Well, today I saw "Transporter2", and after that I had a time and free ticket. So....I saw "Poseidon". I like original (Gene Hackman's), and this remake version was not bad, but not great. I mean, it was so-so.
SFX was almost full CG. Tsunami scene was awesome. I felt stuffy in the scenes of water rises. Big problem was characters. They didn't have appeal to the emotions. Actors & actress, themselves were no problem. I think script was bad. In the original, Shelly Winters say to Gene Hackman "You see, Mr. Scott? In the water I'm a very skinny lady*". Original script had a little wit and humor.
If you want to see spectacle movie, I recommend this. But if you want to see dramatic movie like original, I don't recommend it.
I'm glad I had free ticket.
*Quoted from imdb.
SFX was almost full CG. Tsunami scene was awesome. I felt stuffy in the scenes of water rises. Big problem was characters. They didn't have appeal to the emotions. Actors & actress, themselves were no problem. I think script was bad. In the original, Shelly Winters say to Gene Hackman "You see, Mr. Scott? In the water I'm a very skinny lady*". Original script had a little wit and humor.
If you want to see spectacle movie, I recommend this. But if you want to see dramatic movie like original, I don't recommend it.
I'm glad I had free ticket.
*Quoted from imdb.
Kenji Wrote:Well, today I saw "Transporter2", and after that I had a time and free ticket. So....I saw "Poseidon". I like original (Gene Hackman's), and this remake version was not bad, but not great. I mean, it was so-so.
SFX was almost full CG. Tsunami scene was awesome. I felt stuffy in the scenes of water rises. Big problem was characters. They didn't have appeal to the emotions. Actors & actress, themselves were no problem. I think script was bad. In the original, Shelly Winters say to Gene Hackman "You see, Mr. Scott? In the water I'm a very skinny lady*". Original script had a little wit and humor.
If you want to see spectacle movie, I recommend this. But if you want to see dramatic movie like original, I don't recommend it.
I'm glad I had free ticket.
*Quoted from imdb.
Complete agreement. Cardboard-cutout characters, cheesy ending, some ok special effects - but Titanic had better ones IMHO. I also didn't pay to see it because my daughter took me out for Mother's Day. It's a good-enough movie to see for free, or just wait for DVD.
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It's Thirteen O'Clock
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I hear there were lots of injuries suffered by the cast in the making of the new "Poseidon." Josh Lucas got some permanent scars. All for what, eh?
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Maggers Wrote:I hear there were lots of injuries suffered by the cast in the making of the new "Poseidon." Josh Lucas got some permanent scars. All for what, eh?
Yeah - I heard that too. Also that a lot of them got sick from some virus or bacteria in the water they spent so much time in. ewww.
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It's Thirteen O'Clock
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"I said, Hey Senorita - that's astute, I said, why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute?" --Paul Simon
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"In the final analysis, the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves." -- Ron Paul
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webby Wrote:Yeah - I heard that too. Also that a lot of them got sick from some virus or bacteria in the water they spent so much time in. ewww.
LOL! Yes, I heard that trips to the bathroom became scarcer and scarcer the longer they spent time in the water. YEWWW is right!
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Maggers Wrote:LOL! Yes, I heard that trips to the bathroom became scarcer and scarcer the longer they spent time in the water. YEWWW is right!Just a little chlorine in that water would have saved them some nasty infections..........Mr E. Coli and Ms Psuedomonis......yuck!
EWMAN
I saw half of "Poseidon" today. I missed the big wave, and arrived as the little group completed its climb from the main ball room to the upper/lower reaches of the ship.
This is a simplistic action movie with no character development at all, as has been mentioned in other posts. The person we care least about bites the dust .. uh-oh, wrong analogy for this movie. And when the group finally escapes the ship, we don't really care.
But in spite of these flaws, what I saw was certainly tolerable. But wait for it to come to your living room.
This is a simplistic action movie with no character development at all, as has been mentioned in other posts. The person we care least about bites the dust .. uh-oh, wrong analogy for this movie. And when the group finally escapes the ship, we don't really care.
But in spite of these flaws, what I saw was certainly tolerable. But wait for it to come to your living room.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Amon Wrote:I could've told you this just from seeing the trailer. Other then some Fergie-eye-candy, there was nothing about this film that made me want to go out and spend money on a theatre ticket.
I wasted no money on it either.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Amon Wrote:I could've told you this just from seeing the trailer. Other then some Fergie-eye-candy, there was nothing about this film that made me want to go out and spend money on a theatre ticket.
Be-lated, welcome to the board, Amon.
By the way, what is "Fergie-eye-candy"?