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one of my favorites
I love the blend of action, adventure, science and humor in this film. It doesn't matter how many times I watch it, I enjoy it every time!

It's a DISASTER movie, not "The Sun Also Rises!"
You know I was thinking there's that scene in "War of the Worlds," no, not Cruise-o-matic but the original with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, where three or four townspeople want to make friends with the alien monsters. Everyone in the theater knows they're about to be turned into ash. And they are. Now that's just moronic . . . . but it must work because it's in every disaster movie since they began. Let's make friends with the ebola carrying monkeys, with the raptors, with the great white sharks, with the blood thirsty natives. Doesn't matter.

But it plays into the "greedy businessman" genre that's so common in disaster flicks. It's like Mayor Murray Hamilton in Jaws, "let's let the kids play in the water with the 18 foot white because we need the concession business."

So it's really expected that the townspeople will get upset with Pierce Brosnan when he tells them, "bad news, life as you know it is going to change real soon." It's a formula story, reluctant love, boiled teenagers, some mercenary chopper pilots and obstinate geriatrics, and redemption of sorts. As one young reviewer said, it's a great volcano movie. But it ain't "War and Peace." 4 stars. Larry Scantlebury

This movie is great!!!!
This movie is a must have. It is a great movie.

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