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Topic: POSSEIDON 2006 - a disappointment

elad
First Class Passenger
Member # 5150

posted 06-27-2006 08:55 AM

hi
i saw that movie few days ago - well how to say this? a very weak movie with a weak story line.
especially when the main reason for me to whatch that movie was because of the cruise ship on it - i had a greater dissapointment...
you barly see the ship! and that strage mega lounge when the captain had a speach in the lower floor while pepole eating in front of him...

and if its not enough so the casino is just above that ... what kind of main lounge/dining room/casino is it?
(although there is a great influence of the decor from the QM2's Brtiania restaurant

so what is your opinion?

Elad

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 06-27-2006 09:27 AM

quote:
Originally posted by elad:
so what is your opinion?
Elad

This thread will tell you what a lot of us thought about the movie:

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=008310

Rich

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 06-27-2006 09:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by elad:
a very weak movie with a weak story line.

Personally I think the original was pretty weak too, but somehow it seemed to capture the publics imagination.

The new movie, like most new films, had good effects, but the two vital ingredients; the script and acting were weak. It highlights just how good Cameron's 'Titanic' was, in comparison.

I did not expect too much form the new Poseidon, so I actually quite enjoyed it. However, as soon as I left the cinema I'd completely forgotten it.

P.S. I loved the look of the Poseidon. It was more attractive than 99% (all?) modern ships. This is simply becuase it was designed to look good, something that real cruise lines no longer bother about.

[ 06-27-2006: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 06-27-2006 01:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Personally I think the original was pretty weak too, but somehow it seemed to capture the publics imagination.
The new movie, like most new films, had good effects, but the two vital ingredients; the script and acting were weak. It highlights just how good Cameron's 'Titanic' was, in comparison.
I did not expect too much form the new Poseidon, so I actually quite enjoyed it. However, as soon as I left the cinema I'd completely forgotten it.
P.S. I loved the look of the Poseidon. It was more attractive than 99% (all?) modern ships. This is simply becuase it was designed to look good, something that real cruise lines no longer bother about.
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Completely forgotten? Then how are you able to make the other comments about the movie?

Brian

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 06-27-2006 01:49 PM

The original had some great actors w/decent special effects. It is a time piece from the early 1970s and the recently refitted QM sparkled in the few scenes filmed onboard the actual ship. The sets in the 1972 film at least to me looked like a 1930s ocean liner while the new version looks like a movie set. The 2006 version was extremely expensive to produce (it may break even or actually lose money in the end) but had no backstory or charactor development. You really could care less about the actors or what happened to them while the original is a cult classic.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 06-27-2006 03:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Brian_O:
Completely forgotten? Then how are you able to make the other comments about the movie?

Brian, I often comment about things that I know nothing about or have completely forgotten - can't you tell?

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6263866
First Class Passenger
Member # 5115

posted 06-27-2006 10:54 PM

what kind of main lounge/dining room/casino is it?

quote:

Uh yea, I remeber the main resturaunt was not only a resturaunt. The top floor seems to be a casino for the higher paying passengers of the ship, I think there was even a crew member guarding the stiar leading to that floor.

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andrews
First Class Passenger
Member # 6414

posted 06-27-2006 11:40 PM

There should have been a crew member outside the theatre preventing people from getting in to see it, that would have been better!! I did enjoy it, but I thought a lot of the scenes should have been subtitled with "courtesy of James Cameron's Titanic". The ship did look nice, but yes I'm not sure what purpose the ballroom/restaurant/lounge/atrium room served, except to miraculously become watertight once the ship turned over, despite Richard Dreyfuss getting there through non-watertight double doors from the outside deck.
Still, at least Kurt Russell drowned. I know it wasn't for real, but still.

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 07-02-2006 04:48 PM

I can't bring myself to go to the movie and see it, based on all the negative reviews. Maybe it's just me, but in the trailers, the special effects look fake. Maybe it will look different on a movie screen.

I am also NOT a Kurt Russell fan.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 07-02-2006 05:07 PM

If you go expecting some mediocre entertainment, I promises you that you will not be disappointed.

Let’s just say it passed an hour and half. Thank god the director had the sense not to make it 2-3 hours like many modern movies.

There are two good reasons to see it is:

1) There are very few movies about cruise ships.

2) Emmy Rossum:

[ 07-02-2006: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 07-04-2006 05:14 PM

You may recall in the original movie the ship was on it's last voyage and going to the scrap yard. An old ship.There was an argument between the captain(Leslie Nielson) and the new owners rep about taking on ballast and running at full speed before the wave hit.
I guess I just pay attention to the dialog.
Shades of the Norway???Scrap ??
Frosty 4

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 07-04-2006 05:22 PM

Hey Malcolm, do you put the photo of Emmy under your pillow?

For myself, I could'nt wait for the movie to be over...it was just plain awful. And last month, I thought I read that Wolfgang Petersen won't work with Warner Bros. anymore.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 07-04-2006 05:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DAMBROSI:
Hey Malcolm, do you put the photo of Emmy under your pillow?

Oh Yes, next to the photo of Kate Winslett - but don't tell my wife!

Kate on deck with that baby faced bloke!

[ 07-04-2006: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 07-04-2006 06:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Oh Yes, next to the photo of Kate Winslett - but don't tell my wife!

And Nicola Bryant and Billie Piper and.....

If Mrs. Malcolm ever visitis this web site, you are in deeeeeeeeeeep do do, n'est-ce pas?

Brian

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 07-04-2006 06:11 PM

LOL LOL..hey Malcolm, don't tell your wife, I'm in love with you too

Love the photo.

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