Sentences with phrase «form of a disaster movie»

Adapted from the first book in Rick Yancey's 2013 - 2016 trilogy, The 5th Wave opens with a bit of post-apocalypticism, then journeys back to normal times, then takes on the form of a disaster movie to explain this apocalypse.

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Half the pleasure of giant - monster movies is allowing our suspension of disbelief to buckle like a bridge in Godzilla's path, and true to form, the film saves a few gonzo twists (including one especially outlandish bonus mutation) for the grand finale — an extended set - piece in which the three creatures converge on Chicago, which has typically gotten off easy where natural disasters are concerned.

You've got your Volcano and Dante's Peak, you've got Deep Impact and Armageddon, and for those of you who don't see Disaster Movies as the be-all end - all of the cinematic form you've got Capote and Infamous... in which that southern writer was tossed at New York Society like a killer meteorite from outer space.

It's of the «ignorant scientists foolishly unleash something that they don't understand» school and takes its cues most obviously from Alien, but also the «disaster movie in space» formula of Gravity and even a hint of Predator in its handling of the hostile alien life form.