Movie Talk on Sunday
Sunday 22nd December - DISASTER MOVIES
Who doesn't love a good disaster movie? It's all big effects, spectacle, all-star casts, the peril and drama or trying to outwit, outrun or generally outlast the thing that's coming to kill you. Who knows who'll make? From monster attacks to alien invasions, super storms to man made catastrophes, these are the movies that are the hysterical pitch of what movies can do when they take on the end of days. So come on and join the fun as we wallow, bicker and obsess over one of the great staples of moviedom.
Starting at 20:00 (GMT) on Sunday 22nd December 2013, I'll ask one question every 10 minutes. To answer, make sure you include the question number and the #MTOS hashtag in your tweets. That way we can keep track of who says what, making discussion and debate that little bit clearer. For example:
"#MTOS A1. Armageddon has the best use of ketchup-based analogies ever."
So, please follow me on Twitter (@PaulCinephile), retweet the link and get folk involved in the event. I look forward to hearing just what kind of apocalyptic destruction you all enjoy the most.
And without further ado, here are the topic questions for you to peruse and ponder.
1) What's your favourite type of disaster movie? Natural disaster? Plague? Giant monster? Man-made?
2) Which director do you think makes the best disaster movies?
3) Which director who hasn't done so already would you like to see take on a disaster epic?
4) Do you prefer a happy ending to your disaster movies, or do you prefer a more downbeat denouement?
5) Disaster movies always used to have a theme song. Which one is your favourite? And should they come back?
6) Of the many deaths to occur in all these movies, who had the best?
7) Who's your favourite disaster movie hero? Who's your favourite villain?
8) The big one: What is your favourite disaster movie?
9) With the escalation of the stakes in blockbusters, are all movies becoming disaster movies by default?
10) Make your own disaster movie: pick a director, actors, title and method of destruction. What you got?
Enjoy!
