The Poseidon Adventure

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Titus A All time best disaster movie ever made. I first saw it at a drive-in with my grandparents when I was nine years old. It had been reissued, aka rereleased in the summer of 1974 and became the number one box office film again for a week on its second release. (It's original release having been December 1972, where it spent a total of 12 weeks as the number one film at the box office between '72 and '73. At its rerelease in the summer of '74 it was a double feature and this was the second movie. I do not even remember what the first one was. But The Poseidon Adventure has stuck with me my entire life. The cast of all time classic, old-school actors, (they do not make actors like these anymore), playing a small band of wonderfully sympathetic characters, that viewers can not help but root for and fall in love with. I loved them all but my favorite was Shelley Winters, who always reminded my of one of my grandmas. Not the one I saw the film with. I loved everyone of this actors as a kid and miss them like they were my own family, even to this day. Again, all the characters were wonderful, Belle Rosen was an endearing beautiful soul of a human, brought to life by Shelley Winters. No one could have given this character more depth and heart than Shelley Winters. Again, Poseidon Adventure is by far the best disaster movie of the 70's, which was the biggest disaster movie decade. But it also beats all other disaster movies of every decade prior and sense. Again, mostly due to the actors and the characters they played. I hated Roger Ebert for many reasons, and one of them was his 2 star rating for The Poseidon Adventure. That critic, like most of them, was an idiot. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Doug B An enjoyable watch if you can appreciate the famous actors of yesteryear and a respectable action/suspense disaster movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Giani C Great film, like most 70s thrillers Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Kevin M Saw this when I was 10, one of the most memorable movies in my life. Star-studded cast including a bit part with the once serious acting Leslie Nielsen (short-lived Captain). Became a Gene Hackman fan immediately probably mostly for the heroic character he played but soon realized it was just as much for the actor himself. Looking at it today you can see the aged effects and whatnot and I can see that I was much more tolerant movie critic as a 10yr old - lol. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Fábio A Uma história impressionante Um filme muito bem construído do início aos fim com um senario bem realista que muito bom ascensão de que tudo aquilo está realmente acontecendo os personagens são muito bom e a direção também e o elenco também é muito bom Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/20/24 Full Review Dean W Hands down the best disaster movie ever made. The sets the stories the humor the horror all top notch. The images of the upside down liner are haunting and riveting. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/01/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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