It’s a catastrophe movie but I can’t tell you how hard we were laughing.
The first time I ever saw this flick was in about 1974 when I was 14. But that was before Airplane, The Naked Gun, Super Fuzz, etc, etc…
The acting is so freaking bad in it. Even one of my personal favorites Gene Hackman is pretty hokey in it.
The entire time you’re waiting for Leslie Nielsen to start cracking smart ass jokes. Or Jack Albertson to call out for Charlie or Chico.
And for Kripes sake, it has Red Buttons! :smack:
It’s a real hoot. Between the really bad acting and knowing what the actors did in other flicks. It’s impossible to take this movie seriously. Watch it and enjoy!
I remember hearing that Ebert proposed a sequel in which, as soon as the passengers reach the top of the (inverted) ship, it rolls over again and they have to go back through everything again.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the film, I was just a kid then, but there’s a couple of scenes that are stuck in my head:
The part when they’re hanging from the tables bolted to the floor, now roof, in the ballroom.
The kid going to the bathroom and all the urinals are upside down and spilling water on the floor/roof.
Somebody, I wanna say Gene Hackman, diving or falling into water that’s on fire.
I do remember being on the edge of my seat through the entire movie. I should probably re-watch it sometime. Unless, of course, this is one of those things I’m better off keeping my rosy, nostalgia painted, memories.
“The Morning After” is just terrible. How the hell did it win an Oscar? It’s like a worse version of “Tomorrow” from Annie.
I remember watching it as a kid and loving it even though it came out quite a while before I was born. There is something about Ernest Borgnine, that guy always cheers me up when I see him. Did you ever hear his secret for longevity?
Hackman later admitted that after winning the Oscar for French Connection he chose a number of roles based on the amount of money they were throwing at him. The Poseidon Adventure was one of these paycheck performances. I strongly suspect that’s how producer Irwin Allen got the other Oscar-winners to sign on.
If you think The Poseidon Adventure is a hoot, check out When Time Ran Out….
Tourists are surprised by a volcanic eruption in a lonesome hotel in the Caribic[sic]. The hotel owner ignores all warnings and advises his guests to wait for a rescue team. Only a small group follows expert Hank to reach higher regions. They start an adventurous journey across the island.
You get to watch Burgess Meredith tightrope walk across a lava flow.
Characters that had a history of prostitution don’t usually have a leading part in these types of films - that was my big takeaway from this film when I watched it for the first time a couple years ago.
Then again there was Total Recall and Idiocracy, maybe it’s more common than I thought.
Sure, it was ultra cheesy, but still an “adventure”.
