# Recommend me a disaster movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737 "2017-10-13T16:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/21 "2017-10-13T22:01:08Z")
Battlefield earth is a disaster of a movie. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/22 "2017-10-13T22:15:32Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Battlefield earth is a disaster of a movie. Does that count? Well, if we’re going to include movies that ARE disasters, number one would have to be [At Long Last Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072665/), the worst movie ever made. Unfortunately, no one dies. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/23 "2017-10-13T22:35:04Z")
If you’re looking for something not cheesy, _[The Impossible](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649419/?ref_=nv_sr_1)_ is a movie made about the true story of a family vacationing in Thailand when the tsunami hit. StG ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/24 "2017-10-14T01:07:56Z")
There’s “9” if you’re into animated features, though I much prefer the short which begat it. I guess Disney’s “Dinosaur” would count, but I don’t remember liking it much. “Wall-E” was good, though. “Rock & Rule” takes place after humanity nuked itself out of existence. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/25 "2017-10-14T01:43:24Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Not exactly what you’re looking for, but if you want a laugh after all that, the new MST3K did 1978’s Roger Corman-produced **Avalanche** , starring Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow. It’s a genuinely awful movie, but great MST3K fodder. It’s on Netflix. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/26 "2017-10-14T02:32:03Z")
I guess you could consider Godzilla movies disaster movies…especially if you live in Tokyo. The latest in the series, _[Shin Godzilla](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4262980/)_ might be worth checking out. It has some impressive monster-destroying-city action but the movie really focuses on the bureaucratic nightmare of dealing with disaster. True to the climate of our times, both local and international politics get in the way of dealing with the _Kaiju_ attack. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/27 "2017-10-14T04:25:28Z")
I just heard an ad on a podcast for a new disaster movie called _Geostorm_, directed by the producer of _Independence Day_ (Dean Devlin). It’s not exactly replete with high quality talent, and I haven’t heard one word about it until today, but it should fit within your parameters. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/28 "2017-10-14T12:33:36Z")
What was that movie about the big boats they made over in China or in the Himalayas? I thought that was a pretty good at an apocalyptic movie-how is Earthquake? Isnt that a “local” event? Course I dont remember what happens in it This genre is another of my favorites ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/29 "2017-10-16T00:50:11Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The latest in the series, _[Shin Godzilla](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4262980/)_ might be worth checking out. It has some impressive monster-destroying-city action but the movie really focuses on the bureaucratic nightmare of dealing with disaster. I’m curious, did you actually watch it? While it’s _possible_ it’s compelling if one is fluent in Japanese, something is definitely lost in translation. I would describe it as a long series of very dry meetings in which nothing really happens, with a few brief scenes of Godzilla smashing stuff tossed in every 20 minutes or so. Man, that was a tedious movie. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/30 "2017-10-16T00:56:00Z")
I think some classics are worth seeing again - like the Towering Inferno and The Posidon Adventure. I enjoyed Volcano. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/31 "2017-10-16T01:12:29Z")
[quote=“Dropo, post:17, topic:798737”] As an “appetizer,” you might consider going old old school with _Deluge_ (1933) or _San Francisco_ (1936), both of which contain outstanding sequences of mass destruction. Or you could just watch the highlights: [/QUOTE] that second one looks very good and FYI, Supervolcano can be watched free on youtube. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/32 "2017-10-16T01:22:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I would also welcome suggestions regarding appropriate snacks Something eaten straight out of a can. You can even get two similarly sized cans and tear the labels off before picking one at random. It’s not necessarily a good snack but it sets the mood. A can of fish steaks, sardines, etc and some of that canned spray orange vaguely cheese like substance. Both will survive the apocalypse. Eat them together on crackers. It’s a personal “what do I still have left in the middle of nowhere to eat” story that became a tradition. If it were a zombie apocalypse request I would say combine Zombieland and twinkies. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/33 "2017-10-16T01:51:43Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > Something eaten straight out of a can. You can even get two similarly sized cans and tear the labels off before picking one at random. It’s not necessarily a good snack but it sets the mood. > > A can of fish steaks, sardines, etc and some of that canned spray orange vaguely cheese like substance. Both will survive the apocalypse. Eat them together on crackers. It’s a personal “what do I still have left in the middle of nowhere to eat” story that became a tradition. > > If it were a zombie apocalypse request I would say combine Zombieland and twinkies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/34 "2017-10-16T01:59:39Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I’m curious, did you actually watch it? While it’s _possible_ it’s compelling if one is fluent in Japanese, something is definitely lost in translation. I would describe it as a long series of very dry meetings in which nothing really happens, with a few brief scenes of Godzilla smashing stuff tossed in every 20 minutes or so. Man, that was a tedious movie. I did watch it. Twice. I understand the criticism–there were a lot of dry meeting scenes but I enjoyed the movie all the same. By the way, if anyone does decide to watch Shin Godzilla, take a close look at the end scene when the shot lingers on the tip of the monter’s tail. Very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/35 "2017-10-16T02:30:55Z")
Dante’s Peak was a lotta fun. Plus, Linda Hamilton. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737/36 "2017-10-16T13:47:27Z")
I don’t think anyone has suggested _Interstellar_, which I quite enjoyed. It’s not your typical disaster movie, but much if it takes place in a somewhat dystopian future. Great SciFi, but if you’re not a fan of that genre, you might not like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-disaster-movie/798737.md?page=1)