This movie truly pales in comparison to the original film (1972). Hackman, Borgnine, Winters, Stevens, Martin, etc...
I walked out of this movie, it was so over the top, nearly made me sick. Went home and watched the original. The Ramsey girl is hot, but comparing her to a 18 year old Pamela Sue Martin...nope...Or Stella Stevens swimming around and Carol Lynley, those were sexy women...
Ernest Borgnine would have kicked Kurt Russell & Dreyfuss' butts!
couldnt have said it better myself
shareI have to agree wholehearedly with that statment. The film runs on telly right now, and it's half an hour left, but I cannot force myself to watch the last bit. Instead I'm sitting here, reading to see if it it is just I who think this film is a disaster (pun intended).
I also wish I had the original to watch instead. Haven't seen that one for years, but from what I remember, it was highly enjoyable within its genre - unlike this bad pastiche.
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It was one of the worst re-makes ever.
shareI agree. This is the only film, ever, that I've walked out of.
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I agree op. This movie does not touch the original. The original is one of the best classics and this movie (remake) is a two bit remake and your typical generic movie.
shareCan someone who prefers the original explain why they feel it's superior.
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The original had substance, for starters.
The biggest draw then was the fat woman died saving everyone.
The hero sacrificed himself saving everyone (which my brother debated when he watched it.)
Climbing the Christmas tree was an attention-getter.
Hackman and Borgnine were enormous head-butters, giving Buttons the chance to deliver the funniest line, "we'd all feel a lot better if you two would stop yelling at each other."
And while I have never watched a movie, like a disaster flick, for skin, I'll watch a cheesefest if I want to see that, I still enjoy Stevens, Martin and Lynley's legs in the unlikely situation of the wreckage.
By comparison, this remake has three women looking like drowned rats.
My #1 and #2 movies have been remade. I don't mind Poseidon. While they lacked in some areas, they made up for it in other areas. They did good and they did bad, so it evens out. The original is still the best though. The other movie is Carrie and the remakes suck. There wasn't one thing about it I enjoyed. At least with Poseidon, there was several things to enjoy, especially the capsizing.
shareThe biggest part of the cast of the original were way past there prime in that film, it's like watching the Darby and Jone escape the ship.
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