Archive for March, 2009

  • Deep Impact is "the other asteroid movie" of 1998, even though it was released before Armageddon. Sporting a smaller budget and a bigger cast, it is the more restrained of the two, though not necessarily a hugely superior picture. Personally, I do like this one better, even though it is severely underdeveloped in the disaster scene department.

    Deep Impact (1998)

    Posted on 2009/03/22 | 4 Comments
    Deep Impact is "the other asteroid movie" of 1998, even though it was released before Armageddon. Sporting a smaller budget and a bigger cast, it is the more restrained of the two, though not necessarily a hugely superior picture. Personally, I do like this one better, even though it is severely underdeveloped in the disaster scene department.

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  • Among newer disaster movies, Armageddon is one of the best known. You've most likely seen it. A big hit at the box-office, this Jerry Bruckheimer production, helmed by Michael Bay, certainly doesn't score many points for subtlety or realism. Nor is it very successful as a disaster movie.

    Armageddon (1998)

    Posted on 2009/03/22 | No Comments
    Among newer disaster movies, Armageddon is one of the best known. You've most likely seen it. A big hit at the box-office, this Jerry Bruckheimer production, helmed by Michael Bay, certainly doesn't score many points for subtlety or realism. Nor is it very successful as a disaster movie.

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  • Snakes on a Plane was massively hyped before its arrival, mainly due to its funny title. Having finally seen it, I'm kind of glad that I didn't spend a bunch of money on seeing it in the cinema, since the actual movie is nowhere nere as fun as it ought to be.

    Snakes on a Plane (2006)

    Posted on 2009/03/07 | No Comments
    Snakes on a Plane was massively hyped before its arrival, mainly due to its funny title. Having finally seen it, I'm kind of glad that I didn't spend a bunch of money on seeing it in the cinema, since the actual movie is nowhere nere as fun as it ought to be.

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  • How about a bona fide Oscar winner? When Worlds Collide, produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph Maté, who also made the classic noir D.O.A., won the special effects category at the 1952 Academy Awards. And there's no doubt that the miniature work featured in the film's climactic catastrophe sequence is the absolute highlight of this minor sci-fi classic.

    When Worlds Collide (1951)

    Posted on 2009/03/07 | 2 Comments
    How about a bona fide Oscar winner? When Worlds Collide, produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph Maté, who also made the classic noir D.O.A., won the special effects category at the 1952 Academy Awards. And there's no doubt that the miniature work featured in the film's climactic catastrophe sequence is the absolute highlight of this minor sci-fi classic.

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  • Produced by Lost mastermind J.J. Abrams, and massively hyped before its arrival, Cloverfield is presented as found footage (retrieved from what was

    Cloverfield (2008)

    Posted on 2009/03/07 | 2 Comments
    Produced by Lost mastermind J.J. Abrams, and massively hyped before its arrival, Cloverfield is presented as found footage (retrieved from what was "previously known as Central Park"). As a modernisation of the disaster movie genre, it is interesting and thrilling, with quite a bit of spectacular destruction going on.

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  • Destination: Infestation is a Canadian made-for-TV ripoff of Snakes on a Plane, but with ants. It's stupid. It's crap. It's fun if you're drunk or just in the mood for something ridiculous.

    Destination: Infestation (2007)

    Posted on 2009/03/07 | No Comments
    Destination: Infestation is a Canadian made-for-TV ripoff of Snakes on a Plane, but with ants. It's stupid. It's crap. It's fun if you're drunk or just in the mood for something ridiculous.

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