Is it just me,or did they start the sinking waaay to quickly.They didnt even bother to flesh anyone's character out,like they did in the original. Just Richard Dryfuss's character was gay,and thats pretty much it.
"If it's death from a Saxon sword that frightens you,..stay home"
well, I get what you're saying but you have to consider time constraints. It's either devote more time to character development and explore the father and daughter duo issues.....or, devote time to what is essentially the point of the movie: the group making their way through the bowels of the ship to get out alive.
It was definitely a conscious decision by the director and screenwriters to spend more time on the action than character drama.
La Dolly Vita, sweet as true love, La Dolly Vita, cool as ice cream.
The original movie,The Poseidon Adventure,managed to do both,why couldnt this one.
"If it's death from a Saxon sword that frightens you,..stay home"
remakes are not typically an exact copy of the originals.
I think it was a conscious decision to spend more time on the action vs. the character development.
La Dolly Vita, sweet as true love, La Dolly Vita, cool as ice cream.
Which for me was a waste,because it just shows that it was made just for the money,and geared toward the fans who love only special effects. Not worth much more than that.If one is to feel for the characters,they need to have a good background,or its just an empty movie.However,if that is what you like then,tis cool. :)
If I were to go for Special effects it would be the Transformer movies.They had only a thread of a plot to begin with,but are fun to watch.
"If it's death from a Saxon sword that frightens you,..stay home"
I wouldn't say it's geared only towards people who like special effects...it just wasn't so much a character driven movie is all.
I think so much of one's enjoyment from a movie (or anything, really) depends on what the expectations and hopes are going into it. Personally, I was expecting something somewhat different than the original (but obviously the same story line...after all, it is Poseidon haha) but was hoping for some awesome graphics and special effects! In this day and age, I figured what they could do would be awesome. And, it was!
The original, on the other hand, was made some decades earlier where that kind of CGI ect just wasn't available SO it made more sense to focus more on the characters than on the surroundings, because....they almost had to. It's not to suggest that awesome action movies were not made then, but with this particular film...it was limited to interior shots ect.
You know what I mean?
All that being said, I certainly don't begrudge you for liking the original better :) it's a good movie!
I just think that re-makes deserve a shot outside of the originals. If people are always going to compare then the re-makes are (almost) always going to lose.
La Dolly Vita, sweet as true love, La Dolly Vita, cool as ice cream.
Oh no,..I shouldnt have put it that way.I do put remakes into a class on their own,I wasnt really making a comparison,but I guess it came out that way.I just want enough of a character development to feel something for them,other than just watching it for the effects. Thats all I mean. There;s tons of CGI movies out there,and its always a disappointment to me when they have a chance to make a movie with feeling,and they dont.Just another CGI fest.Just for my taste.
"If it's death from a Saxon sword that frightens you,..stay home"
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Spending less time on character development is one of the problems of this movie. Character Development is an important aspect of disaster movies. It sets the audience up to care about the characters, which makes it so much more effective and engaging when characters start to die.
I cared about the characters in the original movie because it took the time to develop the characters before the wave hits, meaning I wanted the characters to survive, which makes it effective when they don't.
In contrast I didn't care about any of the characters in this remake as there wasn't enough time spent developing them, and so I didn't care if they lived or not, meaning the death scenes weren't at all effective.
If you saw the original, don't watch this. Otherwise, it is an OK way to blow 2 hours. It has been 40 years since I saw the original and I remember all the stars and the theme song. I will not remember one minute of this film.
shareCharacter development is a important element in disaster films. That's because when they die we are meant to think it's tragic and sad.
However, in this one it's painful clear that it was all about the money. To give the audience a quick entertaining ride. Quick cash
But the problem is no one cared about the characters enough so no one cared when they died.
Like Kurt Russell's character. He was obviously meant to be the lead actor. Had it been a proper disaster film his death should have been the most tragic.
However, in this one I barely reacted to any of the deaths. I was like "Oh they died?
The only character I can remember is Richard Dreyfuss, because he made a point of him being gay!
I was really disturbed by Valentine's death as Richard Dreyfuss' character didn't seem fazed by killing him at all. There was absolutely no remorse. He just got up, dusted himself off, and continued on with the others. There was no sorry, grief, or guilt. It was just like, "OK, carry on!"
Who on earth would behave that way? And yes, I realize that Richard Dreyfuss would have died had he not sacrificed Valentine, but if it were I who had perpetrated this act, I would have been stunned and devastated. In the movie, it seemed perfectly acceptable and routine.
I swear i saw Dreyfuss' character getting ready to follow his phone overboard. So in his moment of suicide, seeing a giant meanie wave made him instantly change his mind and want like crazy to live.
shareThe whole point of the movie is to watch the character try to make it out alive, and you begin to learn more about who they are as they are trying to survive.
shareFinally we have someone who gets it.
jweb1434 wrote:
"The whole point of the movie is to watch the character try to make it out alive, and you begin to learn more about who they are as they are trying to survive."
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I think the film got hit by the wave 15 mins into the film.
Its that man again!!
No one really remembered any of the 'character development' that took place in the original, only the disaster right after Auld Lang syne (or during).
I think this one sought to let the characters' reactions and responses to the tragedy bring about who they were, but none of these had the intensity of the '72 actors and their understanding.
This one came out in the attitude era.
Totally agree. I enjoyed this movie - it works well as a series of relentless set-pieces and you genuinely don't know who will survive. However, I felt there was no build up or sense of anticipation of this monumental wave approaching. I also wanted to know more about the characters, which would have made their journey that much more engaging. Dreyfus has been ditched by his lover, Russell is overprotective of his daughter. Rossum is in love with Vogel and vice versa. Lucas and Russell are slightly at loggerheads, but not really. Lucas seems to have some baggage, but maybe not. Maggie is a conveniently available lady with not a single interesting facet to her character. Her kid seems to have walked right off the set of Jurassic Park. As for Kevin Dillon...Wolfgang, what WERE you thinking?
As I've posted elsewhere, they should have made much more of the "stay or leave" dilemma once the capsizing had first occurred. It had a far greater impact in the original.