History YMMV / Volcano

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Tommy Lee Jones, Don Cheadle, Keith David and John Carroll Lynch do put out very good performances despite how flawed the movie is.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Tommy Lee Jones, Don Cheadle, Keith David and John Carroll Lynch give it a full 110 percent despite how flawed the movie is.

* DesignatedVillain: Stan Olber. He’s made out to be out the bad guy due to the fact he proceeds with the subway trains remaining on schedule despite the warnings from both Roark and Amy that something suspicious is brewing but he was in his right to keep the trains on schedule and also because MTA doesn’t answer to the city of Los Angeles but despite the reasons he’s seen as the enemy even though his actions later on in the film makes him anything but the bad guy.

* DesignatedVillain: Stan Olber. He’s made out to be out the bad guy due to the fact he proceeds with the subway trains remaining on schedule despite the warnings from both Roark and Amy that something suspicious is brewing at MacArthur Park but he was in his right to keep the trains on schedule and also because MTA doesn’t answer to the city of Los Angeles but despite the reasons he’s seen as the enemy even though his actions later on in the film makes him anything but the bad guy.

* DesignatedVillain: Stan Olber. He’s made out to be out the bad guy but he was in his right to keep the trains on schedule and also because MTA doesn’t answer to the city of Los Angeles but despite the reasons he’s seen as the enemy even though his actions later on in the film makes him anything but the enemy.

* DesignatedVillain: Stan Olber. He’s made out to be out the bad guy but he was in his right to keep the trains on schedule and also because MTA doesn’t answer to the city of Los Angeles but despite the reasons he’s seen the enemy even though his actions later on in the film makes him anything but a villain.

** A homeless guy falling to sleep near the approaching lava flow on Wilshire, covered in fallen ash. Only Roark and Amy notice him and get him out before he meets a very unpleasant death. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Although it could possibly be that said homeless man was knocked unconscious by volcanic gas, rather than simply thinking that an approaching lava flow is a good place for beddy-byes.]]
** Roark and Amy also gets one as well as one of the palm trees fall in front of them as they are carrying the homeless man to safety, trapping them between the burning tree and the bus. It shows that there was a little bit of space for them to squeeze between the bus and the tree but Roark calls for one of the firemen to lower the ladder on his truck to pull him, Amy and the homeless out of danger but the firemen can’t pull them in due to the homeless man’s weight putting to much pressure on the ladder and he has to swing them over the EXTREMELY hot ass lava to safety and which the ladder gives out but thankfully it gives out on the other side of the street that isn’t covered in lava.

** A homeless guy falling to sleep near the approaching lava flow on Wilshire, covered in fallen ash. Only Roark and Amy notice him and get him out before he meets a very unpleasant death.[[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Although it could possibly be that said homeless man was knocked unconscious by volcanic gas, rather than simply thinking that an approaching lava flow is a good place for beddy-byes.]]

** A homeless guy falling to sleep near the approaching lava flow on Wilshire, covered in fallen ash. Only Roark and Amy notice him and get him out before he meets a very unpleasant death.
[[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Although it could possibly be that said homeless man was knocked unconscious by volcanic gas, rather than simply thinking that an approaching lava flow is a good place for beddy-byes.]]

** A homeless guy tries to sleep next to an approaching pool of coming lava, covered in falling ash. Only the main characters notice and try to get him out of there despite him being right in front of everyone.

** Averted with Stan. Even though he did put off Roark and Amy’s warnings that something was off but when shit does hit the the fan, he’s one of the few characters who takes the situation seriously and is the ONLY one besides Amy and the other scientists to know what lava is considering he urges everyone to quickly get off the train when he sees the flow making its way towards the derailed train.

** Averted with Stan. Even though he did put off Roark and Amy’s warnings that something was off but when shit does hit the the fan, he’s one of the few characters who takes the situation seriously and is the ONLY one besides Amy and the other scientists to know what lava is considering he urges everyone to quickly get off the train when he sees the flow making its way towards the derailed train.

** The LAPD and LAFD using a ''bus'' in the hopes that it will deflect the advancing lava flow. Even if this had any chance of working, there's nothing else to seal the "blockage" the bus was intended to create, and the lava simply flows around the melting hulk either way.
** A homeless guy tries to sleep next to an approaching pool of coming lava, covered in falling ash. Only the main characters notice and try to get him out of there despite him being right in front of everyone. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Although it could possibly be that said homeless man was knocked unconscious by volcanic gas, rather than simply thinking that an approaching lava flow is a good place for beddy-byes.]]

** The random man in Stanley calmly watering his plants in full view of the audience as if it were another sunny day as the reporter describes a scene of chaos unfolding in front of him.

** The metro engineer melting into nothingness once he lands in lava.

** Mike's brutal lack of knowledge on both lava and magma.
** The LAPD and firefighters using a ''bus'' in the hopes that it will deflect the advancing lava flow. Even if this had any chance of working, there's nothing else to seal the "blockage" the bus was intended to create, and the lava simply flows around the melting hulk either way.

** [[Series/MysteryScienceTheatre3000 Mike Nelson]] in his book ''Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese'' compares it to an old war movie, saying it was "cornball, but with heart".

* DesignatedVillain: Stan Olber. He’s made out to be out the bad guy but he was in his right to keep the trains on schedule and also because MTA doesn’t answer to the city of Los Angeles but despite the reasons he’s seen the enemy even though his actions later on in the film makes him anything but a villain.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Build a Wall" and "March of the Lava", by Alan Silvestri.

* DesignatedVillian: Stan Olber. He’s made out to be out the bad guy but he was in his right to keep the trains on schedule and also because MTA doesn’t answer to the city of Los Angeles but despite the reasons he’s seen the enemy even though his actions later on in the film makes him anything but a villain.

* TheScrappy: Kelly. ''So. Very. Much.''

* {{Anvilicious}}: The film has a message about working together in the face of a crisis, but it's put in some of the most blunt terms, including an adorable little boy pointing out how everyone looks the same from the volcano ash after the eruption.
** Or the not-so-subtle jab that building a subway in Los Angeles is wrong. A pretty common moral in movies from the 1990s, especially those made by people from Beverly Hills.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Build a Wall" and "March of the Lava", by Alan Silvestri.

** A homeless guy tries to sleep next to an approaching pool of coming lava, covered in falling ash. Only the main characters notice and try to get him out of there despite him being right in front of everyone.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The lava effects are impressive, holding up very well for a movie made in 1997.

*** Plus some of us are from San Diego. Go Padres!

** Mike Nelson in his book ''Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese'' compares it to an old war movie, saying it was "cornball, but with heart".