Catastrophe! Disaster! Death and Destruction of Property

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Well, it would account for the faint (?!) air of spuriousness, which Emmerich is often guilty of!

The hasty presentation of the hero-scientist's theories at the conference at the beginning of the film serve to create a moral, and a perfunctory "baddie"/scapegoat as opponent to argue with/boo, but in fact the predictions would not have justified any activity on govt's part because the disaster arrives immediately! . ( Just remembered; the scientist does not in fact call for mitigation/reduction of CO2 emissions, but for mass evacuations ).

When I first saw/heard the media coverage of 9/11 I kept thinking; it's like Die Hard, The Towering Inferno, etc. To me the films of 9/11 as a disaster had already been done. Now they are historical/documentary, and the story is of a crime/act of war/tragedy, not a disaster.

I was thinking about how the Holocaust has been very difficult for film/art to treat, and am wondering whether it may be partly due to this issue, that it can't be presented as a "disaster" because it WAS announced, ( by several people, in several countries, as it was beginning, as it was happening), and no one made much of a move to stop it; disbelief being part of that, but also worse motivations.

Has a film ever been made in fact about the efforts to alert the authorities outside germany and failing, (other than "Amen", which examined the part played by the Pope/Catholic Church's role in such denial)?

Does any one have any other examples of disaster films, or arguments about the ones listed/treated so far? I'm sure i've forgotten a whole lot of them somewhere.

Mars Attacks!

Aliens killed by country & western/folk music yodelling. Great!

War of the Worlds. I know the ending sucked, but everything before it is so powerful. Heart-racing, intense as fuck--and best of all, a realistic portrayal of humanity in a time of crisis, with everybody arguing like crazy. XD

That was a great, funny flick! Especially the yodeling.

Hmmm favorite disaster movie, that could fall in to several categories, natural, man made, and my favorite DEATH FROM SPACE!

Nature related, that would be The Day After Tomorrow, not that is movie is even scientifically plausible, I loved the effects and it had a good story line, unlike Twister, which Bill Paxton's only line in the entire movie was"Oh My God!" like it was his first time he's seen a Twister.

Man Made, this is harder a choice to pick just one, so I'll pick 3, since its something mankind is very good at!
Twelve Monkeys
28 Days Later
Children of Men

Death From Space, this one also has alot of choices, everything from the sun turning off as in Sunshine, to the Earth getting hit by anything from comets, asteroids, or whole planets, or everyones favorite, Alien Invasions, must be something to do with alien anal probing , here are my choices for space base mayhem
When Worlds Collide
Deep Impact
Mars Attacks! Att AtttAt!