Movie – Lightning: Bolts of Destruction (aka Heaven’s Fury)

I am always delighted when I watch movies that depict university politics, and even more when said motion picture is filmed at the actual university where I’ve taught and where I did my Masters and PhD (The University of British Columbia, UBC). Had I known about this movie the last time I taught Environmental Policy and Politics at UBC, I would have assigned it as required for viewing

The movie is, as you can imagine, showcases an outstanding climate researcher who is studying lightnings. The main character is a woman (actress Joanna Pacula), which is actually pretty awesome. She predicts that a lightning storm is going to take place in a pacific northwest town (most of the movie is set in the fictitious Pacific Northwest University, but in reality, it’s UBC, mainly the Chemistry building and then Main Library, now the Irving K. Barber Centre).

I really liked the movie however cheesy, simply because it’s such a great display of locations in Vancouver, and particularly, my alma mater (UBC). If you have a chance to rent it, it’s on DVD (there are two releases, 2003 and 2005, not sure why).

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