Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Jackson Booth-Millard This two part special documentary and film like TV special is a true story, it just hasn't happened yet. This is basically a prediction of a volcano going off in Yellowstone park and changing the face of most of our planet, especially around America. It mentions at the beginning that the characters are fictitious to tell the story, but the event is going to happen, we just don't know when. At first I didn't want to see a film like TV special about something bad that could happen to our planet, but then again I kind of thought that after The Day After Tomorrow. So I guess I mainly wanted to see how much our country would be affected by this giant volcano explosion. Basically the volcano is the biggest in the world, and apparently has loads of caverns ready to explode, over the time the world will be covered in hazardous ash fall, and then some snow or something. I just hope it doesn't happen any time soon, well, everyone does. It was nominated the BAFTA for Best Visual Effects, and it was nominated the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special. Very good!

Theo Robertson This was hyped up with a massive amount of trailers and one of the things I dislike about a lot of programmes these days is the hype they receive . I also noticed it was one of those very multinational productions like THE GRID so I was expecting a very mid Atlantic flavour full of bed hopping , mawkishness , action scenes , really poor dialogue and of course a happy ending but what I got was something unexpected The first episode is a bizarre mix involving soap opera , disaster movie build up and an episode of the BBC science show HORIZON . The characters are introduced and some of them are interviewed for camera . Instantly I thought this was a mistake since the interviews are conducted in the past even ie if they are interviewed then we know they'll be seeing the final credits and won't die . However when the supervolcano erupts setting off a chain reaction of other volcanic eruptions it becomes clear that the interviewees are out of the line of fire and the ones in danger haven't been interviewed hence they might die . So much for my conclusion that we'll be having an optimistic ending . What does become clear is that the human race may suffer the fate of the dinosaurs ! SUPERVOLCANO is gripping , informative and downbeat . It's maybe not as shocking as the BBC docudrama THREADS but in its own way it's just as effective . It's not flawless , for example the special effects look a little too like CGI in some scenes and there's bits that just don't ring true like people in Britain stocking up on food and water in the face of a coming disaster , sorry but we don't do that in this country - We just sit back in an apathetic manner in front the television with a cup of tea in our hands . Brits give fatalism a bad name . If I have one serious problem then it's the fact the narrative is too short . We find out that the ash in the atmosphere has blocked out much of the suns light meaning we have a " Nuclear winter " effect whereby even at the height of Summer the Earth's temperature will cool leading to all sorts of geographical disasters like famine in the third world where millions will die but this is only referred to in passing while another effect - The collapse of the American economy and all that entails - is not mentioned at all . But despite the flaws this is a pretty good speculative drama simply because iit's all too credible

Jackie Link This movie brings to light what might happen if the lava in the caldera (which is really most of the Yellowstone park ) should rise. The results might be a massive volcanic eruption. We already see evidence of volcanic changes in the park which were pointed out in the TV discussion after the movie. The lake is tipping, the recent deaths of Buffalo bison in the area from escaping gas, and some increases of tremors. Of course it might not happen in our life time but the movie had a good base it what might happen in the future. Well acted, great visual effects. However the walk for life in which some of the people of the tragedy escape was completely passed over. How did they survive might be a story of its own. This movie is great in it makes you think. Discuss with your friends what and if this should happen what could we do and how would we cope with it.

NormalViewCasting Why can't something like this be in theaters? Supervolcano was better than most disaster movies out there. It certainly beat out Dante's Peak and Volcano due to its scientific accuracy and the fact that it can actually happen. The visual effects were outstandingly realistic. "10.5" and "The Core" looked like low-budget indie films compared to Supervolcano. Plus, it was filmed like a real movie and not in that annoying "24" style. The performances were very convincing and there was a connection felt to the characters. Bring on the movies, Discovery Channel! Documentaries are no longer the best thing you have going for you now, so don't stop!