Earthquake (1974)

81st Review for The Collab Weekly Movie Watch Bro, did they just got Walter Matthau to just appear in a few scenes with little to no line, dressed like a pimp and do faces? I wondered how much he was paid for that, either way, that was some very easy money there. And…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

As is tradition with 70s disaster films, the first hour is a star-studded melodrama, but then that practical effects kick in and you are in business.

Stefan Birgir Stefans

English Version below🟠🟢🔵 Winter ist Klassikerzeit die Fünfundzwanzigste (25/6) Weniger fragt sich nach diesem Rewatch der wievielte es schließlich und endlich ist, die Wirklichkeit sich um die Zahlen zwei und drei drehen, sondern vielmehr ob ich kurzzeitig einen…

19oldboy91

7th Mark Robson (After Seventh Victim, Isle of the Dead, The Ghost Ship, Bedlam, Valley of the Dolls and Youth Runs Wild) I'd like to make the case, briefly, that the selection of Earthquake over The Conversation not only made sense in 1974 for the Best Sound Oscar but…

Doc Lyon

It’s obviously convoluted in how the film tries to tie everything together. To tell a narrative packed with this many characters and this many little intricacies really does need a solid buildup. But I honestly think Earthquake drags that buildup for a bit too long. There’s…

legolas

When the Actors On Star Trek Throw Themselves Out of Their Chairs To Make It Look Like the Enterprise Was Under Attack: The Movie Okay, okay, I do kind of enjoy this movie, hokey as it is at times. (Seeing it in Sensurround would rate very highly on my list of my…

Matt Singer

"Earthquakes bring out the worst in some people." The five best reasons to watch Earthquake, among the weaker entries of the classic 70s disaster movie era: 5. Barry Sullivan's Mustache in the role of the seismological institute chief, aka the guy who refuses to do…

theironcupcake

Viewed with the COLLAB. My rating does not reflect my full appreciation of the "disaster flick", something that I can be on board for regarding my least favorite decade in cinema. Nothing like this gets made today and it's a credit to the prop masters, special effects…

Ziglet_mir

Earthquake employs the same technique as The Birds in eliciting dread, terror, shock and suspense. Hear me out: the opening hour is devoted towards establishing a core cast of characters - their wants, their needs, their dreams - and throws most of those distractions to the…

MushiMinion