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Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dante's Peak |
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Dr. Harry Dalton is sent to a small town near the volcano of Dante's Peak, which has been inactive for many years. However, there is new evidence that it will erupt. Dalton must save the town, especially his newfound "girlfriend", Mayor Rachel Wando.
--Eugene Kim, Resident Scholar
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A Vulcano is threatning an city, but no one believes Pierce Brosnan that it will... Untill it happens
--Knut Ragnar H. Bakke, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 25%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- volcano
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- scientific labs
- building
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 ()
Unusual forms of death
- boiling
- frying (cooking)
- crushed
- flamed
- drowned
- biohazard/virus
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
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