Celluloid Heroes

This remake of the 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure is better than most remakes. It's certainly better than the 2005 made-for-television version that had terrorists wanting to sink the ship, instead of the rogue wave capsizing the luxury ocean liner.

Don't get me wrong - the original is still better by a longshot. But this one at least does it justice. Where the classic had a good tale to tell, this one perhaps falls a bit short. But where it at least made up for that shortcoming, it definitely had some action all the way through, and one thing that impressed me was that people died. Who would have thought?

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Posted by Chad Everett on July 15, 2006 in Action

This remake of the 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure is better than most remakes. It's certainly better than the 2005 made-for-television version that had terrorists wanting to sink the ship, instead of the rogue wave capsizing the luxury ocean liner.

Don't get me wrong - the original is still better by a longshot. But this one at least does it justice. Where the classic had a good tale to tell, this one perhaps falls a bit short. But where it at least made up for that shortcoming, it definitely had some action all the way through, and one thing that impressed me was that people died. Who would have thought?

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Posted by Chad Everett on July 15, 2006 in Action