best natural disaster film about volcano. The science behind the movie works unlike Volcano that release later that same year.

[@KJB-hd5zf]

I just recently discovered this page... it is going to dominate all of my time now watching all the old videos. so good!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

***** awesome, thanks!

[@bulliwyf]

"This girl isn't crying because of the volcano. She's crying because this bunnie is coming to kill her. " He does kind of look like Silent Hill's creepy-as-fuck Robbie the Rabbit.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

@crazyleg2006 Thanks :) I was surprised at all the people who haven't seen this one, which is one of the reasons I decided to feature it on an episode. More folks need to check it out! The visuals alone are worth it.

[@MerryGoGirl]

The Ex-mother in law jumping in the acid lake was a classic turn the kids against the parent tactic. I bet if she could she would have given them both a puppy right before she croaked.

[@MogwaiToboggan]

That stupid coffee, coffee, coffee, cappuccino line would randomly pop into my head and I could never remember where I heard it, thank you for including it.

[@fanfaretloudest]

As a kid I loved this movie and that line was what I remembered most. I thought it was so funny!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Volcano is a great fun ride and I will be doing it eventually. The effects were well done and Tommy Lee Jones almost always kicks ass.

[@alexberger1612]

I also want to point out that they put seismographs up on the volcano at 2 different points. This is clearly how they got their readings at home base. But when Harry goes back to get the EMF thingy from the robot, he takes a look at the computer (noticing the pyroclastic explosion being imminent) and sees readings still coming in from the devices in the volcano. After the lava came in... Their devices can withstand lava

[@GoodBadFlicks]

very underrated flick!

[@CineMasterDamian]

*Dante's Peak* and *Volcano* are two of my favorite Top 10 Favorite Films of All-Time!!!!

[@josephlozano2970]

Your forty year old community college geology professor enjoyed this immensely. My*

[@sniped96you]

ive seen this movie in school twice, think its pretty good

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

this movie gets a bad rep, undeserved too. it came out at a time where disaster movies oversaturated the market and people and critics themselves got tired of it. however, looking back at all the other disaster movies like twister or Vulcano, I can't understand the hate. its by far the best disaster movie. it focuses on a smaller scope and has human emotional elements, instead of ultra epic nonsense. the pacing and acting is excellent, as expected. the biggest gripe I read about it is people moaning about how cliche and predictable the overall plot is. I find that to be unfair, due to overexposure and market saturation mentioned above in the 90s, and not a very valid critique anyhow. tropes are not bad, and they combine here in an competently put together, very enjoyable adventure.

[@morgantherat]

Coffee! Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee.... This one and Volcano are still guilty pleasures of mine, along with Twister, Daylight, The Core, and Day After Tomorrow. Armageddon was just fun all around.

[@knowwearneresquare3177]

Screen shot worthy moment at :37 haha love your work dude rewatching all your classics

[@RonJohn63]

4:35 It's a *small* town. Not enough work for a full time mayor. And you watch it because of prime years Linda Hamilton...

[@dbsommers1]

In most truly small towns most people wear at least a couple of hats to make a living. Folks that never been to one don't really get it.

[@ednimenzo1984]

Spent my two days watching your vids bro. Very entertaining.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you!

[@cleanyoaus]

You officially just became my favorite channel for that rhcp Woodstock joke ❤

[@GoodBadFlicks]

:)

[@cbishop41483]

This flick was SOLID

[@pkhris]

I love that part in the intro where the lady 'punches' the military guy. Never gets old:)

[@notahotshot]

The kids just watched their grandmother die, at the end of a boost ride, from being burnt by an acid lake, having seen dead bodies floating in an acid hot spring earlier, and Harry suggests they pile on a boat to go deep sea fishing. Nice!

[@ashleygalyean9418]

I remember seeing it in the theater. I loved it

[@TheOddImage]

the comment about the bunny got my dying of laughter haha I started yesterday and have been marathoning your channel dude your content is Grade A informative creative and down right gold

[@skwisgarskwigelf7191]

I remember seeing this movie in the theatre with my dad and my sister when it came out. It freaked me out because of how realistic it looked

[@larrykramer2761]

The action sequences and special effects were done really well and more than make up for the occasional bad dialogue and plot points that don't make sense. A good film overall and definitely worth the watch.

[@stlouisrocker100]

Saw Volcano myself. I didn't really like it. I liked Dante's Peak more because it felt more complete.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Volcano had some good effects but I agree, Dante was more complete.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I only went to see Volcano because of Dante's Peak.

[@AceMcSchooly]

I saw Volcano in theaters when I was like 11 haha. Good times.

[@HarryBalzak]

I liked both of them quite a bit. Saw them both in theaters, but if I was forced to choose one it would be Dante's Peak. At the same time, I cant think of any completely unrealistic scenes in Volcano like I can with DP. That driving over lava part has always really bothered me.

[@phantomspaceman]

The elaborate NYC underground system beneath LA was just so incredibly stupid.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

good to know!

[@merdab8]

So glad you mentioned the Pompeii line. I hope CinemaSins and Honest Trailers keep their hands off this movie. This was the review I was really jonesing for. As someone who currently lives near an east coast power plant(CT) I'm glad you get it. One of our prettiest parks are in plain view of the plant even with the ocean making for nice background imagery lol. I might be 6 years late but I subscribed anyway. Good stuff!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Better late then never! Thanks!

[@Laceykat66]

Loved both Volcano films of that year for totally different reasons.

[@Drixenol86]

I remember the scene where the couple were boiled alive in the hot spring. Still scarred in my memory.

[@satnav1980]

Awesome film. Just got it on bluray

[@Palmieres]

I'm on my daily GBF binge and I'm sitting through every add to make sure you get paid. That's how much I like this channel: I don't skip the adds. 11:20 That camera guy, is that how the effect to simulate the earth shaking is done? I thought that was done in post... turns out it's just a guy wiggling the tripod. That feels a little disappointing for some reason.

[@chrisbullard5901]

A lot of the elements of this movie are taken from the St Helens eruption in 1980, like the stubborn grandmother as a substitute for local Harry Truman (not the former president) who had a cabin on Spirit Lake and refused to leave.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

@EffectiveKill LOL! While everyone is distracted by the volcano, the bunnies attack!

[@alexshadowfax1119]

I miss the 90's

[@AxeMan562]

When this video was uploaded, Dante's Peak was 14 years old. Now, it's 22 years old. Let that sink in.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

its from a movie called "Thriller a Cruel Picture" if you are interested :)

[@grapefruitsimmons]

I was 6 when this came out. My dad thought it was a good idea to make this the first movie I ever seen in theater. Had to leave an hour in lol

[@Actalzy]

Great stuff, just found your channel a couple days ago and I've been watching it your vids ever since. Personally I liked Volcano over Dante's Peak. Your commentary for this though was epic.

[@Mikki-Moo]

Oh cool. Its always nice to see the face behind good voices

[@AnnedakDragon]

5:09 The world's most active volcano...Mount St. Helens

[@CorbCorbin]

😂 Boy that Rocky Dennis jab, was cold man. Maybe it was a cousin?

[@zaprowsdower3498]

You can thank Ben Burtt for the revival of the Wilhelm Scream. When he was doing sound for Star Wars he found the sound clip, which had fallen out of use, and put it in a stormtrooper death scene in the movie. After that he started to use it in other films he worked on (Indiana Jones, Willow) and then it became a sort of inside-joke in Hollywood and was picked up and used by other sound artists.

[@LorenHelgeson]

This doesn't sound like it was that bad a movie. I'll have to see it someday.

[@AngryK1tty]

It was really good. Always loved it. For a 90's disaster flick, I'd put it right up there amongst other noteworthy flicks. Plus the effects are believable, which is not an easy claim coming from the 90's.

[@pfcvdv]

This movie made me fall in love with chevy trucks when i was little. Stil love them

[@dannyd1224]

i just wanna say that anytime this movie is on tv me and my friends send video texts of the part with the grandma walking through the molten water screaming lol were always like dude....they were 5 feet away! why did she get out!?!

[@TheMimiSard]

I like Dante's Peak, and feel it is in a trifecta of fun 90s disaster movies with Twister and Volcano. Out of Date's Peak and Volcano though, this one is the more realistic and a story that could easily really happen. Maybe that's why I like Volcano - the ridiculous idea of a volcano forming under a major city is fun.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Oh Volcano has a ton of ridiculous things running throughout it - Anne Heche dating Tommy Lee Jones, the idea that the LA Metro would continue to make subway routes after the disaster it had with the first, that anyone would believe that it would matter if LA were to be destroyed . . . lots of stuff.

[@MrHootiedean]

I saw this in the theater and me and my friends howled when the grandmother jumped out of the boat mere inches away from safety! Great review.

[@slartybartfast5896]

You gotta move to Lower Merion ,yum yum that's good water!

[@robertrussell4035]

the part about the truck is saying something because if I do remember they use to say like a rock for chevy trucks and what happens when volcanoes hits water

[@dsandoval9396]

LOL! That picture, you were a dork! That's great, man. I think we were all dorks at one point or another in our lives. Not going to lie, I too bought a samurai sword (probably made in China) in my HS years. Ended up giving it to my friend, he was into martial arts (as in he actually knew martial arts, he wasn't the fat kid larping), he was actually pretty fit so it suited him.

[@TheTacosforever]

When the grandma got her lets melted from the acid it was a classic me and my friends laughing our heads off no one told it was a comedy!

[@Locadel2003]

Hard rain is great

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

I hated the disaster movie trend of the 90s as it was all about the FX and nothing more. However I really liked Dante’s peak, I felt that the FX crew done a fantastic job in making the chaos very believable and Brosnan and Hamilton also had good onscreen chemistry. So if I had to pick one disaster movie from the 90s it would be Dante’s peak.

[@MightyHawx]

24 people didnt get a coffee!

[@thedude4795]

2:47 first man in years to actually say nu-cle-ar and not nukular lol

[@jacobhaugk5908]

And here I am to share a birthday with Mt.St. Helens' eruption even though i was born that year and yet I am from the kelso longview area with my mountain as my backyard ornament.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Jt Haugk-Lemire yikes!

[@keybyss98]

Don't worry: I was born on August 6th (The Hiroshima Bombing) despite being born 53 years afterwards...

[@darkinproductions]

I live in WA. I still haven’t seen mt St. Helens.

[@frankhumbug]

Shiree Espinoza, the USA is a fairly big place, but you live in WA, (is that like Washington state? (I am not American, I have no idea.) Is it a way from where you live, are you not interested? Don't like hiking/walking/volcanoes? It's dormant, at the moment isn't it? Why don't you hike up it, film it and stick it on KZbin? I very recently watched the footage of St Helens, and what happened the month or so before, its on youtube.

[@coachrenaldo]

I love this movie! For some reason, I just like 90's/early 2000's movies. I just find it charming for some reason. But, I will always remember this movie as one sentence: James Bond V and mayor Sarah Conner vs the volcano.

[@MegaDudeman21]

actually pierce is the fifth james bond.

[@coachrenaldo]

MegaDudeman21 whoops. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@MegaSpicyPineapple]

I like this movie.

[@hannahdavis5725]

It has it's issues but I still enjoyed it. It still puts me on the edge of my seat whenever I watch it and while I know that there is no way to outrun a pyroclastic flow (the saying goes that if you see it, it's already too late) I was still happy they did it.

[@burmiester1]

Dante's peak is awesome!

[@bimblenw]

I think the movie also has a lot of references to the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and the events surrounding/leading up to it. Most notably, I think old drama queen grandma is a representation of Harry Truman (the proprietor of Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake, not the 33rd President) who gained minor celebrity status for refusing to evacuate, claiming he 'didn't believe it [would blow] enough to pack up and leave'. Some good stuff on KZbin with him if you're interested.

[@WolfySnackrib666]

Hey about 2012, notice how when buildings were shredded you could see a bunch of stationary, chairs and desk slide around all over the place inside the clean samurai style cut apart buildings? Yeah, cause uh... when buildings come crashing down, there's not like there's any smoke or dust or rubble covering such details from being seen!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

that would make a lot of sense. You can't always judge movies on the same scale

[@GoodBadFlicks]

@Lynchotype Yep, that is the famous Wilhelm scream. It's in just about everything.

[@KazumaPrime]

Overall agreed, though I would say on one part it is plausible: the final eruption. Now I'm not saying you could outrun it, but from the get-go Harry wasn't trying to outrun it, he was trying to get to the mine before the eruption got to them. I watched a clip of the eruption and timed it; if you count out the scenes of them and destruction, the actual eruption itself from start to when they get to the mine is right around a minute, which in an earlier scene is approximately how long it would take for the blast to hit the town. While I can't say for certain how well the truck would do with 4 flat tires in around 5 to 6 inches of ash or so, if it's a flat run with no turns and depending on where they were in the town when the eruption started and how fast they were going to get deep enough in the mine to keep clear of the deadly ash and gases, I'd say it's at least possible to survive. It's at least more believable than crossing an acidic lake in an aluminum boat or crossing a river of lava (which need I add would have likely blown the gas tank long before they made it half-way across; must have had a heat resistant tank in that one). All in all, this movie is far more accurate than Volcano; melting people in lava, need I say more?

[@drdarkeny]

I've always liked DANTE'S PEAK, partly because they took the time to develop the relationships, especially the one between Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. By the time they're about to sleep together you can believe these two have fallen for each other, and by the end of the movie you can believe that the leads have pretty much decided that Yeah, they're a couple with kids. Brosnan does a great job of selling it because no matter how inhumanly handsome he is, he's always been a Dad at heart.

[@stefert786]

This film was E X C E L L E N T at building tension, which every action movie should have, even if they aren't even factually correct. It had such amazing suspense.

[@SmashTom]

I always liked this movie over Volcano; although that movie ain't as bad as everyone claims. But yeah, both movies have silly moments...

[@briansivley2001]

This was one of my favorite movies from my childhood because I love geology😁😁😁.

[@J00napoika]

I was in an earthquake, a quite severe one that lasted for a couple of minutes, and to my surprise the trees didn't seem to move at all. Don't know if it was because the ground was shaking, so i was shaking or some such thing, but i just remember how odd it looked like, that the trees were just standing there looking all calm :)

[@TheVarietyVendor]

Pierce is probably my fav Bond and i always liked how much class he'd bring to the movie. Knowing the story behind the movie i appreciate it more. But i still don't like it. I never expected it to be the towering inferno. But i did expect to be atleast mildly entertained. Only thing i liked though is the "coffee coffee" scene. But hey, i think you and i are on the same page when comes to the fact this was atleast better than the borefest "volcano" was.