Another Poseidon remake? Pourquoi?
The original was the best, because it was crap! It wasn’t taking itself seriously. Gene Hackman as the “action man of god.” The joke about Ernest Borgnine being him shouting “Linda! Linda!” like he was being paid by the Linda, and the sheer campness of it all. It fit in its time (1972) just perfectly. This is one of the all time classics! It’s like they remade Jaws!
Oh wait….they did.
The cinematic history of sequels tells us that remakes and sequels do not tend to do well. And this just sums up my feelings, Hollywood has officially run out of stories.
Don’t forget POSEIDON upside down is just NO DIE SOD.
On to X-Men: The Last Stand.
Well, this is a bit of a mixed bag. Some people love it, some people hate it. In the words of one person I know: I could eat any 5 Chris Claremont [comic] issues and puke a better storyline!
I personally enjoyed it, but then I’m not familiar enough with the source material to know if they are taking serious liberties. And there are plotholes. Lots of plotholes.
Some, like my mate’s wife, are ones you only spot if you have the eye for it (why she isn’t a movie continuity checker, I’ll never know.) Others are so obviousl that even I spotted them.
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