The film Dante's Peak portrays the volcanic eruption of a composite volcano in the small town of Dante's Peak. The film shows events that normally happen during a volcanic explosion and how the main characters escape. In this case Dante's Peak showed viewers various scenes for me to believe it was unrealistic. Some parts of the volcanic eruption in the film were believable, but most were unrealistic. The film exaggerates many of the events that occur during the eruption. The movie showed many warning signs that actually occur before a volcanic eruption, but they were a bit exaggerated. In the film, a hot spring is shown as a warning sign, which is the result of magma moving towards the surface. At the beginning of the film you see two people swimming in a hot spring and after a couple of minutes the temperature suddenly changes and they are burned alive. Temperature changes can definitely occur, so this is accurate. Although the temperature usually changes, it can take days or weeks to develop, rather than a few seconds as shown in the movie. Carb...
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