Dante's Peak: Difference between revisions

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Set in [[The Other Rainforest|the Pacific Northwest]], ''Dante's Peak'' is a movie about a volcano named, obviously, Dante's Peak. At its foot is a town, also named Dante's Peak.

Vulcanologist [[Ignored Expert|Dr. Harry Dalton]] (Pierce Brosnan) is sent to the area to check out the volcano; after a few incidents involving char-boiled skinny dippers and some flirtation with Mayor Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), he tries to send the town on alert. Unfortunately, he is [[We Need to Get Proof|shut down by his superior]]. The town [[Tempting Fate|happens]] to be second place in the 'most desirable small town to live in the US' list, and they don't want any "crazy" accusations scaring away the tourists, which the town's economy depends on. Besides, there's [[Million to One Chance|a million to one chance]] that it could go off. [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong|What could happen]]?

Vulcanologist [[Ignored Expert|Dr. Harry Dalton]] (Pierce Brosnan) is sent to the area to check out the volcano; after a few incidents involving char-boiled skinny dippers and some flirtation with Mayor Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), he tries to send the town on alert. Unfortunately, he is [[We Need to Get Proof|shut down by his superior]]. The town [[Tempting Fate|happens]] to be second place in the 'most desirable small town to live in the US' list, and they don't want any "crazy" accusations scaring away the tourists, which the town's economy depends on. Besides, there's [[Million-to-One Chance|a million to one chance]] that it could go off. [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What could happen]]?

[[Chekhov's Volcano|Surprising no one, it erupts]].

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* [[Chekhov's Volcano]]

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The E.L.F. global tracking device, the mineshaft.

* [[Convection Schmonvection]]: Dr. Dalton manages to drive a car over a flow of magma and manages only to melt the tyres, and lava flows into the living room of a log cabin and only catches the immediate area on fire. The commentary on the DVD says the lava-crossing sequence was mosty done for real. [[Big What|WHAT?]]

* [[Convection Schmonvection]]: Dr. Dalton manages to drive a car over a flow of magma and manages only to melt the tyres, and lava flows into the living room of a log cabin and only catches the immediate area on fire. The commentary on the DVD says the lava-crossing sequence was mosty done for real. [[Big "What?"|WHAT?]]

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: The Wando children's father left Rachel and them. Ruth, his mother, holds Rachel responsible for that, and their relationship is adversarial as a result.

* [[Disaster Movie]]

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* [[Hellish Copter]]: The helicopter pilot attempts to take off in the middle of the ash storm, [[Cassandra Truth|despite being warned about what a bad idea this was]]. The ash is ingested into the turbines, the engines seize, and the chopper crashes to the ground.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Ruth.}} Cracked [http://www.cracked.com/article_18838_the-5-most-easily-avoidable-movie-deaths_p2.html points out] some major flaws in the logic of this.

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy]]: Now we know what [[Remington Steele]] and [[Terminator|Sarah Connor]] like to do in their spare time...

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Now we know what [[Remington Steele]] and [[Terminator|Sarah Connor]] like to do in their spare time...

* [[Hollywood Science]]: Although it's known for being scientifically sound, it's still an action movie.

** Volcanic ash should have all the main characters either dead or dying because it's incredibly fine and will get into their lungs and kill them. But seeing as this is just a disaster movie, this is excusable.

* [[Ignored Expert]]: Dr. Dalton, although the movie does subvert how the trope is usually played - Dr. Dalton ''doesn't'' have enough conclusive evidence, and the economy of the town could be ruined if he was wrong. The second Dr. Dalton finds concrete proof, it's immediately taken seriously; the town was in the middle of a town meeting discussing the evacuation plan when the volcano started erupting.

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Oh like you ''really'' believed the kids or the dog would die. On the other hand, this movie did give {{spoiler|grandma}} third-degree burns...

* [[~~Its~~ Personal]]: Dr. Dalton's first warnings aren't taken wholly seriously because he's a bit too tightly wound, thanks to losing his fiancée in an eruption.

* [[It's Personal]]: Dr. Dalton's first warnings aren't taken wholly seriously because he's a bit too tightly wound, thanks to losing his fiancée in an eruption.

* [[The Lab Rat]]: The USGS guys.

* [[Laser Guided Karma]]: The helicopter pilot tries to "negotiate" his contract when one of the USGS crew needs an emergency airlift. Later, the helicopter pilot tries to fly off to save his own skin but crashes when the ash clogs his engines.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: The helicopter pilot tries to "negotiate" his contract when one of the USGS crew needs an emergency airlift. Later, the helicopter pilot tries to fly off to save his own skin but crashes when the ash clogs his engines.

** Not just trying to save his own skin, he was taking a large payoff from some corporate big-shot to fly him out of there.

* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: "Coffee! Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee! Cappu-'''cci'''-no!"