A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Poseidon Adventure -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[darkrock17]

Criterion Channel is showing it next Saturday as part of their Saturday Matinee feature. This could mean that down the road they themselves could release the film, fingers crossed on that hopefully happening.

The Poseidon Adventure​

SATURDAY, JUNE 18​

 

[Jeffrey D]

That would be fantastic to get a UHD of this film from Criterion. I think this is the charter member of disaster films, and it was nominated for Oscars. A film that checks boxes for a Criterion release, in my opinion. It does follow Airport, but this is a well done and well written film.

 

[darkrock17]

That would be fantastic to get a UHD of this film from Criterion. I think this is the charter member of disaster films, and it was nominated for Oscars. A qualifying film for Criterion, in my opinion.

The big 4 Disaster classics Airport, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake were all Oscar nominated and some did win an Oscar or two as well.

 

[Jeffrey D]

The big 4 Disaster classics Airport, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake were all Oscar nominated and some did win an Oscar or two as well.

I think Inferno was the only one nominated for best picture, but Poseidon was a better film, in my opinion. There were no bad guys to root against (the son in law of the builder in Inferno was a despicable guy).

 

[darkrock17]

I think Inferno was the only one nominated for best picture, but Poseidon was a better film, in my opinion. There were no bad guys to root against (the son in law of the builder in Inferno was a despicable guy).

Airport was nominated for Best Picture, but unfortunately lost to Patton.

 

[Kyle_D]

I don't know if anyone here watches For All Mankind, but this week's S3 premiere is a nice space-set homage to Poseidon Adventure.

 

[battlebeast]

I have yet to see POSEIDON, but I LOVE THE TOWERING INFERNO.

What a great movie!

I really should check out POSEIDON… does anyone in Canada know if it is streaming?

 

[darkrock17]

I have yet to see POSEIDON, but I LOVE THE TOWERING INFERNO.

What a great movie!

I really should check out POSEIDON… does anyone in Canada know if it is streaming?

Are you being serious? HOW could you miss it for all these years?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Airport was nominated for Best Picture, but unfortunately lost to Patton.

"Unfortunately"?

"Airport" is a dull bit of soap opera, whereas "Patton" is a legit classic.

"Airport" is a total snoozer. At least some of its sequels offered campy fun, but the original?

 

[Robin9]

"Unfortunately"?

"Airport" is a dull bit of soap opera, whereas "Patton" is a legit classic.

"Airport" is a total snoozer. At least some of its sequels offered campy fun, but the original?

Well, that's your opinion of Airport but it's no more than an opinion. I've always enjoyed the film.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Well, that your opinion of Airport but it's no more than an opinion. I've always enjoyed the film.

And that's your opinion but it's no more than an opinion.

 

[AlanP]

I loved "Earthquake" Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner reunited from "55 Days At Peking", and the campiest Lorne Greene playing Gardner's father. He must have been around her age ? Loved Victoria Principal pre -Dallas.

 

[darkrock17]

"Unfortunately"?

"Airport" is a dull bit of soap opera, whereas "Patton" is a legit classic.

"Airport" is a total snoozer. At least some of its sequels offered campy fun, but the original?

Airport is better than Patton, Patton is too long, George C. Scott gives his best performance in it next to Dr. Strangelove, but other than that it's a boring history movie.

Airport on the other hand has conflict on top of conflict from the very beginning and continues to build up until it explodes both figurative and literally. The film is a bit soap opera-ish, but Airport was the first film that planted the seeds for what the Disaster genre would be come throughout the 70's.

 

[Robin9]

And that's your opinion but it's no more than an opinion.

That I enjoy the film is a fact, not an opinion. I haven't expressed an opinion about the film's merits and demerits but if I ever do, I won't present my ideas as though they were facts.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Airport is better than Patton, Patton is too long, George C. Scott gives his best performance in it next to Dr. Strangelove, but other than that it's a boring history movie.

Airport on the other hand has conflict on top of conflict from the very beginning and continues to build up until it explodes both figurative and literally. The film is a bit soap opera-ish, but Airport was the first film that planted the seeds for what the Disaster genre would be come throughout the 70's.

"Airport" has cheesy soap opera conflict on top of conflict and little real tension.

As someone who loved disaster movies as a kid, I appreciate that it kickstarted the genre, but it remains El Grande Snoozerito.

"Patton" is a taut mix of war movie and character study. It's a genuine classic that holds up after 52 years - and is never boring.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

That I enjoy the film is a fact, not an opinion. I haven't expressed an opinion about the film's merits and demerits but if I ever do, I won't present my ideas as though they were facts.

Okay, it's a fact that you have an opinion about the movie.

 

[darkrock17]

"Airport" has cheesy soap opera conflict on top of conflict and little real tension.

As someone who loved disaster movies as a kid, I appreciate that it kickstarted the genre, but it remains El Grande Snoozerito.

"Patton" is a taut mix of war movie and character study. It's a genuine classic that holds up after 52 years - and is never boring.

Airport being multi-storied is what almost all the other 70's Disaster films went on to be. Being shown what the characters lives are like before they are all thrown together when disaster strikes and how they're all going to survive is good storytelling, you get invested in those characters more and when they start to die off you feel sympathy for them.

Patton might be a good character study, but it's about one person only, and after awhile you stop being interested in them, where as in Airport the action goes from character to character so we get know everyone quite well and keep seeing how they are doing throughout the film.

 

[Johnny Angell]

"Unfortunately"?

"Airport" is a dull bit of soap opera, whereas "Patton" is a legit classic.

"Airport" is a total snoozer. At least some of its sequels offered campy fun, but the original?

Airport is a fun movie, I consider a classic in it’s genre. Patton is clearly a superior movie, IMHO.

Airport is better than Patton, Patton is too long, George C. Scott gives his best performance in it next to Dr. Strangelove, but other than that it's a boring history movie.

Airport on the other hand has conflict on top of conflict from the very beginning and continues to build up until it explodes both figurative and literally. The film is a bit soap opera-ish, but Airport was the first film that planted the seeds for what the Disaster genre would be come throughout the 70's.

Airport is fun, Patton is a top notch movie, and is easily the better of the two. But I could be wrong.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Seems like a massive missed opportunity for Shout! to do a Irwin Allen Master of Disaster Box with Poseidon, Inferno, and the less than stellar Warner Bros. films.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Airport is better than Patton, Patton is too long, George C. Scott gives his best performance in it next to Dr. Strangelove, but other than that it's a boring history movie.

Isn't film appreciation great! You can have an opinion about two films and be right and wrong at the same time depending on whether other people agree with that film opinion or not. Of course, I'm just kidding, there is no right or wrong in such opinions. Anyhow, I don't agree with your opinion, but that's fine and dandy.