Poseidon (2006)

Very well executed

Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Even though this movie isn't the best. And people would prefer the original one. Tbh this remake wasn't half bad. In fact, It made me want to watch it over and over again. 90% of people giving reviews saying the movie is bad. Wasn't halve bad.

The remake or updated version of "Poseidon" is fine but not satisfactory in comparisons to the first film. The first film was more developed in characters and storyline. The updated version displayed a modern ship and the special effects are special enough but the film is short on time, effects and characters. I would have liked to have spent more time in developing characters to root for in the film. Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss are fine in their roles. Andre Braugher could have used more in the film. There is no song like "The Morning After" to lift us up.

Poseidon (2006): Dir: Wolfgang Peterson / Cast: Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett: Yet another Titanic episode where a ship sinks and nearly everyone dies. We know that most of them do survive, and they survive right in time as the ship finally sinks. One heroic figure survives after many life threatening rescue missions. At least one person dies while saving or sacrificing him / herself. And there will be an annoying kid who hides and nearly causes others to drown in their search. This film should sink down a toilet since it was about as fun as diarrhea. Director Wolfgang Peterson delivers on production but only seldom does he deliver a film of artistic context. He previously made such junk as Air Force One and The Perfect Storm. The special effects pass but hardly able to be as interesting as the conversations between restless viewers sitting around me. The cast includes Josh Lucas who will act as hero. Kurt Russell who will pay the price for risking his ass. Richard Dreyfuss who hopefully reflects upon a much better lost at sea film he was in called Jaws. Emmy Rossum plays a potential love interest and nothing more. This is the standard case of potential actors being lined up to take second billing to special effects. They are all briefly introduced and thrust into standard disaster clichés that sink faster than the boat itself. Score: 3 / 10

First thing to note is the CGI, animation and stunts in this film are top notch ! I love these sort of films, which provide a simple story, set in one location, yet the ideas in it are gripping ! This was done very well and in a great time limit too, some of the ideas kinda felt very mainstream but some others really stood out in their own way (whether that's how a ship actually works logically, I can't say) but I would like to imagine it does ! This was a fun casual film to watch.... Nothing bad or amazing about it, it's simply a movie worth watching. The time that went into creating sets for this must have been a LONG time, as considering most of the film the ship is upside down, the attention to detail of the background and the physics to it all had to be 100%. Didn't spot a fault with it myself, that took some doing ! Worth the watch, go check it out, even though I did watch it the day my parents left for their first ever cruise !