Poseidon

Nay - by Cheyenne

When i first saw previews for the disaster flick "Poseidon," my first thought was obviously "why?" The reason i say "why?" is that there was an original movie in 1972 title "The Posideon Adventure" which starred Gene Hackman. I've never watched that flick or any other disaster movie from that time period mainly because i'm biased in terms of the special fx and quite honestly, it doesn't appeal to me whatsoever. Another reason for my reaction, wasn't "The Perfect Storm" basically the same idea but on a smaller boat and better cast? They even have the same director(Wolfgang Petersen). And lastly, it just didn't really "catch" my attention. It's a disaster flick, so of course it's going to follow a certain guideline: intro to main group, intro to disaster, random people die, male lead character says "follow me to safety," people from goup die, insert token love story, insert brave sacrifice, group rescued. am i wrong?

Even though i had these reasons not to go see this particular movie, i still said "screw it, why not," because i enjoy a big, loud, dumb movie where i have an idea of what's going to happen , but look forward to those small moments that make me say "whoa, that's some crazy shit." maybe'll i be surprised.

It's safe to say i was not wrong in my initial observations.This is a big dumb entertaining(somewhat) movie. Same standard formula as any other disaster movie. In "Poseidon," there's no one character that you really pull for. Actually there are more characters that you'd rather see die. The deaths are straightforward in their execution,no real surprises. The token love story is pretty idiotic. The one child actor in the movie is so very annoying, i couldn't help but hope he bites it. That might've made me feel better about the movie overall. There are sequences where i said to myself "who would've thought that these 7 or 8 people could all hold their breath for 5mins straight." are these people half fish?

When it it comes down to it, a good comparision to this movie would be "Day After Tomorrow." Cool fx, decent acting, shit dialogue, and the feeling of "that's it?" when end credits come up