Disaster flicks

[dfd3657]

After playing Earth Defence Force 2017 at my buddy's house, all the destruction and giant flying saucers made me want to watch Independence Day again. So, I went out and gave it a rent and remembered how much I love these disaster flicks. Anyway, I'm in the mood for some more explosions/devastation, so recommend away. Oh, and by the way, I'm confused at the amount of different DVDs of ID4 there are. Which is the best one to get? Stupid multiple releases of the same movie.

[Le_Big_Mac]

The Poisedon Adventure and The Towering Inferno (which I have yet to see myself) are the mothers of all modern disaster movies so they're always a good choice. Everything else is pretty much subpar:

The Day After Tomorrow
Twister
Supervolcano (a legitimate Discovery Channel movie)
The Core
Armageddon
Deep Impact

And they're not exactly disaster movies, but any Godzilla flick (or any affiliated Japanese monster movie) is filled with mass destruction.

[TheMazVolta]

Titanic
Dante's Peak
Volcano
Alive

Most Zombie flicks have that end of the world feel to them.

[Hatfield]

My favorite is The Poisedon Adventure...

not only is it a good disaster movie but there are characters you actually care about.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Le_Big_Mac
The Day After Tomorrow That's probably the worst possible choice.

I'd re-watch "Armageddon". It's cheesy, it's funny, it has Liv Tyler and lots of explosions.
Lots.

[ilovemovies]

My favs:

Titanic
The Perfect Storm
Twister
Armageddon
Outbreak

[Kings-Rook1]

If Independence Day left you wanting more check out Mars Attacks! (1996).

[Robot]

I have the Independence Day (Five Star Collection) dvd. It was one of the first dvd purchased I made back in 2000. The Independence Day (Limited Edition) dvd more than likely is a much cleaner transfer than the previous one, but the previous has more special features and it's transfer still holds up well. If you aren't interested in any of that, there's just a single disc dvd out there with no extras relatively cheap.

[MidnightAngel]

The Day After
The Towering Inferno
Hindengurg
Avalanche
Airport series
Daylight
Meteor

[dfd3657]

Originally posted by Kings-Rook1
If Independence Day left you wanting more check out Mars Attacks! (1996).

Hah. I love that movie. FYE has it for like 8 bucks. I really should buy it.

[dannywalker17]

Deep Impact is heads above the rest.

[Le_Big_Mac]

Originally posted by Hatfield
My favorite is The Poisedon Adventure...

not only is it a good disaster movie but there are characters you actually care about.

excluding the little brother...

[bigred760]

The Towering Inferno is freakin' awesome. Realistic story with great characters and one of the best casts ever assembled (McQueen and Newman - how can you go wrong?).

Armageddon, ID4 are also high in my book. Haven't seen The Poseidon Adventure, though I saw the remake last year, not bad . . . not good, but not bad.

[starcat]

even though i like armeggedon better, the last 30 minutes of deep impact is a disaster movie lovers paradise

also earthquake...might have even been a mini-series, but a good watch no matter what

[God of War]

I love the classic disaster movies - Earthquake, Towering Inferno, Posedion Adventure.

More modern favs with me are - Armageddon, ID4, The Core

[mrdeeds]

Originally posted by starcat
also earthquake...might have even been a mini-series, but a good watch no matter what

The only things I remember about Earthquake was Sean Connery and

** SPOILER ****









the sh*t spewing all over everybody in the sewer:D

[RandalGraves]

Twister
ID4
Day after Tomorrow
Earthquake
Dante's Peak
Perfect Storm
Poseidon
Towering Inferno

[McClane996]

Towering Inferno... love that movie...plus steve mcqueen and paul newman (my favorite actor) is in it.


armageddon i love too..cheesy but entertaining...and thats all that matters for that kind of film. bruce willis rules too.

[dfd3657]

I had a free rental at Blockbuster, and I haven't seen Armageddon since it first came out, so I decided to give it a rent. I forgot how much I love that damn movie. It's not the most believable movie, but I love Bruce Willis, and it's quite the thrill ride. Can't wait for Transformers.

[sarah1980]

Originally posted by bigred760
The Towering Inferno is freakin' awesome. Realistic story with great characters and one of the best casts ever assembled (McQueen and Newman - how can you go wrong?).


Poseidon Adventure
Armageddon
Dante's Peak
Twister
ID4
Day after Tomorrow
Earthquake
Perfect Storm
Poseidon

[movieme07]

My favorite disaster film is probably Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. I was just watching it on TV yesterday, it still gets me every time. The scene with Drew Carey's brother in the subway is just heartbreaking, and I wanted to cheer again when the sound get sucked out of the film as the volcano explodes, then suddenly pops back in as all those windows explode. I'm a sucker for it.

[Diapason]

INDEPENDENCE DAY (ID4)

That movie was a great time.