Effects better~Movie NOT !! I was disappointed the first few minutes of the film soon as I saw the ship called "Poseidon" instead of the "SS Poseidon". Did ships do away with the "SS" for some reason? (lol)
However, I was amazed by the special effects in this new version when the tidal wave (oh wait, it's been changed to "Road Wave" in this version -lol!) actually hits the ship, effects that I wished the original had especially when the ship turns over. But the special effects is about all this new movie had going for it.
The original had an all-star cast, which I knew nearly every single one of them. In this one, I knew only a few, none of which give an impressive performance as the original cast did.
There were only two cast members I was impressed with and neither one of them are that famous. The young teen who Richard Dreyfuss has to push off his leg in the shaft order to survive. (I take it he was the Roddy McDowall role, only without an accent.) Okay, that scene got to me. I really felt for that character.
Also, the boy, Jimmy Bennett played excellent as a "boy in distress", even though his role was the exact opposite character wise than the original boy (Eric Shea), who was a fearless cocky genius type kid.
I found all of the women in this movie dull and boring---nothing compared to any of the feisty women in the original.
Why was Fergie (of the Black Eyed Peas) left behind? In the original, the singer, Carol Lynley goes with them. This left us having a cast of all brunettes and not one single blond. There were so many brunette females, I was getting their characters mixed up.
Speaking of the singer, there is no "Morning After" song even attempted or recreated to even think of making the top 100 on the BillBoard charts---and this time we had an actual real female singer unlike the original, who was only an actress.
Was any of this movie actually thought out? Where were all the creative brains when this movie was made?
The industry already knows and is fully aware that just because a movie has spectacular special effects, it is nothing without "heart". And I found the new version to be missing exactly that.
I also thought I heard mention of the spectacular scene from the original movie where the man falls from the table all the way down into the glass window below then am explosion occurs was going to be recreated in this scene....but the victim's scene was missing.
I believe it was that scene that helped the original with it's Oscar Award.
I don't look for the new version to get any nominations for any Oscars at all---or any other awards for that matter.
The most the movie may get is the kid being nominated for a YAA. Pathetic. (lol)