Joe Versus the Volcano
Published March 23, 2024
Film info
- Title Joe Versus the Volcano
- Director John Patrick Shanley
- Year 1990
- Run time 1hr 42m
- Genres Comedy, Romance
- Tagline An average Joe, an adventurous comedy
Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:47 | The wonky pavement is going to haunt me. |
| 6:26 | This is really giving me Severance vibes. |
| 17:15 | That tiny woman has a massive dog. |
| 20:29 | “What’s the matter with you?” “Brain cloud.” |
| 30:45 | Letting strangers into your house… never a good idea! |
| 32:32 | “I want to hire you to jump into a volcano.” |
| 37:27 | Chauffeur turned philosopher. |
| 45:36 | Meg Ryan again?? |
| 50:23 | “I have no response to that,” is quite a good get-out saying. |
| 57:02 | A love of orange soda and no sense of direction. Sounds like me! |
| 59:42 | Something about Joe just makes people open up to him! |
| 1:08:42 | Uh oh, is Tom Hanks about to be shipwrecked again? |
| 1:24:40 | What the hell is going on? |
| 1:31:39 | “I felt like I’d seen you before.” You did, at least twice. |
Thoughts
I think I just didn’t understand this film. The start was really Severence and I thought it was going in one direction, but then it took a different turn and then a few other ones after that. I don’t know why Meg Ryan played multiple characters, I don’t understand why Joe went along with the plan without asking more questions, and I am really not sure how and why the volcano spat them out at the end without any harm or injury to either of them. A lot of questions and no answers. There may have been some interesting messages in there about not selling your soul to the company store, but they were really hidden by the nonsense.
Rating: 1 / 5