ROTTEN TOMATOES: Catch a New Wave of "Poseidon" Footage!

Catch a New Wave of "Poseidon" Footage!

by Scott Weinberg | March 28, 2006

If the first two trailers weren't enough to keep you psyched up for Wolfgang Petersen's upcoming remake of "The Poseidon Adventure," well, here's a wonderfully lengthy montage clip that played at the Showest Convention last week. Suffice to say my geek-meter just went up a few extra degrees.

I'll spare you the plot synopsis this time around, because really, we all know the story by now. (Ship goes upside-down; lotsa people die; some do not.)

Does this footage turn any of the skeptics around? Anyone out there dreading this remake? Am I actively insane for really looking forward to this one? (If so, that's fine by me.)

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ninjaandy writes:
on Mar 28 2006 09:34 AM

[b]Maybe . . .[/b]
I just watched the original the other night. This does look better. Let's see if it can bring disaster movies back after the ridiculous debacle that was Armageddon and Volcano.

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antarianzan writes:
on Mar 28 2006 09:55 AM

I can't wait for the film. I'm a huge fan of Emmy Rossum, and I love disaster flicks like these. I hope its as good as the trailer indicates.

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ddp73 writes:
on Mar 28 2006 12:22 PM

i'm a big fan of the original and it's one of my favorite disaster movies. Regardless of what others say, I'm very excited to see this remake and is near the top of the movies I want to see this summer.

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cowsfan writes:
on Mar 28 2006 05:54 PM

The second trailer looked very good. I loved the original and I hope this one is a great summer flick.

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Spike1967 writes:
on Mar 29 2006 08:20 AM

Yawn!

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dracus writes:
on Mar 29 2006 11:10 AM

Outside of new special effects, I just don't see the point of this remake since there's nothing new that can be done. A ship full of stereotypical characters (case in point; Richard Dreyfus' over the top gay guy) is hit by a giant wave, it rolls over, people scream; some drown, some are saved and get to go home the Morning After; movie ends. If Hollywood is hell bent on remakes, why not remake Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea; a movie with all kinds of possible storylines. From television they could go back to the 60's and turn The Time Tunnel into a movie. All the same, I thought the orginal Posideon Adventure was a decent popcorn movie and I'm sure that the new one will be fun to at least see on DVD.

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gbwillner writes:
on Mar 29 2006 12:23 PM

Yes, this does indeed prove that Hollywood is out of ideas. They can't even find a decent film to re-make anymore!

I hope they lose the house on this one.

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Ashron writes:
on Mar 29 2006 03:05 PM

[b]One Man's Trash[/b]
The original was a great, big ball of cheesy popcorn and this one looks to be the same with better effects, and you know what, sometimes that's all you really need from a movie, especially a summer movie. As long as this delivers the goods, I hope it makes scads of money.

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midtownkcguy writes:
on Mar 29 2006 03:11 PM

Dracus,

You describe Richard Dreyfuss character as "over the top", how so?
Judging by the trailers he comes off as pretty low key as opposed to being a flaming, swishy queen. Now THAT would be over the top and stereotypical.

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dracus writes:
on Mar 30 2006 05:24 AM

In reply to this comment (#832894)
[b]So what if he's gay?[/b]
The mere fact that producers want us to know well in advance of the movie�s release that they're supposedly politically correct enough to have a gay character in it is over the top. It has nothing to do with the way he/she acts or dresses, but the way Hollywood wants us to know there�s one it. Good God, it's almost as if they're warning us. Are they advertising that there are straight people in it? No, because we naturally assume that there are. I think we are all intelligent enough to know that there are gay people in the world. We don�t have to be told that and we don�t have to be understanding about people being gay because someone sexual preference is really none of anyone�s business.

Is there anything wrong with just being able to go a movie and finding out on our own that they is a gay character in it without Hollywood making such a fuss over it. Look, there's a gay character in it, so what? Why the need to exploit someone's sexuality to sell the movie? That need alone gets me thinking that Poseidon has little going for it. I honestly feel that it was the producer�s fault that Brokeback Mountain didn�t win best picture even though I thought it was just an average love story. It lost because the producers went over the top with the fact that it was a gay movie instead of focussing on the love story that it really is. It was a decent story, why the big need to bring attention to the fact that it was about 2 men in love? Why the need to promote the fact that Poseidon has a gay character? I admit that I�m probably doing a poor job in getting my point across on this.

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Ashron writes:
on Mar 30 2006 06:29 AM

No, your point is coming across and is well taken, but I think the reason they're doing this is to show they can appeal to all demographics. I personally could care less if there's a gay character in the movie (and I am gay) but I think the producers feel they might appeal to a broader audience if they show they have diversity. It's just political correctness carried too far. Gay is the new black (No offense to any African-Americans reading this) and the way Hollywood thinks they can show they're hip is to have gay characters in their movies. Next year it will be Hispanics or some other minority. Does it bother me? Not unduly. Would I be more likely to go see a movie because there's a gay character in it. Not at all. So don't sweat it too much Dracus. Gays will be passe in a few years and they'll move on to something else. And that will be a great day, because when we're passe, that means we've almost made it to acceptance. VIVA LA RESISTANCE :-)

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Ashron writes:
on Mar 30 2006 02:10 PM

Well, I finally got a chance to actually watch the footage and I'm a little confused. How exactly from the scenes shown can you tell Richard Dreyfuss's character is gay. Sure, his voice is a little effeminate, but that's every Dreyfuss character. That's just his voice. If I hadn't read it before, I certainly wouldn't be able to tell from these clips, so I don't see how anybody can accuse him of being over the top. (And trust me, I know some over the top queers)

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hubibuh writes:
on Mar 30 2006 03:34 PM

[b]richie is queer[/b]
Well, don't know or care if Richard Dreyfuss' character's supposed to be gay. But aside from his little effeminate voice, what I found most disturbing about him was this huge diamond ear ring thing...whoa...this looks rather bizarre on a guy his age (yeah, hit me for being narrow-minded), but thinking about it, maybe Richie plays an aging white rapper (yeah, hit me again for being bling-bling stereotypical!).

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Decade_e_a writes:
on Mar 30 2006 05:30 PM

[b]Das Perfect Troy![/b]
Why does every movie that Petersen does have something to do with water? Maybe he just likes it or something... but I want to see him do Beowulf. On a crashing wave. With 10,000 ships. And Brad Pitt's ass can play Grendel.

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dracus writes:
on Mar 31 2006 05:38 AM

In reply to this comment (#832897)
If you couldn't tell by the preview, Dreyfus was lured out of retirement when he was offered a chance to play a gay character in Poseidon. Apparently he was quoted as saying he couldn't resist an opportunity to have fun with the role. Looks and sounds stereotypical to me.

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Ashron writes:
on Mar 31 2006 06:39 AM

Guess we'll just have to wait and see the movie, because as I said, the preview showed me nothing in the least stereotypical. I missed the big diamond in his ear, but that's no big deal. Harrison Ford has one of those and he's about as far from gay as you can get.

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midtownkcguy writes:
on Mar 31 2006 01:37 PM

Dracus was disturbed by Richard's diamond earring? Uh, if you look around, you might notice that there's a whole lot of men all ages out there sporting earrings or all sorts and sometimes several in one ear or both. There are gay and straight guys who like jewelry and are sometimes even guilty of wearing too much of it. I also suspect Mr. Dreyfuss probably has had a pierced ear long before doing this movie(I recall Tom Cruise proudly wearing a big ruby in one ear back in 89). If the intention was to portray the character as over the top gay, I would have expected to see some flashy bracelets, a trendy suit rather than a black tux, and lots of flashy rings on his fingers. Additionally, in one of the Poseidon Journal clips he walked, not pranced, down the atrium stairs dressed in conservative casual attire appropriated for a man his age.

Having said all this, I understand that Dracus just absolutely hates this film being made and certainly that is his perrogative to do so. I plan on being at the theater opening night with my popcorn in hand expecting nothing more than to be well entertained for a couple hours. To watch a beautiful luxury liner turn into a chaotic deathtrap, ooh and ahh over the special effects, feel bad when one of my favorites characters bites it, and cheer the survivors on.

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Ashron writes:
on Apr 01 2006 06:19 AM

Actually it was hubibuh who noticed the earring, but on everything else you were correct.

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midtownkcguy writes:
on Apr 01 2006 11:21 AM

Oops! Sorry about that, Dracus. Ashron, Thanks for correcting my mistake.

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