The Reel Rejects - DANTE'S PEAK (1997) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!!

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Starting point is 00:01:30 all right we're going to get into this movie guys in three two one let's go wow is there a mid and post crap i'm just kidding i forget movies just to like just wrap up like all right we did the thing let's get out of here did the thing did the thing if you like doing the thing give us five stars on apple and spotify or we have discussions, yes, yes, listen to us on your drive while you're making breakfast while you're having marital disputes, all the above. We just walked Dante's Peak. Andrew.

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Starting point is 00:02:36 Aaron, Aaron, Aaron. Andro. I actually, you know what? As disaster films go, I enjoyed it. I like the characters a lot in this specifically. Here's Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. I like their chemistry. I also liked, you know, kind of what the tragic opening that we got.

Starting point is 00:02:57 When I say I like it, I didn't like that. But I mean, I like how they set up the character in terms of, okay, it's a very resourceful character. He's, he's, he's experienced when it comes to volcanoes, also being in the situation. So that later on in the film, when he's in this crazy situation, it's like, okay, he's cool as a cucumber for a reason because this is kind of like every day that ends in a Y for him. But I mean, yeah, no, exactly. It's just, it's, you know, it's work day for. for him. But, you know, they said that up nice, but also, too, it's the relationship he has with Linda Hamilton. You know, he wanted to have a family. He got robbed of that because of what

Starting point is 00:03:36 happened with the volcanic rock or whatever coming through the roof of his car in the very beginning. Whereas Linda Hamilton, she does have a family and her husband abandoned them. And I think it's very terrible, obviously, you know, and again, I've never, I've never had a wife and kids. I don't know what that feeling is. I don't know the pressure. I'm not defending the man, so I don't know how he felt, but obviously not a cool decision. to make. Not a cool guy. But the point I'm making is I like how they found, you know,

Starting point is 00:04:03 it was very cathartic for both of the characters finding each other and, you know, the experiences that they've had in the past and, you know, it was kind of intertwined fate, if you will, like, obviously a shitty situation would have been nice if they just would have met, obviously we don't have a movie then, but it would have been nice if they would have met under better circumstances. But the fact that they did, you know, have a love, you know, in such a dire situation and they became a family like it actually was very endearing for me you know and you know with a disaster film you know most of the time it's like I just want to see the disaster

Starting point is 00:04:34 which again was really well done for 1997 I thought most of the stuff was good yet some rear projection shots a little outdated but which is fine it's 1997 I don't judge the movie on that but again the reason I actually was invested in those action sequences is because me personally I don't know how you felt I mean I will get to you in one second I promise but I actually gave a shit about these characters at least Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton and the kids. They weren't irritating me. I actually cared about these characters.

Starting point is 00:05:01 Aaron, your thoughts. I hated it. We're having fun. We're having fun. Just kidding. It was a good time. It was a really entertaining movie. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:05:10 You know, we watched a lot of movies here. Do you know? I don't, no, I think I might have an inclination that we may. We may not watch enough. But no, I also enjoy the movie. I think the action was really strong. I was never bored watching it. I was very entertained.

Starting point is 00:05:27 through and through. This is definitely one of the stronger universal pictures that we've watched on this channel and just in life. You know, I understand why they cast Pierce Brosons. He has a very calming, confident presence. And I believed him in this role. You know, he seemed like a very intelligent guy. And I believed all of the other characters as well.

Starting point is 00:05:51 I liked the supporting team. I liked Linda Hamilton and her as a mom slash mayor slash business. owner slash newscaster it was cool it was a lot uh i thought all the destruction the way they were able to pull that off impressive yeah yeah it was very very impressive and you really bought into the stakes of what it would be like to actually have volcano uh enter your town and it was awful and entertaining and scary and watching them go through these different decisions and then the consequences of those decisions and then having them get out of those decisions was also kept me on the edge of my seat.

Starting point is 00:06:32 It was like, ah, it was nail biting. It was hair pulling stress levels. And I just thought it was very, very well done. Yeah, no. The music was good. We stand all the Dutch angles, you know, we're taking a lot of shots. Not enough, not enough Dutch angles. Besides the Dutch angles, though, I did like the cinematography in the film.

Starting point is 00:06:54 There was cool. Again, I'm not a cinematographer. I don't know a lot about camera angles and all that I would have just my personal suggestion I would have said maybe just a little less and again I love touch angles I really do my whole thing is less is more with Dutch angles

Starting point is 00:07:10 because it's more noticeable the more times you do it watch Thor the first one which I love that movie by the way There's a lot of Dutch angles in that movie and when you notice it you'll notice how many times that they do but if you only do it a few times very sporadically

Starting point is 00:07:26 you don't notice it. And it can be very effective shot. A little sprinkle. Yeah, exactly. But I loved a lot of the starting in close-up shot, panning back, staying in on long shot. Like, those are not easy shots. And to frame the scene that way, I appreciated that kind of cinematography. So I know we kind of harped him making a little fun of all the Dutch angles.

Starting point is 00:07:46 It was just more out of fun, like just making fun of it kind of thing. But I actually really appreciate the cinematography. And some of the shots were like they actually, whether it be a visual CGI shot, because obviously there were no drones back in 97, none that they were using in film at least. And also, too, it's either a crazy visual CGI shot that they're coming in on the mountaintop and it's like really shows you the scope of the film or it's either, you know, they're on a helicopter really doing that shot. I appreciate cinematography like that. They're getting their hands dirty.

Starting point is 00:08:16 I also thought, too, this film did a really good job of grounding us in kind of the bureaucracy of what happens in these types of situations. like you have Pierce Brosnan like yes he's volcano racist and he's got that gut feeling and all that stuff obviously he found the two bodies he found the squirrels and like his his Pierce Brosnan tingle was going off totally understandable and obviously he's got traumatic you know things going on in the past when it comes to volcanoes yeah but again I and I again I'm not defending the Paul the the main the guy his boss I'm not defending him I do understand even though it was pissing us off because we're the audience. We get to see everything that they don't. I do understand where he was coming from. When it's like, dude, like, I will call a panic.

Starting point is 00:09:03 We need the proof if I'm going to do that. I'm not trying to get people killed. So, like, I didn't think he was a vindictive dickhead is what I'm trying to say, Pierce Broson's boss. I just think he was just not doing a good job. His job. But again, he didn't have the proof that they needed to call that panic. And once they got the proof, he immediately went to action. And I do like that the character did acknowledge, hey, I was, I mean, it doesn't fix the situation. It doesn't help in that case. But I do appreciate, you know, I don't know if that gives him redemption or anything, but I do appreciate that he said, hey, I was wrong. You were right. I'm so sorry. So again, he's not a vindictive piece of crap. It's just he didn't do his job well enough. But again, I understand

Starting point is 00:09:41 where he was coming from in terms of I need the proof if I'm going to evacuate a town of 7,400 or whatever it is. Yeah, but I thought you should just trust Pierce Brasen, the amount of things that he's seen in the places right i agree with that too i yeah you're you're trying to air on the side of caution you don't want to cause unnecessary panic yeah i understand it from that perspective i don't agree with it but you know we have to have some semblance of conflict for the movie to happen yeah of course if it's gonna be that it's gonna be frustrating and then it's it's it's not satisfying to see him right but it's like well yeah you got to listen to the main character because he's the guy who knows what he's doing and also

Starting point is 00:10:23 Shout out to Grandma. Grandma was... That was a very heroic. It was very heroic and it was very sad to see her die. And yeah, she just loved her grandkids so much. I love the fact that this family loved each other so much and they were willing to go out and risked their lives for one another. I thought that was very admirable. I'm sure there's people out there to say, what the hell was Grandma doing?

Starting point is 00:10:42 You got this mountain exploding. Why is she still staying in the house? I agree with that, by the way. I'm not disagreeing with that. They did a good job, though, of painting the picture. like when they showed that picture of her with her son and her husband like this. Yeah and again

Starting point is 00:10:56 like she I don't know how much longer she had in life. I mean she was she didn't look like she was way too old. She probably in there like. Yeah no no no no for sure but like she's lived most of her life and like this house has so much sentimental value and meaning to her that like I'm not gonna leave in

Starting point is 00:11:13 like until like it was literally lava filled is when she left it. Um but I do like that heroic act that I didn't want it to happen but it was a nice, um, moment for her character, even though, like, if she would have just left there at the appropriate time, they wouldn't have had to go there. But again, events have to have to unfold so that we can have a film. So understandable. But again, they gave her a good reason for staying there as long as she did because of how much the house meant to her and the memories that she cherished

Starting point is 00:11:40 with her husband and her deadbeat of a son. So I get that. I agree. So should we read some trivia? Yes, boy. First of all, let's play the guessing game. At a What do you think the average rating on IMDB was for this film at a 10? Can we do Rotten Tomatoes too? Sure. Guys, we play this game at home where we guess the Rotten Tomato scores of movies, both for critics and audiences. So we can like, next review, we can like switch off.

Starting point is 00:12:06 Yeah, and I'm always off on the Run. He's always off by one. We do this at home all the time. He's very good at the game. He's always off by one. Okay, so let's do Rotten Tomatoes first. Okay, Rotten Tomatoes. Tomatoes.

Starting point is 00:12:18 Tomato meter for critics and tomato meter for fans. Okay, you can show them because I can't see. on the camera okay oh i'm going to guess i'm going to guess 80 no no no i'm going to guess 74 this is critics of what critics critics critics 74 yes lower 69 lower 60 lower 60 lower really 55 lower no dude are you serious 50 lower no no way way Siebel, oh, no, Siskel and Iber, dude. What the hell? 30.

Starting point is 00:12:58 Bingo. On the money? That's insane. Okay, 74 for audiences. Lower. No, people hated it. 52? Lower.

Starting point is 00:13:13 No, dude, what? Okay. 40? Lower. 30? High. higher 35 higher 39 lower 38 yo they don't like this one this is one I disagree with on both this was fun we're having fun we're having fun but I actually do disagree on this one with that

Starting point is 00:13:39 those scores but against subjective but what's your IMDB rating out of 10 and with those scores I'm going to get it's 5.5. Higher. 6.9? Lower. 6.6. Lower. 6.

Starting point is 00:13:56 Even? Yeah. Bingo. All righty. You ready for some trivia? Ready for some trivia? I'm shocked. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:14:03 No. The Rotten Tomatoes one. The IMDB one, I can understand that score, but the Rotten Tomatoes are, wow, a little shocking. Cast and crew of this movie found themselves in a distribution race with the 20th Century Fox. with 20th Century Fox, rather, which was producing the film Volcano in 1997 at the time due to a sped-up production schedule. The movie reached theaters almost three months earlier than Volcano and had better box office success. I believe, yeah, Volcano, it's the Tommy Lee Jones film, right? Yeah, it is.

Starting point is 00:14:32 You know, it's interesting. A lot of these disaster movies, a lot of them came in pairs. And what I mean by that, so, like, 96, you had Mars attacks and Independence Day. I still haven't seen Mars Attacks. I won't watch it so bad. Oh, that's, yeah, that'd be a good one for you. But, and then in, what do you have? In 98, you have Armageddon Deep Impact.

Starting point is 00:14:50 It's like you always have these movies. And now this year, 97, you have Dante's Peak and Volcano. Oh, wow. You always have these pairs coming out with these disaster movies. It's interesting how they had that. And like from 96 to 98. That's a trip. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:15:04 Like all these two just like, well, our turn to have one. We've got to find out what's the better one? The volcanic ash was really, the volcanic ash was really fine newspaper shaving. Oh, that's a lot of newspapers. Yeah, seriously. Especially when it's covering the town like that? All crater scenes were shot at Mount St. Helens, Helens. Helens.

Starting point is 00:15:26 Helena? Helens. Helens. I think they said it in the movie. Yeah. Most of the film's exteriors were shot in Wallace, Idaho. Dante's Peak and surrounding scenery were then digitally added. Ah.

Starting point is 00:15:40 A great many special effects in this movie were practically special effects using real-world models or full-size properties and vehicles. That's what I thought. That makes sense. Look pretty good. At around the 35-minute mark, the shirt Greg wears on the first day of observing Dante's Peak is a graph showing the eruptions of the Cascade volcanoes in the past 4,000 years.

Starting point is 00:16:00 Okay. At around the 17-minute mark, according to director Roger Donaldson on the DVD commentary, the camera Pierce Brosnan uses when he first investigates the volcano surroundings is Pierce Brosnan's own camera. Hmm. Amazing. Interesting. The dog that played Ruffy were wolf hybrids, part wolf and part

Starting point is 00:16:22 Airdale Terrier. Cool. Charles Callahan passed away from a heart attack on November 25th, 1997, nine months after the release of Dante's Peak. During that time, he was able to complete six other projects for TV and film. He was best known as the grotesque, scampering crab-like head victim of the alien monster in the thing. That's this guy.

Starting point is 00:16:44 he passed away nine months after the film is that what it is nine months or yeah in November 1997 he passed yeah Roger Donaldson the director was attached was attracted to the project having once been a geology student himself I'm just looking for anything that has

Starting point is 00:17:04 Robocop in it because I know those sounds I'm telling you those sounds the only the only time Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton worked together they became friends after they finished work on the film. How good a friends. I know he's been married for years years. The most part of their inner shots in halls and rooms

Starting point is 00:17:22 are filmed in Dutch angle. No. You don't say. I couldn't tell. It's a technique where the camera is rotated between 25 and 45 grades. Respect the horizon and a side or another for giving a sensation of uncomfortability or

Starting point is 00:17:37 restlessness. Well, they should have done it more. Michael Douglas was originally set to play the lead Which Michael Douglas We're talking about Michael Douglas Or Michael Keaton Douglas I know he changed his name recently To go by that

Starting point is 00:17:52 I've always known that by the way I have I have yeah Roger Donaldson had not met Pierce Brosnan before making this movie He had seen Brosnan play James Bond And Golden Eye A film he needs to watch

Starting point is 00:18:07 And the two got to know each other Before filming on this movie commenced awesome cicaronian cheese Kurt Russell was once considered for the role of Harry Dalton

Starting point is 00:18:16 I could totally see him playing that role I think Pierce Brosnan was great but I could totally see him playing where is it a roboca

Starting point is 00:18:22 something for the Robocop we use Google the Robocop thing when Paul falls into the water you hear the Will home screen that we knew the second collaboration between Roger Donaldson

Starting point is 00:18:31 and cinematographer I always mispronounce the one I told you directed exit wounds Doom and Romeo Mastine and Crayal the grave Andre Barth

Starting point is 00:18:40 We, oh, we, I don't know, sorry. Sorry, I miss Brown, so you guys know me. Pierce Brasen's character name is Harry Dalton. Timothy Dalton played James Bond before Brazen. Oh, I should have said that during the reaction. I caught the Dalton thing. I just kind of remember which Bond was. I am so mad at myself.

Starting point is 00:18:55 Yeah, he was, uh, he was James Bond in the living daylights and license to kill, I believe, 1987, 1989. Your favorite two James Bond films. Yeah. Um, I know him so well. When the lava, when the volcanic lava begins to destroy. the mountain cabin everyone runs to get onto a small boat the first time the scene was filmed the boat actually sank jamey rene smith could not swim in pierce brosnan held her until a crew member pulled her from the water that reminds me this is not a spoiler from the film i wouldn't do it

Starting point is 00:19:27 because you haven't seen it from the 1975 classic which is one of my top five favorite films known as jaws the boat actually it's not i'm not spoiling the movie it's something you anyway it's something that's something that actually happened i'm sure most you know like the boat that they were on in the second half of the film actually sank in real life and then the camera the crew and all them are like

Starting point is 00:19:48 like save the sound department at the actors wow yeah it's so funny well I guess depends on your perspective I wasn't there so I think it's funny at around one hour and 28 minutes Pierce Brosnan said in a press interview

Starting point is 00:20:03 shortly after the film's release that he could practice shouting the that he practiced shouting the line and I quote, it's a pyroclastic cloud. It's a pyroclastic cloud. It's a pyroclastic cloud. It's a pyroclastic cloud. It's a pyroclastic cloud.

Starting point is 00:20:19 It's a pyroclastic cloud. In front of a mirror for six days prior to shooting the scene. Bronson stated, it is the movie's key emotional scene, and I needed to get that enunciation just right. That's acting. Good on you. Good on you. Good on you.

Starting point is 00:20:34 Just looking. One more. Just seeing if there's a, you know what. One more time. I don't think we're going to find it. No, I'm not. But there's an interesting one here at 57 minutes. The parked school bus that is crushed by the falling church steeple says,

Starting point is 00:20:50 Heard County School District on the side, a nod to producer Gail Ann Hurd. I did not see the Hurd part or I would have pointed that one out. Aaron's favorite producer that he didn't know about. My favorite one of all time. One, one. Okay, guys, thank you so much for checking us out. It's been fun. Until the next time, you guys.

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The Reel Rejects - DANTE'S PEAK (1997) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!!

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