New Poseidon Movie

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:59 pm

This year cinema´s remake of (course) of the "Poseidon Adventure"!
In 1972 it was the movie that make me love ships.

After a while I discover that warships were a lot more fun than passenger liners, being the Titanic, the Doria and the fiction Poseidon the exceptions.
Let´s hope it´s a bonus.

marcelo_malara · Post by **marcelo_malara** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:42 pm

I saw the film too back in 1973 when I was a child. On the technical side, do you believe a capsized ship can remain afloat so long?

Post by **José M. Rico** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:16 pm

I've seen "The Poseidon Adventure" a few times, and I like the idea that a new version is being made. Gene Hackman was great in the original movie.

One of my favorites is "The Last Voyage", 1960, with Woody Strode who also played "Draba" in "Spartacus" the same year.

José

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:44 pm

My dad who sailed on the Queen Mary (the ship used in the original 1972 movie) back in the 50ies told me that what happens in the Poseidon movie nearly happens for real.
In WWII the QM was sailing with troops from NY to Great Britain when somekind of gigantic wave hit her starboard side and list her more or less 30 to 35 degrees. The QM almost went upside down. Later I found an article on Smithonian about it and that Paul Galico, the novelist who wrote the book, took his idea from that incident.
I think that such a huge ship, if suddenly turned uypside down, with a lot of air trapped in her hull can float a lot in that condition. As far as I know when the rescuers drill a hole in her hull to extract the survivors there can be something like a explosive decompresion or such, and the sinking will be then a matter of minutes.

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:26 pm

Has someone already seen "Poseidon"?

Next week it opens here in Costa Rica and I´ll like to know how is it? Better or worse than the original?
Thanks.

nwhdarkwolf · Post by **nwhdarkwolf** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:08 pm

I haven't seen the remake, but I have seen the original a few times.

i have read several reviews and they state that nothing has been changed since the original.

Better special effects, etc, but no real plot to begin with.

It's advertised as a special effects movie, nothing more.