Yellowstone Erupts Scene | 2012 (2009)

Jackson (John Cusack) and his daughter Lily (Morgan Lily) desperately flee to reach their airplane and escape the dangerous environment before it's too late.
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From Roland Emmerich, director of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW and INDEPENDENCE DAY, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover.

[@JohnnyKChop]

The one thing they always get wrong is the sound. An eruption that large would create a sound that certainly would leave you deaf if not most likely kill you.

[@mongeau98]

The Tsar Bomba is 57 Mt (of TNT) for the version that has been tested, but can carry 100 Mt, Scientists have estimated the eruption of Mount St Helens (4km^3 of releases) at 350 Mt The most powerful eruption (in history) experienced by humanity rejected 40km^3 of debris (Samalas in 1257) it should correspond to 3,500 Mt if I make a rule of three (hypothesis of power increasing linearly with the volume ejected, I have no idea if it is valid or not, but it seems logical to me). And it's not the worst since the existence of the Earth: List of largest volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia Samalas was in VEI of 7, there are some in VEI of 8 (more than 1000 km^3 ejected), if we still consider that the power increases linearly with the volume ejected (personal hypothesis) that would mean 87,500 Mt at least (i.e. 875 Tsar Bomba "theoretical" version of 100 Mt)

[@adamlamberti1805]

With all that is happening, John Cuscak is still wearing a suit jacket and tie.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

I'd say they also get the sense of urgency wrong.

[@jimisimmonds8854]

I mean if this were realistic it would've been the end of the film. The eruption's shockwave would've killed them all instantly, but in the film it's just a gentle breeze.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Pardon...

[@Randymountaine]

The CGI team who worked on this really did a great job, it's still solid 14 years later

[@kellym-]

It’s been 14 years???? Jesus Christ 😭😭😭

[@Simp_Zone]

Yeah shame about the script, and plot, and acting...

[@rafaellago172]

@@Simp_Zone Cusack, Ejiofor and Glover were decent. The former clearly knew exactly what kind of movie he would be in and turned in an almost comedic performance sometimes.

[@leDespicable]

@@Simp_Zone Idk, the script never bothered me. The movie is fun to watch, I didn't expect more of it

[@X-Prime123]

@@Simp_Zone What did you want, Schindler's List? It's a disaster movie.

[@tommycoyote3258]

Anybody within 50 to 80 miles would die almost instantly. You could never outrun the force that blows out of a volcano.

[@kevinroylancephotography9437]

It's a movie

[@guardian7773]

The Plotwing 5000 says otherwise

[@Texasguy316]

I’ve done it.

[@guardian7773]

@@Texasguy316 I think we’re talking about mortals

[@adman4150]

@@guardian7773texasguy is a well known god of cosmic powers so what do you expect

[@mbaxter22]

This movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. I know it's incredibly stupid, but the sheer spectacle of it all, the way everything is so over the top, is great fun to watch. This is the ultimate disaster movie of all time.

[@jonny-b4954]

I think that's what they were going for. A popcorn action flick where literally nothing makes sense. So, you just have to turn off your brain and enjoy it.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Me too! After all these years, I still love it!

[@Xpwnxage]

It's so fun, the back end gets pretty boring though.

[@teejm1ck78]

One of me and my dads favorite movies.

[@rafaellago172]

It's freaking great and Emmerich will never be able to outdo it because... well, he destroyed the whole planet. Moonfall was so tame compared to this. What would be next? The galaxy? The universe? Reality itself?

[@RobbieBobbie98]

The real eruption that occurred was so powerful that it blew rocks all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. This depiction of the Yellowstone caldera was pretty incredible but the real volcano’s catastrophic capabilities is horrifying

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

Yellowstone or its other name, America's doom

[@cliffpadilla5871]

Yep.

[@AbhijitDas-zj8kl]

​@@SergyMilitaryRankingsnot only America doom it's a world wide doom

[@isaiahmayle4706]

​@@AbhijitDas-zj8klEconomic/Climate doom, yes. The rest of the world would be mostly unharmed by the eruption itself.

[@barneyrubble4293]

No they wouldn’t, the rest of the world would slowly die of starvation during the 5-10 years with no summer.

[@garymussell6543]

This incredibly absurd movie is visually stunning on the big screen. One improbable chase scene after another, defying science, gravity, and common sense. I hate to admit it is a definite popcorn favorite of mine.

[@fabriciogodoy5034]

Welcome to Hollywood 😅😅😅😅

[@TamaHawkLive]

This movie had no shame whatsoever, it told the story it wanted to tell and sends you through a ride the whole way. I honestly can't think of another movie that tops it in sheer absurdity.

[@dougaltolan3017]

​@@TamaHawkLiveGravity

[@TamaHawkLive]

@dougaltolan3017 Gravity was preposterous I'll give you that, still this movie is on another level

[@iAmNothingness]

Absurd 😂

[@Lazarus1095]

Always nice to see Woody Harrelson a calm, relaxed mood.

[@BikerDash]

I kinda preferred him as a bartender in Boston lol

[@roelmd8907]

I kinda preferred him as Admiral Nimitz 😁

[@TraustiGeir]

Woody Harrelson played the best character in this movie.

[@aansul888]

i was thinking i have seen this guy somewhere😀😀

[@bensisko4651]

Woody is ALWAYS a BOSS.👍🏾🤣

[@jodysmoviesandshowschannel8698]

He usually does, :nodnod:

[@Flintt123]

Woody is a Legend!!

[@thewkovacs316]

the only reason to watch this movie

[@guillermocalvillo4915]

"This marks the last day of the United States of America." Absolute chills...

[@zackzeman6449]

God Bless Texas🇨🇱!!!

[@scottevans7022]

@guillermocalvillo4915 are you another one that believes all movies are real.??

[@zackzeman6449]

@@scottevans7022 there are certain aspects of the film that will come to unfold sooner or later

[@scottevans7022]

@@zackzeman6449 You know what forget i even said anything it was nice knowing you i'm out of here.👋.👋.👋.

[@rhone733]

One can dream.

[@SomeNoobWithCE]

I have to admit the courage that guy had to take off without Jackson. Yes, courage. He knew the family would hate his guts for leaving Jackson behind but was only thinking about saving them. That's a weight he would have to carry for the rest of his life but he did it out of love for the rest of them and knew Jackson would understand.

[@loucatozzi7656]

Without that map and Jackson "the rest of his life" would have been measured in hours/days.

[@Travesty9090]

It's a movie dawg

[@seanwilliams7655]

I love how the movie made the new husband out to be a pretty decent guy. Then they just basically wrote him out of the movie so Jackson could be with his family again, lol. It's such a clear case of "damn this guy made it through the movie what do we do now?"

[@johnyoung2997]

@@loucatozzi7656he died anyways lmao

[@tealorspilled8713]

​@@Travesty9090and? Can't someone appreciate a character because it's just a "movie"? What's the purpose of these characters in these movies then?

[@nightshadow73]

Not one moment of reality in this movie, but still so much fun to watch. A true guilty pleasure.

[@fuzzblightyear145]

I like watching this back-to-back with Armageddon!

[@bensisko4651]

That Pyroclastic cloud would have smoked them. Literally........

[@star-boltlover9609]

Realistically, yeah

[@EdBrewster]

And the sound of the eruption would have deafened everyone for miles around - the great Krakatoa eruption was heard across the globe and those divs are just stood there looking mildly concerned 😂 Don’t get me wrong - I love the film but omg it’s trashy 😂

[@Megacooler96_]

Yeah, doesn't those usually go like 500 mph when they surge? So yeah totally dead but you know, it's plot armor

[@Elthenar]

The radiant heat would have fried them and the raw sound would have liquefied them well before the cloud got to them.

[@thefunnygoat6325]

No, its just smoke.

[@bkriegel95]

Woody Harrelson did an absolutely amazing job in this scene

[@rafaellago172]

He and Cusack knew what they would be getting into. Gotta love actors who know when to chew the scenery.

[@jimf.1318]

"This marks the last day of the United States of America"

[@hoon_sol]

"That guy's crazy, right daddy?" "I don't think so."

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

I mean campy silliness, sure. Chew on some furniture, why not, good payday.

[@hoon_sol]

@@SuperRobertoClemente: Woody Harrelson loves that kind of role. He's obviously not averse to more serious roles either, he's a great actor, but he's not particularly self-serious, he loves goofing around.

[@BSpinoza210]

For a petaton explosion like Yellowstone promised to be, the shock wave alone would have killed everyone in this film.

[@kindmusician333]

It would’ve left America with 47 states as well instead of 50

[@savagegod8555]

@@kindmusician333no it wouldn’t you clearly don’t do your research 🤦‍♂️

[@kindmusician333]

@@savagegod8555 Guessing you don’t either because Yellowstone national park damn near straddles 3 states from these characters would’ve died suddenly without realizing since they’d be right under the caldera

[@bensisko4651]

If I saw the Earth flex like that, my clothes would be in no condition to run in......

[@raphmaster23]

Very well said I've seen this scene innumerable times and it's fantastic

[@dicksonfranssen]

But how can the Earth flex if it's flat? When the guy who put in my neighbor's fence started talking about the underworld I just quietly melted back into the house, took my dog too before she started speaking in tongues.

[@Dimmary]

Well said sisko

[@thuydoan7496]

Don't think you would have any clothes left to run in. 😂

[@ivelissediaz9583]

Yep brown skid marks !

[@martinsohajek6111]

I'm glad the explosion is so well mannered and took a break to allow him to find a map. 6:31

[@brave_jedi9437]

Plot armor, probably

[@WockHardtAndPercs]

Plot armour is meta

[@alfredthegreat9543]

Preposterous, over the top, totally unscientific.....and totally brilliant.

[@T0FFII]

Garbage movie lmao

[@alfredthegreat9543]

@@T0FFII It's not garbage, a bit dumb yes, but it's the ultimate disaster movie....all disaster movies are dumb. It does what it says on the tin.

[@DC21NY]

Def not the ultimate disaster movie but it's slightly entertaining

[@thegreenreaper6660]

Its spectacular, which makes it entertaining. Scientifically... 3:49 the moment the ground tears up, and the gigantic eruption starts blowing; the soundblast of that alone would be several hundreds of Decibels: Within a few seconds that soundblast would have hit Charly with such a force, his eardrums would instantly RIP, and the tremors of the blast would instantly cause brainhemmorages, causing him to instantly drop dead.. This was the case with the eruption of the Tambora in 1815 already, or the Krakatoa in 1883... And those were 'but' VEI 7 and 6 scale... This is projected as a VEI 8! ~10x more powerful then the Tambora, 100x more then the Krakatoa. and Krakatoa produced a shockblast of 300+ decibels already: Instantly rupturing eardrums in a 40 mile/64 kilometer radius, causing people to instantly drop dead! Tambora was 'estimated' on 347 decibels already: even stronger... This would... well idk, roughly estimated: 450 to 500 decibels? The force of the initial blast alone, at such a close range could have torn his body to bits in an instant.... These are powers só vast, they are incomprehenisble to imagine. Even the worlds bíggest Nukes, are NOTHING in compare to this power. And to put that in numbers... just 'for the lols'.. The Tzar Bomba, tested on Novea Zembla in 1963, detonated with a power of 56 Megatonnes? Science has calculated, that to produce a crater like the Tambora: 6km wide, 1km deep, and 'vaporizing' a 1.5km summit: 2.8Km crater-edge instead of a 4.3km peak... You'd need ATLEAST 33.500 Megatonnes in blastyield.... 33.500 vs 56? ... And thats the Tambora's VEI 7... this scene is to project an eruption ~10x as strong!

[@tracyruiz4539]

@@thegreenreaper6660 I've never researched any of that, but I will say that even I knew a blast that big would have killed Charlie instantly and those by the plane wouldn't have just had a bit of wind to start off with. In my opinion, as a movie, the cgi was pretty good & this is one of my favorite movies. When I watch one of these, I'm thinking more like this, "Forget what is actually scientifically possible & impossible. What IF it did happen like this & how do I think I would react? Where would I go?" In some movies, it cracks me up when there's a scene with flying debris and the camera shows a white screen behind them while they're supposedly driving through it, or an area that looks like Africa, but then shows fences and other things in a residential area. Once watched an older disaster volcano movie and the ~*ahem*~ "lava" looked like tomato sauce. haha Some CGI is better than others, of course. I cannot say I catch everything, but I catch more every time I watch something. Thank you for this interesting information. Makes me want to look things up myself. (Natural disasters fascinate me. The power!!!)

[@angelastroman8232]

I’m sorry but I absolutely LOVE the way the son yells at the mom’s boyfriend to wait, after giving him the cold shoulder for the beginning of the movie. “This is my DAD! We’re gonna WAIT!!” Brings tears to my eyes EVERY SINGLE TIME. That baby was acting his lil freckles off. ❤

[@gemstoneprincess2890]

Wtf.

[@johnblaze2665]

😂😂😂😂

[@MunchMaila]

😂❤ikr!

[@voyagersmarch8776]

This sounds very western cuck like. Signs of a falling empire.

[@andreiliver2320]

Despite its shortcomings, this is still one of the best end-of-days movie ever made.

[@codygarton7177]

Really wish there was an after credit scene that showed Charlie somehow survived the super volcano and flood and was just chillin

[@user-bp9di3jp6g]

and roasts marshmallows on lava while listening to music from the radio

[@sociosanch3748]

😂

[@bigorange2082]

This movie is the definition of guilty pleasure.

[@fabriciogodoy5034]

Pure dopamine 😅😅😅😅

[@TXLoneStar_]

Mad respect to the camera man that gave his life to record this horrific event.

[@BadBunnie8]

this scean is 22camera men lost 😢

[@thuydoan7496]

My condolences to CGI.

[@MrAjking808]

Joke was never funny

[@osasunaitor]

Camera man jokes are getting old and boring already

[@TXLoneStar_]

@@osasunaitor Agreed, but they are funny

[@danielmocsny5066]

Those airplane engines must have excellent air filters on them, to fly through a cloud of volcanic dust and not get destroyed.

[@SteveBrant55]

I just made a similar comment. No way those engines would have kept running... except for "plot armor".

[@kabloosh699]

@@SteveBrant55 there was a crazy amount of plot armor involved in this whole scene.

[@TheSjuris]

@@kabloosh699 you mean the whole entire movie.

[@TheAdministratorSCPF]

It’s called plot armor my guy

[@ambergertsch8799]

It's a piroclastic flow if this wasn't a movie the plane would have been demolished instantly.

[@Blockates]

Charlie died Doing what he loved. Respect.

[@jaykayhooray]

Back when movie standards were actually good enough to where bad movies were good like this. Now, bad movies aren’t even watchable til the end. I still remembering seeing this in theaters with my friends and we loved it.

[@zombiesurvival5500]

The funny thing is that while this shows a very powerful volcanic eruption, an actual supervolcanic eruption like one that would happen from Yellowstone would be much, much more powerful

[@kindmusician333]

They wouldn’t even see the explosion from where they’re standing The supervolcano would leave America with 47 states

[@brave_jedi9437]

@@kindmusician333would the Yellowstone super volcano destroy three out of fifty states when or if it ever erupts?

[@kindmusician333]

@@brave_jedi9437 Yes

[@michaelmichaelagnew8503]

In real life that super volcano explosion is going to be about 100 times bigger.

[@luiscuadras1963]

That Shockwave would of killed them all instantly

[@tsepheletseka5115]

And it would be several large explosions instead of a single big one as depicted in the movie.

[@henrymoore748]

​@luiscuadras1963 exactly the shock wave would have done 3 things... Broke their legs instantly, blown the ear dorms out, compressed the chest causing cardiac arrest

[@Noname-xr4ql]

​@@luiscuadras1963 They would've also been engulfed in the explosion itself. So no shockwave for them, just vaporization.

[@varric]

@@Noname-xr4ql And Woody Harrelson's character will be a charred skeleton at best.

[@elizabethc7699]

I am never tire of the excellent CG in this movie.

[@greatwazzoo]

Apparently if you drive a 30 year old RV, you can outrun a pyroclastic flow from a super volcano.

[@dicksonfranssen]

Maybe it's one of those new flying RV's, like in the "artists conception". It comes with extra dust control of course.

[@romerjusu3804]

It's only a movie 🍿🎥🍿🎥

[@Dimmary]

It was in 2009

[@Vega_McTavish]

Okay so we don’t have to argue about how unrealistic this whole scene is, but it is still badass. I remember nearly shitting myself in the cinema as a 12 year old throughout the whole movie 😂

[@masterbulgokov]

"don't have to argue"

[@aarongoleman]

i mean no ones seen a super volcano so who knows

[@Vega_McTavish]

@@aarongoleman idk man, the shockwave would have shred them probably and they surely would’ve gone deaf because of the boom. Then there is this insufficient, short runway and the pyroclastic flow which would’ve made it impossible to simply fly away.. pretty unrealistic if you ask me 😅

[@aarongoleman]

@@Vega_McTavish who knows if there woulda been a pyroclastic flow but the shockwave is something i didn't think about but yeah after watching the beirut explosions shockwave they'd be screwed

[@dougaltolan3017]

​@@aarongolemanthat icky brown cloud /smoke stuff... That's pyroclastic flow.

[@AlmightyPyro]

I can’t believe it’s been more than 10 years from this movie.

[@fabriciogodoy5034]

Will a remake ever be thought about do you think?

[@TheSponkomat]

What a considerate ash cloud... always adjusting speed to the current mode of transportation.

[@user-lh3gp2gm1p]

John Cusack and Woody Harrelson were necessary actors to make those scenes as scary as possible. It was a spectacular movie.

[@DMalltheway]

They were both in The Thin Red Line

[@Gallo.Pinto123]

I love how the light didn't instantly blind them. What a gem of a film.

[@joshstucki4349]

I watch this occasionally just because the graphics are incredible.

[@patrickwilson1459]

The part where the plane flys out of the explosion is somewhat similar to the scene in Independence Day with Air Force One flying out of Washington DC as the whole city was being destroyed.

[@RuthlessDestroyer]

Well. Both of those Movies had the same Director so it makes sense.

[@patrickwilson1459]

@@RuthlessDestroyer I know.

[@kartikkay4729]

​@@RuthlessDestroyer Air Force One had a different director called Wolfgang. Get your facts right.

[@stevelipsky2332]

@@kartikkay4729 Read his comment more carefully. He said, "the scene in INDEPENDENCE DAY with Air Force One.." not the movie Air Force One. Both Independence Day and 2012 were directed by Rolland Emerich.

[@RomanesEuntDomus.]

I love their reaction. They're witnessing a massive superexplosion and they just stand there watching like it's nothing. That's good acting! 🤣😂

[@williamgarcia6901]

Why wouldn't they? They never seen an explosion that enormous and they're probably in shock and can't move for seeing something that massive, I'd probably feel the same way if I ever seen Yellowstone erupted and it's the end for the USA 😱🤯

[@1who4me]

Easy to look like confused idiots in front of a green screen

[@hera7884]

He’s right about the smoke. Yellowstone is surrounded by Forests, the whole northern Hemisphere will be covered in smoke. When it blows, and there won’t be a summer the following year. Maybe even the next year too.

[@jefffowler7269]

No no. When it blows it’s the end of everything.

[@AsokaTw-mz3lr]

but that's like the price to pay to topple the anglo american imperialism.

[@hera7884]

@@jefffowler7269 no, it won’t be the end of everything. You may want it to be the end of everything because it puts an end to what could be a miserable existence but, it won’t be. Humanity will survive and the southern hemisphere will suffer the least. It’ll be bad, but it won’t be nearly as bad as the northern hemisphere.

[@AlyssMa7rin]

@@hera7884 Krakatoa and Tambora, both much smaller in terms of destructive force, sent shockwaves that traveled around the earth multiple times, and caused crops to die in Europe and the Americas. Yellowstone would eclipse both eruptions put together. A Full eruption could end Human civilization, and would at least be a Mass Extinction event for the Americas, Europe, and Eastern Asia. Also, the Resulting Earthquakes would most likely result in tsunamis, and other disastrous outcomes.

[@lyrand6408]

@@AlyssMa7rin Exactly. People, for some reason, underestimate the absolute biblical disaster it would cause world wide, if Yellowstone ever 'gave its all' and had a full scale eruption. But I think I know why, it's fairly simple; it makes them probably more comfortable thinking there would be 'safer' places on the planet such as the southern hemisphere for some odd reasons, as if Yellowstone, or the air currents and the wind and general atmosphere was physically split in half at the equator. There's another major thing to consider from a would-be full Yellowstone eruption. That the Earthquakes it would generate might have enough force to 'ignite' hundreds of volcanoes around the planet within the same day, or the next weeks to follow. Not to mention that Yellowstone would keep 'ejecting' its contents for many days without stopping (following the initial boom, so to speak). It would blacken the sky in the whole of North America after just a week or so. The crops would fail in the whole of the US production of crops, possibly up to Canada up north too in the following month (or less). The damages would keep on gradually affecting more, and more, and more like a chain reaction and a domino effect, all over the world. And that's not even talking about perhaps the most dangerous of all things for Mankind... which is Mankind itself. The general unrest and panic on a global level would, in and of itself, play a major role in our own extinction event. Only very small communities that work together to survive would 'make it out'. But most capitalistic / materialistic nations on this planet would basically eat and kill themselves mutually, it would be complete chaos and law enforcement would be quickly overwhelmed everywhere. That, for me, is the most terrifying aspects of such a possible global catastrophe. If I was to survive the initial environmental damages, I'm pretty sure I would end up killed by some dude on the streets because I made the mistake of showing I have a bottle of water on me. It would be, quite simply, absolute hell for humanity (the comfort for me comes in the form of the actual survival of life outside of humanity; the planet itself would do fine after a while, it will recover, on geological time scales even something like Yellowstone would just be a thing of the past, and new generations of life would emerge out of the ashes over time, and humanity would simply be yet another victim of an extinction event... just one more to add to the list on this planet).

[@Jorunic]

The scariest part of this is the animals will definitely do this in real life but it would've been far earlier then this.

[@ienjoywatchingyousleep9431]

Yup, they'll abandon the region MONTHS before the actual eruption

[@TheSjuris]

You would also have multiple months if not years before it all went boom.

[@beastmaster0934]

Yup. Like, Several days earlier. Flocks of birds flying in the thousands out of there. Herds of bison, elk, deer, and other herbivores in Yellowstone leaving in droves. And any other creature getting the hell out of dodge any way they can.

[@marcbelo7301]

The shockwave itself would kill him instantly.

[@brave_jedi9437]

How can volcanic shockwaves kill people?

[@WookiesRUs]

@@brave_jedi9437 normal volcanoes don't. Yellowstone is a supervolcano, it's the personification of an over the top volcano. For example, that really big explosion would be something like ~100x larger in real life.

[@Tempusverum]

@@brave_jedi9437Imagine Hiroshima and Nagasaki, x 10,0000

[@danesorensen1775]

I only hope that when the day comes, I go out like Woody Harrelson in this scene - totally chill with it, and still in love with my obsessions.

[@slimj091]

A explosive volcanic eruption that large and every one of them would be crying in pain from their ear drums rupturing.

[@unkannyunkanny9232]

Not necessarily. Mt. St. Helens erupted and people near it reported it was quiet. "Charlie" is toast because he's standing in line of sight. Cusack is driving off the ridge so falls into the sound shadow of having a hill between him and the initial explosion(s).

[@kamxam1384]

@@unkannyunkanny9232 And the heat of the explosion? Plane flies into a pyroclastic cloud and it doesn't lose it's engine to ash? The main hero would have died in the first 5 minutes if this was anything like realistic.

[@snakeplissken1933]

And the shockwave? It should be equal to a nuclear explosion at minimum. We are talking about 30 miles caldera exploding like a single volcano.

[@unkannyunkanny9232]

@@kamxam1384 Nowhere did I claim the movie was completely realistic. I'm just pointing out many people close to volcanic eruptions weren't affected by the sound as people might expect. You can't refute that by complaining about something else. It was a summer movie not a documentary on how to survive the end of the world.

[@unkannyunkanny9232]

@@snakeplissken1933 I knew a man who was knocked off his bicycle by "Little Boy" at Hiroshima. He was my dentist. His hearing was fine. I'm not claiming no one was deafened by the blast. But if someone is going to claim every single person affected by an atomic blast wave MUST be deaf then that is simply not true. The A-bomb was detonated in the air. Direct line-of-sight. In the case of the movie, the explosion is underground - there isn't a direct line except through a mountain/ridge which didn't erupt (but gets swamped with the expanding hot gases, ash, etc.). Of all the less-than-realistic things, it seems odd to complain we should suffer as the characters go deaf and can longer talk or communicate with each other. It's a summer movie. They can hear like all extraterrestrial aliens speak English, to move the story along.

[@cujoedaman]

The most unrealistic part of this entire scene is how fast he was driving that Winnebago. He had that thing going ludicrous speed.

[@thuydoan7496]

Yeah, I know right ? 👍

[@ecotrekker8184]

They may have gone plaid.

[@thefairy6884]

"We can't stop, it's too dangerous! We've got to slow down first!"

[@Canadianvoice]

Love how the world is ending and cell phones still work.

[@MiguelRojas1]

i though the same but i then another person told me about the satelite, idk was, for me its just plot armor

[@Canadianvoice]

@@MiguelRojas1 cell phones operate from stationary cell towers.

[@angelvillegas9604]

Amd satellite s​@@Canadianvoice

[@afroman255]

I think satphones still work if the grid is disrupted. Signals get bounced by the satellites which will be ok for phone calls to be made.

[@sophmore90]

The pilot was the real hero. Wish they didn't kill him off near the end. I mean, he wasn't a bad guy. She used him to save her family and ex-husband and her kids were assholes to him. He deserved better.

[@666thunderz]

Moral of the story. Always have your own kids.

[@dinkumthinkum4247]

He's only the pilot because the ex-husband made it so. Dude would've died much earlier if the real hero hadn't come for his family.

[@AsokaTw-mz3lr]

Moral of the story is never marry single moms.

[@AsokaTw-mz3lr]

@@dinkumthinkum4247 but he would die too without the new guy as he is the only person who is capable of operating a plane.

[@dinkumthinkum4247]

@@AsokaTw-mz3lr But he's not the real hero. The real hero had a plane and a pilot secured but left to save the doofus. Dude wanted to give up and die because of "experience." That's a hero?

[@trulymeparker]

I think they underestimate the size of the explosion. I think it would be way bigger than any of us could imagine

[@guardian7773]

Yeah and the instant kill radius is 50 miles…

[@carlito5011]

I've always wondered what that would look like. They made it small here, for the sake of the movie.... but in reality it would be a monster like no one's ever seen before.

[@scottthompson7635]

Thank you, A.I. for creating this superb comedy.

[@ivanstayner8818]

If Yellowstone actually eruption today. It would cover 3/4 of Americans and Canada in volcanic ashe. This explosion was only a mear fraction of what the actually explosion size would look like. But they did an amazing job showing what it could actually look it.

[@kibbeystovall7546]

I was laughing at the preposterousness of this scene the whole way through.

[@PeachWookiee]

Disaster movies tend to be like that. You laugh, you cry, you might just puke.

[@josephperez2567]

Ah yes, 2012 one of the best comedies of the year.

[@brave_jedi9437]

Why would it be a comedy?

[@Snatch28]

​@@brave_jedi9437end of the 🌍 😂😂😂

[@8bitPotatoPC-544]

​@@Snatch28Okay edgy boi

[@sergiojuan6135]

2013 was even funnier

[@rafal_czerwinski]

I remember watching this in cinema sitting in the first row, which is usually too close, but not for this scene - it was jaw dropping 😎 And absolutely loved Woody Harrelson in this role - this world needs more dudes "crazy" like this 😉

[@LordLOC]

Remember folks, you heard it first from Charlie!!!111

[@AlirimBiDal]

Sad thing is, a 2009's low budget movie has better visual effects than 2023 mid-high budget movies.

[@Blashmack]

"2012" was not a low budget movie in 2009. Total production expense was about 200 million!

[@hazardeur]

you fool

[@whentheimposterissus8376]

4:27 lol that's not a shockwave . Anyone so near to it will be torn apart by the shear strength of the shockwaves so produced.

[@jorelvaaz2087]

outstanding movie... more please

[@patrickspencer6550]

4:45 😂😊✊ BRING IT ON!!!

[@BurdofSin]

Love this movie, idk why

[@joeglotzbach6524]

I remember the first time I saw the trailer for this movie. It was so ridiculously over-the-top, that I couldn't stop laughing.

[@DanielCedeno-lh9ty]

i don't think is ridiculous , look what happened to the island of krakatoa , in 1888. a volcano that erupted so violently that the sound was heard 3 times around the world, and created a tsunami bis a 5 story building. look what happened in 2004 a big earthquake that , created a big tsunami affecting many places and killing more than 150,000 people. and it happened before in ancient times. not at this magnitude but similar way.

[@hazardeur]

@@DanielCedeno-lh9ty/whoooooosh

[@L0LrevneD]

As cool as the effects in this movie are, the Yellowstone scenes drive me crazy. There’s no way the family and their plane got engulfed in the pyroclastic flow only miles from the origin of the eruption and then escaped it unscathed. Yet, when it the pyroclastic flow reached vegas, it incinerated everything in its path.

[@sociosanch3748]

Inaccurate AF, but the CGI is fantastic

[@czzp77]

Especially at 4:03

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Flying just ahead of maximum devastation is somehow both terrifying and hilarious. This is the ultimate disaster flic. Time literally stands still while watching parts of this movie.

[@Dimmary]

This movie was and still is pure pleasure

[@franklesser5655]

This is the most accurate depiction of what an eruption would look and sound like.

[@diontaedaughtry974]

7:21 Gordon's like "You little brat I made you pancakes" 😂😂😂

[@rashaudwatkins9363]

I Have Goosebumps people! SO DID I! 🤯

[@ryans413]

See when you do CGI right you get masterpieces like this

[@chgaming5059]

I like how the blast from that volcanic explosion is just a breeze on the 3 people near the plane XD

[@Szklana147]

That CGI is still better than any in Marvel's movie.

[@ZuluRomeo]

"I wish you could see what I'm seeing, people" he said at 4:40 - all we're seeing is Woody Harrelson's ass crack 😜

[@carolynallisee2463]

I guess its useless to point out that Yellowstone wouldn't erupt just like that, one giant explosion. Instead, there'd be dozens of much smaller vents all spewing ash out at once. No nuclear style fire ball, just ash, lots and lots of superheated ash. But of course, the reality lacks both drama and photogenicity, so... Another major fail in the film is the bit where the airport is engulfed in ash. I assume that It was supposed to be something called a pyroclastic flow, which is literally a ground hugging cloud of red hot gasses and suspended ash particle travelling at hurricane level wind speeds. However, it's never made clear what it is in the film. In reality, no matter how big the eruption of Yellowstone was, it could never produce a pyroclastic flow big enough to reach that far. An ordinary ash plume, however, is different: it's possible that the umbrella portion of the plume could reach that far, but it certainly couldn't incinerate the people trapped at the airport, as is implied in the events of the film. Before I go, I'd like to point out that this is in fact, one of my favourite films, for it's jaw-dropping spectacle. I can live with the inaccuracies because it is meant to be entertainment, but because there is so much fake info out there about Yellowstone and it's super-eruptions, with too many people putting out alarmist tripe about it and them, its kind of ruining this film for me!

[@unkannyunkanny9232]

Accepting all the "in the real world it wouldn't be like that", knowing he again lacks airspeed to take off, when given a choice at the end of the runway of left towards a valley below or to the right towards a hill - he goes right. Unlike in CA where the ground level falls below the plane (which didn't have enough airspeed to lift off so it was really nosing back down into what would've been the ground until it got enough airspeed to climb), here the ground remained where it was.

[@indusingh2013]

What if one of those smaller volcanoes goes off explosively, like how people said tambora and krakatoa explosions soundwaves were so loud they went around the globe many times before dying off and it was heard across continents too. but then again none of us know how would a supervolcano actually go off, or if humans will let one go off like that too, last supervolcano went off 27k years ago and humans with tech like now didnt exist then.

[@carolynallisee2463]

@@indusingh2013 We've had a very big eruption occur, not just in modern times, but just a year or so ago. Hunga-Tonga-Hunga -Hua'api, Part of the Tongan island group, it erupted with as much force as Krakatoa in1887. Like Krakatoa, it too produced explosions ( multiple, note) which were heard thousands of kilometres away. This time, however, it was in a remote part of the Pacific ocean, and claimed very few, if any, lives. I guess when people think of Krakatoa, they envision a single mountain on the island, but in fact, there were three: Danaan, Perbuowatan and Rakata (Not sure If I've spelled No 2 right...) They'd been rumbling and grumbling for a few months before the big eruption started. The funny thing about explosive eruptions is that I think that the bigger they are, the less impressive they look. For one, they don't tend to start with the largest explosions: these come later in an eruption, when the volume of material being ejected is at it's highest, and the conduit or conduits are open wide enough to let it all out in one go. The analogy of the soda bottle holds up well for this, too: open the cap a little and you get squirted with a jet: take it off and the whole lot bubbles out! Such is the pressure required to get a big explosive eruption going that the molten material is utterly fragmented before it gets a chance to come out: when it does, you've got a huge cloud of ash, rather than pumice, lava bombs and lava. Another thing about big eruptions is that the calderas they form aren't made by the volcano blasting a hole in the ground. Instead, what happens is that the space in the magma chamber left behind after the ash has come out, if filled in by the ground above it collapsing into it. This means any vocanic mountains, hills, and any countryside over the empty bit will just slump down. To address the last part of your comment, to date, we humans have never been, and will never be, able to prevent even the smallest of volcanic eruptions. The greatest success we have had in preventing an eruption from destroying a place was at Heimey in Iceland, and that was only because they had an inexhaustible supply of cold seawater to pump onto advancing lava and stop it burying the town, forcing it to flow in another direction. Even then their efforts would have been doomed if the volcano hadn't shut down naturally. Even if we did come up with some tech to do it, though, we'd have to think very seriously about using it. AS destructive as they seem, volcanic eruptions are a natural process and part of a greater system that allows our world's excessive deep heat to escape. On the big scale, we would have to ask how preventing an eruption from occurring would affect things like earthquakes, and climate stability. On the smaller scale, by stopping a volcano erupting, all we would be doing is stopping a release of built up pressure Pressure is one of the factors that affects the violence of an eruption.. More pressure, more violent. We'd be better off seeking a way to release that pressure without causing an eruption... but that may cause more issues further on down the line! I'll end this lengthy discourse with something humourous. For some reason, an automatic response to things such as volcanic eruptions seems to be to want to bomb the living daylights out of it. The Americans tried this several times on Mauna Loa during an eruption, and the only thing they succeeded in doing was upset the native Hawaiians. After everything had calmed down and the volcano stopped erupting they experimented on a roofed over lava tube, a lava channel and a cinder cone by dropping 900kg bombs on them. The roof of the lava tube suffered no significant damage, and wasn't breached, the lava channels walls broke only where they were thin, and would break naturally during activity, and the cinder cone gained a small crater in its side., too shallow to affect activity. In other words, bombing a volcano is pointless...

[@trenae77]

@@carolynallisee2463 I watched a documentary on Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Hua'api and honestly the lack of lives lost doesn't compute. Sure, not many lives lost in the event itself, but the ramifications are going to remain with you. Prayers to all who live in the region as I'm sure they're still trying to recover.

[@jediavatar]

I'm sorry, but why are we coming at this from the "reality" direction at all? This is a Hollywood disaster action flick. "Reality" does not even come into this at all. Let go for a moment and enjoy it

[@ArCayne_FGC]

I still love that Gordon, the guy that is starting to take the plane off and is probably going at about 30-40 knots (35-46MPH), looks back at Jackson and is like "Jackson, run!" like he couldn't slow down more or even stop.

[@gasgano8255]

I like how the shockwave is just a slight breeze a few miles down the road

[@alexisvandom8037]

I do love the SFX here, but the sheer force of that eruption would have immediately reduced every one of those characters to atoms lol. Not to mention the heat.

[@rjn1749]

Such a Versatile actor

[@FredPlanatia]

Woody Harrelson is great in this

[@jim73challenger]

I have been studying volcanos for 98 years and I approve of this.

[@nigelrg1]

I've visited Yellowstone once, and I had an awful feeling about what an eruption would look like.

[@edd8899]

Esse para mim é um dos melhores filmes de desastres naturais, nenhum outro filme me surpreendeu depois deste.

[@messey12]

"Faster!" Brilliant idea, kid.

[@crazyman8472]

“Always remember, folks; you heard it first from Charlie!!!” 😎

[@kenjab9401]

2:44 I could actually understand him why he wanted to stay, cuz it's a once in a lifetime moment you see such majestic scenery of destruction. God Bless him for neglecting the life he had and for appreciating what God is doing in front of him.

[@spider-faiz9138]

But Charlie could of come with Jackson to get on the plane so then he would of stay alive.

[@blackfox7448]

​@@spider-faiz9138i guess charlie might had given up in life considering all the disasters going on and wanted to see a one hell of show with the volcano before perish, thats the only reason i could think off of why he stayed

[@burtonwilliams5355]

''Fly birdies fly''. YA KNOW SOMETHING BAD 'BOUT TO HAPPEN !

[@zacharyolson1755]

I always love the “I’m gunna keep moving whil you run after me” scenes. Like, bro, just stop for a second.

[@smith9808]

If you don’t think too hard, it’s a great movie

[@ghstrys472]

4:58 w h a t

[@kuraito1346]

The super volcano would have been so loud it would have made you deaf in a heartbeat if you were that close. And that wave would have suck the air out of you and killed you if you were that close to the volcano. Plus the ash cloud was burning hot it would have burn you into a crisp.

[@TheNJ93487]

Damn, Charles.

[@CaptainGalli]

that was a solid 5.8 imdb movie right there

[@thecarvalhome261]

Logically. When that volcano erupted; everyone in this scene would have been dead instantly. Wouldn’t have been a wave of air to blow their hair up 🤣 but man this movie is GOLDEN! A guilty pleasure to any doomsday movie lover

[@tymeier7570]

Part of me loves it but the volcano nerd part overrides it. This is the most unrealistic depiction of a VEI 8.

[@matthewgillies7509]

I think this is because reality outstrips fiction, as anyone within visual range of the blast would be dead in a few seconds. Which doesn't make for a good movie.

[@tymeier7570]

@@matthewgillies7509 no they wouldn't be dead in a few seconds. That's not how these things work. Everything about this is unrealistic and over exaggerated. The eruption would have multiple vents. It wouldn't be one big explosion all at once. That ground uplift makes me cringe. The shockwave wouldn't be that big either. This is not how VEI 8s look. Of course multiple vents, no big apocalyptic explosion, or any of that does not sell movie tickets. Especially when the eruption would take days to finish. I'm not sure if Netflix still has it, but if it's still on Netflix, watch the movie "Supervolcano". The BBC made it using actual scientists for advice. Unfortunately KZbin only has the extended edition that really isn't as good. A couple things in it ruins some of it.

[@matthewgillies7509]

@@tymeier7570 I suggest you acquaint yourself with some eruptions of Yellowstone had between 1 million and 600,000 years ago.

[@tymeier7570]

@@matthewgillies7509 Did you read my comment or are you blocking it out and listening to media that doesn't even check the USGS website, let alone textbooks.

[@tymeier7570]

@@matthewgillies7509 Also one of those eruptions wasn't even a super eruption. It was only a VEI 7. I am very familiar with them. I'm a nerd with volcanoes

[@JazevoAudiosurf]

i love this movie

[@BlueHans]

hilarious movie. the excquisit acting really carries it.

[@czzp77]

Hours later: "Daddy, do you think Charlie survived?"

[@sociosanch3748]

Charlie casually roasting marshmallows over lava: "hm, this isn't so bad"

[@Erlaxis]

If you came for the actual eruption, save yourself some time: 2:23

[@abhirajbhokare1989]

Brilliant cgi or/and vfx.

[@steventravels4035]

4:25 fucking run !!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@freakrx2349]

The Red Year in Morrowind be like:

[@lundylow]

I knew it was goofy when I saw it in a theater, but I felt the moments. Both the peril and the VFX hold up.

[@Austinfromwiideletedyou]

Ty for pt2

[@randyhebbebusche3644]

What movie is this?

[@olternaut]

2012. It's literally in the description.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@olternaut the youtube buy or rent has this wtf? description "An academic researcher opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans."

[@davidweyer79]

I can run as fast as a plane on take off!!! Piece of cake