Scientists Fact Check and Discuss Natural Disasters in Movies

Hollywood has always enjoyed making movies set around natural disasters. There’s just something about watching mother nature destroy big cities and iconic landmarks that audiences enjoy.

Well, Vanity Fair gathered together environmental scientists Morgan Page, Michael Angove and Peter Gleick to sit down and watch some of the natural disaster scenes from movies so that they could fact check them and offer some insight.

The movies they discuss in the video include San Andreas, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Volcano, Twister, Geostorm, The Core, Interstellar, Sharknado, The Perfect Storm, Pompeii, Noah, The Impossible, The Happening, Into the Storm and even Hard Rain.

It’s interesting listening to what these scientists have to say about the natural disasters in these movies. Some of the movies get it right while others are way off the mark.

Environmental scientists Morgan Page, Michael Angove and Peter Gleick review the scientific validity of scenes from "San Andres," "2012," "The Day After Tomorrow," "Volcano," "Twister," "Geostorm," "The Core," "Interstellar," "Sharknado," "The Perfect Storm," "Pompeii," "Noah," "The Impossible," "The Happening," "Hard Rain," and "Into the Storm". Still haven't subscribed to Vanity Fair on YouTube?