I can`t stand catastrophic films: it does not matter what the catastrophe is: infection, insect, mutated animals, natural disasters like snow, earthquake, tornado, asteroids - it always follows the same pattern
- practically always there is young woman: a doctor, engineer or some expert in the issue
- there is physically strong male: he is either her ex, or some worker in the field - usually there is bickering at first, then growing attraction - he is sometimes her protector
- our heroine/hero has a vulnerable person to care about: younger sibling or a child
- there are usually some family issues, often spoiled brats or divorce
- the little town that is menaced is always about to host an event with a great amount of people
- when expert tries to explain the mayor/politician/military officer the level of danger, they shake it off as unconfirmed and they don`t want to make a panic but in fact they all have hidden agenda: either they try to keep some secrets hidden or it is about money
- this delay causes people to die
- the first try to solve the situation fails
- there are always people who refuse to obey rules for their security: e.g. they go out of house when they are not supposed to
- if there is some group of people trying to get somewhere in order to survive, there is almost always some very unpleasant person
- if the catastrophe strikes around the world, the images of ruined things are always the same: hollywood sign, sometimes giant crowd of people somewhere in Asia, and of course two monuments as mentioned before: Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower
- and what eats me the most is utter ignorance of the matter: of course wast majority of these disasters are imaginary themselves, but this talk about "science" is so fundamentally wrong that I want to smash the screen. I see it mainly when there is talk about the infection - the way they deal with it is often so ridiculous (antibiotics for viral infection as the smallest example)
