Poseidon (2006)

One of my all time favorites.

From my favorite movies..

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Even though this movie isn't the best. And people would prefer the original one. Tbh this remake wasn't half bad. In fact, It made me want to watch it over and over again. 90% of people giving reviews saying the movie is bad. Wasn't halve bad.

Watchable movie with some great effects especially the wave hitting the cruiser. Old hats like Dreyfuss and Russell add to the luster.

OK movie fans there may be some spoilers in this review:I've watched Kurt Russell over the years and with most Actors they engage in movies with the hopes that it will be a significant achievement in their overall career. Unfortunately when you're not the Executive Producer and you don't have the say so of leaving in almost 30 minutes of film.............you end up with THIS.If I was going to take the time to write a letter to the Hollywood Producers of this remake debacle it might be along the lines of this:Dear Mr./s Clueless,If your going to remake a Movie Epic which essentially was the Iconic Disaster Film for which every disaster film was modeled after since 1972, here's an idea, make it as good or better. So by completely changing the story line (other then flipping the Ship upside down), that's a story for success? Maybe by putting in the new Karate Kid and Mr. Miyagi that'd flared up the dramatic "how do we overcome" sequences. OK, I'll bite. You changed 99.9% of the characters and story line to put in incredible CGI effects, but overturned the Ship in 2 Minutes? What a build up. Then you ripped out almost 30 minutes of the film for release. I felt as though I was watching "Easy Rider", "The Wall", and "Fantasia" all combined. What a scrambled egg mess.Was there flaws in the 1972 Poseidon? Absolutely. However, the acting was dramatically better, the action more intense and in the last scene as the torch cuts through stern sums up the 1972 movies intensity. The look on the characters faces says it all. They're obviously reflecting on their loss not their gain. You missed all of that completely in 2006 version.

What do you need to make a truly bad movie? Well, first, a great cast - Josh Lucas as Dylan Johns Kurt Russell as Robert Ramsey Emmy Rossum as Jennifer Ramsey Mike Vogel as Christian Sanders Jacinda Barrett as Maggie James Richard Dreyfuss as Richard Nelson Mía Maestro as Elena Morales Jimmy Bennett as Connor James Kevin Dillon as Lucky Larry Freddy Rodriguez as Marco Valentin Andre Braugher as Captain Michael Bradford Stacy Ferguson as Gloria Kirk B. R. Woller as Chief Officer Reynolds Gabriel Jarret as First Officer Chapman Then, make it a remake - and this is the main problem, probably. Remakes are often a disaster, here it is a bad try, too. Only the very moment of a catastrophe is worth watching, but then neither Kurt Russell, not Jacinda Barrett can save this sad, slow, plodding steamroller of a bad film. You can watch it, yeah, but then this is all you can do.