Poseidon

As a disaster movie, Poseidon Rocks! I don't know why critics hated it so much... i mean, it's a disaster movie! what were they expecting anyway? 2 hours of cheesy teenage drama as a prelude to the actual disaster? I liked the way they got down to disaster sequence immediately. And what a sequence that was--- woohoo! totally brutal! this is not for children! if i have one gripe, it seemed that the rest of the sequences seemed anti-climactic compared to the one showing the ship flipping over.

I liked the fact that there's no tedious character development. I mean, people go see disaster movies to watch disasters. If they wanted drama, they would go see some oscar nominated sobfest. As a disaster movie, Poseidon is a cut above the rest. It's a pity few people got to see it. I can't blame them though.. i was not really interested in this movie at first. My initial reaction was, "not another movie about a sinking ship!" But hey, I had a good time watching it. My money was well spent. Titanic (which i think totally sucked--- i coudn't wait for the ship to sink. I'll never figure out how it got to be the number 1 movie of all time) is a dream vacation compared to this.

by the way, i watched the original version of the movie on video when I was a child. One of the reasons why I thought I should see the new version was to compare it with the old one, because I liked that 1970's film. I remember crying when the overweight lady had a heart attack after swimminng,I remember feeling sad that she won't be able to see her new grandchild. yeah, i know--- i was such a baby. hehe. The old version was more dramatic, while the new one is more action packed. I guess thats why the critics loved the first one, and hated the new one...